I’ve started watching films again.

The Irishman

Firstly, I started with Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman.

Loved it.

The main cast have been great in everything I’ve seen them in. And this film was no different.

A masterclass.

For me it had those Jackie Brown vibes, in that a lot of it felt like I was just chilling out with these characters for most of it. Characters I quickly became fond of, despite their dubious business dealings.

And until I saw the conversation between Martin Scorsese and Pacino, De Niro and Pesci afterwards, I had no idea it was all based on a true story.

It took me three sittings to watch it as it was done between sleeps (raising a 2 month old)

Despite it being such a long film, I actually wished it was longer.

A Fistfull of Dollars

The first spaghetti western, and the film that launched Clint Eastwood’s film career.

A Fistfull of Dollars is cool as hell.

The man with no name wanders into a western town where two families are at war with each other.

So he decides to cleverly pit them against one another for his own gains.

I had seen this many years ago, but for some reason westerns didn’t do much for me. That was until I experienced the Red Dead Redemption games, especially the story of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2

Since then I have been eager to explore more of the genre.

To be honest I think I’m trying to re-experience what I got with Red Dead Redemption 2, but with other stories.

But Arthur Morgan is always there at the back of my mind.

Sobs.

I loved this film.

Trivia: this features the scene featured in Back to the Future part 2, and the emulation that Marty performs in Back to the Future part 3.

At the time of writing I am 30 minutes into “For a Few Dollars More”.

Only taking breaks as I only get chance to see them at night when I have baby duties and of course at that point I’m knackered.

But I’ll get there eventually.

And at least my little girl is getting a good film education early.