Martin Scorsese's Best Film

There seems to be a discrepancy, with Marty more so than any of the other greatest directors. Which is your favorite?

I vote Taxi Driver, but GoodFellas is a close second.

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Last Temptation of Christ. And that's coming from an anti-religious guy

I don't think being anti-religious would mitigate that. I tend to think the opposite, at least in that being a Christian would make it much harder to like.

Anyway, my choice is Casino, which I think gets the edge over Goodfellas.

I don't think it would lessen the impact either but I don't understand its controversy (and recently I find when I use the word "understand", I understand the thing but don't understand the point) because in my reasoning it would make JC more relatable and therefore easier to maintain a moral coherence with, no?

It would make Him more relatable at the expense of making Him less divine. I think most Christians see that as a net negative, as they're concerned with what they feel is accuracy, not what makes Jesus a better protagonist. In other words, someone could make a movie about someone you cared about, and you might very well be outraged if you feel they altered the facts even if they did so in a way that might cause some people to like them more.

This isn't meant as a personal opinion, mind you, or even a theologically-informed one. I just think that people's first inclination is to think of it as a religious film, even though being religious generally makes someone less likely to approve of it, rather than more.

People feel very threatened when they hear that something they love is going to be reinterpreted in some way. It doesn't really matter what the interpretation is or if the protesters know what and why they are protesting. In this case, they couldn't know because they weren't "allowed" to see the film or read the source novel. It's very difficult to "prove all things" when you aren't even allowed to know what it is you're somehow forbidden from proving. I'm not recommending people rampantly break the Ten Commandments to tell if they're better off keeping them or not. Then again, Scorsese's film does not do that either, and when my wife and I went to see it on the opening weekend, I didn't notice any active protesters anywhere.

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Anything other than the incredibly overrated film called The Departed.

@Yoda and Mark: Well ok then

Thank you

I know not what rating it is compared to which is over the actual rating (the fact that it won Best Picture, maybe?), but regardless, I love The Departed. The fact that it's Marty's third or fourth best film is more a testament to his career than any of its own shortcomings, to my mind.

Then again, I'm apt to give a film extra points for being relentlessly watchable and rewatchable. I've probably seen The Departed six or seven times now, and it's still incredibly entertaining.

Have you seen the original (it's actually not better imo)?

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I have seen Infernal Affairs, and I agree, it's not as good.

Goodfellas was incredible.
Watched it more than five times and still feel the same excitement everytime.

Taxi Driver

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No love for Raging Bull? I'm surprised; it's his highest film on the AFI Top 100.

Um, Goodfellas, I guess.

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Either that or Taxi Driver.

Cape Fear is my favourite. I'm not that big a fan of the horror genre, but this is the best horror film I've ever seen. Raging Bull & GoodFellas are close behind.

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The Departed and Gangs of New York are by far the worst. I chose Taxi Driver, but I equally like GoodFellas; I would be unable to choose between my next favorites for second position, either The King of Comedy, Cape Fear, or New York, New York.

To be honest I think I like his two Personal journey documentaries about Italian and American cinema the most. But as far as his fiction films go then it would have to be between Raging Bull and King of Comedy.

Original is excellent and much better than the remake.