Your Most Controversial Film Opinions?
While I love a few of his movies, I think Martin Scorsese is overrated.
shareI only like a couple, "Taxi Driver", but upon experience, I saw Paul Schrader's script, who wrote more than just the original screenplay, but diagrammed everything... Robert De Niro was also excellent, and I've hated the last handful of Scorsese movies so much I don't bother to watch anything they release. Same with Tarantino, but I liked both those guys (and Coppola) when I was 17.. Twenty years later, I've experienced thousands of movies, and I could easily name two dozen fine directors much better... I will hand it to Coppola for "The Conversation" considering he wrote it himself, as opposed to having the #1 book and the #1 actor (Brando, and a great cast in general).
I can't name a single movie of Spielberg's I like.. I think he really killed Hollywood. No one dares to criticize his movies because they make money, but that's business - I prefer arts and entertainment.
I think Silence has been his best film since Casino in 1995. He's not made bad films but none of his work hasn't been without it's flaws. His work Di Caprio has been good but would you say it's better then his work with De Niro, no way. His Documentaries on Bob Dylan have been excellent.
From the 70's until mid 90's Scorsese was the man.
While I love a few of his movies, I think Martin Scorsese is overrated.
I agree. He's a good director but too heavily flawed to be rated as highly as he is. share