The Irishman (Netflix 2018)

robfosters · 25 Apr 2017 at 23:48

This looks like it could potentially be amazing.

De Niro, Pesci, Keitel, Pacino, Scorsese. All in front of the camera together, for the first time ever, to tell the story of a mob hitman. I feel I need say no more.

Please god be good!

https://www.joe.co.uk/entertainment...corseses-the-irishman-and-we-cant-wait-123005

D3K · 25 Apr 2017 at 23:55

Will wait patiently, without hope. The memory of Boardwalk Empire is still raw.

jsmoke · 26 Apr 2017 at 02:00

Love these Irish-American gangster movies, Kill The Irishman was good also.

robfosters · 29 Apr 2017 at 13:58

jsmoke said:
Love these Irish-American gangster movies, Kill The Irishman was good also.

Agree. Enjoyed that film a lot.

the shadow · 25 Feb 2019 at 14:13

UberTiger · 25 Feb 2019 at 14:19

I heard your paint houses

So it's a new home renovation series on Netflix, can't wait.

cheesyboy · 25 Feb 2019 at 14:21

These guys are all old as ****. Kind of wonder what they can do to make it relevant.

the shadow · 25 Feb 2019 at 14:42

cheesyboy said:
These guys are all old as ****. Kind of wonder what they can do to make it relevant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...-Niro-74-beats-guy-Martin-Scorsese-drama.html

Glanza · 31 Jul 2019 at 13:01

VincentHanna · 31 Jul 2019 at 14:33

Looks like some Marvel style de-ageing on De Niro there.

Hard to get a sense of the film, but i'm excited for this.

Random Guy Esq. · 31 Jul 2019 at 15:53

Didn't realise this was based on a true story until seeing the trailer.

Scam · 31 Jul 2019 at 17:57

So the film was originally $105m budget and too expensive for the main studios. Now it's up at $200m making it the largest budget for an 'adult drama' ever. This is going to have to be spectacularly good and do spectacularly well to warrant that outlay by Netflix. Looks decent, though.

Malevolence · 1 Aug 2019 at 07:28

Looks like it has the potential to be up there in the rarefied air of The Godfather, Goodfellas and The Departed. I wonder how many Oscars this one going to win?

jsmoke · 1 Aug 2019 at 07:51

Is this a bit like all the bands of the 90s getting back together 20 years later. Have these mob films been done to death or can they just go on and on making them. As someone who's watched most Irish and Italian mob movies I think it will be hard to capture the spirit of the 80s and 90s ones. Let's see.

SixTwoSix · 1 Aug 2019 at 07:55

A bit of a WTF moment when I saw Pesci and how old he's got.

The de-aging at the end of the trailer for De Niro is very uncanny valley, not a fan, something about the eyes isn't right.

Glanza · 1 Aug 2019 at 09:11

Malevolence said:
Looks like it has the potential to be up there in the rarefied air of The Godfather, Goodfellas and The Departed. I wonder how many Oscars this one going to win?

Are Netflix films even eligible? Plenty of other award shows won't let Netflix films enter in the past.

VincentHanna · 1 Aug 2019 at 09:19

The deal with Scorcese is that this must have a wide cinema release first before going to Netflix streaming.

~>Dg<~ · 12 Aug 2019 at 11:36

want it to be good but most of them are past it and havent done great performances since most of the big films we remember them for. i hope im wrong. the trailer doesnt grab me though.

Scam · 12 Aug 2019 at 11:51

- Old, arguably "past it" actors? Check
- Dubious CGI? Check.
- Massively over-budget? Check.
- Netflix release? Check.

I'd like to see this be brilliant, but safe to say I'm wary...

Minusorange · 12 Aug 2019 at 15:44

Scam said:
- Old, arguably "past it" actors? Check

I'm quite looking forward to seeing these actors back in their natural environment where they made their names