Watching a movie with someone constantly complaining about how terrible it is really disorientates you. At the minute I feel like I actually quite enjoyed it but I might just be comparing it to the person sitting next to me, clearly feeling like he's being tortured (again, you know who you are!)
I mean I guess when I think about it there wasn't a lot that I enjoyed about it, but it seemed strangely captivating. The narration was sightly odd. Essentially when it started there were some fast -moving establishing shots, with narration over the top, sort of giving you an idea of what the film would be like. I assumed that this would then eventually come to a natural stop and the dialogue would start, but that never really happened. The whole film ended up being in this weird fast-paced story-telling style. There was some dialogue but it was always very short scenes that were skipped over quickly.
But from what I gathered it was basically a mediocre gangster movie, made slightly cooler by Robert De Niro in his comfortable position as the caring but brutal lead role.
I don't have a lot to say about Casino. It got pretty interesting towards the end, but again, a 3 hour epic which doesn't capture the imagination enough to warrant its length.
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