A24 4,338 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 He was nominated countless of times but only got his first Oscar in 2007 for The Departed, which is a lesser Scorsese movie, in my book. It doesn't even feel like a Scorsese movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The Departed is actually a top 5 Scorsese for me, after Ragging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Shutter Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I hate Shutter Island but Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas are Scorsese at his very best. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 59 minutes ago, AC1 said: I hate Shutter Island but Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas are Scorsese at his very best. May I add: Casino, Silence and The Wolf of Wall Street Besides, there is: Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence and The Irishman And let's not forget... oh man, this reminds me again of why Scorsese is my favourite director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I always found Shutter Island to be his best picture, perhaps because it's one of the fluidest to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 It is not, just watch it a second time and you'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Brundlefly said: May I add: Casino, Silence and The Wolf of Wall Street Besides, there is: Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence and The Irishman And let's not forget... oh man, this reminds me again of why Scorsese is my favourite director. Casino was good but drag a bit in length IMO, same for The Wolf of Wall Street. I completly forgot Cape Fear (silly me) and haven't seen the other so far, but clearly intend to 2 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: It is not, just watch it a second time and you'll see. I've watched it already five times in less than three years, and it flowed better than the other I've mentionned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 53 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. Hugo Cabret? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I've said it many times on the forum, but Age of Innocence is my favorite Scorsese movie and it's not close. I read and loved the novel first and when I saw the movie I was just blown away. One of the most creatively successful adaptations of a novel in movie history. bruce marshall, Naïve Old Fart and filmmusic 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. I know, but I'm the only one in the world who happnes to think that. The funniest thing is, it's also his most underrated! In fact, it's so massively underrated that nobody here has even mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Are you guys referring to After Hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 40 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: Are you guys referring to After Hours? Certainly not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 At university I got to see Barbara De Fina (producer of Age of Innocence) and Jay Cocks (co-screenwriter) give a talk about how they approached adapting the novel and the problem of adapting novels into films in general. It was very interesting and cool. Brundlefly and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I STILL haven't seen THE SEVENTH SEAL. 10 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. SHUTTER ISLAND?. Brilliant and totally undervalued. Along with RAGING BULL his best work. 10 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. Mean Streets? Number three on my list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: SHUTTER ISLAND? No 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: Mean Streets? ...and no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 hours ago, bruce marshall said: SHUTTER ISLAND? Of course not! JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I still haven't Seen The Last Temptation of Christ. Still on my List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 20 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I still haven't Seen The Last Temptation of Christ. Still on my List. You should. It's good. Peter Gabriel's score is fantastic. A24 and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 39 minutes ago, AC1 said: Of course not! Terrific film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 14 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Certainly not! Please tell me, what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Where's the fun in that, dear boy? I like AFTER HOURS, but it's not his best film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I've seen After Hours in the theater and I remember I was disappointed that it was a comedy. Haven't watched it since then. Not that I didn't want to but somehow the movie never crossed my path again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 For some odd reason known only to myself, I always pair AFTER HOURS with INTO THE NIGHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They are both crime comedies from the first half of the '80s. Only saw them once and I don't remember either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 11:24 AM, Naïve Old Fart said: Guys, guys, guys, you're all forgetting Scorsese's best film. Hugo. On 03/02/2022 at 1:24 AM, Naïve Old Fart said: You should. It's good. Peter Gabriel's score is fantastic. The sequel is superior, the 2nd to last temptation of Christ: Merchandising. The Last temptation was only slighty better or worse than mel gibson jesus snuff film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (makes buzzing noise) thank you for playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I love Hugo, has my favorite Shores score Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Hugo is made for kids. So yeah, Joe, draw your own conclusions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 BLUE VELVET I love the score and ALWAYS want to see the film.....but.... David Lynch is not my type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 14 hours ago, JoeinAR said: The sequel is superior, the 2nd to last temptation of Christ: Merchandising. If it's the second to last temptation, wouldn't it be the prequel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Bringing Out The Dead is probably Scorsese’s most underrated film. Really great performances all around and snappy visual flair/editing. It’s a crime that it’s not on blu-ray. