A good movie with an ending that lacks some imagination.

Rating: 7/10 (22 July 2010)

The movie alone is good. It's not great but it's good and well worth watching. The script is well structured and the story really draws you in. The characters are well placed and the entire course of the story development is nicely done and it definitely keeps your interest going all the way until the end. Unfortunately, the ending makes it way too usual and clichéd. We've seen it a hundred times before and obviously we'll see it a hundred times again. The movie would have been worth a lot more if the ending was done with a bit more imagination. I mean, really, what where they thinking? The entire movie is brilliant and than they ruin it just like that. Come on! As i said, it's seen a hundred times before and i really have no need to see it again.
Martin Scorsese, contrary to everyones suspicion, again prooves him self as a director that can direct any genre and make it look good. I would dare to say that this is one of his best directed movies. Not one of his best movies but one of his best directed movies. He manages to keep the mood going and it really works with the audience. I also liked the lighting. It was brilliant. He achieved the great atmosphere with this one. That's really what i liked the most.
Acting was good, though, i believe the star of this movie wasn't Leo DiCaprio but Ben Kingsley. I really enjoyed his creepy performance.
All in all, this is a good movie that would have been great if the ending was different and more imaginative. But it's still, definitely, well worth watching.