Martin Scorecese is finally liberated...

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2007)

There is not too much to say that hasn't been already said. Let me just add that with this movie, Scorcese has been liberated from the cultural obligation to make an EPIC movie. With this, he has been freed to just make a great MOVIE. There are no grand passion plays here. Just a damn good story.
The ending was a little bit ruined for me because IMDb or Yahoo entertainment news or some other piece of fluff article spoiled it when they speculated on the possibility of making a sequel. Shame on them! Also, why does Scorcese have to include "Gimme Shelter" in all of his trailers and movies? I can just imagine him trying to include it in "Kundun" for crying out loud! Although with that one exception, the soundtrack was superb.
This is Leo's best performance to date....clearly the most understated yet. It amazing to watch him get exponentially better and better with each and every role. All of Leo's past sins have been completely, 100% absolved at this point as far as I'm concerned.
All in all, a superb and riveting movie.