Engaging and Captivating

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2013)

When we have a lot of expectations from a movie, more often than not, we return disappointed. But frankly, I did not have much expectations from this movie. Not that I have not been a fan of Martin Scorsese. But more often than not, I am napping, at least for a short while in the cozy seats of theater in the loud noise. But this 3 hour movie was a different experience altogether. The story was not extraordinarily great, but when you watch at least 2 -3 movies a week, nothing sounds or seems unique to you. I was specially impressed with the dialogs. It seemed as if Leo could steal you pen and sell it back to you. Probably the best performance of his career and I hope he gets a nod for Oscars this year. I found each and every frame, every scene, every dialog engrossing to the limit. When it was funny, it was too funny. It had been a long time when I knew the film was full 3 hours in advance, but was still afraid it was going to be over soon. I give it nothing less than a 10 our of 10.