#oldfella

[mongogushi]

Couple of old fellas at the garden wall talking about interest rates. #sketching #roughdrawing #quickscribbles #oldfellas #art #celf #pensketch #birodoodle #welshart #welshartist (at Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjMHUNeoGba/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sketching #roughdrawing #quickscribbles #oldfellas #art #celf #pensketch #birodoodle #welshart #welshartist

[dreamymarshmallow]

#blup #dog #golden retriever #myboi #oldfella #fluffybeast #fluffy #smart #kind #cuddly

[rebelmonkeys]

Repost• @oldmanbjj #oldfella@work think every T-shirt I own is Jiu Jitsu related.I love to represent the thing I love @rebelmonkeys this is a great one 👍🏻. #bjj #bjjlifestyle #bjjmotivation #jiujitsulife #bjjtshirt #bjjuk #ukbjj #grappling #brazilianjiujitsu #oss #bjjafter40 #training #strong #strength #everdayporrada #rollinghard #rebelmonkeys #uk #sport #grappler #bjjdrills #jiujitsu #artesuave https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV8_3JDv8c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bqzailp3otjw

#oldfella #bjj #bjjlifestyle #bjjmotivation #jiujitsulife #bjjtshirt #bjjuk #ukbjj #grappling #brazilianjiujitsu #oss #bjjafter40 #training #strong #strength #everdayporrada #rollinghard #rebelmonkeys #uk #sport #grappler #bjjdrills #jiujitsu #artesuave

[just2fluffy]

Oh hii there norm 💗 ------------------------------------------- #lizard #lizards #blue #bluetongue #tongue #norm #instalizard #pet #pets #petsagram #petsofinstagram #instapet #cute #gorgeous #australia #norm #adorable #oldfella #habitat #native #enclosure #setup #fishtank #reptile #reptiles #skink #skinks

#tongue #australia #oldfella #petsagram #native #cute #reptile #setup #instapet #petsofinstagram #habitat #lizards #adorable #fishtank #norm #bluetongue #skinks #blue #lizard #enclosure #reptiles #instalizard #pet #skink #pets #gorgeous

[bansheemilk]

#uglyguy #thisismyface #myface #darkeyes #oldfella #oldchunkofcoal #goodlookingmanabouttown #hottie https://www.instagram.com/p/BNfwWq5D7Gv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cw1e559kr820

#uglyguy #thisismyface #myface #darkeyes #oldfella #oldchunkofcoal #goodlookingmanabouttown #hottie

[charliejrogers]

The Irishman (Or Oldfellas)

Let’s just get this out of the way first. DeNiro’s not Irish. Why would you make a movie called The Irishman about an Irish man’s ascension in the Italian mob, in which him being Irish (while not a crucial plot point) does come up a number of times throughout the film, with a lead actor who is not only not Irish but so obviously and blatantly Italian?!  The matter is worse for putting fellow Italian-American Al Pacino in the role of non-Italian Jimmy Hoffa, especially since it is pretty crucial to the plot that he is not Italian.

Great. Now that rant is over. Let’s start a new one. Holy fuck this is a long movie. At least epic films from times past gave you the courtesy of an intermission. Yes, no one was holding a gun to my head and telling me I couldn’t get up to pee, but it’s also a little hubristic of Scorcese to assume that this is such a dominant work of art it need not be interrupted. At the very just breaking this up into parts like in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight would have been appreciated.

Ok, I think I’m just about done ranting, which is good because despite what you see above, I really liked this film. While the obvious comparison to draw is to Scorcese’s great mob epics like Casino, Goodfellas, The Departed, in many ways the film fits more in line with his most recent picture, 2016’s Catholic guilt epic Silence. Yes, The Irishman features plenty of violence and even a trip to the movie-mobster-favorite the Copacabana, but this movie doesn’t do much to add to the myth that the mob life is wonderful. There’s little glitz and glammor, no drugs, no big parties. In fact, the main mob boss, Russell Bufalino (played in an incredibly understated fashion by the usually boisterous Joe Pesce) won’t allow people to smoke in front of him, and Pacino’s Hoffa can’t stand the sight of alcohol. Harvey Keitel’s brief appearance on-screen as an aloof, no-nonsense mob boss whose power extends beyond that of Pesce’s grants a reminder of the sort of aloof, mysterious, and powerful men who usually populate and dominate such films and our memories with their devotion to their family and mob-world principles (Brando in the Godfather most notably) but are generally absent here. Pesce’s character, above all, is concerned or the business.

