The Top 5 List Thread

[EspaDa]

top 5 tunes off the latest Clutch album

1. How to Shake Hands
2. Lorelei
3. In Walks Barbarella
4. Ghoul Wrangler
5. Book of Bad Decisions

 

[no country for old wainds]

3. Vampire's Kiss (the insanity and goofiness just speaks to me for some reason)

should've listed it brah

 

[CiG]

should've listed it brah

In my '88 list?

 

[no country for old wainds]

yep

 

[CiG]

Since I recently got around to watching The Last Temptation of Christ and New York, New York I figured I'd do this one.

5 favourite Scorsese films:

1. Taxi Driver (GOAT in general for me)
2. Casino
3. Goodfellas
4. Raging Bull
5. The Last Temptation of Christ

One I really wanna see is Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Edit: I'll probably get shit for this but Liza is a cutie in New York, New York (and even Lucky Lady TBH).

yep

I prefer Frogtown just a bit more I think.

 

[challenge_everything]

1. Cape Fear
2. The Departed
3. Taxi Driver
4. After Hours
5. The King of Comedy

That's a brutal top 5, because Goodfellas, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street, Raging Bull, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore are all sensational too.

 

[CiG]

I was underwhelmed by Cape Fear personally. I still need to see King of Comedy and After Hours.

 

[challenge_everything]

I was underwhelmed by Cape Fear personally. I still need to see King of Comedy and After Hours.

I actually love both Cape Fears, even though the Scorsese remake is very similar to the original. It pierces the safe suburban nuclear family in the same way as the likes of Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street and exposes their own failings and hypocrisies. There is a genuine and constant sense of danger and threat, not only in the physical threat of De Niro's character Cady, but also in Nolte's own choices - unlike stereotypical revenge flicks where the avenger seems to have a kind of freedom once they're off the chain, you feel the consequences of each of Nolte's decisions (ie that he might be the one arrested and convicted not Cady).

 

[challenge_everything]

Also, After Hours is probably Scorsese's most underrated movie, and definitely his funniest.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

1 - Taxi Driver
2 - Casino
3 - Shutter Island
4 - Raging Bull
*5 - Goodfellas or Gangs of New York

 

[CiG]

@challenge_everything Funnier than his Pesci films? That's a tall order. I definitely need to see it.

RE Cape Fear: I have no problem with the casting or the theme and what it's attempting to do, I just felt the execution left a lot to be desired. In all fairness I've only seen it once so I might have to watch it again and test my current opinion.

Edit: of all the directors who have tried to pierce suburbia for me nothing has topped Lynch.

Somewhat surprised to also see The Departed in your top 5 and quite high within it too, not that it's not an awesome fucking film (though I vastly prefer Infernal Affairs TBH) but I don't think I've ever seen anybody rank it that high. DiCaprio is a great actor.

3 - Shutter Island

Holy shit I totally forgot that's a Scorsese film, I need to actually buy it since I saw it once, at the cinema and that's it. DiCaprio is in it right?

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Holy shit I totally forgot that's a Scorsese film, I need to actually buy it since I saw it once, at the cinema and that's it. DiCaprio is in it right?

yup. One of my favorite films from the last 10 or so years. The first three movies i have listed there are god-tier imo. And props for putting(rightfully) Casino on top of Goodfellas. I always chuckle when i see people rank it the the other way around.

 

[CiG]

And props for putting(rightfully) Casino on top of Goodfellas. I always chuckle when i see people rank it the the other way around.

Goodfellas has Casino beat for memorable/quotable scenes, but Casino is overall just a much better film. I've also always felt that Goodfellas kinda falls apart towards the end, which I guess is somewhat appropriate because so does Henry Hill lol.

 

[challenge_everything]

@challenge_everything Funnier than his Pesci films? That's a tall order. I definitely need to see it.

It's not really an apt comparison, because After Hours is a straight out comedy whereas Goodfellas, Casino etc are not, and the humour is different (absurdist black humour -it's really a side of Scorsese you won't see anywhere else).

RE Cape Fear: I have no problem with the casting or the theme and what it's attempting to do, I just felt the execution left a lot to be desired. In all fairness I've only seen it once so I might have to watch it again and test my current opinion.

Not sure what you have in mind, it's taut, De Niro is a wonderfully sleazy villain and the finale on the houseboat is great (as is the Simpsons parody).

Somewhat surprised to also see The Departed in your top 5 and quite high within it too, not that it's not an awesome fucking film (though I vastly prefer Infernal Affairs TBH) but I don't think I've ever seen anybody rank it that high. DiCaprio is a great actor.

The acting first and foremost. Nicholson was born to play a character whose ego fills the room. DiCaprio is perhaps even better, his mental unravelling as he is forced to live without an identity really drives the film. The script is also as complex and tight as it comes, though I accept Scorsese doesn't really get the credit for that.

 

[CiG]

It's not really an apt comparison, because After Hours is a straight out comedy whereas Goodfellas, Casino etc are not, and the humour is different (absurdist black humour -it's really a side of Scorsese you won't see anywhere else).

Agreed but you said his funniest, you didn't specify comedy or non-comedy. I think Goodfellas is hilarious at times, whether intentional or not.

Not sure what you have in mind, it's taut, De Niro is a wonderfully sleazy villain and the finale on the houseboat is great (as is the Simpsons parody).

I might actually watch it tomorrow after work to refresh my memory.

The acting first and foremost. Nicholson was born to play a character whose ego fills the room. DiCaprio is perhaps even better, his mental unravelling as he is forced to live without an identity really drives the film. The script is also as complex and tight as it comes, though I accept Scorsese doesn't really get the credit for that.

It's also probably one of Matt Damon's better roles.

 

[challenge_everything]

I still remember watching Shutter Island hungover and accidentally had the vision impaired narration turned on without realising it. Took me half the movie to realise it wasn't part of Scorsese's directiorial technique.

 

[CiG]

5 favourite comedies:

1. Clerks
2. BASEketball
3. Orgazmo
4. Animal House
5. Guest House Paradiso

HM:

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Tampopo
Cannibal! The Musical

 

[rms]

3 - Shutter Island

did the "twist" surprise you? I am thinking that's the only way someone could think this movie was any good...but that was the most obvious twist since ..........

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

you didn't specify comedy or non-comedy. I think Goodfellas is hilarious at times, whether intentional or not.

comedy ... whereas Goodfellas, Casino etc are not,

Goodfellas is so over the top(on purpose clearly) that i consider it pretty much a black comedy. Are you guys not laughing during most of that movie? If not you're doing it all wrong.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

did the "twist" surprise you? I am thinking that's the only way someone could think this movie was any good...but that was the most obvious twist since ..........

i think it did the first time i saw it in the theaters, i honestly cant remember though. But yea i let the acting, writing, cinematography, etc decide what's a good movie or not for me. And as far as im concerned(and most others), it hits a homerun in just about all of those categories. It's an awesome suspenseful/psychological thriller with a little bit of horror and noir sprinkled on top, beautifully shot and acted and just a very solid film overall. What's not to like?