Why weren't younger men cast to play the earlier scenes? The 3rd time I heard the 70 or so year old De Niro (feeble attempt to make him look younger) being referred to as a "kid" I turned it off. A massive mistake not getting younger actors to carry the scenes when the characters were younger. I mean a senior citizen trying to play a guy in his thirties just makes for awkward viewing and destroys the script. It was really distracting and frankly embarrasing. A sad sad way to end the finest collaborative pairing hollywood has seen. Actually cant believe thats not being discussed anywhere as far as I can tell. Gutted.