It'll probably be a bit till it's streaming, but "Killers of the Flower Moon" was surprisingly good. For a 3hr+ movie, I didn't find myself wishing it over, and while it was slow to unfold, it comes together really well. Some criticisms from my end are relatively minor. The characters are all maybe 10-15 years older looking than they should be. It takes place a few years after WWI, so many of the actors should be 25-30, 99% of the film look 35+. Also Deniro almost talks with his hands a bit during the film. He was a bit too much NY Italian for the role of a south westerner. On the plus side, he really does look like the in real life villain he portrays.
The film isn't social justicey, which made me happy. Some whites are villains in the story, but that's how the story played out in real life. I've seen 1950's -60's westerns that were more preachy than this effort. I also noticed some younger movie-goers being mad at this or simply not having the patience for the film. I fear for this new generation and their diet of "cape shit" films
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All in a solid 8-8.5/10 film. If this was Scorsese's or Deniro's last picture they'd have gone out on a good one.
