10/10
A WORK OF ABSOLUTE PERFECT GENIUS AND TOTAL DEPRESSION
24 October 2023
I am 70 and have seen between 6 and 7,000 movies in my lifetime. I know that Martin Scorsese is the greatest director alive but this film, somehow, makes his talent greater than that. It is as if he were a direct descendant of God Himself in terms of his perfection. As a work of direction, it couldn't possibly be better. In my personal list of the best 300 films ever made, I just placed it in the top 40 - but, ironically, I don't think anyone should ever watch it because out of all those movies I have seen, it is definitely the most depressing film I have ever experienced. I was sobbing in pain and empathy for the indescribable pain that Scorsese's super genius was able to convey to his audience from the screen. Also, I constantly wanting to walk out because of the pain but Scorsese's God like genius directing made it impossible to stop watching. Right now, having just seen it, I wish I were dead because of the astounding evil and pain that some of my fellow human beings are able to inflict upon other humans. It is so horrendously painful that I wish I were another species.
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