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Greg Miller= Messiah

6 Apr 2006, 00:34

Been watching a lot of this mans work lately and just wondering what everyone else thinks

NICK THE PIE MAN

6 Apr 2006, 00:45

A lot to pick from, but Good Fellas for me.

Matching Mole

6 Apr 2006, 09:46

Jesus, an impossible question. He's one of the few directors to deserve a top 5 (or even top 10) list.

Personal fave:

Taxi Driver

Just Beneath:

Mean Streets
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
New York, New York
King of Comedy

Underrated:

Casino (the dark, ugly, side of the Goodfellas dream, where strutting gangsters go to Vegas and lose their souls)

Age of Innocence (an exceptionally touching, restrained work, dismissed by fans because of the lack of gunplay, but showing that Scorsese - with the help of Edith Wharton - can bring us 1870s New York and its complicated social networks as vividly as 1970s New York).

Knew I could pick one! Sorry!

Freo Big Fella

6 Apr 2006, 11:24

Goodfellas and Taxi Driver for me.

Greg Miller= Messiah

6 Apr 2006, 15:49

My top 5-
1. Taxi Driver- An absolute masterpiece. Neccesary viewing for everyone
2. Goodfellas- As close to perfect as a movie could possibly be. Shows how good Scorsese is when it is debated this isnt he's best work. Perfect cast and perfect score especially. The only reason I have Taxi Driver first is because I feel it has more meaning.
3. The King of Comedy- Picked this up cheap the other day. I was expecting a good film but I heard it wasnt really Scorsese's best so I thought it probably wouldn't be the greatest. IMO it's a masterpiece. I can understand why it may have flopped at the box office. Audiences where simply not ready for it. This film was made 20 years too early but I can't see why this is still gone unknown compared to the rest of his work. DeNiro's performance is unbelievable.
4. Casino- Another underated masterpiece. Great performances, unfortunatly was compared too much to Goodfellas. Mabye in the same way as King of Comedy to Taxi Driver.
5. Raging Bull- A masterpiece no disputing I just don't find this film as enjoyable as other films he's made
Haven't seen= Any of his films before Mean Streets, Alice dosn't Live here Anymore, Newyork, NewYork, The Last Waltz, After Hours, the Colour of Money, Temptation of Christ, Age of Innocence, Kundun and Bringing out the Dead (man i've still got a lot to go)

jacqui9

6 Apr 2006, 16:11

Casino
Taxi Driver
Good Fellas
Colour of Money

TheBloods

6 Apr 2006, 16:26

Goodfellas is fantastic!

Age of Innocence is also very good.

I like the look of Gangs of NY, but it just doesn't really work as well as it should, but it's still a decent picture though.

Same with Kundun.

Harvey Leadpipe

6 Apr 2006, 16:55

Goodfellas hands down.

Taxi Driver is a great film, and hits a different note than Goodfellas. Explores the seedy, twisted, disturbed way of low lifes, rather than the brazen, cavalier, extroverted life of a ganster.

Both are hard hitting, but you need a rest after watching Goodfellas. From go to whoa the film doesn't slow down. In my top 3 films ever.

Walsh Bay

6 Apr 2006, 17:05

Raging Bull.
Perhaps the best film directed by an American.

DB10

6 Apr 2006, 17:17

Gotta be Goodfellas.

Magpiespower

7 Apr 2006, 08:19

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a beautiful film.

year of the roo

7 Apr 2006, 15:56

Can't split Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Casino not far behind. Scorsese is a genius.

Contra Mundum

7 Apr 2006, 16:10

Can't split Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Casino not far behind. Scorsese is a genius.

I cannot be objective about his films - I love them all even the aviator for Christ's sake!!!

Knowledge

7 Apr 2006, 18:32

Goodfellas.

moistie

7 Apr 2006, 22:22

Martin Scorcese really is quite a jovial fellow.

Raging Bull for me.

