I’m gonna be pretentious, but in my opinion The Irishman should be called I Heard You Paint Houses. If they couldn’t change the title card within the film itself.
Geez dude. Scorsese puts in the utmost effort in his films, and you can’t make a comprehensive enough video that includes at least watching his entire filmography, not saying you need to rewatch every other film, and then you just miss one?… and you want me to take your criticism seriously?
@@Buttcakes15 I mean sure but it's pretty clear from the usual content on this channel it's just casual chats about media, not in depth critiques like this is just the wrong channel if you're looking for that kind of thing
He never misses, the absolute LEGEND! In all seriousness, I subscribed to this channel in the same way we eat comfort food-it’s nice to see 2 sides of a great relationship. I appreciate both of you and what you each bring to the table. Cheers!
Thanks for recognizing Mean Street's nothingness. Shutter Isl. is not too good. Christ movie was good to show the human side but Martin didn't go far enough and show that Jesus was a terrible guy to wanted non-believers to spend eternity in hell, was fine with slavery, made no prediction that came true; and knew nothing about science. Give me a heart for pointing out the fraud of Jesus and the horrors of the holy books. Bad bad Wolf. and why give Martin credit for trying to be glossy and shallow on purpose? Goodfellas and Taxi and Departed are his best. I know some like to tear into The Departed, but it was enjoyable to watch again.
Bringing Out the Dead is my favorite “downward spiral” story. It just feels like a 121-minute panic attack that just keeps steadily ramping up in intensity. The first (of many) scene where his boss keeps promising to fire him if he juuuust does this *one last shift* is such a hilarious yet sad way to show just how badly this job is taking a toll on Nic Cage’s psyche and why no one wants to do it.
I really like King of Comedy, even though his earlier films aren't that well known Taxi Driver, King of Comedy and After Hours are such love/hate letters to NYC.
@Gee-xb7rt What of his films "aren't that well know"? Because I think Taxi Driver is pretty well admired and loved by both fans and critics and maybe not to the same degree but so is The King of Comedy. I agree After Hours is a less know part of his filmography but my personal favourite underrated Scorsese film is Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
After Hours is actually quite a personal film for Scorsese and I rank it in his top 5. He made it after New York, New York and King of Comedy bombed and he'd failed to get funding for Last Temptation. He was broke and out of work, living in SoHo in NY, where After Hours is set, back before it was gentrified and largely still full of oddballs and freaks. The film expresses the sense of being an outsider while also evoking a time in the history of the city that will never come again, when you could be totally abandoned to fate.
Have you've watched the Nerdwriter's analysis of The Wolf of Wallstreet focusing on 'cinema of excess'? The Wolf of Wallstreet is high in my Scorsese list precisely because he does in a way 'refuse' to condemn crime as he does in Goodfellas or even the Irishman. Between goodfellas/casino and the irishman, WoW and Silence are really movies that showed his range of both thought and filmmaking.
After Hours is definitely underrated by a lot of people, so great to see you have it near the top. There's some fantastic camera moves in that film and the street scenes are pure joy. I love it, in fact I'm going to pour myself a whisky and watch it right now.
seeing the end of killers of the flower moon (spoilers?) and having scorsese himself acknowledge he was a huge contributor to his own critique and be so self-aware/reflective hit really hard for me. to have this established 80 year old guy really try to understand and come to terms with what he has done, as opposed to just unapologetically digging his heels in with what he already knows, like I figure I would when I’m 80, was a certain kind of wisdom i didn’t think i was walking out of the theater with that day. lukewarm take but it’s such a culmination of his history in movies
Also his last collaboration with Robbie Robertson, who scored or arranged every single Scorcese movie since 1976, and died this summer. Apparently it's his best work on soundtrack.
Taxi Driver was the first time I felt incredibly uneasy watching something. And it's specifically Martin Scorcese's scene in that film. I have never been more terrified watching a film than that moment. And it's not even over the top like "boo" scary. It's just this incredibly understated and reserved conversation with a psychopath that makes you feel like, "geez, there could be someone like that out in the world"
Personal ranking!! 1. The Irishman 2. Taxi Driver 3. The King of Comedy 4. After Hours 5. Raging Bull 6. GoodFellas 7. Killers of the Flower Moon 8. Bringing Out the Dead 9. The Last Temptation of Christ 10. Casino 11. Silence 12. The Departed 13. The Wolf of Wall Street 14. Shutter Island 15. Hugo 16. Cape Fear 17. Mean Streets 18. The Aviator 19. Gangs of New York 20. Who’s That Knocking at My Door 21. New York, New York 22. The Age of Innocence 23. Kundun 24. The Color of Money 25. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 26. Boxcar Bertha One of my favourite filmographies for sure
My top 2 are Bringing Out the Dead and Last Temptation of Christ, either one could be #1 depending on the day. Last Temptation, despite being arguably heretical, is possibly the best Christian film ever made because of how the humanity of Christ is emphasized and the insane struggle he went through is shown not from the perspective of the flawless Son of God, but from a flawed son of man who could be tempted, allowing us to empathize with his struggle. Bringing Out the Dead is like the mood and feeling of Taxi Driver but with a sleep-deprived Nicolas Cage ruminating on death for two hours with surreal elements, so it was made specifically for me.
