"The Irishman" ...a little problem.

[JACK M]

3 hours ago, 60FlatTop said:

Some tractors have rhythm.

 

 

 

I am in no way any kind of musician but love to listen and watch.

This is among my favorite videos and I thank you for posting.

One other video that I long remember is a guy that plays most all of the famous guitar riffs that I remember growing up. Jumps from one to another instantly.

He looks to be in a buddy type garage band as well, playing in a park or back yard I think.

 

I guess we have gone away from the OP, but what the hey......Fun stuff.

[John348]

Scorsese has done some great musical soundtracks, "Casino" comes to mind, as well as "Goodfella's" and considering he directed "the Last Waltz" and Robbie Robertson was the musical director I was hoping for some more music from the era that the film took place in. I watched the Irishman a second time last night, I enjoyed it just as much as the first time. I had to have seen both "Casino" and "Goodfellas" at least 25 times maybe even more. I can't watch the TV versions either, language is too clean to be real mobsters, lessens the impact of what is supposed to be a scary character. 

 

[capngrog]

On 12/4/2019 at 9:57 PM, padgett said:

I like "Chasing Classic Cars" but the assorted "Street Outlaws" shows has me confused: if they constantly need computers to tune the engines and transmissions, why can't the same computer control wheelspin ?

 

I also like "Chasing Classic Cars", along with "Wheeler Dealers" (I miss Edd, although Ant is O.K.).  I find "Street Outlaws" interesting except for the excessive drama which always includes the overly frequent use of expletives.  To make matters worse, my dog is upset by the "bleeping" sound used to cover the almost non-stop rain of four letter words.  I'm not a prude and find the judicious use of profanity, if used creatively, to be almost an art form.  I had a T.I. (USAF) in basic who could go on a profane rant for minutes on end, seemingly without repeating himself.  I was in awe of his command of the English language .. not to mention his absolute power over us hapless boots.

 

But I digress.  What was the original subject of this thread?

 

Cheers,

Grog

[John348]

1 hour ago, capngrog said:

But I digress.  What was the original subject of this thread?

 

Cheers,

Grog

 

The film by Martin Scorsese that was released last week on Netflix called "The Irishman" Staring Robert DiNero, Joe Pesce, and Al Pacino, playing the type roles they were known for. To sum up a 3 1/2 hour movie in one sentence. It was based on the book " I paint Houses" which was about the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa and the events that lead up to it from the 1950's till his disappearance in the 70's  

Edited December 8, 2019 by John348 (see edit history)

[padgett]

In the style of a comedy by Quentin Tarantino ?

[John348]

12 minutes ago, padgett said:

In the style of a comedy by Quentin Tarantino ?

 

Mr P, why don't you just watch the movie, it will answer all of your questions. 

Edited December 8, 2019 by John348 (see edit history)

[Guest]

9 hours ago, padgett said:

In the style of a comedy by Quentin Tarantino ?

It is a drama.

[cheezestaak2000]

as a kid in the fifties, i thought my uncles hudson was the most beautiful car i'd ever seen. the movie reminded me of that. i kida describe the film as goodfellas meets the godfather, i enjoyed it.

 

[John348]

34 minutes ago, cheezestaak2000 said:

as a kid in the fifties, i thought my uncles hudson was the most beautiful car i'd ever seen. the movie reminded me of that. i kida describe the film as goodfellas meets the godfather, i enjoyed it.

 

 

I can see that, to me It was more of  Casino meets Goodfellas. mostly because in the Irishman they touched on the topic of the pension fund loans to assist with the construction of the casino's. in Vegas. It was still good entertainment. I loved Joe Pesci's  line in the Irishman, "He's gotta go" right up there with the line in Goodfella's, the phone conversation when they told Jimmy Conway (Robert Dinero) (in real life his name was Jimmy Burke) "he's not here no more,,,,,,, things happened,,,,, it just didn't work out,,,,and there is nothing you can do about it"

 

[Bhigdog]

Re: The Hudson.

Yes,  beautiful car.

Re: The Movie.

Way too long. Way too redundant. Way too disjointed.

I Punched out early. Pretty sure I didn't miss a thing.................Bob

[bruffsup]

I think Scorcese wanted  it to be seen on the big screen which is where we saw it and did not find one minute boring, superb cinematography.

[John348]

49 minutes ago, bruffsup said:

I think Scorcese wanted  it to be seen on the big screen which is where we saw it and did not find one minute boring, superb cinematography.

 

I am with you 100% with that observation

[JACK M]

22 hours ago, bruffsup said:

I think Scorcese wanted  it to be seen on the big screen which is where we saw it and did not find one minute boring, superb cinematography.

I agree, I watched it on my living room TV.

Would have been better at the theatre. But I knew it was going to be long and at least I can pause my home TV.

I watched the whole thing, but it did have some slow parts.

[Mikefit]

I watched it on TV I liked it now I went out and bought the book I Hear You Paint  House's good reading book. Mike