Martin Scorsese's Favorite Films - Part 2 of 3

[directorlog]

Great Visionary

[lebarosky]

I'd love to see him do a movie about the ancient world. Not much as excellent has been done since Kubrick did Spartacus. We've had some interesting failures such as Gladiator and Alexander but we can do better and perhaps Scorsese is the one to do it.

[shippa7]

I'd love to see him do a Western. I think he may have too much of a reverence for it? Which I hope is not true, as he would make a classic... like everything else he does.

[enraGeUKK]

you know your fucked when you dislike something and feel guilty and like something else

[MultiBorovnica]

Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood up.

[SMHS18]

Goodfellas

[Mrtinkyloo]

Tarantino is more like a bizarre blend of Sam Fuller and Sam Peckinpah when it comes to the style of film-making.

[scenester64]

@shnoepie1 My comment has gotten out of hand, I guess. I agree, they are both obviously amazing American filmmakers. But I just wouldn't compare them, that's all.

[scenester64]

@93johnk Where in my comment did I say that I didn't like Jackie Brown or Kill Bill? I'm saying that Tarantino should never be compared to Scorsese, like so many people do these days. Scorsese has a body of work that is unmatched among American filmmakers.

[shnoepie1]

@scenester64 Why should Tarantino not be compared to Scorsese... MS isnt God you know. The two are probably the most talented of American directors working today. If there's one living director that deserves that comparison, it's Tarantino. I agree on QT's work being out of MS's league, but then again MS has been working a lot longer. QT's post-Jackie Brown work has been very flawed, but MS has made some stinkers and uninteresting movies himself.

[okonh0wp]

@shnoepie1 i think Eastwood is better than Tarantino and Eastwood has had the same kind of varied filmography that Scorsese has but to each his own. Also Terrence Malick is up there as possibly the greatest director but he works so infrequently.

[SteezeWizard99]

@okonh0wp Eastwood is a horrible, conventional director. He tries to use symbolism, but can't muster up anything greater than a sign looming in the background and uses the same conventional type of score that Spielberg uses. You would think an actor who became a director would actually be able to make a film that is true with character.

[xopineapple7189]

@SteezeWizard99 I don't find Eastwood to be as bad as that. I will say I haven't been much of a fan of his work since Mystic River, but Unforgiven was one of the best films of the nineties hands down. Of course he was tackling subject matter then that he was far more acquainted with than any other genre so that could be why. Tarantino, on the other hand, i certainly regard as a director with more talent and vision than Eastwood, so i certainly have to disagree with @okonh0wp on that one.

[shnoepie1]

@scenester64 I should correct what I said in that earlier post of mine. Scorsese hasn't really made an uninteresting movie yet: he's too great a filmmaker to be uninteresting. But he has made some very flawed pictures: his pre-Taxi Driver output, his output after Casino and The Color of Money. But I wouldn't even call a movie like Shutter Island 'uninteresting'.

[peepingjesus]

Inglorious Basterds had some of the best dialogue in any world war two movie, ever. I mean there probably are better but if you took the time and energy to really listen you'd see. Chris Nolan is my generations great director.

[mrkhamaileon]

hmmm Scorsese doing sci-fi a strange combo buts hes a master director so im sure he could pull it off.

[truecinema]

@mrkhamaileon he could have an alien attack little italy and the mafia save the day.

[scenester64]

@Bassbait - I agree with you. Tarantino is a bit overrated in my view, he's still riding on the success of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Not to say that he's not great, but his work is a little inconsistent.

[BARNEYRAPEDME69]

@scenester64 I was a fan of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction as is most people But i hated the Kill Bill's and Wasn't to into Inglorious Basterds. I always liked the dialogue he has in his movies. It never gets old watching because what the characters talk about are always interesting topics. Idk, He may be a tad over rated but I still think he's pretty good. Nothing compared to Scorsese, I don't think any director at this day and age can measure up to him, Chris Nolan....Maybe

[93johnk]

@scenester64 how is he inconsistent? i liked every single movie tarantino made so far, including deathproof, which wasnt a mainstream sucess. tarantino is a great director and hes not "riding on the success of reservoir dogs and pulp fiction". if you cant appreciate movies like jackie brown and kill bill, then that sucks for you

[Bassbait]

Say what you will about Tarantino, but I honestly think that not one of his films compares to Goodfellas, and yet it seems like a lot of his films try to be just like it.

[Fragile0Still]

Why doesn't Scorsese do sci fi? I mean, I'm sure alot of people may dislike me for saying that. But I'm SURE he could do something in the genre.

[yungceezy10]

@Fragile0Still Haha, idk, i'm sure he would be open to it as long as the idea is there, the thing with Sci-FI scripts is that they're usually lacking in character development and many other attributes that make a great film. Sure theres star wars and 2001 but other than that, what other sci fi is truly great?

[93johnk]

@Fragile0Still thats like saying "why doesnt spielberg do a gangster movie?"

[thetevinator]

Scorsese and I have a lot in common. Layla's my favorite song too.

