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<strong>Title:</strong> Casino<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1995<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Martin Scorsese<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in <a href="/players/P___110533/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Martin Scorsese</a>'s story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (<a href="/players/P____17593/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert De Niro</a>), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (<a href="/players/P____56237/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Joe Pesci</a>), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend to Ace; and Ginger McKenna (<a href="/players/P____68496/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sharon Stone</a>, in a role she was born to play), a leggy ex-prostitute with a fondness for jewelry and a penchant for playing the field. Ace plays by the rules (albeit Vegas rules, which, as he reminds the audience in voiceover, would make him a criminal in any other state), while Nicky and Ginger lie, cheat, and steal their respective ways to the top. The film's first hour and a half details their rise to power, while the second half follows their downfall as the FBI, corrupt government officials, and angry mob bosses pick apart their <I>Camelot</I> piece by piece. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 26<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 63<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 3<br/>
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</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:34:07 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Casino</spout:Title><spout:Year>1995</spout:Year><spout:Director>Martin Scorsese</spout:Director><spout:Plot>The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in &lt;a href="/players/P___110533/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Martin Scorsese&lt;/a&gt;'s story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (&lt;a href="/players/P____17593/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Robert De Niro&lt;/a&gt;), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (&lt;a href="/players/P____56237/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Joe Pesci&lt;/a&gt;), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend to Ace; and Ginger McKenna (&lt;a href="/players/P____68496/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sharon Stone&lt;/a&gt;, in a role she was born to play), a leggy ex-prostitute with a fondness for jewelry and a penchant for playing the field. Ace plays by the rules (albeit Vegas rules, which, as he reminds the audience in voiceover, would make him a criminal in any other state), while Nicky and Ginger lie, cheat, and steal their respective ways to the top. The film's first hour and a half details their rise to power, while the second half follows their downfall as the FBI, corrupt government officials, and angry mob bosses pick apart their &lt;I&gt;Camelot&lt;/I&gt; piece by piece. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>26</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>63</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>3</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>13</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t88889mk6z1.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Casino/92703/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/10/2009 1:37:48 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="mercurial"]    I&rsquo;m Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys The Departed I&rsquo;m certain Scorsese won the Oscar purely for putting this song in the film.    [/quote] Really!! I didn't really think The Academy was down with Dropkick.. [/quote] I remember there was a cool use of one or a couple Clash songs in Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead.  And I think Casino used that great Devo cover of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:37:48 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/10/2009 1:37:48 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="mercurial"]    I&amp;rsquo;m Shipping Up to Boston - Dropkick Murphys The Departed I&amp;rsquo;m certain Scorsese won the Oscar purely for putting this song in the film.    [/quote] Really!! I didn't really think The Academy was down with Dropkick.. [/quote] I remember there was a cool use of one or a couple Clash songs in Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead.  And I think Casino used that great Devo cover of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Which of these films that excessively use the word "fuck" or one of its derivatives is your favorite?</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/23/2009 11:05:44 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="Phantasma-gore-ia"] Was there some unknown problem with Pulp Fiction and it's close to 300 uses of the said word?  Or is it just me? [/quote] What do you mean by an "unknown problem"??  If you are asking why Pulp Fiction didn't make the poll I can kind of go through my procedure for picking.  I found this link on wikipedia first of all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22 According to that link Pulp Fiction uses the word a notable 265 times.  But I was looking at movies that used the word the most frequently rather than the most overall.  So although the film uses the word nearly as many times as the other movies listed, it has an over 2 and a half  hour running time which is fairly long, so the number of uses per minute is 1.72 which doesn't quite measure up to the other films on the list. Some other notable films that actually use the word more requently than Pulp Fiction: Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackMenace II SocietyCasinoSummer of SamThe Big LebowskiThe Boondock SaintsGoodfellasSpunTrue Romance (another penned by Tarantino)American History XThe Blair Witch ProjectBad Santa<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:05:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Polls</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/23/2009 11:05:44 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="Phantasma-gore-ia"] Was there some unknown problem with Pulp Fiction and it's close to 300 uses of the said word?  Or is it just me? [/quote] What do you mean by an "unknown problem"??  If you are asking why Pulp Fiction didn't make the poll I can kind of go through my procedure for picking.  I found this link on wikipedia first of all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22 According to that link Pulp Fiction uses the word a notable 265 times.  But I was looking at movies that used the word the most frequently rather than the most overall.  