1. Regarding the movie itself, there is not much to talk about. Isn't this the old version of "The Good Guy"? The plot is the same, the way of telling the story is the same, the tune is the same, even the actors are the same.
2. However, I have seen them when they are flourishing. De Niro in "Taxi Driver" and "Angry Bull", Al Pacino in "The Godfather" and "Hot Day Afternoon", Joe Pessi in "Goodies". These guys are all in the early 1940s, more than 40 years older than me. I feel that I am old, and they are even older. This makes me feel a bit sad. The most unforgettable beauty in her life is twilight.
3. Even if the computer technology and makeup technology are superb, they can't hide De Niro's old age and slowness. This "methodist" actor, who was regarded as a fairy when we were young, seemed a little powerless. He can no longer be a fat man like in "Angry Bull", and lose a few tens of catties, let alone experience the life of a professional boxer for a few months for a role like when he was young. Al Pacino is also old, the drama is still there, still spitting, but he looks old and tired. Joe Pessi was no longer that nervous little dwarf, he was as old as a pile of old newspapers.
4. This movie is more like a party. There is too much love in the golden partner of Lao Ma and De Niro for decades. De Niro and Al Pacino, possibly after Marlon Brando, collaborated again with the two best actors on the planet. Of course, Joe Pessi, old Ma and De Niro's mutual good friend, the Italian dwarf. At this age, this drama is like a gorgeous collective curtain call.
5. What can be more demanding? In recent years, Ma has never made a scumbag movie. Although this "The Irishman" has not much new ideas, it is still so stable and strong. It's just that the lens reveals the loneliness and sadness that are characteristic of too many elderly people, 80-year-olds, and time is short. At my age, I have lost my previous vigor, struggled to compromise, and surrendered to life. At my age, the life I saw was nothing but sadness.
6. There are no eternal brothers, only eternal interests. De Niro, who was afraid to sit in the front row of the car, and Al Pacino, who was killed by his brothers for unknown reasons, was locked up in a cold prison with a sickly Joe Pessi. Life is ridiculous, no one will be a winner. The love, renunciation, betrayal between men and men, everything is just like passing away. In old age, a person stands alone and sits in a wheelchair, except for loneliness. Life is a farce, full of noise and commotion, but meaningless.
7. It is said that the Martin Sikoses Film Foundation wants to repair Jia Zhangke's "Xiao Wu" and give Lao Ma a compliment.
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