You can still empathize with the pretty relatable situation of dying alone at an old age.I saw some people saying that they shed a tear at the end of the movie and I just can't understand. Frank is unrepentant, he deserves his ending if anything he deserves worse, he got off lightly. If you gotta feel bad about someone's ending feel bad about Hoffa walking like a lamb to the slaughter at the side of his best friend.
Man the last 30 minutes are a dread embodied. Rarely do movies show that part of life, if it's not the focal point of the entire story.
The entire thing felt like it was the real message of the movie tho. It really was a metaphor about the greats signing off, the once huge guys being reduced by age to meaningless prisoners of their former achievements, but in the end, it doesn't matter.
The de-aging was totally ineffective. How old was he supposed to be at the beginning? He looked like he was in his 60's with strangely young kids. The way he moved and his body shape gave him away. If he had trimmed down and good in shape I think he would have been a lie more convincing. As the majority of the film he is playing a much younger man, he is naively significantly miscast.Omg I thought that looked strange too. The scene was clearly meant to depict a savage and violent beat down ("my fucking hand!!") but DeNiro was kinda just lightly kicking and gently stepping on the dude ddd
Nope but I want to try it with everclear infused with weed(aka tincture)
I saw some people saying that they shed a tear at the end of the movie and I just can't understand. Frank is unrepentant, he deserves his ending if anything he deserves worse, he got off lightly. If you gotta feel bad about someone's ending feel bad about Hoffa walking like a lamb to the slaughter at the side of his best friend.
They could definitely have cast another actor to play young DeNiro in all the "kid" scenes, and compressed the timeline leading up until Hoffa's death. But then again that's not how Scorsese wanted to tell the story, and he made Goodfellas, so who am I to judge?
I saw some people saying that they shed a tear at the end of the movie and I just can't understand. Frank is unrepentant, he deserves his ending if anything he deserves worse, he got off lightly. If you gotta feel bad about someone's ending feel bad about Hoffa walking like a lamb to the slaughter at the side of his best friend.
I love it but maybe for how sad it is. The way everyone just becomes so old in the end and everyone just dies off until there's just one guy left. Then there's that line, something the main character says to the nurse like "You don't realise how fast time goes until you're at the end."
You can still empathize with the pretty relatable situation of dying alone at an old age.
DeNiro was really showing his age when he was beating up the grocery store clerk. Looked stiff and weak
I tried on a holiday once, but the vodka didn't get into the watermelon at all. Left it upside down for three days, but I guess you need an old, dried out watermelon for it to work.
Yeah the "not on your life" response when they ask him to try some hints at that.I read that scene as Hoffa is well aware what's in the watermelon, he's not a moron, he just likes they respect him enough to make an effort to hide it.
Loved it. Better than tWoW and Silence but not as good as GF or Casino. The runtime didn't really bother me.
On a totally off topic side note, I keep hearing great things about Parasite. Should I watch that as well?
Yup, full circle.I just realized 'i heard you paint houses' is referenced in the scene where Frank whacks Jimmy. His blood is sprayed all over the room, painting it in awful, spotted red.
I think it's also the name of his autobiography or something of the sort.I just realized 'i heard you paint houses' is referenced in the scene where Frank whacks Jimmy. His blood is sprayed all over the room, painting it in awful, spotted red.
Quick question for you guys: is this movie worth seeing without having seen Goodfellas first? My wife hasn't seen it, wondering whether we should watch that first or if she can skip it (for now anyways, and watch it some other time obviously).
Thanks!
You do not need to watch Goodfellas unless you want to. It's a totally different unrelated Mob story that has a lot of the same actors and director. It's a great movie though so it is worth a watch in that sense.