Brilliant and Brutal

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

This movie is one of my favorite Scorsese films. Top 3, definitely. The violence is brutal as well as the language, the characters are intriguing and flawed (not a single "good guy" exists in the movie), the humor is deliciously dark, and the directing, as always, is simply phenomenal. But what I like even more than the directing is how multi-layered the film is. You'll have to see it twice to even begin to take everything in. There are simple lines of dialog that are vital pieces of information. That's what I love most. The movie contains so many different dimensions, that it simply blows away other mono-layered films. Scorsese doesn't hand feed you everything. You have to make the connections yourself, and that's why I think the majority of the youth either will not understand it or they won't be able to appreciate the brilliance and depth of the film because their standards have been trashed due to the commercial crap films Hollywood is spitting out drastically fast. Nevertheless, this film is amazingly good and don't let any schmuck convince you otherwise.