xhonzi said:

Also, has anyone noticed that Scorsese's films often have really bad continuity? Just simple stuff, like a guy leaning forward in one shot, and then he's leaning back in the other actor's coverage, and back to leaning forward in the next shot. I first noticed it at the end of the Aviator where 2 characters are walking and talking... it cuts to a close up of them where they are stopped, and cuts back to them walking and talking and then they stop and face each other. Back to a close up of them stopped and talking. Then back to them walking and talking... normally I'm not the contnuity police, but it seems to really stick out in these Scorsese films to me for some reason.

He has a great ability to really get into the feeling of a scene even if it doesn't make any logical cinematic sense (all of After Hours). His best works have a very New Wave freedom to them. (Who's that Knocking At My Door?, Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, After Hours, Bringing Out the Dead)

The Aviator was just plain laziness. It really pains me to see new Scorsese films. I love him to death, but can't we get something a little more passionate?

The scene that made me love Marty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izcZPwhPXUU&feature=related

There's no reason for any of it-but it is so vibrant and fitting.

Forget Leo. We need DeNiro and Keitel back.

Casino Royale-the real movie from 1967.

As for Dalton, his Bond performances are fantastic but marred by production issues and less than stellar scripts. He definitely deserved more. (Although the proposed third film was to have taken place in Hong Kong and seemed like LTK part 2) As I have said before, TLD is the last great James Bond film.