This, ladies and gentlemen, is film-making.

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2006)

While one cannot forget the classics such as Goodfellas, and obviously not the Godfathers or the Untouchables, one also has to look forward into a new age of film-making.
Scorsese does an excellent...no...brilliant job of combining to two; bringing the classic feel of the past and the powerful feel of the present together in this magnificent piece of work.
This film is a pearl among swine, standing head and shoulders over mind-killers like School for Scoundrels or 40 Year Old Virgin. My hope for the theater was nearly gone forever before this film.
The facts? Gorgeous thoughtful cinematography pieced together by flawless editing and topped off with a brilliantly placed soundtrack. The dialog is fluid and hilarious, the plot is a winding staircase (the ones where you don't know what is around the corner), the characters are large as well the actors playing them....
This, ladies and gentlemen, is film-making.