[Ouch]

First I'll talk about the flu I've been sick.. like sicker than I can remember being in like 10 years. This shit is no joke I got my flu vaccination from wal-greens and whatever but that did nothing. Fever in the 102's consistently coughing so hard that I have to throw up because it chokes me... no bueno. Just wondering if anyone else ran into it because I don't get sick.. but damn.

So while I wasn't going to work I watched The Irishman which 3.5 hours is a commitment all at one time to watch for me, but I watched it all even though I was half delirious.

Watched it again fully with my gf tonight because she hadn't seen it etc etc. But my analysis is this.

It was a good movie, solid acting. At the beginning it took me awhile to get used to the fact that they used movie magic to make their faces look younger and have more hair etc. As well as well as when De Nero did the tough guy stuff and beat people up, the way he held himself his posture and whatever reminded me of what one of my grandpas would look like trying to beat someone up.

I got over that, but still I wouldn't call it a GREAT movie, like they were touting it as one of the best in the last 15 years and stuff. I found it boring in parts but obviously still good enough that I watched it twice in a week without turning it off.

I think the critics and movie people ranked it so high because they know pesci de niro and pacino are never going to do another gangster movie, let alone together... let alone with Scorseesee. All of the aforementioned could die at any time. So they gave it a better a better ranking than what it deserved.

I give it a 7/10 --- any thoughts? And for scale I'd give say Casino or Goodfellas an 8.