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Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Martin Scorsese has done a lot of great movies over the years, and although I think either Taxi Driver, Goodfellas or Departed will be the majority favorite, it doesn't hurt to ask. So which are your top Scorsese films and which is your number 1?
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 12:51 pm
All are my least favorite. His masturbatory film style is rivaled by the likes of Sir Peter Jackson and Akira Kurosawa.
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 12:55 pm
I love Jackson's work on LoTR, but he's fallen in love with some terrible cgi. I'm glad that what is available today was not available at the time LoTR was filmed.
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 1:53 pm
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 1:54 pm
Departed. Not as good as what actually happened - but he probably thought that in this case, fiction would be more believable.
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm (This post was last modified: July 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm by Faith No More.)
(July 13, 2014 at 12:51 pm)Bad Writer Wrote: All are my least favorite. His masturbatory film style is rivaled by the likes of Sir Peter Jackson and Akira Kurosawa.

Blasphemy!
It's been a long time since I've seen Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, but I'd have to say The Departed is my favorite.
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Saying negative things about Kurosawa is likely to get you killed by samurai. Tread carefully.

Peter Jackson's filmic style isn't so much masturbatory as it is self-indulgent whorishness.

My fave Scorsese film is 'Gangs Of New York'.

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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Well, my second favourite film of all time is Taxi Driver, so, unless it turns out he ghost-directed A Clockwork Orange, I guess Taxi Driver is my favourite.
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 6:13 pm
In my modest opinion, "goodfellas" without a doubt, I'd even go as far as saying I enjoyed it more than the "godfather" trilogy
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RE: Favorite Martin Scorsese Films
July 13, 2014 at 6:18 pm (This post was last modified: July 13, 2014 at 6:23 pm by Elskidor.)
Goodfellas and Departed are a tie for me. I do like Gangs, Wolf of Wallstreet, Casino, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Shutter Island as well. I like nearly all of his stuff though.

I would have liked Aviator much more if those damn accents weren't so pronounced. Cate Blanchet was especially annoying, and I typically love her.
(July 13, 2014 at 6:13 pm)Blackout Wrote: In my modest opinion, "goodfellas" without a doubt, I'd even go as far as saying I enjoyed it more than the "godfather" trilogy

 Coppola shouldn't have waited 20 years to make Godfather III.
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