Scorcese doin' his thing... De Niro doin' his thing... Pesci doin' his thing...

Seen it all before. I mean, I know it's Scorcese, but geez, come on, Martin. It's kinda the same ol' stuff you've been doing for years. Mob picture - check. Bad guys - check. Italian mobster being your typical Italian mobsters - check. Etc. Etc. I watched it to of course see what seems like Scorcese's swan song, but after a while, I doing it more out of duty and obligation rather than any sort of joy or fascination with the fact that I was watching an unbelievably great film - with great stars...

After a while, I came to the conclusion that this was a mediocre endeavor, and the project was given a go because it was Scorcese, De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci. But 'typical mob gangster movie - that I've seen many times before' kept creeping into my membrane... And I felt bad, because these are all great actors (and director) who've done incredible things in the past. Oh well. Better luck next time... Oh, wait...