[mrmovieguide]

Taxi driver is my favourite Scorcese movie i dont know why nobody mentions this movie. Its always either raging bull or goodfellas

[bjnevin]

I always have a spot for ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.... Ellen Burstyn is fantastic...

[arkantoxic]

the searchers:epic of epics

[NDB1790]

My faves: 1. Raging Bull 2. Casino 3. Goodfellas 4. Taxi Driver 5. The Departed

[2112Halloween]

hey man wheres Mean Streets?

[JDRszostak]

@NDB1790 Raging bull burrows deep inside the avid viewers heart and plants a seed that never truly goes away.

[wantsomecake328]

Am I the only person who thinks Goodfellas is Scorsese's masterpiece?

[PageandPlant4Life]

Goodfellas is one of my all time favorite movies, but the only other scorcese movies I have seen are The Departed and Shutter Island. I need to see the other ones

[theliarintheglass]

@wantsomecake328 Absolutely not. However, I don't consider it to be his best film.

[NowTakeMe2Jail]

@wantsomecake328 really? you think you're the only person? you're retarded

[wantsomecake328]

@NowTakeMe2Jail Thank you. And my new fave Scorsese is Raging Bull.

[NowTakeMe2Jail]

@wantsomecake328 yeah me too

[joshreynor]

mean streets

[detriplea]

It's funny he made a film about Hughes.

[j009aguar13]

raging bull or taxi driver?

[FlannelFrenzy]

definately raging bull. At least for me.

[yellowwasp09]

taxi driver

[ijustdiditforthelulz]

Taxi Driver is a better character study in my opinion, but Raging Bull is better overall.

[GabrielPFoulkes]

even though I know raging bull is better, I prefer taxi driver

[NZfootballfan666]

It's kinda redundant to say you know one film is better than the other. People still debate which film is better. People still debate what Scorsese's best film is. There is no right or wrong answer.

[Herv3]

Taxi Driver

[mosa2331]

Creepy or not martinsecorsese is a great filmmaker and the paiter rome is missing found in American era

[benfenton1983]

I'd love scorsese to do another true crime mob film. maybe on Roy demeo and his crew or the John Gotti rise and fall.

[sammidoll85]

definitely a john gotti film! that'd be brilliant from him

[eyotan]

who the fuck is Ne Dero? lol

[Rarab2]

Lol.

[jessiemae81]

yeah it is creepy.

[ck360]

Scorsese doesn't play around when it comes to violence. It's depicted very brutally and very realistically. Can't waite to ee him and DeNiro team up together for the Jimmy Hoffa film that's in the works.

[NikeAurrs45]

u mean frankie machine

[jordanelliot88]

i don't know why, but that scene in goodfellas with the bodies while leyla was playing a bit creepy

[yes55]

Look: it's supposed to be creepy - very creepy. It's meant to repel us as much as violence in any David Lynch movie, although "artsy" types can easily understand this with Lynch, but still sometimes not with Scorsese, somehow! He isn't a "fan" of violence, and it amazes me that people still don't understand that he wants to frighten us about human cruelty, not "celebrate" it or just intellectually explore it. He makes horror films, if you will - and he isn't a mobster, either, you know.

[ghthehe]

As for the comments on Wayne as an actor. It took me a while to warm up to his performances, and I wrote him off a wooden actor with little talent, but the more films you watch esp. Red River, Searchers, and Man who shot Liberty Valance, you realize what a internal actor he really is. Focus on his eyes, they're always thinking.

[ThundercatSix]

I appreciate that you uploaded this

[contourman]

It's cool how Scorsese mentions Howard Hughes back then and also mentions Spielberg and War of the Worlds in almost the same sentence. Maybe one of them will remake the searchers with Leadardo DeCaprio :P

[okonh0wp]

I was always wondering why Scorsese never attempted a Western.

[CoolerKing37]

@okonh0wp I guess you could argue that Gangs of New York and Taxi Driver were his "westerns" so to speak. Taxi Driver was heavily influenced by The Searchers and Gangs shared similar themes to old westerns. Only this time the film was set in the East Coast.

[StevenCarinci]

@okonh0wp He did. It's called Taxi Driver. Travis is often referred to as cowboy.  The lone cowboy in the urban arena.

[HitlerSongs]

@okonh0wp

"attempted?" he's still alive, you know....

[george96nirvana]

@okonh0wp same also i wonder why tarantino hasn't done one :D

[KrazyKryz]

@george96nirvana hes going to do one next except hes calling it a southern lol

[george96nirvana]

@KrazyKryz cheers man thanks for info :D

[rtmiyake2]

i have always adored that scene with the dead bodies in the pink convertable. not the image of the bodies, but just the way scorsese portrays the scene with the end of Layla, it matches perfectly! no wonder. Marty is a golden god!

[romanholiday1988]

The Searchers is one of the most gratifying cinema experiences a fan of movies can take part in. To say it is unwatchable is ridiculous. John Wayne was a great actor who may have played the same kind of characters but he had many endearing performances.

[DaneCarlin]

john wayne unwatchable? is that a fucking joke?

[saragga]

you probably prefer jude law! idiot!