The Irishman (2019)

20240229:
Netflix determined the movie for me as a 85% match. I decided to give the movie neither a thumbs up nor a thumbs down.

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Instant Comments:
1a: This meeting between DeNiro and the lawyer (Ray Romano) is used in the preview but cut with actions to the contrary, which gives a different feel than this scene
1b: resumed at the 16 minute mark 1b: speaking in Italian; nice touch
1b: hehe. digging their own graves
1b: Wow. Deniro has noticeably very blue eyes (the man is asking him to do a job for 10 grand, but gave him two grand); I wonder if it's contacts
1b: Hehe. This guy has balls to soak the watermelon in alcohol as a workaround to Jimmy not wanting people around him to drink... But I feel like it's too obvious and Jimmy might nail him for it. It seems likely that's why Frank isn't eating any watermelon.
1b: Pause at the 1hr20min mark
1c: interesting breakdown with the gun selection followed by the location and analysis of the situation (such as wife and kids, purse, bodyguard, etc.)
1c: wow. perfect timing on circling the block
1c: Oh wow. That's Anna Paquin.
1c: Wow. Jimmy has balls. Frank is repeatedly trying to message threats from the mobs and Jimmy doesn't budge. Oh and earlier when trying to get Pro's help, instead of sucking up, he still prods at Pro
1c: "I know you are. But nobody threatens Hoffa." (that's true that he is being threatened, but I can't help but feel they didn't attack the understanding of the whether Hoffa was controlling the pension... maybe holding the union is equivalent to the money... but Jimmy says it's not about the money... so perhaps that's confusing)
1c: Hehe. "If they can whack a president, they can whack a president of the union." The statement implies the Mafia had a hand in the assassination of JFK.
1c: Hehe. All this cryptic talk but Hoffa understands most of it... "It is what it is."
1c: Shit. "Frank, we did all we could for the man." [pause] "Don't call him."
1c: Wow. This is quite a build up. He comes to the house. Looks around. This awkward conversation with the wet back seat and Frank insisting on sitting in the back.
1c: It finally happens. I thought it was weird that his son was the one to drive him there.
1c: I also thought it was interesting that in this case the gun gets left there. I suppose whoever disposes of the body would dispose of the gun.
1c: I'm happy that Anna Paquin is in this movie, but she doesn't really remind me in any way of the younger Peggy who had a creepy look to her
1c: I guess all these people being pulled in for something was what Hoffa mentioned would happen if he died... though I'm not sure what kind of counter-threat that is in the grand scheme of things...
1a=2024027, 1b=20240228, 1c=20240229

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Watched 20240229 (Netflix, Instant)
The Irishman (2019) Martin Scorsese. 209 min

Relevant Links:
The Irishman (IMDb.com)
The Irishman (RottenTomatoes.com)
The Irishman (Wikipedia.org)