12-31-2021, 01:37 AM
(12-30-2021, 04:01 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: http://thebengalsboard.com/Thread-Marvel-DC-movies?pid=1123200#pid1123200
Seriously, Fred, I never expected you to take a shot outside of football or politics, but, of course, the lawyer can't refrain from passing judgment...
He branched-out significantly in the 2000s, but pre-2000 was almost always a film about:
- Italian Americans
- Gangsters
- Robert DeNiro
- Joe Pesci
- etc.
Take Besson, for instance; while I would not put him on the same level as Scorsese (though I contend that Leon is better than GF any day of the week) in terms of whole body of work, outside of Jean Reno and his mistresses/wives he had at specific times, EVERY film he did had nothing to with the other, EVERY film had a different main setting (save for Nikita and Subway, which shared Paris as the main backdrop) and he explored the non-writing side of filmmaking, in terms of better filming/action sequences, setpieces, technical work, etc.
I'm not shitting on Scorsese, but if one cannot admit that his pre-millennium work was a great deal formulaic in various ways, then the fanboy in you is seriously clouded.
I would suggest reading some of Bondenella's works and taking a deeper dive into Italian and Italian/American cinema, as I have studied Scorsese on a University, critical level, in a handful of classes.
I'm not blowing smoke out of my ass, like many do.
Sorry Truck.
I actually try not to get too hot in the entertainment section because it is more about individual taste. Like the uniform threads in Jungle Noise.
But I am big Scorsese fan so I was a little too sensitive.
