Mar 3, 2017 what do you guys think about Shutter Island? I watched it again recently and liked it more than I remembered. The story is pretty silly so it can't be mentioned with his true masterworks. But Leo killed it and it's atmospheric as all f---. Kinda underrated in Swizz's eyes!
Mar 3, 2017 Actually didn't mean to give off that attitude here at all. I just said that I think the film has Scorsese written all over it, he's portraying a figure that is fueled by obsessiveness and a desire for glory and he's documenting their rise and fall. It's not as gritty as the other films, it's actually the opposite cause it's glossy and clean as you mentioned but essentially it gives off the same vibe. As for it being memorable, I think it's Leo's best performance behind The Wolf of Wall Street and scenes like the milk glasses and the final shot are among Scorsese's most inconic moments. There's really no use in running in circles about this, we've already gone over how I prefer this and you prefer what The Color of Money has to offer, not sure what else there is to be said here. @WPG I was just using an example of a passionate Scorsese project that he wasn't attached to from the very beginning, I'm not implying that The Aviator is as essential as Raging Bull, relax m8.
Mar 3, 2017 nah Scorsese's most iconic moment is the way he showed a rat at the end of The Departed. On account of some of the characters in the movie..................being kind of like a rat. Idk if you guys picked up on that or not
Mar 3, 2017 I rewatched it over the summer and I realized how much I had underrated it, I place it pretty high on my list now, it's a confirmed klassik. I think the story being a bit ridiculous works in its favor and it's cool to see Scorsese go full genre and create such chilling images and situations. It's also funny that it came out the same year as Inception and it actually successfully offers the sort of ending that everyone annoyingly praises Inception for.
Mar 3, 2017 I'm not sure I can lol. Departed is definitely overrated though (perahps even by me frankly. this is a hard task so I hope you arent taking offense) Interesting, not sure how I'd rank this for Leo. Can't say anything in the Aviator gets close to "You talkin' to me" though!!! Or perhaps even Vince singing Warren Zevon lls. disagree! haha
Mar 4, 2017 i need time to think on this one before making a list, but it will looks somewhat like Twan's.
Mar 4, 2017 I have to say I probably lean more towards @Papa Andy on The Aviator. With its sanitized portrait of Howard Hughes, it always struck me as one of Scorsese's most conventional films, even if it works relatively well within those conventions. I wouldn't go as far as to call it impersonal, as Scorsese is clearly enamored with old Hollywood and it's evident in the loving detail with which it's rendered. Speaking of a filmmaker's invested interest in his material, I think The Departed may be even less personal for Scorsese than The Aviator, but it's so sharp and finely tuned that it's easily among his most purely entertaining works. Since it's his lowest rated feature on RottenTomatoes (I think), I most certainly go to bat for Shutter Island as one of his most underrated. I rewatched it recently and it more than held up. That initial sequence when they first meet Max Von Sydow and it flashes back to the scene of the Nazi's failed suicide gives me chills. Little touches like the papers fluttering in the air in sync with Mahler's cascading melodies have always stuck with me.
Mar 4, 2017 Look at how quickly Scorsese abandons that gloss once Leo's OCD takes over. When he's with Stefani on the red carpet for h---'s Angels, he gets overwhelmed by the lights and attention. He eventually attacks Cate just for being an actress. I think the purpose of the faux epic glamour is to help us recognize his disconnect from that life and his inability to ever fit in it. There's a big party scene near the beginning where he sternly overlooks an out of focus crowd of people before going to some of the guests for help finding more cameras. The fake feel of almost everything/everyone but Hughes is way too transparent to not be deliberate. You're definitely right about younger people liking it more, but it was my fourth or fifth Scorsese at that point
Mar 4, 2017 @Pinhead then it's a question of sensibility. You watch RB, King of Comedy, whatever, even Age of Innocence is the look/feel of Aviator what you'd expect? You guys are bringing up good points about intent-- I just don't think of those other films then see Aviator in the same league. This is what a Hughes film by Scorsese looks like? Frankly - this might be blasphemy but I've read a few books about Hughes - Leo is borderline miscast. Movie seems more suited to his persona than it does Hughes. You watch other films about him then watch Aviator. There's moments where it mimicks Titantic almost. Idk - even during the OCD scenes it's not quite as scary or paranoid that I'd expect from the guy who tackled Jake la Motta Shout out @Twan he gets it lol. And point well taken on Departed - was just talking to @WPG about That. If nothing else guys, this inspired me to research what Scorsese is available on steaming. I believe bringing out the dead is on hbogo which I've never seen
Aug 2, 2017 Scorsese is a fkn legend man styl killing it, recently watched shutter island which was a lit a movie. cant wait for that new irishmen movie Yall recommend any movies like wolf of wall street or mafia s--- or like shutter island by scorsese
