The New Critical Underground Guide to Martin Scorsese
- The Big Shave (1967): ***
- Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1968): *** 1/2
- Boxcar Bertha (1972): ***
- Mean Streets (1973): **** 1/2
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974): ****
- Italianamerican (1974): ***
- Taxi Driver (1976): *****
- New York, New York (1977): *** 1/2
- The Last Waltz (1978): **** 1/2
- Raging Bull (1980): *****
- The King of Comedy (1982): **** 1/2
- After Hours (1985): **** 1/2
- The Color of Money (1986): ****
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): **** 1/2
- New York Stories (1989): ****
- Goodfellas (1990): *****
- Cape Fear (1991): ****
- The Age of Innocence (1993): **** 1/2
- Casino (1995): **** 1/2
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995): ****
- Kundun (1997): ****
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999): ***
A write-up will (hopefully) follow soon...
As decided by the New Critical Underground...
Our rating system:
***** - A masterpiece; these are rare.
**** 1/2 - An excellent work of art, good enough that even people who usually hate the genre or main artists involved will still probably enjoy it.
**** - A very good work; people who hate the genre / artists involved may not care for it, but almost anyone else will.
*** 1/2 - A fairly good work, but will probably only be embraced by fans of the genre / artist.
*** - A barely good work; only diehard fans need apply.
** 1/2 - An average work; probably won't excite even diehard fans.
** - A below average piece of art; non-fans will hate this work.
* 1/2 - A bad work that few people are likely to enjoy and many are likely to hate.
* - A truly awful work; nearly everybody will hate this.
1/2 - One of the worst works of art ever; like the 5 stars, these are also rare.
Which one would be your favourite film by Scorsese?
Oh, and what about The Aviator and Gangs of New York?
P.S.: Gonna see The Aviator this afternoon and I'm really looking forward to it.
Contrary to general opinions on this site, my favorite Scorsese is probably Raging Bull, followed pretty closely by Taxi Driver.
Hardly original, but there ya go!
I will try to generate some newer, up-to-date Critical Consensus reports once I move and settle into my new apartment (around two weeks or so). Unfortunately, personal time constraints have left the Critical Underground on hold for awhile. Perhaps I should consider reactivating the groovy group...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Yes, Raging Bull was (and still is) a great movie, even though I'd slightly prefer Taxi Driver and After Hours.
P.S.:I enjoyed The Aviator very much: Great acting, excellent direction, ...
Oh, I envy you for having seen The Big Shave!