Exruciating drag

Rating: 1/10 (20 February 2012)

Spoilers ahead.
Ben Kingsley's character is supposed to be Georges Méliès, movie maker of ancient times. Orphan child is orphan child. And the automaton orphan child inherited from his father belongs to Méliès, thus providing the glue for those two story lines. A potential third story line - that of the father - isn't developed at all and ends in nirvana. And that's all there is.
Now, I'm sure everybody agrees that Scorcese's turned clown and lost all street creds since he and de Niro stopped working together. The last debacle of his I'm recalling right now being "Shutter Island". But with this lifeless junk piece he's sure hitting a new - and rare - low. Rare across all of movie history, as I'm aware of.
If you're into this kind of film rather stick to Polanski's "Oliver Twist". THAT film bears signs of the hand of a "maestro", plus it's having an actual, entertaining story line.
Just threw my "Taxi Driver" DVD into the bin, after trampling it to bits and giving it a good shower. Feeling kind of ashamed for ever thinking that this fraud could have had some talent.
Strongly hope that this has been the last we've seen of Scorcese. Farewell, loser. And before you do, please give me my money back.