Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please Stop Using It

Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by sieongioetnio on Saturday May 20, 2023 @02:42PM (#36014478)

That scene is ridiculous, but the de-aging was worse than ridiculous. At the beginning of the movie I thought De Niro was supposed to be about fifty years old. I knew he had been digitally de-aged but it never crossed my mind he was supposed to be in his twenties. For a good chunk of the movie I didn't understand why the gangsters were so interested in recruiting a middle-aged truck driver.

The de-aging prevented me from understanding the story.

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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by pan69 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @04:18PM (#36015181)

I recently rewatched this movie as the first time I saw it I couldn't get into it (mainly because of the de-aging I think).

It was the scene at the gas station where Joe Pescis character says to De Niros character something like "what's your name kid?" that made me laugh out loud. De Niro literally looks like a 50 year old.

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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by BonoboIO on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:47PM (#36017584)

In his twenties? What? I just thought he was like 50 ish haha.

They went so technically heavy with IR cameras (Watch the making of) and some dude on YouTube made a better de-ager with a deep fake. Not marginally better, but dimensions better.

The Irish Man is just comically bad.

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Re:Attention, Hollywood: De-Aging Isn’t Working, So Please S... by MagicMoonlight on Sunday May 21, 2023 @06:25AM (#36019538)

They could easily have just made him his actual age and a high ranking mafia guy

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