Adam Balm wrote:How the hell Raging Bull gets more love than Taxi Driver, I'll have no idea...
MasterWhedon wrote:I'd say Goodfellas is his best and probably the one I enjoyed the most. That said, I loooooooove the "Werewolves of London" sequence from The Color of Money. The guy makes some classy flicks.
Adam Balm wrote:How the hell Raging Bull gets more love than Taxi Driver, I'll have no idea...
John-Locke wrote: Taxi Driver & Raging Bull are void for me because I've never really watched them that many times,
Adam Balm wrote:John-Locke wrote: Taxi Driver & Raging Bull are void for me because I've never really watched them that many times,
I watched Taxi Driver once and knew forever it would be one of my favourite films. You don't need TO WATCH IT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIMES TO RECOGNIZE ITS PWNAGE!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??! WHO ARE YOU???!!!
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Man-in-the-Box wrote:Sorry. BTW, I found it really hard to choose in this particular poll. So many great movies. In the end, I went with The Color of Money, mainly because I didn't think that it would get any love. How's that Al?
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:I always thought this guy was overrated personally. With claims that he's America's greatest living Director being banded about, I find it all a bit questionable. Also Goodfellas I'm becoming less keen on, the more I see and think about it. Appraently there were some vague stories that Marty wanted to be part of his local gangster organisation or something related to the effect when he was younger, and in Goodfellas it shows. Looks like 'oh it was such a great laugh, we had such a lovely time, if you can just excuse the way it all ended'. Just seems to praise the lifestyle, rather than totally condemn it which is what it should do instead. Also with so many people imitating scenes and going on about how cool certain characters and nasty scenes were, and also with the amount of copycat movies made since, (a lot maybe by film directors who have no first hand knowledge of such people?) it seems that a lot of people, albeit on a shallow level (although it may lead to something more), think it's still cool to be a gangster. And I don't just mean rap artists!
Agent Alonzo wrote:Without mentioning names, might I suggest trying to impress everyone with the size of your internet penis film school qualifications is a bit of a waste. I am sure there are enough film degrees knocking about this forum to choke Pamela Anderson.
In the end it matters not a jot in a discussion of this nature.
Also nice to see the love for King of Comedy, thought I was the only one who thought that was a superb movie.
Agent Alonzo wrote:Without mentioning names, might I suggest trying to impress everyone with the size of your internet penis film school qualifications is a bit of a waste. I am sure there are enough film degrees knocking about this forum to choke Pamela Anderson.
In the end it matters not a jot in a discussion of this nature.
Also nice to see the love for King of Comedy, thought I was the only one who thought that was a superb movie.
Cabiria wrote:Yeah, I threw down for Age of Innocence. Think you boys can handle that? All wrapped up in your Raging Taxi Fella Gangs violence- too blind to see the beauty of a well made, meticulous costume drama that is one of the tightest book to film adaptations ever? Ha! HA I say!
But seriously, while I love deeply most of Scorsese's work, AOI was such a complete departure for him- so unexpectedly great. It's not a loud flashy story, of course, but I think it is an important and overlooked part of an incredible career. I can see why many would be turned off- it's a story that creeps along, the setting is completely foreign, and there is the Winona problem, but I still think it's great. And the ending is divine.
I await your mockery.
John-Locke wrote:I finally saw AOI around Xmas time, I missed the first 15 minutes but I watched anyway, I did get interupted and missed a few scenes but on the whole I enjoyed what I saw, I'll have to watch it again one day, certainly better than The Aviator, Gangs of NY and Bringing out the Dead from what I saw. If I saw it when it came out (I was 13) I honestly don't think I would have been mature enough to get it, sometimes it's better to wait until you are ready, in another 5 years I'm sure it'll be just right for me.
John-Locke wrote:I wasn't implying you were old, Just reflecting on my own level of maturity and maturity in general which past a certain age hasn't got a lot to do with age as much as experience and applied knowledge.
Sorry if I came across like an ageist, I'm not, I just know my own cinematic tastes change with my maturity, I no longer crave the violence and brutality like I did a while back. Now I still like things with a certain amount of energy most of the time but not in the same way as when I was an angry young man.
John-Locke wrote:Joe Versus the Volcano seems like even more of a masterpiece in retrospect.
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