Comments on: Martin Scorsese’s 5 Most Underrated Films

By: [A]

[A] — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

Glad to see BRINGING OUT THE DEAD here..

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

Scorsese has a lot of underrated films. After Hours is fantastic and The King of Comedy should be right up there with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. I don't understand why people like to label him as a gangster movie director when he has such a varied filmography. I hope he lives long enough to finally make "Silence", I can't think of a better book for the man to adapt.

By: matty d

matty d — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

Who's That Knocking At My Door?

By: Really

Really — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

'Bringing Out the Dead' as his last great film? Really? 'The Departed' is pure high energy aces. 'Shutter Island' is one of his most emotional & powerful films ever & 'Hugo' is absolute magic!

P.S. Wolf will be DiCaprio & Scorsese's FIFTH collaboration.

By: JD V

JD V — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

It's only the "Goodfellas / Casino / Departed" fanboys who underrate New York, New York, Age Of Innocence, and Kundun–cinephiles love 'em. Jonathan Rosenbaum, I think, considers Kundun Scorsese's best film.

By: kris

kris — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

kundun was a great movie.good list

By: spassky

spassky — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

I'll take this as a sign that "King of Comedy" isn't underrated, and has FINALLY taken its place as one of Scorsese's best. "After Hours" seems to be getting the reevaluation it so much needs.

I gotta admit though, as much as I personally love "Kundun" and "Bringing out the Dead," I never thought either was a great movie, per se. (PS my landlord did the mandala art for 'Kundun'!!!!)

By: zatopek

zatopek — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

"Soulful, itâs also a rather haunting meditation on the the Dalai Lama, the spirit of man and the endurance and tolerance of the Tibetan people."

Blah. Kundun is boring and generic biopic with no real understanding of it's subject. Nice cinematography, sure, but that's about it. I call it Scorsese's worst film.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

actually "wolf" is their 5th collaboration. I agree that gangster genre nerds are the only logical reason as to why some of his films are underrated, especially "Age of innocence".

By: Duddi

Duddi — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

A 'perfect list'… 🙂 I've always thought of this movies being very underrated… But people can't accept all of them to be that good so they go and specify the ones "that didn't work" or they just want Marty doing only Crime movies – and this comes from Transformers or Twilight geeks .

By: Smyth E. Alan

Smyth E. Alan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

I'd agree that these films are underrated by the public, not so much in cinephilia– 'The Age of Innocence' and 'After Hours' in particular being very highly thought of amongst cinephiles in the know, the latter one of the titles I hear cinephiles wanting to come to blu the most! And 'Bringing Out the Dead' is his last great film? Come on, that's just baiting with that comment.

I would probably drop 'Kundun' for 'Alice Doesn't Live Here', though.

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

'bringing out out the dead' and 'after hours' are both amazing movies.the other 3 are good but flawed.

By: Timelord

Timelord — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:28 +0000

I wonder how a typical Best of Scorsese list will look in 30 years, when people who grew up with De Niro are dead while those who grew up with DiCaprio are old and nostalgic.
I saw Raging Bull for the first time a couple of years ago and I wasnÂ´t terribly impressed. The way the abused woman was portrayed was terribly dated and sexist.
The movie that is closest to my heart is The Departed.

By: Jake Mulligan

Jake Mulligan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

A 2-page article, 16 comments, and no mention of LIFE LESSONS? That's his truly underrated masterpiece.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

The most underrated scorsese movie has to be, by far, After Hours, even in these "underrated scorsese movies" lists it's always presented as a minor scorsese film whereas it's by far and large an original masterpiece

By: Fraunch

Fraunch — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

Great feature! Happy birthday, Marty!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

His last great film to date is Bringing Out the Dead? Somebody has obviously never seen The Departed and Hugo, or even Gangs of New York (talk about underrated!). And why do you have such contempt for Scorsese fans? Talking as if none of us appreciate of film of his unless "someone busts out a baseball bat" is absurd and wildly disrespectful.

Happy Birthday, Marty, some of us still appreciate your most recent work.

By: Salty Bill

Salty Bill — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

After Hours is a gem. Bringing Out The Dead is a dud. The others are, of course, very fine films.

By: steven ball

steven ball — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

Mention should be made of his musical docs: THE LAST WALTZ (The Band) , SHINE A LIGHT (The Rolling Stones) & the one he made about Bob Dylan. My least favorite Scorsese film is Gangs of New York.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

For me, Bringing Out the Dead is famous for getting Pauline Kael to swear she would never watch another Martin Scorsese film again.

By: Cribbster

Cribbster — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

I dunno, I think "The Aviator" is pretty underrated too. There isn't a minute of that movie that's boring. Maybe the big plane thing in the third act. But the first two thirds of that movie just roll.

By: Andrew Lovett

Andrew Lovett — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

they should make another jumanji film or remake the other one in 3d or do both

By: SHuoula

SHuoula — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

great choices, but what about The Last Waltz?

By: Burnsy

Burnsy — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

I actually love Bringing Out The Dead. Nic Cage needs to make more movies like this, instead of the crap he continues to make. I was pleasantly surprised when i had realized that it was Scorsese film, it seems so different than what i had seen from him but then again i'm young and havent since as much of his films as i want to.

By: Helluva

Helluva — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:07:27 +0000

Wholly agree on "Bringing Out The Dead" and "Age of Innocence." Both are excellent films. I somewhat enjoy "After Hours," mostly because it seems to be Scorcese's quintessential 80's film. Haven't seen "Kundun" and not too big on "NY, NY." I can see what he wanted to accomplish, but music alone does not a musical make…