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Goodfellas (1990)
not so good as it's imdb ranking
Watching this good movie, you feel like watching the Sopranos,moving from one casual killing to another, with an italian family meal or two. Scorsese is so clever you're not bored any minute : situations are funny, suspense is there, both characters and actors are good. But you cannot go as far as liking the "hero" or feeling anything for him except a mild sympathy. so, all in all I give this movie a 7 mark but do not really understand its ranking, except if some have mistaken it for the godfather...
The Abyss (1989)
wet
technically, the movie is great and wonderfully made. curiously, the only scenes that are lousy are the over-the-water ones (boats are too evidently models). However, there are two stories in one, which is one too much. first part of the movie is a classical drama. after that, the last part is more like close encounters of the third type, which is a bit disappointing. the movie becomes suddenly more poetic than action-like and even if the aliens are well made, we do not have time to be interested to them. so, all in all, a good movie but a far from perfect one.
Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
great
I would never have thought I would almost cry viewing one minute excerpted from a 1920 black and white movie without sound. Thanks to Martin Scorsese I did (the movie was from F. Borzage). You will start to understand (if it's not already the case), what makes a good movie.