Why The Irishman is Martin Scorsese's Best Mafia Movie 

Agreed! Such a brilliant film!

yes im a big fan of goodfellas, casino and departed but Irishman keeps getting better the more I watch it.

Not a chance. The irishman should be called the garbageman. Deniro and pacino totally sucked in this. And those lizard eyes were a frikkin joke.

​@@SMbasedWhat are your opinions on that infamous store scene? Do you think that scene brings the film down and keeps it from being a masterpiece, or would you say it has no effect on it?

“Store scene” who cares? There’s 50 brilliant scenes in this movie. Haters get caught up on old man DeNiro kicking someone.

Great scene!

“If they can whack a president, they can whack a president of the union.” Best line in the movie

Funny thing is i read that in my head the exact way they say it. LOL "Aye Dew"

That scene made me die of laughter LMAO

Have you seen the krays (1990) that's a dark mob movie

I think Michael killing his own brother is darker than Frank killing his best friend. Both very dark though. And the sad decline of Frank afterwards is dark...

Once Upon A Time In America feels like a movie made for kids. The Irishman and the rest of the Scorsese movies are as real as it gets

Thank you! It's a tough fight between the two for sure. The Irishman is always worth another watch!

​@@RenegadeFilm86 one thing you forgot to point out between the two movies Goodfellas and the Irish man is. In both. Deniro. Plays. Irish characters. Almost the same. Character , Good review 👍

Casino is the best. It seems fashionable to say Goodfellas (2nd best) and Godfather (3rd) but Casino rules them all.

I want both and get both, with Casino. Goodfellas too but Casino is the best mob film I've ever seen.

Do you think that infamous store scene brings the film down and keeps it from being a masterpiece, or would you say it has no effect on it?

That scene did stand out to me as bad stunt work. I rewound and watched it a couple more times surprised by bad it looked in comparison to the rest of the film. In the Godfather Sonny beating Connie's husband in the street wasn't perfect either but I don't think it took away from it.

Feels like an older movie. And an underrated part of it.

I agree that it probably is a mentality thing. I think that he was so enveloped in the mob lifestyle and the culture of not ratting/ "keeping your mouth shut" that it was all he knew and even after everyone else died, he still couldn't change. The generation he was from with the unspoken edict of a man suppressing his feelings and refusing to show any kind of vulnerability may play a part in it as well. Going out on a limb here, but perhaps it was the conflict between being loyal to Russell and Hoffa continuing to play out even though both were dead. Or just a conflict between redemption and his loyalty to the mafia. Just some thoughts. Thanks for watching!

@@RenegadeFilm86 absolutely, you put that into words very well! Great video, btw!

@@ChrisLeoThomas Means a lot to me man! Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed!!

​@@RenegadeFilm86What are your opinions on that infamous store scene? Do you think that scene brings the film down and keeps it from being a masterpiece, or would you say it has no effect on it?

Terrible, juvenile opinion.

@@kevinfinnerty8414 It is shared by a LOT of people.

Eh, I felt Nicholson's Hoffa was too showy, too polished. Pacino's portrayal felt more like a real man dealing with real world issues and real emotions. I think that's one of Nicholson's flaws as an actor (as great as he is) is that his performances feel a little too self aware, like he knows he's acting and is attempting to show off.

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I respect your opinion!

@@RenegadeFilm86 And I love your content Bro. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

Why not?

Because the Irishman is spoilt by Al Pacinos bad acting, the film is depressing and shows the Hood's for what they are- Shallow and vindictive and the Mafia films have had their day. Not a patch on Goodfellas which the timeline breezed through the film. The Irishman makes me want blow my brains out! ( I'm only joking about blowing my brains out! That's hyperbole. )

De Niro was wonderful

Why do you say de niro’s performance was bad?

Just watch the 2nd half. So much better. Right after Pacino gets out of Prison. The movie is Perfect.

Why?

Why?

Pacino's deaging looked really good and natural. DeNiro's looked really fake and way too polished. It also didn't help that DeNiro's body movements portrayed and old man while he was supposed to be a middle aged one.

Pacino had the best deaging I've ever seen still

The 2nd half of the movie. There’s no CGI de-aging. It’s just Pacino, DeNiro and Pesci acting flawlessly. So I tell people who think the movie is long and boring and are distracted by the CGI. Just skip ahead to the Chili Dog scene/Pacino gets out of jail. Because from that point onward I think the movie is perfect. The 1st half? Yeah, it’s just a worse version of Goodfellas, lots of jump cuts, lots of worse music, action not as good. Harder to follow.

@@kevinfinnerty8414 I made it through the whole thing. Wish I never had. Film is garbage. Pacino, De Niro and Scorsese have all lost it. Pesci is the only saving grace this film is able to muster. There's nothing in this film that isn't done much better in many other mobster films.

Here are the reasons why I liked the movie. 1. You can feel the cultural and social changes of America through the film 2. It deals with the truth of gangster life, the parts that people don’t normally talk about. The Theme isn’t about life in the mob. It’s about making wrong decisions in life and it catching up to you when it’s too late to change. The last act of the film is the true masterpiece. 3. The acting is so subtle and masterful. Look at pesci’s acting in goodfellas vs the Irishman. He is so bombastic and over the top. In Irishman he is very reserved and so subtle in his communication. This movie hits me with nostalgia for my grandfathers generation, while also forcing me to face the fact that I may be making wrong decisions In my life, leading me down the wrong path. I don’t want to end up like frank. 4. Thus movie is a meditation. It’s drawn out. Long. It forces you to think and focus on and engage in it. I thought that deniro’s acting was bad. That he sounded like an old man throughout the whole movie. But then I learned that the real frank had a stutter. And when I saw video recordings of frank sheeran, I saw how spot on De Niro was. The only real weak parts I saw in it were the de-ageing and the bay of pigs segment. But about the de-ageing, I see the movie as franks memories. When we think about our younger memories, often we place our current selves in the scene. Thats what I felt with the movie.