Magpiespower

8 Apr 2006, 10:26

Anybody seen Who's That Knocking at my Door?

Truly awful film.

But there are glimpses of what was to come.

Noddy Holder

11 Apr 2006, 00:08

He hasn't produced a movie that I could say I really like. I think his documentary on Bob Dylan is probably the best thing he has done.

Noddy Holder

11 Apr 2006, 00:15

Jesus, an impossible question. He's one of the few directors to deserve a top 5 (or even top 10) list.

Peter Weir >>>> Martin Scorcese

Master and Commander
Dead Poet's Society
The Mosquito Coast
Witness
The Year of Living Dangerously
Gallipoli
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Peter Weir = legend

Matching Mole

11 Apr 2006, 09:41

Peter Weir >>>> Martin Scorcese

Master and Commander
Dead Poet's Society
The Mosquito Coast
Witness
The Year of Living Dangerously
Gallipoli
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Peter Weir = legend

Um....NO.

Weir is a talented, middlebrow creator of high taste. Picnic is a great film, but compared to the physical force of Scorsese's cinema, he's practically Merchant-Ivory.

There aren't many living directors greater than Scorsese. At least, not American.

Atticus

12 Apr 2006, 01:02

Goodfellas is Scorsese's masterpiece.

- PC -

12 Apr 2006, 03:18

Goodfellas for me as well.

Lady Lawrence

12 Apr 2006, 15:04

I cannot believe noone has mention The Last Temptation.

I am not a religious nut but I loved this movie and the questions it raised.

Contra Mundum

12 Apr 2006, 15:25

I cannot believe noone has mention The Last Temptation.

I am not a religious nut but I loved this movie and the questions it raised.

Loved that movie - its also very orthodox from a Christian point of view

Crosby87

14 Apr 2006, 22:05

Peter Weir >>>> Martin Scorcese

Master and Commander

Damn, I think I damaged the back of my head after I fell off my chair laughing my a$$ off...

...In response to the topic - Taxi Driver, but it has tough competition. Perhaps one of the finest performances by an actor ever. Goodfellas a close second, followed by Raging Bull. And the King of Comedy is a great film - it's just lost in the fact that it's not as good as his other work, and didn't gross much at the box office. Another of De Niro's great performances.

But, it's a tough question. In terms of "overall great movie", probably Taxi Driver or Goodfellas. In terms of direction, probably Raging Bull.

Dry Rot

14 Apr 2006, 22:40

Why has no-one given an honourable mention to Cape Fear?

I hate re-makes, but this was a ripper. Max Cady is all the more scary because Scorcese made two great changes re the lawyer to the original story, which was bloody good anyway.

- PC -

15 Apr 2006, 10:46

Damn, I think I damaged the back of my head after I fell off my chair laughing my a$$ off...

...In response to the topic - Taxi Driver, but it has tough competition. Perhaps one of the finest performances by an actor ever. Goodfellas a close second, followed by Raging Bull. And the King of Comedy is a great film - it's just lost in the fact that it's not as good as his other work, and didn't gross much at the box office. Another of De Niro's great performances.

But, it's a tough question. In terms of "overall great movie", probably Taxi Driver or Goodfellas. In terms of direction, probably Raging Bull.
See you have reinforced why to me Goodfellas was the better directing effort.

Raging Bull was basically a solo movie for De Niro and quite rightly won him an Oscar. Yet Goodfellas was a superb ensemble trio of Pesci, De Niro and Liotta. For Scorcese to get 1 great performance was great, but to get 3 great performances is even better

Slacker

10 Oct 2006, 16:36

I saw the preview for The Departed the other night. Liked the cuts they showed, saw it was a Scorcese film - I was getting pretty keen on seeing this film until Leonardo DiCaprio appears in what must be a major role.