Oh man I've waited for this for so long. The most beautiful thing about the scorsese fans is that they everyone is just very excepting. Like of anyone says king of comedy or wolf of wall street are their favourite movie everyone will just appreciate it. Like (I'm sorry if i hurt anyones feeling) goodfellas aren't in my top 5 and my most favourite is the irishman. I haven't watched the kotfm though.
1. The King of Comedy 2. Taxi Driver 3. Goodfellas 4. Bringing out the Dead 5. Raging Bull 6. Casino 7. The Aviator 8. The Wolf of Wall Street 9. Cape Fear 10. The Irishman Rest in random order.
King of Comedy high on there son! Only seen it once, but definitely liked it. I had a hard time with it because it’s hard to watch but the ending brought it all together. Damn good film
1. Casino 2. Goodfellas 3. The Wolf of Wall Street 4. After Hours 5. Taxi Driver 6. The Irishman 7. Shutter Island 8. The Departed 9. Cape Fear 10. Mean Streets 11. Killers of the Flower Moon 12. The Aviator 13. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 14. The King of Comedy 15. Silence 16. Raging Bull 17. Gangs of New York 18. Who's That Knocking At My Door? 19. Boxcar Bertha
I really enjoy these ranking directors movies videos. I absolutely agree on a lot of your takes. I actually think Gangs of New York is super underrated. It’s in my top 10 Scorsese films. There’s something about that movie that feels “cozy” to me for some reason, can’t quite explain it. I think it’s a contender for one of DDL best performances, I love the setting and the time period it’s set in, I also don’t think Cameron Diaz is that bad in it either. Another one of my favorites also is Shutter Island. It’s very different from what Scorsese normally makes, but the first time I watched it the ending through me for a loop. Whenever I rewatch it, I love seeing all the clues and foreshadowing in the first couple acts of the movie. Great video though again! I’m excited to see which directors movies you rank next!
So glad to see Silence fairly high up :) As an agnostic Hindu, i strangely connected with that movie and its questions of faith and religion. And it feels oft overlooked in discussions of his filmography. To be honest with you... I couldnt exactly explain and put into words as to WHY I am enamoured with this particular movie. And I kinda dig that. It is frustrating in a fun way lol Showed it to a friend of mine, a former Jehovah's witness. Thought that maybe she'd "get" why the movie struck such a chord with me. She didn't like it that much lol I look forward to my second rewatch. Maybe next time I'll understand a bit more about the movie, myself, and why I like this movie so much :)
I consider myself agnostic and Silence is my favorite Scorsese film, I've watched it 3 times. It's actually made me question my faith. It obviously didn't prevail lol but man, that movie is just amazing. My mother and grandmother both have very strong religious conviction though
As a relapsed catholic, Silence is the most powerful movie I have ever experienced. It makes me very happy to hear other people of all kinds of faith find a connection with it.
The Hustler is really good--up there with Sweat Smell of Success as the best of a certain type of movie that seems to exist somewhere between late 40s noir and late 60s counter culture.
That's the beauty of Martin Scorcese!!! He has movies for everyone. Some of them are liked by everyone - Goodfellas, Departed, wolf of wall Street!! Rest are like divided and it creates a conversation between movie lovers!! But i don't think there is a single movie of his that a cinema lover hate!!
Thank you for expressing your point eloquently about “The Wolf of Wall Street”. I did not like it for the same reason but I couldn’t explain it as well as you did. That same mentality is why people like “Scarface”
Thank you for ranking Silence highly. I'm an atheist and it's one of my favorite movies of all time (top 5). The book it's based off is also a masterpiece.
The Departed occupies such an odd and unique place in my mind as a burgeoning movie buff. I was wholly disappointed by it, which is partially my fault, yet I have mostly positive memories of the film when looking back. I guess Scorsese is such a master that I can't help but be somewhat fond of a work of his that I don't love.
