"Raging Bull", one piece of a triplet

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2012)

What I am about to say might be different with movie criticism. I have watched the three movies of Scorsese in order of watching: "Goodfellas", "Casino", and "Raging Bull" and now I have feeling that I have watched one unique movie three times. The order of watching this triplet was vice versa with respect to the date of their production. I'm not going to give jargons or use cinema terminology but as simple as it is I have to mention that if I were to name these movies I would name them sth1, sth2, and sth3. It has a similarity with Sergio Leone's triplet: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "For a Few Dollars More", and "A Fistful of Dollars" which I think it's not fair to call them all alike. Basically it is a couple consisting "For a Few Dollars More", and "A Fistful of Dollars". Anyway, Scorsese's triplet has its own philosophy and tries to deliver some good documentary view of American society, but still I cannot accept that these three movies are different. One of them could be enough for once in a lifetime watching. Scorsese is a professional and belittling big people doesn't reduce their real values and I'm not going to do that. I'm talking as an audience who has seen this triplet and happen to know the name of the director. That's all. That's right that Deniro won Oscar for his memorable performance in "Raging Bull" but still they are the same and we should call one of them original & the other two copies. Each movie is great as stand alone.