I didn't really get Mean Streets either. It moved so slowly, like real life. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe it's a bad thing.

Dont get me wrong i still liked the movie but i thought it was going to be better thats all and as you say not being from NYC probably didnt help i mean ive been to NYC but only like two years ago so i probably dont appreciate it as much as New Yorkers

That's understandable. I know some people here have said it was better than RAGING BULL and GOODFELLAS. They hail it as Scorsese's best film. As you can tell, I'm not a subscriber to that point of view.

Just watch this scene with an open mind. The dialogue between DeNiro, Keitel and Proval alone, is worth the price of the dvd.

MEAN STREETS

Fuck me. I'm going to pop it in right now. That's got me gagging.

Thank God for my pal Capo, the voice of reason!

MEAN STREETS rules!

It's good. I finally appreciated it more the third time around, but it is not Scorsese's best work and is not in the realm of GOODFELLAS, RAGING BULL, TAXI DRIVER, CASINO, or THE DEPARTED which are his best films IMO.

i agree with Irish

It's less polished, narratively; it's more experimental, more improvised, more closer to home. Its mastery is in its evocation of time and place - soundtrack, mise en scene, acting. It's as aesthetically innovative as all the films you mention, Irish.

Casino is two hours exposition and one hour wrap-up - and very effective as such, but hardly worth pushing up against his others; The Departed is an exciting and solid but relatively tame remake in comparison to the vicious and humane Mean Streets.

I'd rank his top five thus:

1. Taxi Driver
2. GoodFellas
3. Mean Streets
4. Raging Bull
5. King of Comedy

And the only other of his works which might be as excellent as those is Cape Fear. Most of his others are great-not-masterpiece efforts.

Amazing Capo, my top 5 read EXACTLY the same, in that order!

Just ordered this because it's out of print and becoming harder to find. I'm wanting to collect the series:

I just picked up THE ODD COUPLE SEASON 2 and FRASIER: THE FINAL SEASON.

I've picked these up over the course of the past few weeks:









BTW...EVERYONE needs to watch House. Best show on television. I don't know how many times I must say this.

I got Death Proof also but have been too busy to watch it.

Just ordered this (it was only $9 after shipping)

Got these today:

Amazing!

I just picked up two of the three, but I cheaped out and bought the "regular" KNOCKED UP. I also picked up THE BRONX IS BURNING.

I'll tell you, DVD's have become so readily available, I end up buying 9 out of 10 at the supermarket. They're always right there by the registers. Hey, it keeps me away from The Enquirer.

Aren't the newer DVD's $15-20?

My fiancee and I saw Knocked Up in the theatres about a week or 2 before finding out she's preggo

I bought my name is Earl season one from my local supermarket for £3.99 i thought that was a pretty good deal

I've gotta return my THE BRONX IS BURNING next Tuesday. This never happens to me but apparently in December it's going to be re-released as a 5-disc World Series edition. I'm waiting on that so I'll just return it for the FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER next Tuesday.

Today:

Bought Knocked Up on Friday

i have just bought Men of Honour im looking forward to watching it

Good film, if i must say 7/10

I have just bought this and watched it

The All Together

Martin Freeman plays Chris, a frustrated TV producer who is forced to leave his unreliable flatmate Bob played by Velibor Topic in charge of showing a series of real estate agents around the house he is trying to sell. Worried by Bob's habit of spending all day working in the basement playing loud music, Chris asks his friend to listen out for the door bell and show anyone who comes calling inside. Bob promises to do exactly that and for once, not to let him down. Over the course of the day, whilst Chris struggles to cope with his insane TV presenter colleague Jerry, played by Richard Harrington - back at the house it is soon clear that bonkers Bob is taking his promise to Chris rather too literally. Bob has indeed, allowed anyone inside, including a couple of gun-toting gangsters - an incompetent young Brit played by Danny Dyer and an incontinent American played by Corey Johnson. That evening, Chris is surprised to return home and find his flatmate, four estate agents, two Jehovah's Witnesses, a corpse and a terrified children's entertainer in what remains of his flooded kitchen. Of course, a roomful of water and broken furniture doesn't mean the end of the world - but the half-crazed American sitting outside the toilet with a gun, just might

7.5/10

After recentley watching the First one and really enjoying,i have just brought the sequel.

Today:

Today:

Started watching evil dead 2 but turned off half way through as its was more like a comady than a horror,will try and finish this week.


IRISHMAN-Is there any film you havn't got?