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Most overrated movie in history?


3,5 hours (!) of old men sitting down talking or shuffling around trying to act way younger than they are, with terrible cgi making them look weird at times instead of younger in any meaningful way and works mostly just as an annoying distraction.

Love Pacino in many movies, but here he just overacts badly and only seem believable as the great guy he portrays in glimpses. De Niro has had a long slow decline in his career, and this is really the bottom of the barrel. Nice to see Pesci again, but he is just waaay to old, and there were no scenes were he didn't look too old - except from in the very end, where he just seems to old again lol

Overall this was just 3,5 loooong painfully boring hours. Just hilarious that this garbage is being hailed as a masterpiece by the mindless sheep out there.

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I think "in history" is a long stretch. This was a 6/10 for me, a slightly above average mob movie. It was nice to see everyone back together, but it just wasn't that entertaining imo. I felt that the de-aging could have been done much better. They did not look 40's, but 60's with some hair dye, which I struggled with. I guess I didn't mind the length, but it took me 3 sittings to complete, not because I wanted to stop watching, I just didn't have the time. I feel like this had loads of potential because of all of the talent involved, but it did not meet expectations. Maybe they just needed to use a different story.

Oh well. Maybe they'll all get together again and make another one!

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“Most Overrated in History” claims an awful lot of ground. You got any idea how many movies have been made? And the potential many of them have to be christened Most Overrated?

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