Thread: Last movie you saw - and rate it

Originally Posted by aberdien

I'm gonna rewatch Wolf of Wall Street tonight. I enjoyed it the first time but didn't think it was really a top tier Scorsese, but the more I think about it in my head the more I think it might be. We'll see how it holds up.

Did anybody watch Silence? It's far from his most popular for obvious reasons - not many people go to the movies to sit through a 2 hour 41 minute meditation on faith - but I think it's excellent and a shame it didn't get much recognition.

liked silence alot

Originally Posted by aberdien

I'm gonna rewatch Wolf of Wall Street tonight. I enjoyed it the first time but didn't think it was really a top tier Scorsese, but the more I think about it in my head the more I think it might be. We'll see how it holds up.

Did anybody watch Silence? It's far from his most popular for obvious reasons - not many people go to the movies to sit through a 2 hour 41 minute meditation on faith - but I think it's excellent and a shame it didn't get much recognition.

It starts off really well then kind of falls apart in the third act similar to The Departed. Still better than many movies, but my top 3 with him are Goodfellas, Casino, and Taxi Driver. Those are master classes in film making. As far as his work with DiCaprio I always thought Shutter Island was underrated.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

It starts off really well then kind of falls apart in the third act similar to The Departed. Still better than many movies, but my top 3 with him are Goodfellas, Casino, and Taxi Driver. Those are master classes in film making. As far as his work with DiCaprio I always thought Shutter Island was underrated.

How do you feel about the older Scorsese's? Mean Streets, Raging Bull, etc.

WoWS is certainly too long but it's hilarious and fun for almost all 3 of the hours which is quite a feat. And I still like the ending a whole lot - essentially turning the camera back on the audience and critiquing us is a brilliant way to end a movie in which we find ourselves rooting for this scumbag and enjoying his excesses. It's an imperfect movie but it's still one of my favorites, at least a top 5 Scorsese movie.

Mean Streets stinks. It might have been good in its time but it doesn't hold up.

Originally Posted by aberdien

How do you feel about the older Scorsese's? Mean Streets, Raging Bull, etc.

WoWS is certainly too long but it's hilarious and fun for almost all 3 of the hours which is quite a feat. And I still like the ending a whole lot - essentially turning the camera back on the audience and critiquing us is a brilliant way to end a movie in which we find ourselves rooting for this scumbag and enjoying his excesses. It's an imperfect movie but it's still one of my favorites, at least a top 5 Scorsese movie.

Raging Bull and Taxi Driver are my favorites from his early work.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Raging Bull and Taxi Driver are my favorites from his early work.

Gulp. Ive never seen either.

Originally Posted by Slick

Mean Streets stinks. It might have been good in its time but it doesn't hold up.

I've only seen it once, and it's been a few years, but it is near the bottom of my Scorsese list. I just thought it was uninteresting and too raw for my liking. Even though DeNiro's entrance is the best thing put to celluloid.

Originally Posted by MasterShake

Raging Bull and Taxi Driver are my favorites from his early work.

I've only seen Raging Bull once and it's good but I didn't love it. The scenes in the boxing ring are great to look at though.

Taxi Driver I've seen several times because I wrote an analysis of it for a Horror Films class arguing that it's a psychopathic horror film. It's an unpolished movie and the ending doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's gotta be #1 or #2 for me.

Care to discuss the Silence of the Lambs series of movies?

It crazy he saw his sister get killed and eaten.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

It crazy he saw his sister get killed and eaten.

Huh?

Originally Posted by chazoe60

Huh?

Goddamit Chaz. Hannibal.

Lol

Blade Runner 2049 10/10

How a sequel should be made. Best Picture of the year, by far.

I am starting to think the Aliens Universe, Blade Runner are one in the same, just different timelines.