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Posted: 12/1/2019 1:31:32 AM EDT

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“Who Framed Rodger Rabbit” had cartoon scenes that looked more believable than Bobby D beating up that grocer.

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Ha.

I thought the exact thing. Of course, Deniro is 80...

Posted: 12/1/2019 1:36:29 AM EDT

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Thing with entertainment...I can choose what I want to be entertained by. This one? Nah, don’t need to watch.

Posted: 12/1/2019 1:46:12 AM EDT

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Pesci and Pacino were awesome. DeNiro may have been ok but my hate for him can't let his talent come through. I enjoyed the movie.

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Felt the same. Movie itself was okay/passable.

Posted: 12/1/2019 2:02:26 AM EDT

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I'd rather barf on the carpet and spend three and a half hours watching it dry...

Posted: 12/1/2019 9:04:47 AM EDT

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Watching it in two parts.

First part review: Not bad, but not great. The de-aging CGI was less distracting than I thought it was going to be. Except for Deniro's eyes. That was slightly creepy. My brain also can't wrap around knowing that these guys are old as fuck but made to look younger. What really DID bother me, however, was the completely unrealistic CGI gun special effects.

It's no Goodfellas, and it's no Hoffa, but sort of a lesser mashup of the two.

Posted: 12/1/2019 9:08:43 AM EDT

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added it

will watch

Posted: 12/1/2019 9:10:36 AM EDT

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I thought the supposed de-aging was a failure. It just looked like old guys in bad hair pieces with a bunch of makeup. You cannot “de-age” voice and posture anyway.

This movie won’t age well. I am certain if I tried watching it again it would be worse.

And don’t forget to drink your Canada Dry.

Posted: 12/1/2019 9:13:27 AM EDT

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When he was beating up the grocery store clerk, that was the worst part of the movie

He needed a stunt double. . . .bad

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holy shit this.

Posted: 12/1/2019 10:23:09 AM EDT

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Anyone notice the cameo by Steve Van Zander as the singer on stage?

Posted: 12/1/2019 10:36:18 AM EDT

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It was worth the watch for me if for nothing else than the period correctness of the sets, cars, locations, right down to the napkins and hotel registration cards.
I watched more as a Scorsese fan than a deniro hater.

Posted: 12/1/2019 10:55:02 AM EDT

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In spite of da Nero, we watched it. Never got boring at all. Damn good movie. Pachino was great as Hoffa.

Posted: 12/1/2019 10:56:56 AM EDT

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Yep,..and he did a horrible lip sync job.

Posted: 12/1/2019 11:07:21 AM EDT

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Not a bad movie but I think Kill the Irishman is better.

Posted: 12/1/2019 11:45:28 AM EDT

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I liked it. It wasnt any masterpiece or work of art tho. I enjoyed seeing Pesci again. I'd like to see him do some more movies.

I'm not a DeNiro fan tho. Not because of his politics, but to me hes the same guy in every role and just not a great actor.

2 things about the movie that stuck with me.

It was really sad that their lives pretty much ended rotting away in prison and after Sheeran got out he had nothing to live for....

And the second was not knowing much about the story of Hoffa, during the whole movie I just couldnt believe that after all he saw and with his involvement doing business with the mob that he would actually think nothing was gonna happen to him. He really thought he could just ignore what they were telling him to do? I mean Sheeran was a mob guy assigned to work with him.

Posted: 12/1/2019 12:00:39 PM EDT

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Deniro? HARD pass.

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Posted: 12/1/2019 12:23:21 PM EDT

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When he was beating up the grocery store clerk, that was the worst part of the movie

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What, you don't believe an ass kicking delivered by a guy who can't raise his arms or move his arthritic hands?

He couldn't have stomped on an empty soda can and crushed it. The can would have kicked his ass. And, he's a piece of shit.

Posted: 12/1/2019 1:03:55 PM EDT

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It was good. Not on the level of Goodfellas by any means, but still well worth watching. What struck me most about Deniro’s performance is that while they can make him look like he’s younger, they can’t make him move like it. There’s one scene where he’s mixing it up with someone, and it literally reminded me of the video of the two old Russian ladies fighting with their purses.

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When he ghetto stomping the store clerk for touchng his daughter? I noticed that too. It was embarassing to watch.

Posted: 12/1/2019 1:13:46 PM EDT

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It was an hour too long. De Niro now thinks that mumbling is great acting. It wasn't terrible, but the hype is way overblown. If enuf critics say it's great it must be great kinda thing.

Posted: 12/1/2019 1:42:38 PM EDT

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Why do we hate deniro?

I was going to give a serious answer, then I noticed.

Ditto.

Posted: 12/1/2019 3:27:26 PM EDT

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Watching it now, Mrs. IHJ has given it up about halfway through. I’m enjoying it, though.

Posted: 12/1/2019 3:32:58 PM EDT

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Don’t forget Jim Norton playing Don Rickles, too.

Posted: 12/1/2019 3:45:29 PM EDT

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Starring a Communist. Nah

Posted: 12/1/2019 4:45:24 PM EDT

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From the preview it looks like any of the other handful of mafia movies he has done, only way longer and he is way older.

Posted: 12/1/2019 6:05:19 PM EDT

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I thought Hoffa and Frank were gonna fuck at one point.

Posted: 12/1/2019 6:08:45 PM EDT

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Don’t forget Jim Norton playing Don Rickles, too.

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Anyone notice the cameo by Steve Van Zander as the singer on stage?

