a breathtaking long shot till you drop

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2015)

As years pass, every now and then Martin Scorsese comes back with another movie and yet here again he offers us a true masterpiece showing again his unique capacity to reinvent and modernize himself in every possible way. The directing is something unseen, kind of crazy, always on the edges and not only as far as camera movements are concerned but mainly in directing the actors...and what a great and powerful cast with Dicaprio delivering a hell of a show through the numerous monologues (a shame he didn't get the Oscar for that, neither for The aviator also). Three hours running time and not even any second is in excess, everything goes so smoothly you wonder how can people make boring one-hour and a half running time movie but yet here is a master in the possession of all his means. Everything is where it has to be, what a great production design, gentle camera moves, and great story lines. The script is one of a kind and all those elements only tend to prove that years after he started directing the great Scrosese still got a lot to bring to the Movie industry.