My interest in seeing the film suddenly drops down to DVD rental status:(

Damn you Scorcese! Stop toying with my brain. :mad:

vast

10 Oct 2006, 16:44

Slacker

10 Oct 2006, 17:01

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out.
Cheers vast.

year of the roo

11 Oct 2006, 00:16

Matt Damon and a severely past his prime Jack Nicholson too. Not even Scorsese could pull this one off.

Pass.

bunsen burner

11 Oct 2006, 00:22

1. Taxi Driver
2. Goodfellas
3. Raging Bull

Big Nasty

12 Oct 2006, 10:14

1. Goodfellas
2. Cape Fear
3. Casino
4. Gangs of New York

He must be in love with Leonardo Dicaprio...Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed. Dicaprio has also been cast by scorsese as a President in another one of his movies.

Slacker

12 Oct 2006, 11:32

1. Goodfellas
2. Gangs of New York
3. Casino

He must be in love with Leonardo Dicaprio...Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed
Gangs of New York must have been one of the most polarising films ever made. You are not alone in rating it quite highly.

I suffered through the whole movie. Long, disjointed and pointless. Maybe I caught it opn a bad day, but I won't watch it again to find out.

Big Nasty

12 Oct 2006, 11:52

heres a list of all his films

Untitled Airbus Documentary Project (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462588/) (2006) (in production (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/))
Silence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490215/) (2008) (announced (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/))
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480046/) (2008) (announced (http://pro.imdb.com/r/legacy-inprod-name/inproduction/))
The Departed (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/) (2006)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367555/) (2005)
The Aviator (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338751/) (2004)
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397507/) (2004) (TV)
Michael Jackson: Number Ones (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768131/) (2003) (V) (video "Bad")
"The Blues" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287198/) (2003) (mini) TV Series (episode "Feel Like Going Home")
Gangs of New York (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/) (2002)
The Concert for New York City (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298810/) (2001) (TV) (segment "The Neighborhood")
Bringing Out the Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163988/) (1999)
Mio viaggio in Italia, Il (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173772/) (1999)
... aka My Voyage to Italy (USA)
Kundun (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119485/) (1997)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112120/) (1995) (TV)
Casino (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/) (1995)
... aka Casino (France)
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167988/) (1995) (V) (video "Bad")
The Age of Innocence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106226/) (1993)
Amazing Stories: Book Four (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340516/) (1992) (V) (segment "Mirror, Mirror")
Cape Fear (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101540/) (1991)
Goodfellas (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/) (1990)
... aka GoodFellas (USA: promotional title (video box title) (poster title))
Made in Milan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100086/) (1990)
New York Stories (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097965/) (1989) (segment "Life Lessons")
The Last Temptation of Christ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095497/) (1988)
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374003/) (1988) (V)
Bad (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124288/) (1987) (V)
The Color of Money (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090863/) (1986)
"Amazing Stories" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088478/)
... aka Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (USA: complete title)
- Mirror, Mirror... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0511104/) (1986) TV Episode
After Hours (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/) (1985)
The King of Comedy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085794/) (1983)
Raging Bull (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398/) (1980)
The Last Waltz (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077838/) (1978)
American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077157/) (1978)
... aka American Boy
New York, New York (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076451/) (1977)
Taxi Driver (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/) (1976)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071115/) (1974)
Italianamerican (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071680/) (1974)
Mean Streets (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070379/) (1973)
Boxcar Bertha (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068309/) (1972)
Street Scenes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066416/) (1970)
... aka Street Scenes 1970 (USA)
I Call First (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063803/) (1967)
... aka J.R. (USA: reissue title)
... aka Who's That Knocking at My Door (USA: new title (longer version))
The Big Shave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061402/) (1967)
... aka The Big Shave... or, Viet '67
It's Not Just You, Murray! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058242/) (1964)
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057680/) (1963)
Vesuvius VI (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053416/) (1959)

