A Poll guaranteed to seperate the wheat from the mutherfuckin' chaff.

Edit: this was intended to be a "which movie is better, between these two" poll, not a "bestest movie of the entire world ever!!1!" poll.

Goodfella's.

Man, I don't know. I've only seen Taxi Driver once, Goodfellas twice.

I love 'em both. I feel like I'd need to watch them again to vote. Leaning a little towards Taxi Driver, though.

And shouldn't this poll be called "Better Movie"?

taxi driver isn't in my top 5 for marty.

edit: it's my 5th favorite.

Goodfellas, no question. Although Taxi Driver is an extremely great movie as well.

goodfellas has more great scenes than taxi driver and its watchability factor is tremendous. it's one of those movies that i can't not watch if it's on tv.

That's right...who did Paul Sorvino play? Paul CICERO. Don't eff with me!

Goodfellas, I think Taxi Driver is actually a relatively weak Scorsese film.
I would have went with Casino or Raging Bull before Taxi Driver.

great point, dude. watchability. Goodfellas is that rare film that is not only a masterpiece of filmaking but as entertaining upon repeated viewing as a dopey slapstick comedy (which it is in places)


to be honest though this thread could be Goodvellas vs. any movie and I'd vote Goodfellas.

Love some Taxi Driver though.

This thread reminds me that I still need to watch the rest of After Hours. And that I've never seen Casino.

Blasphemy.

I actually forgot that it was a Scorsese movie.

I've never seen The Last Temptation of Christ, either. Other than that, I think I've seen them all.

The Last Temptation is a relatively weak book to movie film. The book is leaps and bounds better than the movie.

On a somewhat related note, I always though it was funny because there is a scene in Platoon (1986) where one of the characters gets all bent out of shape at Willem DaFoe's character and says, "who do you think you are? Jesus Christ?". Then of course the great irony is that two years later Willem DaFoe was, in fact, Jesus Christ.

If it's the best Scorse movie, it's a tossup between Goodfellas and Raging Bull.

If it's the "Best Movie Ever" (you didn't specify), it's neither of the above.

I am pretty sure it was "which is the best between these two".

now getting completely off-track, there's a scene in being john malkovich where i think a cab driver tells malkovich he liked him in the movie where he played a jewel thief followed by malkovich saying he didn't think he'd ever played a jewel thief. and then a few years later, he was a jewel thief in some horrendous movie that i can't recall the name of.

oh, and i've never seen casino from beginning to end.

Casino is easily one of my top twenty movies of all time. I might even rate it above Goodfellas.

The reason the poll is Taxi vs. Goodfellas is just that I watched Taxi Driver this weekend for the first time in many years, and was reimpressed by the incredible camera work, the slow, steady build-up of plot, and the understated acting - which are all somewhat lacking in Goodfellas, IMO.

Casino, while long, and seemingly mining the same vein, is a hair shy of Goodfellas.

Goodfellas is the best movie ever made.

Taxi Driver is much better as a wall poster for dorm room's and amateur DeNiro impersonations than it is an entertaining and watchable flick.

Taxi driver has the unitentionally hillarious sax line running through the whole thing while Goodfellas has my favorite use of music in any movie.

Bottom line:
Taxi Driver: the breakthrough film for several incredible new talents.

Goodfellas: the result of those same talents honing their art over the period of 20 years.

I'd say Taxi Driver is better.

At the end of the day Goodfellas is a great crime movie but I think Taxi Driver has a bit more underneath it all.

i'd say that Mean Streets was the breakout for all of those new talents, and a better movie.

I liked Mean Streets but never felt the need to see it repeatedly, unlike Goodfellas, or even Taxi Driver for that matter. I just watched the former movie again on Friday and I still find it enjoyable to watch the characters even after viewing the movie for the the 1000th time. It's like Bloor said, there's a humour in it that aids in one's enjoyment. It's a fucking funny movie. And then there's just small moments that make it that much more, like watching Jimmy's pinwheeling arms as he kicks Billy Batts nearly to the death. There's a hundred little moments like that in Goodfellas. If I ever change my username, I think it'll be 'Mo Black's brother"

"You might prefer Manischewitz, but it'd look funny on my table."

Yeah, this is my general feeling.

Though Goodfellas does have a ton of great little nuances and hilarious moments like people have mentioned. There are some pretty incredible long tracking shots in that movie. It may be a much more technically accomplished film in that sense, but I think Taxi Driver has much more substance.

Also, Mean Streets is not that great of a movie.