Honorable mentions..... Taxi Driver
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
Aren't you forgetting Taxi Driver?
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Oh yeah, that's right.... and Taxi Driver!
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
1. Taxi Driver 2. GoodFellas 3. Casino 4. Raging Bull 5. The King of Comedy
Posted by Earl Keese (Member # 7986) on :
5. The Last Temptation of Christ - I was eighteen when I saw it and didn't really see "it" coming. Left an impression on me as to how you can take a quite well known story and find another angle to it.
4. Casino - It was amazing to me how Scorcese took a character like Nicky (Pesci) build him up to be the worst kind of psychopath that you just want to see go out and then when he does, you feel terrible for him.
3. Taxi Driver - I think in the decades since, this is still DeNiro's master work.
2. The Departed - Great storytelling. Lived in characters. I just love this movie. The brutality of the third act is so oppressive that you just want it to end...and then Mark Wahlberg appears and it brings a smilke to your face.
1. Goodfellas - Forget a "Scorcese" List...it's at the top of just about any list!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Just watched Bringing out the dead, what a weird flick! Enjoyed it more and more as it went along.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: Just watched Bringing out the dead, what a weird flick! Enjoyed it more and more as it went along.
Great film, remember seeing it in a cinema with about three other people: sobering, surreal and often hilarious movie, very underrated in the grand scheme of things.
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
quote:Originally posted by Helen_S: Just watched Bringing out the dead, what a weird flick! Enjoyed it more and more as it went along.
I think that Bringing Out the Dead is quite underrated in the Scorcese canon. I really like the structure of Paul Schrader's screenplay. The action takes place over three days--and there's that obvious and typical Scorsese religious angle ("On the third day, he rose again..") But what is really terrific and interesting to me is the way Cage's three different paramedic partners represent three different stages in Cage's life and his job as paramedic: John Goodman just wants to do his job, have his own ambulance company, etc. He represents the man Cage once was, full of idealism and hope. Ving Rhames is Cage of the present, trying to keep his head above the madness--and his sanity--when nothing goes right. And Tom Sizemore--in a hilariously unhinged performance--is the man Cage seems destined to become, a completely psychotic lunatic, getting into fights and smashing ambulances for fun.
Give this film about 10 more years, and folks will re-evaluate it and call it another Scorsese masterpiece. Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
1. Goodfellas 2. Taxi Driver 3. Raging Bull 4. Mean Streets 5. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Honorable mentions that didn't quite make the cut: After Hours, The King Of Comedy, Bringing Out The Dead, Casino, and Cape Fear.
I have not seen: The Age Of Innocence, New York New York, The Gangs Of New York, Shutter Island, Hugo, Kundun, The Last Temptation Of Christ, Who's That Knocking On My Door (his debut), or Boxcar Bertha (a low-budget movie he made for Roger Corman).
Sorry, but I was not impressed with The Aviator, The Color Of Money, or The Departed (even though he finally won a Best Director Oscar)
Posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless (Member # 9826) on :
I've been brainstorming about this for years..
Is it Taxi Driver or Raging Bull that i think is the best ?? .. I honestly can't decide between the two.
When it comes to the theme of the movie, it is Taxi Driver that i'd prefer. This is a personal taste, of course. However, it is Raging Bull that i think is visually the most stunning.
I mean, how could you compare perfection to perfection, when perfection is nothing less than perfect ! Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
1. Goodfellas 2. Casino 3. After Hours 4. Taxi Driver 5. Cape Fear
Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
seen most of scorsese's movies but never seen mean streets or after hours.
i got to say goodfellas is my favourite.
followed closely by taxi driver,cape fear & casino.
yeah i didn't dislike bringing out the dead crash,i thought it was pretty cool flick!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Bought Taxi Driver and Raging Bull blu-rays plus i now also got Boxcar Bertha and Alice Doesnīt Live Here Anymore on dvd. I think that my list could change...
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
You've got to see Mean Streets Warrior. It's one that gets better each watch for me Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
just added mean streets blu ray to my rental list helen,after hours is not available for rental in the uk so if i'm ever going to get the chance of ever watching that one i think i'm going to have to just buy the dvd.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
1. Goodfellas 2. Casino 3. The Color of Money 4. The Departed 5. Taxi Driver
Goodfellas is on tv at any given moment. I always stop to watch. I must have seen it 100 times, but I seriously never counted. It was the very first DVD I purchased! I always watch American Gangster (not a Scorcese film) any time it is on tv, even though I own the DVD. I like to watch them when I have time to stay up late.
Posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless (Member # 9826) on :
There's not enough love for Raging Bull here ! Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Well, it might be that everyone has seen the classic Hale & Pace skit "Raging Bullshi**" But seriously, i think that itīs a five star film and canīt wait to check it out again.
Posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless (Member # 9826) on :
Phew.. for a moment i thought all hope was lost..
but now i still have faith in mankind ! Posted by J2ME (Member # 5728) on :
quote:Originally posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless: There's not enough love for Raging Bull here !
I've never seen it.
quote:Originally posted by aTomiK:
Well, it might be that everyone has seen the classic Hale & Pace skit "Raging Bullshi**" [Big Grin] But seriously, i think that itīs a five star film and canīt wait to check it out again.
I'd totally forgotten about them!
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
quote:Originally posted by J2ME:
quote:Originally posted by Johnny Roarke is reckless: [qb] There's not enough love for Raging Bull here !
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