So although the film uses the word nearly as many times as the other movies listed, it has an over 2 and a half  hour running time which is fairly long, so the number of uses per minute is 1.72 which doesn't quite measure up to the other films on the list. Some other notable films that actually use the word more requently than Pulp Fiction: Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackMenace II SocietyCasinoSummer of SamThe Big LebowskiThe Boondock SaintsGoodfellasSpunTrue Romance (another penned by Tarantino)American History XThe Blair Witch ProjectBad Santa</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 Overrated Movies</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/146238/default.aspx'>bailey822</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/12/2009 9:52:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I agree completely about Goodfellas.  I love Scorsese, but this was no Godfather.  Shakespeare in Love was another one that didn't exactly deserve all that critical acclaim...it was basically a romantic comedy with lots of expensive costumes.   [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:52:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>bailey822</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/12/2009 9:52:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I agree completely about Goodfellas.  I love Scorsese, but this was no Godfather.  Shakespeare in Love was another one that didn't exactly deserve all that critical acclaim...it was basically a romantic comedy with lots of expensive costumes.   [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 Overrated Movies</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/141391/default.aspx'>flair</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/13/2009 5:56:38 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="pippin06"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote] leeroy, I think you are harsh on Scorsese, and he didn't only make those three flicks prior to the Departed.  In the land of overrated for Scorsese, I submit Gangs of New York and The Aviator.  I hate them, and they were nominated a million times for a million awards (and were some in the long line of Scorsese's no-Oscar curse). Though, I totally agree with Gladiator (also doesn't hold up to repeat viewings) and Shakespeare in Love.  I was hot when the latter won Best Picture thanks to the alpha-campaignig of the Weinsteins.  Saving Private Ryan is a much better film, and I personally and generally prefer romances to war movies any day, but come on. And now I see why Shawshank might be considered overrated  Ok, I concede on that point, but I'm with leeroy on Amelie. [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:56:38 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>flair</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/13/2009 5:56:38 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="pippin06"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote] leeroy, I think you are harsh on Scorsese, and he didn't only make those three flicks prior to the Departed.  In the land of overrated for Scorsese, I submit Gangs of New York and The Aviator.  I hate them, and they were nominated a million times for a million awards (and were some in the long line of Scorsese's no-Oscar curse). Though, I totally agree with Gladiator (also doesn't hold up to repeat viewings) and Shakespeare in Love.  I was hot when the latter won Best Picture thanks to the alpha-campaignig of the Weinsteins.  Saving Private Ryan is a much better film, and I personally and generally prefer romances to war movies any day, but come on. And now I see why Shawshank might be considered overrated  Ok, I concede on that point, but I'm with leeroy on Amelie. [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:What is your favorite Martin Scorsese (directing) and Robert De Niro (acting) collaboration?</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/7/2009 12:01:53 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Well I voted for Taxi Driver.  I think it's just overall more focused in my opinion, over the big gangster ones like Casino and Goodfellas (which are both very good). I have yet to see some of these.  I'm interested in Cape Fear since the original was so great.  But I'm surprised no one has even mentioned The King of Comedy.  I know some Scorcese fans that say it's actually maybe his best or at least most underrated movie.  Anyone seen it an have a comment?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:01:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Polls</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/7/2009 12:01:53 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Well I voted for Taxi Driver.  I think it's just overall more focused in my opinion, over the big gangster ones like Casino and Goodfellas (which are both very good). I have yet to see some of these.  I'm interested in Cape Fear since the original was so great.  But I'm surprised no one has even mentioned The King of Comedy.  I know some Scorcese fans that say it's actually maybe his best or at least most underrated movie.  Anyone seen it an have a comment?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:What is your favorite Martin Scorsese (directing) and Robert De Niro (acting) collaboration?</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2227/default.aspx'>pippin06</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/6/2009 4:25:11 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I've got a number of Scorsese flicks coming up on the ole Netflix queue and, as such, have only seen two of the listed entries (sadly), which are Casino and Raging Bull.  And, without doubt, Raging Bull was the superior of the two, even if it was about boxing, which is not my favorite sport.  But Sharon Stone's not my favorite anything, and Casino just wasn't all that great. I'm looking forward to hitting a lot of these candidates very soon, tho.  Taxi Driver and GoodFellas are AFI movies.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:25:11 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>pippin06</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Polls</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/6/2009 4:25:11 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I've got a number of Scorsese flicks coming up on the ole Netflix queue and, as such, have only seen two of the listed entries (sadly), which are Casino and Raging Bull.  And, without doubt, Raging Bull was the superior of the two, even if it was about boxing, which is not my favorite sport.  But Sharon Stone's not my favorite anything, and Casino just wasn't all that great. I'm looking forward to hitting a lot of these candidates very soon, tho.  Taxi Driver and GoodFellas are AFI movies.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:What is your favorite Martin Scorsese (directing) and Robert De Niro (acting) collaboration?</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/6/2009 3:01:27 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> To be fair, I've only seen 3 of these, but GoodFellas (1990) was the best of those.  