Don’t forget Jim Norton playing Don Rickles, too.

And Action Bronson.

Posted: 12/1/2019 7:59:41 PM EDT

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As said already, its good not great.

Although, I disaggree about the 'not goodfellas' comments. Its basiclly the same movie. Same ending, etc. Its like a made for TV version of GF.

They really are too old to be doing these roles though, mostly DeNiro though. I found the young guy makeup odd looking. Not groundbreaking by any means.

Posted: 12/1/2019 9:53:47 PM EDT

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Too long and that youth-ifying tech just looked wrong.

Posted: 12/1/2019 10:19:12 PM EDT

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It was good not great... I’m big mob movie guy. It was not goodfellas or casino. Then again I just watched Lillehammer On Netflix so that probably made this seem better.

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Same here, I wanted it to be good. But it’s just too long and drawn out.

Wasn’t the lounge singer toward the end Silvio from the Sopranos?

Posted: 12/2/2019 12:15:42 AM EDT

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There is no difference in supporting Robert Deniro and posting that silly 1973 Robert Redford meme on here constantly.
They both adamantly hate conservatives and most of what this board stands for.
Fuck Robert Redford and Fuck Robert Deniro and anything and everything they.
I'd rather give a $1 to a Seattle homless person.

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How about Amazon?

Posted: 12/3/2019 10:38:52 PM EDT

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This movie is terrible imo and doesn't deserve half the hype the pundits are giving it and those calling it the best movie of the year (Joker and Ford v. Ferrari are better imo). Not sure where to start with this, but I was happy when the movie was over. It only took me 3 evenings to finally finish it. Just wasn't never grabbed by the movie, script or acting. A piss poor job overall.

Posted: 12/3/2019 11:25:29 PM EDT

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too long

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:02:39 PM EDT

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Thought it was decent. Noticed a couple of things I was curious about. The first being Deniro's wife in the movie. I'm about 90% sure she was card dealer in one scene of Casino, where Pesci is losing his ass at the tables. Only two roles I've ever seen her in. Wondering if she is family or a friend of Scorsese. She held up well, 25 years later.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:18:06 PM EDT

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Thought it was decent. Noticed a couple of things I was curious about. The first being Deniro's wife in the movie. I'm about 90% sure she was card dealer in one scene of Casino, where Pesci is losing his ass at the tables. Only two roles I've ever seen her in. Wondering if she is family or a friend of Scorsese. She held up well, 25 years later.

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It's not the same actress.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:22:21 PM EDT

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It was ok. Didn't live up to the hype for me.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:28:08 PM EDT

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Boring as hell. Made it through 1/2 and shut the shit show down.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:28:39 PM EDT

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It's too long and too boring.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:30:51 PM EDT

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They should have gotten different actors. I couldn't follow the timeline that easily because I'm not familiar with the story and the de-aging wasn't great, as mentioned. It's better to have young actors wear makeup to look old than vice versa.

I don't regret watching it but I probably won't sit through it again any time soon.

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:32:02 PM EDT

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What a waste of 3 hours

Posted: 12/5/2019 4:39:18 PM EDT

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I thought Hoffa and Frank were gonna fuck at one point.

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That's the real raason Frank had a bed in Jimmy's suite.

Posted: 12/5/2019 5:11:36 PM EDT

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It's not the same actress.

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Coincidence I guess. Could have been her doppelganger.

Posted: 12/5/2019 5:53:00 PM EDT

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As I said in one of the other threads it's not boring but it isn't Godfather, Goodfellas or Casino riveting.

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I finished it up yesterday. I agree with the above. It was a good movie, but not great. Its one of those you watch once, but not again movies.

The book was better, IMHO.

ETA: I've recently read where folks who were in the know said that Frank Sheeran lied about killing Hoffa. They said that Sally Bugs did it.

Posted: 12/5/2019 6:31:13 PM EDT

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I can't possibly count how many times I've watched the big 3 Mafia movies.
I won't watch this one again, ever.
It's what others have said: too long, the aging tech is creepy, De Niro's acting is terrible.

Posted: 12/6/2019 2:06:34 AM EDT

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I watched it tonight and enjoyed it. I agree they could've easily cut 45 minutes out of it with no loss. They did a great job recreating the 60s and 70s feel to the scenes.

Posted: 12/6/2019 2:08:41 AM EDT

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Movie was good.

I would never watch it again though.

It’s not on the same page as a movie like The Departed, which I can rewatch forever because it’s more entertaining.

Posted: 12/6/2019 2:20:08 AM EDT

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I took some time to reflect on it, and I liked it. It's no Casino or Goodfellas, though it certainly tries to be. Yeah, the age of the actors is an issue for multiple reasons already stated, it's really jarring and confusing seeing DeNiro play an oblivious truck driver who is supposed to be in his (20's/30's/40's?). But I look at it more in the lens of a stage play. It is a good story, and for a film almost 4 hours long it's paced very well. If the biggest complaint is that it looks weird when DeNiro beats someone up, I don't see that as a big deal.

Posted: 12/6/2019 5:04:16 AM EDT

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The actor who played Jo Hoffa was also in ‘Goodfellas’, as ‘Lois’, the drug smuggler who wouldn’t fly without her lucky hat.

Posted: 12/6/2019 8:57:40 PM EDT

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Guys, it wasn't supposed to be "Goodfellas", "Casino" or "Departed". Scorsese made those already. Part of this was him realizing his own mortality. We're all getting older, we're all going to die. For what it was, it was very enjoyable.