![]() ![]() ![]() Joe Pesci coming out of retirement and Martin Scorsese directing all these legends on screen together! If this doesn't get you excited for this film then I'm afraid nothing will. And why wouldn't it be with a cast like this? Al Pacino and Robert De Niro for the 1st time on screen together since Heat. The main focus for me was absolutely the acting. Technical aspects considered it isn't innovative or something jawdropping, but that was never supposed to be the main focus of the movie. The editing in the movie is great and the score is fitting. The film was shot in a very old timey way with the camera pans and edits. It doesn't have an overabundance of Wes Anderson symmetric shots or Roger Deakins like Wide angle shots. ![]() The cinematography is quite different from the usual modern movies we are accustomed to. It is surprisingly humorous, has some very serious scenes and doesn't shy away from giving us a blast of nostalgia every now and then. But that doesn't mean its dull, gray and dreary because it isn't. And that's a good thing considering the age of the lead actors in the movie. It is more grounded and far too subtle compared to Goodfellas. The plot is a lot like Godfather 2 from De Niros perspective but that's all there is. But for an old genre gangsta flick it's easily one of the best ones out there. It's not a flawless movie and I wouldn't necessarily call it a masterpiece or something new and innovative. The set and screen is smaller than I liked it to be, it being released on a streaming site but it's better than never seeing it. I don't know where to start on this one other than thanking Netflix for being the only distributor to fund this movie so we could see Big screen legends take their last big swing. ![]()
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