I do have a bone to pick with GONY and Aviator being so low. Gangs I’d put somewhere in the middle but Aviator is such a fun movie that I’ll always watch it if it’s on tv
See The Hustler. it makes Color of Money look like a cash-in. I love Scorsese but those pool table shots are not "ballet" they're pure cocaine (though I think he was sober at the time lol). You can't follow the games like you can in the Hustler, and the story was so shallow in comparison, but Newman is still great as Fast Eddy Felson. Love the vids, keep it up.
Totally agree with Wolf Of Wall Street, feels very similar to Tony Soprano. Except it's probably worse, because as you said Belfort directly benefitted from the movie which was probably an unintentional backfire from Scorsese making it. Can't watch the movie without feeling icky about the worshipping around the VC culture. At least the Sopranos made Tony's life look completely miserable by the end. I haven't seen all of his yet, but I'd say Silence is my favorite from him so far. Taxi Driver also hits differently nowadays. Okay just got to Raging Bull, which is one I've been meaning to watch the last few weeks because of the way he frames the fight scenes. Making time to finally watch it this week now!
Taking the pinned comment into account, I think you rate The Departed way too high, but I'm from MA and never need to hear "Shipping Out to Boston" again. To me the surprising thing is ranking Silence that high while ranking Last Temptation relatively low, without seeing Kundun at all. You might overvalue a superficial heavy seriousness that Scorsese developed later in his career, but on the other hand, I can't argue with your top two. Good list overall, I think.
Whoa! Where you put Mean Streets. You gotta watch it again. It's truly one of his best. There was so much passion in it. I mean it's about a gangster who wants to be St. Francis of Assisi. How Scorsese himself is Keitel's inner voice. Lord, it's the best personal filmmaking I've ever seen.
Gangs of New York being last is definitely a surprise. To be fair I haven't seen the movie for 10+ years but it was always a pleasant watch to sit through, when it was on the TV. Butcher was a great character.
If you didn't feel Hugo had heart, I feel like it may be worth re-watching. Arrow recently put out a 4K release if you're into that kind of thing. But the movie is built with lots of love
I mean I disagree like REALLY HARD with parts of your ranking but I enjoyed the video greatly still. Would recommend rewatching Shutter Island for sure, I think it benefits from repeat viewings. That and Last Temptation of Christ would be way higher on my list I guess. The Departed is in my top 3 at least I should say also.
Pretty good ordering. I did have 1 and 2 in the opposite order. I have Cape Fear higher. I have Silence higher - if it can make me (someone who is not religious) feel like it did, it is very special. I find the Colour of Money to be bland - especially coming from the director who did Goodfellas. I have not seen a few of your top 15, so I will push them up my to-watch list.
15. Silence (Not a bad film at all, and technically it’s brilliant, but I honestly just got bored, wasn’t really interested in these religious themes) 14. Age of Innocence 13. Mean Streets 12. Gangs of New York 11. Hugo (I really enjoyed all the references to film history and yea it’s very cute) 10. The Aviator (Very long, but Blanchett and DiCaprio are so good) 9. The King of Comedy (this is the part of the list when it gets really good) 8. The Irishman 7. Shutter Island 6. Killers of the Flower Moon (Tragic, beautiful, horrific and incredibly acted) 5. Raging Bull 4. Taxi Driver (1-4 are pretty much interchangeable) 3. The Wolf of Wall Street (I think the disgusting part of people still idolising Belfort makes the ending kinda more brilliant, for 3 hours we saw how terrible he is yet people are still greedy enough to look up to him. Also so enjoyable and an all time great lead performance) 2. Goodfellas (His masterpiece) 1. The Departed (It’s probably not his best or most insightful film, but I’ve always loved it and the cast really makes it so much more thrilling)
I’m glad you’re Jake today, but I’m worried about who you’ll be tomorrow. Also, I love these videos. Always intriguing and often either agreeable or compelling points
Really appreciated your thoughts, was interesting to hear your thoughts on people not getting the point of Wolf of Wall Street and instead idolizing Jordan Belfort, It's a shame that he's made money and success of the film. Feels weird. Despite this though, everytime I watch it i just get sucked in. My top 5: 1. Goodfellas 2. Raging Bull 3. King of Comedy 4. The Departed 5. Cape Fear Would be curious to hear your thoughts on The Departed, great surrounding cast with everyone kinda chewing the scenery. One of the one's I rewatch the most
I actually really agree with you on Wolf of Wall Street. I think Marty missed the miss by an inch, I felt that it glamorized Belforte more than I was comfortable with. Also Killers was great. But I feel weird saying that because I left the theater angry and frustrated and very sad.
Please review David Fincher's The Killer starting Michael Fasbander. I am shocked 😲 so many people are sleeping on this because Killers of Flower Moon came up.
