08-11-2019, 09:38 AM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:A 210 minute dud of a movie that tells tall ales about key events in post WW 2 American history.
Although I did not mention it, DeNiro was told about the serious problems with the book and Sheeran's story. He and Scorsese went forward with it anyway.
As you can read below, they shouldn't have.
https://kennedysandking.com/articles/par...int-houses
I haven't seen the film yet but have read the book, which is patently false. One thing that
strikes me about the media reception for THE IRISHMAN is that most reviewers give the movie
an easy pass on whether or not Sheeran actually whacked Hoffa, as if that is irrelevant to its
quality, yet express anxiety (albeit muted out of respect for Scorsese) over the JFK conspiracy aspects of the story
being included in the film at all (vide Anthony Lane's review in The New Yorker). That shows an obvious double standard and how the
JFK assassination, like 9/11, remains a third rail for the MSM. And of course they
have nothing intelligent to say about the JFK assassination. An Oliver Stone film
would not get a pass on anything political from reviewers. Film companies
would not let him make his films on Bush & Noriega, the MLK assassination, and the
My Lai Massacre, among other subjects.