With this movie Scorsese replies to everyone who has criticized him for glorifying criminals or violence, there is no glorification in this movie, because the life it tells leads to no glory nor does it require heroism, and no matter what or how it always gets to you in the end.
The only things I'm gonna say, to not spoil anything is that I find it ridiculous that Netflix has opted for such a limited theatrical release, this movie is meant to be watched in a movie theater, not because of spectacle or anything, but because of it's atmosphere, it is not supposed to be watched on a small screen, on a phone, and (also due to it's run time) fractioned in separate viewings, it has to be experienced in theaters, it's the only way to make the last part of the film matter and not just something you want to get over with.
Performancewise Pacino is the one who shines in the movie as this nevrotically precise and stubborn character, De Niro is probably disavantaged because of the deaging cgi, which is really good, and by that I mean that you stop caring after the first scene (in which he looks almost too videogamy), ecxept when something phisical happens, in those scenes you can clearly see the movements of an elder Deniro with a younger face on it, but for the rest he gives a great performance too.
Last thing I'm gonna say the score is great, it might become the new version of the Godfather theme (maybe)
Review by Sassi AcerbiBlockedParent2019-11-05T01:32:59Z
NO SPOILERS (kind of)
With this movie Scorsese replies to everyone who has criticized him for glorifying criminals or violence, there is no glorification in this movie, because the life it tells leads to no glory nor does it require heroism, and no matter what or how it always gets to you in the end.
The only things I'm gonna say, to not spoil anything is that I find it ridiculous that Netflix has opted for such a limited theatrical release, this movie is meant to be watched in a movie theater, not because of spectacle or anything, but because of it's atmosphere, it is not supposed to be watched on a small screen, on a phone, and (also due to it's run time) fractioned in separate viewings, it has to be experienced in theaters, it's the only way to make the last part of the film matter and not just something you want to get over with.
Performancewise Pacino is the one who shines in the movie as this nevrotically precise and stubborn character, De Niro is probably disavantaged because of the deaging cgi, which is really good, and by that I mean that you stop caring after the first scene (in which he looks almost too videogamy), ecxept when something phisical happens, in those scenes you can clearly see the movements of an elder Deniro with a younger face on it, but for the rest he gives a great performance too.
Last thing I'm gonna say the score is great, it might become the new version of the Godfather theme (maybe)