New Delhi: Legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese’s much-anticipated “The Irishman” released on streaming giant Netflix on November 27.
The 209-minute long, star-studded gangster drama features Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Ray Romano in one frame. Based on Charles Brandt’s non-fiction “I Heard You Paint Houses”, “The Irishman” is a saga of organised crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran (De Niro), a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century.
A fan on the micro-blogging site remarked, “The movie is over three hours and honestly, I could’ve watched these movie legends for another three. It was incredible, and it’s one of those movies that I wish I could’ve watched being made.”
Another post read, “If you haven’t seen “The Irishman” yet — enjoy every three hours and twenty eight minutes of it. It’s absolutely magnificent.”
“It’s 4 am. I conveniently can’t sleep. #TheIrishman has been live since 3 am. I think I’m going to fit it in before work. I actually did the same thing last year with ‘Roma’ the day it went up. I had more to gain from that, since I saw Irishman in theatres already,” added another.
However, a number of Twitter users complained of the film not worth watching. One user wrote, “I’m just gonna come right out and say it #TheIrishman absolutely sucked!!!!!!!!! So long, so boring, de’ niro is shot out, the whole movie appears like everyone read the script once, shot the scene once, and said ‘f**k it”.
Another said, “Seeing tweets that are saying #TheIrishman is boring and dull. I’m truly convinced that Marvel movies have made it to where general audiences can’t sit through a 3+ hour movie without quips and jokes that ruin the tone in every scene.”
–IANS