Very disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (10 August 2007)

I hesitate to even add a comment at this late date, especially after so many people have echoed my own disappointment with this movie, but clearly Scorsese won the Oscar because of his fine work on "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "The Last Waltz," "Goodfellas," etc. I know a lot of people consider "Raging Bull" his masterpiece, and although I do not care much for it, I would even understand an Oscar given to Scorsese for it.
But this bloated mess? I can't believe how LONG the damn thing is -- especially considering that the original is so much more powerful at only 100 minutes. And don't tell me the length was to provide greater character development -- the characters were much more expressive in the original and their relationships to each other were much better developed.
And as others have mentioned: the profanity is nonstop, and the ending is laughable. And for once I can really say I had WAY too much of Jack Nicholson.