Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola rock

Stiggs · Post by **Stiggs** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 6:16 pm

Does anyone here feel that Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola are two of, if not the best producers out there?
Here's a list of some of their movies, all of which I feel are absolutely amazing:
The Godfather
The Godfather part 2
The Godfather part 3
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Gangs Of New York
Casino
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
The Virgin Suicides
Bram Stoker's Dracula

The best I feel out of all of these are Apocalypse Now, Godfather 1 and 2, and Taxi Driver. All the rest of them are amazing films. But these 4 are my absolute favorites.

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 8:30 pm

I fucking hate films. "Hi, my name's Jack, and I'm a cop. A good cop. I come from a family of cops. Good cops. All of 'em. Cops. COPS. Cops! Now I'm gonna kick some street scum off the streets, on the street, streetwise, streets. Then my black friend's gonna get shot for no apparent reason. Again."

Jason And The Argonauts is good, though...

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Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:47 am

i voted something else, GoodFellas is my 2nd favorite movie of all time

Real Pink in the Inside · Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:08 pm

FFC is pretty good, but Scorsese makes him look like a second-rate director IMO.

I'm actually not a big fan of the Godfather sequels, although the first one never gets old. However, I think Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and GoodFellas all blow the Godfather series out of the water.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:14 pm

I would agree with you, but there's one thing that says otherwise.

Apololypse Now.

That is one of th best films ever, the total grandaddy of them all. That beach landing scene, better than anything done by Martin. i feeel MS had great scripts, but as a director he's limited.

Much like Steven Speilberg

grateful pink · Post by **grateful pink** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:24 pm

David Smith wrote:I would agree with you, but there's one thing that says otherwise.

Apololypse Now.

That is one of th best films ever, the total grandaddy of them all. That beach landing scene, better than anything done by Martin. i feeel MS had great scripts, but as a director he's limited.

Much like Steven Speilberg

David, you are absolutely right! Apocalypse Now director's cut RULES! Just saw the DVD a couple of weeks ago. Saw original release in movies but this one much better and ties up a great movie!

Stiggs · Post by **Stiggs** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 3:59 pm

Aside from the ones I mentioned, are there any movies you feel deserve special recognition? Like...ET, or an Indiana Jones movie? One that you seem to love that nobody else likes?

madcap69 · Post by **madcap69** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 4:04 pm

fear and loathing in las vegas

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 4:22 pm

Apocalypse Now has the best sound editing of any film ever. It's amazing!

Post by **mosespa** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 7:16 pm

What a coincidence!!

I've just spent the last two weeks watching The Godfather movies (something I've never done before) and also rented Taxi Driver. Actually, it's been more of a Pacino/DeNiro jag than a Scorcese/Coppola jag.

More movies to recommend?

Check out:

K-PAX
The Man Who Wasn't There

and the greatest non-Star Wars movie of the last twenty years...

MEMENTO.

Stiggs · Post by **Stiggs** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 3:26 am

Rock on for Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. I think that movie's more funny than having a point, but it's still a good movie to watch for a good chuckle.

Also, Memento and American Beauty are my 2 other favorite movies. I completely forgot to mention those. I also like K-Pax a lot too. I think Kevin Spacey is one of the best actors out there today. I loved his performance for The Usual Suspects (another movie I should have given special movie to). Tho I think his best performance was in Seven. I love horror movies. Anyone else like horror movies? I think my 2 favorites are Child's Play and Last House On The Left (hard to find but REALLY good).

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 3:28 am

Stiggs wrote:Rock on for Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.

I love Johnny Depp's weird walk in that... when they come out of the... casino? Something like that... Haven't seen it since 1999.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 4:23 am

Taxi Driver disturbed me very much for some reason, in the same way Clockwork Orange did, i guess the idea of a 12 year old prostitute is just.....disturbing.

I agree with you RPITI, Goodfellas rules, and Scorsese is better than FFC.

Apocalypse Now is great, weird, but there are better war movies. Personally i prefer Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. I think Platoon is the most realistic, although i havent seen the directors cut of it. Although i do think that Apocalypse Now has one of the greatest opening to a movie ever along with Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, and other greats.

flashback · Post by **flashback** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 5:10 am

Tommy you want a good movie that has some great realistic parts look no further than Saving Private Ryan.I know some old guys that were in WW2, they said it was as close to seeing some of the things that really happened to guys.I know 1 old fella that was at D-Day,he went ashore at the begining and him and 2 others out of his platoon are the only ones to survive it.

David Smith · Post by **David Smith** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 12:34 pm

Apocolypse Now Redux was brilliant, i've seen both that and the original, and it was pure genius.

I never liked Saving Private Ryan, it's so American.

Fear And Loating in Las Vegas is a film i aim to see again 'cause when i first saw it i was definitly to young so probably didn't appreciate it for that reason.

I advise Clerks to anyone on this forum.

What does everyone think was the best Indiana Jones film? That one with Sean Connery, The Last Crusade or something, that was classic.

Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola rock

What's the best, The Godfather Part 1, 2, or 3?

Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola rock

Well

Agreed

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