Taxi Driver

[Coldneck]

<!--quoteo(post=54186:date=Jul 31 2009, 10:53 AM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 31 2009, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=54075:date=Jul 30 2009, 10:04 PM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Jul 30 2009, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Martin Scorsese is the best director of the last 25-30 years. Hands down. Donnie Brasco doesn't come close to the Godfather movies or Casino/Goodfellas.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No doubt about it. Look at his portfolio.

Mean Streets <b>(never seen)</b>
Taxi Driver <b>(good but not classic)</b>
Raging Bull <b>(never seen)</b>
GoodFellas <b>(classic)</b>
Casino <b>(never seen)</b>
After Hours (totally overlooked and underrated dark comedy) <b>(never seen)</b>
The Departed <b>(loved it. fantastic, but not quite classic)</b>
The Aviator <b>(well made, boring as hell)</b>
Gangs of New York <b>(good, not great)</b>
Bringing out the Dead (<b>never seen)</b>
The Last Temptation of Christ <b>(never seen)</b>
Cape Fear (guilty pleasure type of flick, but really well done for the genre) <b>(liked it quite a bit, scare the shit out of me as a teenager)</b>

Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and GoodFellas were all Oscar-worthy and are on most critics' top 100 lists. I'm not sure if I can think of another director who has been as consistently good as Scorsese.
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My thoughts in bold.