Favorite Martin Scorsese movie (scenes, comedy, watching, Nicolas Cage)
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LOL--Yeah, GoodFellas is handsdown my favorite Scorcese flick. But what's weird is that, despite the fact that I'm a huge crime movie fan (I LOVE Tarantino too) as well as a Scorcese fan, for some reason "The Departed" really disappointed me. I dunno. Maybe it was too convoluted, but that flick just left me flat. Except for the soundtrack; that was awesome.
I call "The Departed" "GoodFellas" with cell phones.
I think Goodfellas is his best movie but I prefer The Departed; Gangs of New York was good but only b/c of Daniel Day Lewis' performance.
And speaking of great soundtracks, my fav is The Departed soundtrack. I love when a director is able to skillfully incorporate music into a film, and Scorsese and Tarantino are soundtrack masterminds.
But I can't believe no one has mentioned Mean Streets. That's a classic and one of the most influential films of the '70s. That'd be #3 for me.
Was Raging Bull mentioned--oh yes, I see Coolhand listed it, as well as Mean Streets. (I see he couldn't pick just one!)
The OP said pick your favorite, so that's what I did.
His films can be so good, but so hard to watch--like Raging Bull.
One thing about Scorsese: He always has a good soundtrack.
I liked The Departed's soundtrack better than the actual movie.
'Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore', for which Ellen Burstyn won the Best Actress Oscar that she should have won the previous year (1973) for 'The Exorcist'.
"What am I? A clown to you? Am I here to amuse you? I'm funny how? How the fu*ck am I so funny?"
"The only reason Pauly moved slow is because he didn't have to move fast for anyone."
"Poor guy is goin' out of his mind: he's been watchin' helicopters and spaghetti sauce all day."
"Go home and get your shinebox Tommy."
"I like this picture: you got one dog goin' one way and one dog goin' the other and this guy's goin' "whatta ya want from me?"
Just a few of the many great lines from what is not only Scorcese's masterpiece, but perhaps the finest gangster movie ever, GoodFellas.
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