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    Cape Fear sucks. Least favorite Scorsese.

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    Cape Fear is a good thriller. It can still be anyone's least favorite Scorsese.

    I guess sometimes it feels like such statements go hand in hand. It's the least favorite Scorsese, ergo it sucks. Like we're operating strictly in a comparative mode.

    Maybe I'm wrong.
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    I did not like it at all, and it has nothing to do with how it compares to Goodfellas or anything. Love Scorsese, but he doesn’t get an automatic free pass to make bad movies.

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    I thought the original "Cape Fear" was a much better (and much sleazier) film, which is weird because the guy who directed it spent his career making D-grade thrillers. But in this instance, I think he outdid Scorsese --- at least he recognized the material for what it was. Scorsese overthought his version.

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    Quote Quoting Idioteque Stalker (view post)
    Cape Fear sucks. Least favorite Scorsese.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    Obviously love Cape Fear. I think both Scorsese remakes built and expanded on the originals wonderfully.

    I don't know what's my least favorite Scorsese to be honest. I want to say Gangs of New York because the plot sucks but there's so much awesome thrown in the mix that it's difficult to say - also have beautiful theater memories of the first time I watched it. There's always Boxcar Bertha, but it's such an obvious hack job that it seems like a cop out.

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    Quote Quoting Idioteque Stalker (view post)
    I did not like it at all, and it has nothing to do with how it compares to Goodfellas or anything. Love Scorsese, but he doesn’t get an automatic free pass to make bad movies.
    Apologies then.
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    where is duke's power ranking of the top 5 worst scorsese movies

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    Quote Quoting Irish (view post)
    where is duke's power ranking of the top 5 worst scorsese movies
    Where's Irish in every DukeTV night for the past three weeks. <3 (streaming Last of Us 2 in a few min btw)

    But this is an easy list


    5. Gangs of New York
    4. Casino
    3. The Irishman
    2. Boxcar Bertha

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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    (streaming Last of Us 2 in a few min btw)
    *taps foot*

    Wife is taking a bath right now, tick tock tick tock!

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    Least favorite Scorsese (use that instead of "worst" because more than a few are still quite ok, or even good):

    1. Boxcar Bertha
    2. Kundun
    3. Who's That Knocking at My Door
    4. Mean Streets
    5. Gangs of New York
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    Go big or go home, fellas!

    Scorsese ranked:


    1. Mean Streets
    2. Casino
    3. Taxi Driver
    4. Wolf of Wall Street
    5. GoodFellas
    6. The Last Waltz
    7. The King of Comedy
    8. Shutter Island
    9. The Departed
    10. The Last Temptation of Christ
    11. The Color of Money
    12. Hugo
    13. The Aviator
    14. Bringing Out the Dead
    15. The Age of Innocence
    16. After Hours
    17. Raging Bull
    18. Kundun
    19. The Irishman
    20. Boxcar Bertha
    21. Cape Fear
    22. Silence
    23. Gangs of New York
    24. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    25. Who's That Knocking on My Door
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    I'll admit. I tried watching Silence twice and had to shut it off after an hour both times. I didn't count it in my bottom 5 because I haven't finished it. But oof.
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    Go big or go home, fellas!

    Scorsese ranked:


    1. Mean Streets
    2. Casino
    3. Taxi Driver
    4. Wolf of Wall Street
    5. GoodFellas
    6. The Last Waltz
    7. The King of Comedy
    8. Shutter Island
    9. The Departed
    10. The Last Temptation of Christ
    11. The Color of Money
    12. Hugo
    13. The Aviator
    14. Bringing Out the Dead
    15. The Age of Innocence
    16. After Hours
    17. Raging Bull
    18. Kundun
    19. The Irishman
    20. Boxcar Bertha
    21. Cape Fear
    22. Silence
    23. Gangs of New York
    24. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    25. Who's That Knocking on My Door
    Seeing Raging Bull below Bringing out the Dead gets a virtual hi-5 from me buddy!

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    Silence is very good. But it's certainly not that frantic pace of Scorsese that we look for and love.

    My least 5 Scorsese's:
    -Age of Innocence
    -Kundun
    -Boxcar Bertha
    -Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    -New York New York

    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    Silence is very good. But it's certainly not that frantic pace of Scorsese that we look for and love.

    My least 5 Scorsese's:
    -Age of Innocence
    -Kundun
    -Boxcar Bertha
    -Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    -New York New York
    Shit, I forgot NY, NY. That would be in my Top 10 easily. His most underappreciated.
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    Seeing Raging Bull below Bringing out the Dead gets a virtual hi-5 from me buddy!
    I've only seen BOTD once. Need to rectify that.
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    I've only seen BOTD once. Need to rectify that.
    Same here, but I remember thinking it was much better than I anticipated. Raging Bull is...fine...way overrated though.

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    I really liked Gangs of New York.

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    Immortals > 300

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    I'd put Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore near the top.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Immortals > 300
    I've been thinking about this. I think I like both about the same. Neither "masterpiece/fantastic" level but I enjoy both.

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    Quote Quoting Skitch (view post)
    I've been thinking about this. I think I like both about the same. Neither "masterpiece/fantastic" level but I enjoy both.
    300 is big dumb fun.

    Immortals is a touch more cerebral (not much). But I found its aesthetic pretty neat. It didn't always work and sometimes felt more like a model shoot than a movie, but when it did work it was pretty incredible.

    The Minotaur was particularly inspired.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    300 is big dumb fun.

    Immortals is a touch more cerebral (not much). But I found its aesthetic pretty neat. It didn't always work and sometimes felt more like a model shoot than a movie, but when it did work it was pretty incredible.

    The Minotaur was particularly inspired.
    Totally agree. My biggest issue with Immortals is it has the feel of studio meddling. I could be wrong, its just my gut feeling. It feels rushed and "frame fucked". Like there was a really killer 2.5 hour cut that fleshed out everything.

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    300 is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
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    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
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