DB10

12 Oct 2006, 13:37

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Henry Hill: You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny.
Tommy DeVito: What do you mean I'm funny?
Henry Hill: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy.
[laughs]
Tommy DeVito: what do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What?
Henry Hill: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, the way you tell the story and everything.
Tommy DeVito: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it?
Anthony Stabile: Tommy no, You got it all wrong.
Tommy DeVito: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how?
Henry Hill: Jus...
Tommy DeVito: What?
Henry Hill: Just... ya know... you're funny.
Tommy DeVito: You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little ****ed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to ****in' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Henry Hill: Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?
Tommy DeVito: No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the **** am I funny, what the **** is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!
Henry Hill: [long pause] Get the **** out of here, Tommy!
Tommy DeVito: [everyone laughs] Ya mother****er! I almost had him, I almost had him. Ya stuttering prick ya. Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.

Ah, classic. :thumbsu: :D

Greg Miller= Messiah

12 Oct 2006, 16:13

Just went and saw the Departed today.
One word sums it up= masterpiece
After GONY and Aviator Scorsese is back in his best form. The Departed is up there with Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. For those of you who cant stand Leo you better stay away he is brillant as is Matt Damon but the real standout is Jack Nicolson he is pure evil and pure watchable. Also great are Martin Sheen and Mark Walberg of **** it the whole cast simply rocks he even gets a great performance out of that fat black guy who seems to be in all the crap comedies coming out over the last few years.
Go see it this is easily the best film of the year so far and let me tell you if Scorsese dosnt get the oscar here well its time someone rioted on Oscar night.
The last 15 minutes will just blow everyones mind!!!

Big Nasty

12 Oct 2006, 16:53

kimirocks

12 Oct 2006, 17:07

Watch the orginal called infernal affairs a hong kong film, it would be better. Plus no DiCaprio!Try not "would be better" try is better X 1 quadrillion. No American can ever recreate any Hong Kong movie without turning to ****. The Departed is a decent movie, would rate it as one of the 20 best American movies I have watched, problem is none of these 20 would rate in the best 80 movies I've seen in my life.

Asian/ European cinema >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>American.

If you are going to watch Infernal Affairs, watch the trilogy in order from 2, 1, 3. Best 6 hours you'll ever enjoy.

In regards to Scorcese, I would rate it his best, but then I have hated every single one of his movies. Yes, even Goodfellas.

vast

12 Oct 2006, 18:20

Try not "would be better" try is better X 1 quadrillion. No American can ever recreate any Hong Kong movie without turning to ****. The Departed is a decent movie, would rate it as one of the 20 best American movies I have watched, problem is none of these 20 would rate in the best 80 movies I've seen in my life.

Asian/ European cinema >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>American.

If you are going to watch Infernal Affairs, watch the trilogy in order from 2, 1, 3. Best 6 hours you'll ever enjoy.

In regards to Scorcese, I would rate it his best, but then I have hated every single one of his movies. Yes, even Goodfellas.

i agree goodfellas sucked.

evertonfc

16 Oct 2006, 12:45

"The Bronx Bull....
The Raging Bull....
Let's hear it for the great Jake La Motta ladies and gentleman."

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Captain Wacky

16 Oct 2006, 14:07

The Age of Innocence

Seriously.

Closely followed by Casino and The King of Comedy.

bunsen burner

17 Oct 2006, 23:03

Anyone notice Scorcese's penchant for using Stones music in his films?

Mean Streets - uses Jumpin Jack Flash when Johnny Boy is in the bar meeting a mob boss

Goodfellas - when Henry Hill is driving in the car and the police helicopter is following him Monkey Man from Let it Bleed is playing

Casino - uses Sweet Virginia from Exile on Main St, Heart of Stone, and Can't You Here Me knocking from Sticky Fingers

The Departed - uses Gimme Shelter from Let it Bleed, and Let it Loose from Exile on Main St. Also Di Caprio sens Damon a copy of some taped evidence inside a cover of Exile.