In Reply to: "Gangs of New York" posted by mvwine on November 20, 2002 at 13:39:38:
I consider Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Good Fellows masterpieces of cinema art, with Casino and Mean Streets not far behind and The Age of Innocence demonstrating his skill with more sublime filmfare, even though it doesn't have the "guy-flick" appeal of most of his other films. Even The Last Temptation of Christ, regardless of the controversial subject matter, deserves mention as a gutsy albeit arguably miscast effort. Cape Fear, being a remake, is a good film but will suffer by comparison with the earlier version for many folks; I'd rather have seen him tackle something a little more original.AuPh
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- IMHO, Scorsese is a genius, an American icon, and more hit than miss. - Audiophilander 08:47:24 11/21/02 (17)
- Lisa Minelli and de Niro in New York, New York - gware 19:44:42 11/21/02 (1)
- Re: Lisa Minelli and de Niro in New York, New York - Victor Khomenko 06:59:02 11/22/02 (0)
- AuPh... - Victor Khomenko 11:51:49 11/21/02 (12)
- Oh, I consider him a great director, ...period! - Audiophilander 14:22:14 11/21/02 (11)
- The unbearable heaviness of that period! - Victor Khomenko 14:55:57 11/21/02 (10)
- You've answered your own question - bubbahotep 09:03:03 11/22/02 (0)
- I only give 8 1/2 a 3 1/2 on my list of great movies, and that's when I'm bored enough to watch it! - Audiophilander 16:29:16 11/21/02 (8)
- x out of 5 star ratings for this film are irrelevant. - Tom §. 13:48:36 11/23/02 (0)
- Re: I only give 8 1/2 a 3 1/2 on my list of great movies, and that's when I'm bored enough to watch - Victor Khomenko 16:54:00 11/21/02 (6)
- I tried watching it again last night on TCM at One friggin' AM in the morning. - Audiophilander 08:22:33 11/23/02 (1)
- Making progress! - Victor Khomenko 08:48:37 11/23/02 (0)
- Victor - you're missing an essential point - Dave 08:13:40 11/22/02 (2)
- Not really - Victor Khomenko 08:57:14 11/22/02 (1)
- Well.... - Dave 13:22:35 11/22/02 (0)
- Well, I guess at worst it would be a sleep aid with marginal side effects, right? (nt) - Audiophilander 21:54:21 11/21/02 (0)
- Masterpiece, or a sleep aid with milder side effects? (nt) - Audiophilander 17:38:25 11/21/02 (0)
- Thanks, Auph! - mvwine 09:02:43 11/21/02 (1)
- Yes siree, I've seen The Two Towers trailer; I can hardly wait! :o) - Audiophilander 09:35:03 11/21/02 (0)