![]() The story builds slowly and gives each character time to develop. Its testament to Scorsese that he can make a compelling film that has a running time of almost three hours but surprisingly, I was engrossed for the whole film. Casino is probably one of De Niro’s best performances. I know this is a generalisation because there is a case to be made for Shutter Island or The Aviator, amongst others, but I rate his films about gangsters and crime above all others and Casino fits firmly in that category too. ![]() It seems like Scorsese produces his best films when they centered around gangsters and organised crime. Goodfellas is an incredible movie and The Departed is one of my favourite films. ![]() I do rate a lot of Scorsese films though. ![]() I know this is a bold, generalised statement but recently I have been hugely disappointed with Scorsese “classics.” I didn’t enjoy Raging Bull as much as I thought I would and thought Mean Streets was even worst. Taxi Driver is considered one of his most iconic and best films but I failed to find anything amazing about that film either. Martin Scorsese is only good at making one kind of movie… Gangster movies. ![]()
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