BlazeDragon

Vote and discuss on which you think is the better film.

Strevlac

Raging Bull

Solid Snake

......why the fuck would you compare two totally different films? Also...is it ok to call Schindler's List a classic? Maybe Raging Bull..I've never thought about it but...still...maybe too young?

Mr. Cinema

I'd say 20 years is old enough to call something a classic. Schindler's List came out in '93. Close enough. I mean, I would consider Silence of the Lambs ('91) a classic as well.

PopcornTreeCt

Raging Bull

No contest.

Dr Mabuse

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Solid Snake

Either way..in term of Quality? well..it's Marty fucking Scorsese...

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islandclaws

Raging Bull, without question.

JumpCutz

inri222

Scorsese, Schrader & DeNiro at the top of their game.
Raging Bull by KO!

Supermallet

Neither. The correct answer is The King of Comedy.

BlazeDragon

Why the fuck are you making such a big deal? Chill out its juts an internet forum page. Any 2 movies has the right to be compared.

And who says we all need to follow by what you think is classic? To me older than 2000 is classic.

DonnachaOne

When is your homework due?


Raging Bull is better, though it's hard to compare the films. Yes, they are both biographies, but one film skips around over a lifetime while the other focuses on a set few years. Liam Neeson is more restrained while Robert De Niro creates a much bigger character, even though Schindler was much less of a public or known figure than LaMotta. Both are black and white for stylistic reasons, though I think Bull's use of color 8mm home movie footage works nicer than Spielberg's hand-holding "girl in the red coat". Though one movie's hero saves hundreds of lives while the other can't even save himself, great and important deeds do not mean the film is great or important by association; Spielberg's film is a fine and well-made piece of cinema, while Scorsese's film is nothing short of a masterpiece, fueled by the electric, engrossing performance of De Niro.

Also, films have to do substantially more than age ten years to become a "classic".

mhanlen1

Or alternatively Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Gladiator?

BlazeDragon

Having fun at the retirement home?

That's very untrue. Some people even consider The Dark Knight to be classic. Ever heard of the term 'Modern Classics'?

DonnachaOne

You didn't understand my statement, and I don't appreciate the belligerent tone you're taking. When asking for help you could stand to be nicer.

Simply aging is not a good barometer of what makes a "classic". If that were the case, everything that aged would eventually qualify, which cheapens the word. Classics are works that exemplify their medium, and stand the test of time. You could safely say The Dark Knight or Schindler's List are classics; their quality is easily defensible, and their influence is still palpable. You could even say Transformers is a classic as long as you backed the statement up. But simply saying something is a classic because it's more than ten years old is just ridiculous.

mndtrp

Raging Bull is the better movie, but I would rather watch Schindler's List again.

Geofferson

Voted Raging Bull

Supermallet

Mod Note: BlazeDragon, many of your comments are not in the spirit of discussion here at DVD Talk. If you cannot converse civilly, then you should rethink your involvement here.

JohnnyMovie

Raging Bull (1980)

GenPion

I'm still not sure if I like Oranges or Apples best. Probably Oranges...

lamphorn

Wait, what? These movies have no resemblance or common theme. Okay, I'll pick one, Schindler's List. Beautiful photography (albeit horrible subject matter), epic story, uplifting finale. Raging Bull, by contrast is ugly, nihilistic, and features an irredeemably shallow and miserable person who has all the freedom and opportunity in the world and squanders it with his nonsense. I love Scorsese, but I've only managed to get through R.B. once or twice and find it very unpleasant.

Supermallet

One is one of the darkest comedies ever made, and the other is one of the most overrated films ever made. I'll let you guys decide which is which.

NIMH Rat

Actually I think both of these are equally overrated.

But in a pinch, I'd pick Schindler.

DeputyDave

I don't consider Schindler's List a classic. Raging Bull certainly.

Raging Bull is better though.