And the ultimate demythologizing comes with the inspired decision to introduce many of the side characters (who are real people) with captions giving us their name as well as how and when they die. The captions often contain brutal and gory details that we will never see on-screen. As an audience, we love to relish in the excitement of mobster violence (think of the end of Bonnie & Clyde or Sonny’s death in The Godfather), but Scorcese denies us that perverse satisfaction, forcing us to appreciate the meaninglessness of the violence.

And so the film largely follows the life of DeNiro’s Frank Sheeran, a WWII vet and now truck driver, as he first becomes associated with Pesce’s mob business and his subsequent ascension among its ranks. It’s notable that Frank is a vet, and a combat vet at that. While this movie doesn’t really focus on PTSD, it’s clear that the war has done a number of Frank’s moral fortitude. He’s a man who will take orders without question and always respect the chain of command. Why should he feel any more guilty taking out a loud-mouthed mobster than two Nazis whom he was just watched dig their own graves? Both came as orders from on high, so what choice did he have?

The main conflicts of the film (of which there are really only two) come, then, when Frank feels unsure of where to place his loyalty. For much of the film this conflict takes the form of Frank playing the middle man between the Joe Pesce’s mob and the millionaire president of the trucking union and long-time friend of the mob, Jimmy Hoffa. He’s played to perfect effect by Al Pacino as a vain and egomaniacal man, not unlike a certain current president, that still manages to elicit genuine sympathy as he struggles to maintain control of his union.

It’s a testament to this film’s script and structure that the conflict of these two men to control Frank’s will develops so naturally that it never feels overly dramatic. That the climax occurs during an event designed to honor and appreciate Frank heightens the tragedy as Frank will only be able to return the favor in one direction. And, in all, the three hours it takes to reach this conflict’s resolution feels earned. Along the way, I for one enjoyed the history lesson – or at least some aspects of history and other unsubstantiated claims about history (the film is based on Frank’s own account which many have determined to be untrustworthy.) Still, I had no idea who Jimmy Hoffa was or that there were claims that JFK (through his father Joe) had ties to the mafia, and it was just fascinating to learn of the deep ties between unions and the mob. And had the film stopped here at the three hour mark, it would have been a wonderfully told story , a script full of engrossing conversations where on the surface nothing is said but in reality lives are at stake, and a tour de force of acting for its three main leads (DeNiro, Pesce, and Pacino), but would feel a little inconsequential in terms of its impact.

But it doesn’t end at the 3 hour mark. It keeps going in an almost Return of the King fashion for another half hour. And it’s in that half hour that the film is at its most ambitious. It turns all of what we saw before into a morality play. Frank has survived his life with the mob, but everyone else he knew from the mob is dead. We’re reminded by contrast of the countless side characters the movie introduces at the same time as it tells us how they will die. So like a soldier returned from war, what is Frank who has lived his life according to orders, a nervous and indecisive man who can in the best of times do little more than stumble through a sentence, supposed to do now? To whom does he give loyalty now? Should he try giving to God? He tries, but we sense that to do so would be a betrayal, an admittance that his life was wasted and that his loyalty was not well spent? It’s here where themes from Silence become prominent. He desperately fears the end of his life, maintaining his soldier status even in his nursing home, but recognizes and struggles with the pain that in the eyes of the time and the world, what was so important to him was done without meaning.

These are interesting questions, but ones that couldn’t help but feel rather tacked on. In particular, Frank’s troubled relationship with his daughter was a recurring motif that never really landed as the movie was far more interested in his relationship with the mob and Hoffa. Or maybe I was just more interested in Hoffa and the mob. But while the last 30 minutes don’t reach the heights that the film aspires to, it does do it’s job in elevating this film beyond the level of just another mobster movie. Scorcese’s getting up there in age, DeNiro, Pesce, and Pacino too and his question of a life lived well is universal. The film therefore invites us to take stock of our loyalties and question whether those loyalties will still have their meaning at the end of our days.

***1/4

(Three and a fourth stars out of four)

Capsule Review: It’s Goodfellas but re-made by a director with so much Catholic guilt he would be crazy enough to do filmed version of Silence.

