Scorcese. Legend. (But too violent for me.) Needs to learn subtlety.

That screenplay was confusing, and the Japanese story it was based on was the same way. I liked the acting in the movie. Nicholson was good, and Damon and DeCaprio were great, I thought. But all the violence, which Scorcese always overdoes, haunted me. I did like the big rat in the final scene, a statement about the pervasiveness of corruption in both crime and cop circles.

I fear they're going to give it best picture this year, and it really isn't best picture. Just most disturbing. A best picture need to have a really top-notch screenplay. But I think the academy may select it anyway simply because they think Scorcese's time has come.