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Casino (1995)

I caught this on NetFlix, because it was highly recommended by a fellow movie buff, and thanks for the recommendation. Vikas Dev Chaudhary It was certainly a movie I liked.

What's not to like? Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro, a deadly combination.
But let me issue a disclaimer here, I was quite swept away with the utter beauty of Robert de Niro, he was in his early 50's at the time this movie was shot, and he is utterly gorgeous! A man dressed in yellow and red and turquoise and still looking as buff as the day is long! Utterly yummy! So the disclaimer actually is there were points in the movie when I was just watching him and not paying attention to the plot at all. I didn't care why his wife disliked him, all I was thinking was, " You stupid Cow! How can you even think of someone else with this guy in your life?" 🤣🤣😂

But that aside, this movie is an ode by the director to the actor. And though they both do justice to what they set out to do, the movie isn't quite as edgy as it could have been. It seems that instead of painting the town Red, they opted to paint it Beige, and this causes the movie to be subdued and not quite have the flamboyance which a casino based in Las Vegas deserves. Even when the protagonist is actually the director of Entertainment, there is nothing which would you lead you to think that you were indeed inside a Las Vegas joint. I couldn't quite figure out why.

Scorsese movies are renowned for not leaving any loose ends,I mean think The Departed and see how well-rounded the plot is. But this one is strangely unfinished. There are a lot of loose threads in this one, but it is still a good one.

Sharon Stone could have been just about any other actress, she and her performance are utterly replaceable.
Joe Pesci, just does what he does in every other movie.There's James Wood playing a committed loser.His character was rather on again/off again.

But none of them really matter, because whether he is on the screen or off it, the story belongs to Sam/Sammy ( Robert de Niro's) character.

#MIniasreviews
#Alllivesmatter

P.S: I just saw the trailer for Sushmita Sen's new web series - Aarya and am so excited about it. She is looking fabulous and is performing well and seems to have come out of her illness with flying colors.More power to her!
It drops on the 19th of June on HotStar and is a must watch for me.
P.P.S: Two days left to Gulabo Sitabo.....

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