Taxi Driver was dull up until the rampage(I know, that's blasphemy), and Casino was traumatic (for the same reason that My Cousin Vinny  was traumatic--the thought of Joe Pesci as a love interest--bleh).  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:01:27 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>theeradicator</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Polls</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/6/2009 3:01:27 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>To be fair, I've only seen 3 of these, but GoodFellas (1990) was the best of those.  Taxi Driver was dull up until the rampage(I know, that's blasphemy), and Casino was traumatic (for the same reason that My Cousin Vinny  was traumatic--the thought of Joe Pesci as a love interest--bleh).  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: What is your favorite Martin Scorsese (directing) and Robert De Niro (acting) collaboration?</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/6/2009 2:27:44 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. So it was announced a while ago that Martin Scorsese will again be directing Robert De Niro in an upcomming movie called I Heard You Paint Houses.  While the potential release is still a long way off lets talk about your favorite of these filmmakers' previous collaborations.    Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Cape FearCasinoGoodfellasThe King of ComedyMean StreetsNew York, New YorkRaging BullTaxi Driver<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:44 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Polls</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/6/2009 2:27:44 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. So it was announced a while ago that Martin Scorsese will again be directing Robert De Niro in an upcomming movie called I Heard You Paint Houses.  While the potential release is still a long way off lets talk about your favorite of these filmmakers' previous collaborations.    Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Cape FearCasinoGoodfellasThe King of ComedyMean StreetsNew York, New YorkRaging BullTaxi Driver</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 Overrated Movies</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/4/2008 1:43:16 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"] 3. Amelie [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like: 1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. [/quote] Of the three Juenet films I've seen, I've liked Amelie the least. My favorite by him is Delicatessen.[/quote] I luke Jeunet too, and Delicatessen is also my favorite.  And I do think Amelie is a good movie, but the reason why I would agree that it is overrated is because every person who would normally never seen a foreign film ends up seeing Amelie somehow and and declares it their favorite foreign movie.  If you look at the structure, it's really a foreign movie designed for American sensibilities in what they think a good foreign movie should be.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:43:16 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/4/2008 1:43:16 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="SkyPilot"] [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"] 3. Amelie [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like: 1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. [/quote] Of the three Juenet films I've seen, I've liked Amelie the least. My favorite by him is Delicatessen.[/quote] I luke Jeunet too, and Delicatessen is also my favorite.  And I do think Amelie is a good movie, but the reason why I would agree that it is overrated is because every person who would normally never seen a foreign film ends up seeing Amelie somehow and and declares it their favorite foreign movie.  If you look at the structure, it's really a foreign movie designed for American sensibilities in what they think a good foreign movie should be.</spout:body></item>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2227/default.aspx'>pippin06</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/3/2008 10:59:21 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote] leeroy, I think you are harsh on Scorsese, and he didn't only make those three flicks prior to the Departed.  In the land of overrated for Scorsese, I submit Gangs of New York and The Aviator.  I hate them, and they were nominated a million times for a million awards (and were some in the long line of Scorsese's no-Oscar curse). Though, I totally agree with Gladiator (also doesn't hold up to repeat viewings) and Shakespeare in Love.  I was hot when the latter won Best Picture thanks to the alpha-campaignig of the Weinsteins.  Saving Private Ryan is a much better film, and I personally and generally prefer romances to war movies any day, but come on. And now I see why Shawshank might be considered overrated  Ok, I concede on that point, but I'm with leeroy on Amelie.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:59:21 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>pippin06</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/3/2008 10:59:21 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="leeroy711"] [quote user="SkyPilot"]   3. Amelie   [/quote] Boooooooooo!!! I love this one and everything else by Juenet. The rest of the list I can't disagree with but mine would look more like:   1. Platoon - Hamburger Hill was better........... trust me. 2. Goodfellas/Casino/Taxi Driver - I didn't really get into a Scorsese film until The Departed. These others were OK, but that's about it. If it weren't for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese would be the most overrated director. 3. Shakespeare In Love - this was when I stopped watching or caring about the Oscars 4. Gladiator - see No. 3 - And I actually liked Black Hawk Down better for a Ridley Scott film. 5. Shawshank Redemption - This one was clever but c'mon. No. 1 on IMDB's top 250 list is just ridiculous. [/quote] leeroy, I think you are harsh on Scorsese, and he didn't only make those three flicks prior to the Departed.  In the land of overrated for Scorsese, I submit Gangs of New York and The Aviator.  I hate them, and they were nominated a million times for a million awards (and were some in the long line of Scorsese's no-Oscar curse). Though, I totally agree with Gladiator (also doesn't hold up to repeat viewings) and Shakespeare in Love.  I was hot when the latter won Best Picture thanks to the alpha-campaignig of the Weinsteins.  Saving Private Ryan is a much better film, and I personally and generally prefer romances to war movies any day, but come on. And now I see why Shawshank might be considered overrated  Ok, I concede on that point, but I'm with leeroy on Amelie.</spout:body></item>
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