#the irishman #martin scorcese #silence #oldfellas

[conor-oleary]

Larry's angel. . . . . . . #dodgytie #oldfella #home #ireland #angel #portrait #wexford #fashion

#fashion #home #wexford #dodgytie #portrait #oldfella #angel #ireland

[aerealren]

I had a tough time at the vet today so I’m spending some time in my dirt hole I dug behind the birdbath .... mum says the vet is impressed with me that I’m so healthy at almost 14 but I didn’t like them touching my feet to trim my claws and one was so hard it broke and came out. So I’m getting mystery parcels of turkey twice a day on top of my regular food but I don’t question it because more food is good food in my mind! oh and mum has to do chiropractic massage on me everyday now which I actually quite like. Although apparently my little sister cried for me when I left with mum and nan had to console her as we’ve never been apart, she’s been following me around all day, but not allowed in MY hole! #staffylife #oldfella #anolddogsagooddog #plentymoreyearstogo https://www.instagram.com/p/BrjvCm1hqPBBEBT_mBES7o4_2JloUvi_IOxf9I0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iwfjb7jj2cnf

#staffylife #oldfella #anolddogsagooddog #plentymoreyearstogo

[stompdenmark-blog]

Spending time with my #oldmate #bluey No #pawswalk today for the #oldfella but we did #channel #beach & a bit of #sightseeing #denmarkwa #dogslife #thisiswhereilive #autumn #dayoff #bluehealer #livingthedream (at Denmark, Western Australia)

#livingthedream #sightseeing #dayoff #autumn #channel #oldmate #bluey #beach #dogslife #bluehealer #denmarkwa #pawswalk #thisiswhereilive #oldfella

[bencookphotography]

snogging an old fella - personal project @bluesfestbyronbay with @supermarkart #bnw_creative #bnw_magazine #bnw_australia #bnw_souls #bnw_awards #bw_photography #bwtones_flair #bwpmag #bw_photooftheday #bwphotography #bw_awards #vice #vicemagazine #viceland #viceau #viceaustralia #viceaunz #world_bnw #friendsinbnw #bnw_of_our_world #bnw_oftheworld #bnw_of_the_world #portraitsmag #portraitoftheday #portraitperfection #bwstyleofhteday #bnw_universe #bnw_demand #creativeimagemagazine #snogging #oldfella

#bwpmag #vice #bw_photography #bnw_oftheworld #friendsinbnw #snogging #bnw_creative #world_bnw #vicemagazine #viceau #bnw_demand #bw_awards #oldfella #bw_photooftheday #viceaunz #bnw_of_our_world #bnw_awards #bnw_universe #bnw_souls #bnw_magazine #bwphotography #viceland #creativeimagemagazine #bwtones_flair #bnw_of_the_world #bnw_australia #bwstyleofhteday #portraitoftheday #viceaustralia #portraitsmag

[joeeyyyjo]

He's so adorable 😊😊😍 #adorable #cat #Oscar #oldfella

#cat #oscar #oldfella #adorable

[just2fluffy]

My boy ~ Norm 💗 ------------------------------------------- #lizard #lizards #blue #bluetongue #tongue #norm #instalizard #pet #pets #petsagram #petsofinstagram #instapet #cute #gorgeous #australia #norm #adorable #oldfella #habitat #native #enclosure #setup #fishtank #reptile #reptiles #skink #skinks

#petsofinstagram #cute #oldfella #enclosure #pet #setup #pets #adorable #lizard #lizards #australia #instapet #skinks #instalizard #fishtank #reptiles #native #blue #skink #reptile #gorgeous #habitat #bluetongue #petsagram #norm #tongue

[thobiasainickal]

F E A R L E S S . |09-04-2017| . #layman #fearless #oldfella #station #strongguy #randomclick #humansofmumbai #facesofbombay #candid #pleasure #goprohero5session #gopro #lightroom #snapseed #wide #photoshoot #positivevibes #awesome #MUMBAI  #mymumbai #instagram  #IAMNikon #instagram #likes #comments #everyday_post #ok_bye Follow the hastag #camarógrafos (at Mumbai, India)

#station #oldfella #goprohero5session #mumbai #gopro #randomclick #photoshoot #comments #candid #instagram #layman #fearless #strongguy #everyday_post #awesome #snapseed #ok_bye #camarógrafos #likes #lightroom #mymumbai #iamnikon #pleasure #wide #positivevibes #humansofmumbai #facesofbombay

[royaldirties]

"Be nice🤪 #comicstrips#ronalddonald#comicstrip#handdraw#drawing#artwork#artsanity#illustrationhowl#drawdrawdraw#comicseries#cartoon#oldfellas#Goodfellas#furries#artist#illustrated#sketchbook https://ift.tt/2DTosNS

#IFTTT #Instagram

[fernantonio]

Just two old fellas taking the Mercury eight for a ride. What a scene! Wish I could have a friendship like this. 🤘🎸🔊 #mercury #oldfellas #oldfriends

#oldfriends #mercury #oldfellas

[debiangdakyut]

After twenty thousand years... 😂 😂 😂 #reunited #oldfellas

#reunited #oldfellas