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 17 hours ago, AC1 said: Hugo is made for kids. So yeah, Joe, draw your own conclusions! Someone dead inside like you cannot appreciate this film. I never thought of it as a film for children, I see it as a homage to film history. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I have to say, Alex, that I'm with Joein, this one. It's a little like saying "Star Wars is made for kids", or "E.T. is made for kids". Well, fuck that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I have to say, Alex, that I'm with Joein, this one. It's a little like saying "Star Wars is made for kids", or "E.T. is made for kids". Well, fuck that. Oh he says that. What he sees as a weakness. I see as a necessity as you get older. Imagine not having an inner child how terrible that must have been, how sad how pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: It's a little like saying "Star Wars is made for kids", or "E.T. is made for kids". Well, aren't they?! But I just find it funny that the one time Joe likes a Scorsese movie it happens to be yet another kids movie. When will Joe grow up? (and no, Joe, kids love horror movies too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 4:43 PM, AC1 said: I've seen every Scorsese except for Silence ... I just discovered that there's another Scorsese that I haven't seen (or maybe I just forgotten that I have). Anyhoo, it's a movie that rarely gets mentioned ... Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 It's good, but it's not his best. Right, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 There are these movies, that come along somehow like kids movies, but are actually a little bit too scary or weird for little kids. Like "La Cité des enfants perdus" of Jeunet et Caro, BfG goes a little bit in that direction and Hugo as well somehow. Usually these films are not very successful because they sit somehow between the chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, GerateWohl said: There are these movies, that come along somehow like kids movies, but are actually a little bit too scary or weird for little kids. Like "La Cité des enfants perdus" of Jeunet et Caro, BfG goes a little bit in that direction and Hugo as well somehow. Usually these films are not very successful because they sit somehow between the chairs. I forgot his name but a composer/music teacher once said in an interview that it's usually the adults that have a problem with atonal music (weird), not the little children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, AC1 said: I forgot his name but a composer/music teacher once said in an interview that it's usually the adults that have a problem with atonal music (weird), not the little children. Could be. Dissonant music is usually used in movies to accompany unpleasant scenes or events, especially in horror movies and alike. Usually kids don't watch those movies, so they are not conditioned like us to connect this kind of music to bad events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Could be. Dissonant music is usually used in movies to accompany unpleasant scenes or events, especially in horror movies and alike. Usually kids don't watch those movies, so they are not conditioned like us to connect this kind of music to bad events. Exactly. Children are by nature open-minded. The problem is that parents and TV are trying to push children into a direction which they think is suitable. In Belgium most parents think children should listen to K3. When I was young we didn't have K3, I listened to the music my mother and other adults were listening to. Same for movies. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Still I can say, how ever openminded kids are. Mine have been and are partly still reacting quite sensitive to a certain kind of images in combination with certain sounds in movies. Film makers like Tim Burton like to include some kind of nightmarish images and events into their "kids movies" that particularly scares the shit out of sensitive kids. And these are kids, that have no problem watching an Avengers movie where super heros beat each other up. But when it comes to the monster under the bed or the old one-eyed witch, they cover their eyes. My nine year old had nightmares after watching "Amadeus". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I don't doubt that. Heck, there's more terrifying imagery in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937 than in Avengers. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: My nine year old had nightmares after watching "Amadeus". What's wrong with a child having nightmares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: What's wrong with a child having nightmares? They disturbed your sleep?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 33 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: What's wrong with a child having nightmares? Your kid watching Hellraiser with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 6 hours ago, AC1 said: I just discovered that there's another Scorsese that I haven't seen (or maybe I just forgotten that I have). Anyhoo, it's a movie that rarely gets mentioned ... Reveal hidden contents I mentioned it on this page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: What's wrong with a child having nightmares? There speaks a man who had the shite scared out of him by classic Doctor Who as a wain. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Touché, Sweep, touché. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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