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

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

My big takewway from this was that I never saw DeNiro actually SPEAK on the phone. There may have been half a word that you saw but that was it.

There's about 1-2 seconds in the trailer, from 1:39-1:43, that looks very dodgy/robotic where he says "Yes I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available". His hand is obscuring his mouth for the first part of the dialog but the last part doesn't look great at all.

It's funny, when I heard they were doing this I thought it might work but now I've seen a little bit of it I can't help but think they should have cast younger actors for the, er, older scenes a la Goodfellas. It'll be such a shame if it doesn't work as I think the rest of it looks great.

El Duda wrote: »

Silence was his passion project.

People applying it to this are just being lazy/using a cliche buzzword.

I had Silence in mind; I actually turned it off after about 1/2 hour. Just couldn't get into it. In this regard, I hope then you're right, and it isn't a passion project of his, as being in this frame of mind tends to de-focus from 'the vision thing'; there's too much emotional attachment, especially when they get dragged out over time. Not in every director's passion projects, but for most.

El Duda wrote: »

Was the terrible looking make-up in Back to the Future met with such derision when that came out?

The effects look fine. You're over analyzing it.

For me it's not a case of "over analyzing it", it's a case of it sticking out like a sore thumb for me and pulling me out of the experience. I'm not sitting there stroking my pointy beard going "Hmmmmmm.... That tiny little fleck of skin there should have been here". It's a case of "Agggghhhhh. What the hell? There is something wrong. I don't know exactly what it is but it's making my eyeball twitch". I get distracted when I see that actors eyelines are not matching up with a digital character or if a character doesn't have "weight". It's probably a slight form of OCD specific to animation - Even though I'm not that neat and tidy and I couldn't draw a straight line with a ruler, a laser and a pencil with the world's best eraser. It's not a deliberate thing.

I was distracted initially by the start of Spiderman - Into the Spiderverse because the Miles Morales character wasn't animated as fluidly as others until I noticed that it was better when he was in his spiderman outfit and got smoother as it went on. I put this down to an intentional thing and then this was confirmed by the animators afterwards. He started at 18 Frames Per Second and progressed to 24 FPS as he got more confident. Amazing attention to detail on their part.

Anyway. For many it won't be an issue but I'm just concerned that it'll drive me crazy.

Netflix Sets November 1 Theatrical Bow For Martin Scorsese-Directed ‘The Irishman:’ 27-Day U.S. & UK Rollout Comes Before Pic Streams For Thanksgiving Holiday

In its most ambitious ever theatrical rollout plan for one of its original productions, Netflix will give The Irishman a 27-day theatrical window before the film makes its streaming service bow November 27. Netflix will launch on November 1 in Los Angeles and New York the epic crime drama that reunites director Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro for the first time in 24 years, in the Steven Zaillian-scripted adaptation of the Charles Brandt novel about the disappearance of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. The film will add screens in the U.S. and expand to UK theaters on November 8.

While the screen counts aren’t set yet, the film will be in theaters in most major U.S. cities by the time it begins streaming on Netflix the day before Thanksgiving. Netflix will promote The Irishman with heavy P&A and endeavor to hold and even expand its movie screen presence after the film expands to the streaming service.

https://deadline.com/2019/08/the-irishman-netflix-november-1-theatrical-bow-martin-scorsese-robert-deniro-27-day-us-uk-rollout-stream-thanksgiving-holiday-1202704994/

The Lighthouse cinema is screening this on Sunday October 13th at 7pm, just under a month ahead of its theatrical bow. Tickets are available now.
https://lighthousecinema.ie//showing/showing-51843

I know, I watched the trailer earlier and at times De Niro's digitally altered face was just too distracting to think about anything else.

Thought the trailer was fairly underwhelming. Is this movie going to be a turkey?

What is the story with a cinema release over here for this? I'd rather watch it in the cinema than on my TV.

I liked the trailer and just seeing Pesci on screen again was great.

I wasn't too hot for this movie but the trailers in my opinion look good. The book itself wasn't amazing, a lot of information there but gives a good account of Sheeran and Hoffas relationship.
Even with the de-aging, DeNiro looks too old to play Frank Sheeran IMO.
But as a Mob movie fan I look forward to its release.

Yeah, there’s a bit of Oscar buzz already. I just saw the runtime too - 3 hours and 29 minutes! :eek: I’m going to have to catch it at the cinema all the same.

The film is going to get a month long run on Broadway after major theaters chains refuse to screen it.


I'm sure Scorsese will love the grandness of having the film in an old theater on Broadway.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

So will it get a release over here ?

The Lighthouse is showing it not sure if others are but I would guess it will get a limited time general release around the Country in a few of the chains.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Yeah Netflix has abandoned its complete aversion to theatrical releases and is now giving most of their films some sort of limited release.

That's so it can be considered for an Oscar