Better than Goodfellas? What a bunch of B.S.

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2006)

This film is good but it's not great like earlier Scorsese, i.e.. Goodfellas, Mean Streets, TLTOC, or Taxi Driver. The characters are not fleshed out like Goodfellas. When I walked out of the theatre after seeing Goodfellas I actually felt like I knew Henry Hill, and Jimmy the Gent. If they finally give Marty his Oscar he should hand it back to them. This film was long, and not as well edited as Thelma's better work. The scene with the two priests and the nun was awkward, and the much anticipated "Threesome Scene" was cut to shreds, which ended up being Jack Nicholson throwing piles of cocaine into the air. It should have been cut completely. The scene where Colin Sullivan kills Frank Costello was spaced and paced all wrong. How far away from the police activity did these two wander? It didn't really matter because at that point of the film the Costello character was acting like a moron instead of a savvy mob boss. That scene was so contrived it was insulting to anybody with a lick of street sense. Did Costello really have to taste the drugs? So much of the dialog was redundant... There's a rat, are you the rat? No are you the rat? No are you the rat? Maybe he's the rat...
There were some great performances from all of the actors and some surprises, like the killing of Queenan and the protagonist Costigan. There should be best supporting nods for Ray Winstone and Martin Sheen and Best acting nods for Decaprio and Damon. It will get Best Director and Best Picture nom's and if it wins Best Picture, Brad Pitt will get an Oscar. How cool is that! It will get a best editing nom which it does not deserve.
Better than Goodfellas? Nope!