Martin Scorsese Appreciation Thread

[Calandrino]

People did not believe him when he said 3D movies and capeshits were not cinema, but he was right.

He wasn't even a snob about it. He could hardly have laid the matter out more politely and tactfully. And he singled out Marvel movies specifically, because everyone knows that Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan superhero motion pictures are Art.

 

[Odd Opossum]

It's shitty that half the discussion online about Killers of the Flower Moon is /pol/tards sperging about anti-whiteness.

 

[Raging Capybara]

It's shitty that half the discussion online about Killers of the Flower Moon is /pol/tards sperging about anti-whiteness.

That kind of movie is well above their mental capacity.

It's a film made by adults for adults. Leave the manbabies out of that.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Just want to say that even in old age, the idea of Scorsese to put a lens on the complications and struggles of the white travelers in Killers of the Flower Moon while juxtaposing it with the insight of the Native American villagers navigating it on their homeland is a very intriguing, if not unique, experience.

I’m not sure how much Oscar bait will be used to pull in new viewers, but this one actually seems like an engaging movie that does not fall prey to the ”white guilt” issue that gets heralded in today’s climate.

Not saying that Scorsese is a social justice warrior or a “bleeding heart liberal”, but he at least exemplifies with how characterization in film is done right, especially if one considers how challenging the plot is.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Taxi driver sucks and is overrated.

Couldn't disagree any harder. Probably has one of the very best writing I seen in any film.

 

[Criticallacitirc]

I’m not sure how much Oscar bait will be used to pull in new viewers, but this one actually seems like an engaging movie that does not fall prey to the ”white guilt” issue that gets heralded in today’s climate.

The movie is really good. It's a dark story to tell and in a SJW warriors hands it would have been insufferable. There's no lectures, no one preaching to you. It's a little long, but I'd definitely see it again.

I will say that beyond Lily Gladstone and the woman who plays her mother, the native american actors all are not good. I looked some of them up and most had only been extras before or never acted. They all for some reason have different accents and many of them speak in a very modern cadence. Contrasted against everyone else who all sounded like people I'd expect in 1920s Oklahoma.

 

[TVB]

He wasn't even a snob about it. He could hardly have laid the matter out more politely and tactfully. And he singled out Marvel movies specifically, because everyone knows that Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan superhero motion pictures are Art.

I do not care for Zack Snyder, and no superhero movie is ever considered art. I mean it would be like calling Michael Bay, Paul WS Anderson or Roland Emmerich movies as art when they realistically are not

 

[AnOminous]

He wasn't even a snob about it. He could hardly have laid the matter out more politely and tactfully. And he singled out Marvel movies specifically, because everyone knows that Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan superhero motion pictures are Art.

Anything Martin Scorsese says is automatically true just by virtue of it being Martin Scorsese saying it. He could say the world is flat and that would then automatically be true.

 

[TVB]

Anything Martin Scorsese says is automatically true just by virtue of it being Martin Scorsese saying it. He could say the world is flat and that would then automatically be true.

And again, he wasn't trying to be cocky about it. It was well obvious that 3D movies are not movies and capeshit are also not movies, and how he said was very informative.

 

[Mexican_Wizard_711]

It's shitty that half the discussion online about Killers of the Flower Moon is /pol/tards sperging about anti-whiteness.

That kind of movie is well above their mental capacity.

It's a film made by adults for adults. Leave the manbabies out of that.

It's a movie about a white guy killing Indians, no shit white folks are gonna get mad.

 

[TVB]

It's a movie about a white guy killing Indians, no shit white folks are gonna get mad.

And /pol/ is a very shitty board, which says a lot about most 4chan boards.

 

[Mexican_Wizard_711]

And /pol/ is a very shitty board, which says a lot about most 4chan boards.

And Scorsese lost to FNAF

 

[TVB]

And Scorsese lost to FNAF

Just like how Scorsese lost to Taylor Swift of all things

 

[augment]

I was keen on Killers of the Flower Moon until I saw the trailer and it was more dicaprio. Like fuck, get a new lead for god's sake.

 

[TVB]

I was keen on Killers of the Flower Moon until I saw the trailer and it was more dicaprio. Like fuck, get a new lead for god's sake.

I do not care for DiCaprio either. Only people who liked him have considered his roles to be "tolerable."

 

[Calandrino]

Anything Martin Scorsese says is automatically true just by virtue of it being Martin Scorsese saying it. He could say the world is flat and that would then automatically be true.

I like the first Exorcist, because of the Catholic guilt I have, and because it scared the hell out of me; but The Heretic surpasses it.

never4get

 

[LaxerBRO]

Killers of the Flower Moon was okay and a decent way to spend an afternoon but nothing special.

I would much rather read a Raymond Chandler novel, though.

 

[TVB]

So I watched Killers of the Flower Moon and it was the same reaction I had with The Irishman and that it's decent but doesn't merit the same kind of masterpiece as the likes of Taxi Driver, Goodfellas or Casino.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Saw Goodfellas at the theater today. It is indeed kino. I actually was pleasantly taken aback at how Karen, Henry's wife, was complicit in the whole thing, true to life. Nowadays, she'd be the STRONK, INDEPENDENT WAHMEN WHO TAKES DOWN THE EVUL MOB PATRIARCHY.

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

I'm surprised that there's not much love here for Raging Bull. It's my favorite Scorcese film. Great fuckin' movie. If you haven't watched it, check it out post haste.