The Irishman (Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci and Pacino)

The Nal

Greyfox wrote: »

The Savoy use to always have intermissions, I always seen it as a way to get people to buy more overpriced food/drinks.

The Classic cinema and the Stella both had intermissions even for short movies for that exact reason.

"Lets all go to the lobby" etc

Relikk

Never been to a screening of anything in any of my local cinemas that had intermissions. Apocalypse Now Redux didn't even have one.

Last intermission film I remember was Ghandi- Savoy - 1982 or so.

Is this on Netflix now to watch or only in cinemas?

ErnestBorgnine

Deleted User wrote: »

Is this on Netflix now to watch or only in cinemas?

On Netflix from the 27th of next month

mystic86

I went to see this the night of the London premiere, the movie is 3 hours 20 minutes long, the other 9 minutes are presumably the credits.

I didn't feel the time until the last 20 minutes, and I did think that the pace at the end of the movie didn't help with that as the drop in pace was significant enough. I think the movie could have been cut 10 or so minutes shorter, though not necessarily by cutting it from the final 20 minutes.

Only one toilet visit needed here literally missed like 60-80 seconds.

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie, Scorsese is a master of immersion.

Pacino is wonderful here. De Niro too, with a more understated character compared to Pacino's character.

py2006

100% on Rotten Tomatoes after 83 reviews.

What's Joe Pesci like in this? Goodfellas type?

johnny_ultimate

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What's Joe Pesci like in this? Goodfellas type?

Quite understated actually by his Scorsese standards, perhaps the lead actor who best embodies the sort of mature, autumnal tone of the movie. Al Pacino offers up the real fiery performance of the film (along with Stephen Graham), while De Niro is mostly pretty understated too albeit with some absolute humdinger scenes later on.

py2006

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Quite understated actually by his Scorsese standards, perhaps the lead actor who best embodies the sort of mature, autumnal tone of the movie. Al Pacino offers up the real fiery performance of the film (along with Stephen Graham), while De Niro is mostly pretty understated with some absolute humdinger scenes later on.

How have you seen this? :eek::cool:

johnny_ultimate

py2006 wrote: »

How have you seen this? :eek::cool:

There were a bunch of screenings earlier this month to coincide with the European premiere in London.

Ardent

How was the de-ageing CGI? Well done or not? Did it distract?

johnny_ultimate

Ardent wrote: »

How was the de-ageing CGI? Well done or not? Did it distract?

Covered in some detail in my post here a few pages back

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111502969&postcount=152

tylercheribini

I thought Pesci's was the best performance, akin to the quite menace of Brando's Godfather. Like other posters views, Im not sure its one I'd revisit as much as Casino or Goodfellas, tonally very different to those but obviously acknowledging the significant maturation of all involved since then. The de-aging was efficient, I never found it jarring or distracting like some traditionalist critcs who perhaps are nitpicking the technology because its not as easy to tell all the time when you are being tricked (like say a CG spaceship). What did jump out for me though were the scenes that demanded physical action, no trickery could mask the frailness and stiffness of Deniro stomping the shopkeeper(a long way from him dancing on Billy Batts) and the gesticulations of Pacino.A worthy sucessor to Scorsese's previous crime efforts though and a breath of fresh air during this seemingly endless cycle of Hollywood franchise sequels.

fryup

is this a cinema release or a TV drama ?

Beechwoodspark

fryup wrote: »

is this a cinema release or a TV drama ?

Cinema then Netflix

lab man

Beechwoodspark wrote:

Cinema then Netflix

whens it out on gen release

Agent Coulson

lab man wrote: »

whens it out on gen release

Tomorrow for a week.

lab man

sound thanks

py2006

Seeing it tomorrow, can't wait

branie2

I'm seeing it tomorrow as well.

Shred

I’m going on Saturday evening and really looking forward to it after seeing the most recent trailer before the Bladerunner double bill in The Lighthouse last Sunday.

JimmyCorkhill

Is there likely to be a break during the film in the cinema?

branie2

JimmyCorkhill wrote: »

Is there likely to be a break during the film in the cinema?

That hasn't been done in a very long time!

johnny_ultimate

There was no intermission when I saw it in the Light House.

branie2

I've always wanted to see Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in a Martin Scorsese film

2smiggy

worth going to the cinema for ? or wait for Netflix release ? It is a long film

johnny_ultimate

2smiggy wrote: »

worth going to the cinema for ? or wait for Netflix release ? It is a long film

Absolutely worth seeing in the cinema if you can. It’s three and a half hours long.

El Duda

Screw the intermission, some of us have trains to catch!

Going to see this next Friday. Booked a day off for it. Its the only way.

py2006

Don't go see it in the Savoy. Very poor sound quality. I could hardly hear some of the dialogue and virtually none of the music at times.

Amazing acting. The de-aging is not distracting although they made De Niros eyes squinty at times.

I need to go see it again in a newer theatre with decent sound.