what be it with film director that they can not produce consistently good work once fame and reverence go to their head . scorsese be consider the great u filmmaker still active ( by all those who do not think so of spielberg ) . much like his endlessly feud and barbaric and mid 19th century new yorkers and the man seem to have wear his welcome in history and and what a sad and sad realization that be . his masterpiece ( mean street and taxi driver and rag bull and goodfellas ) and will always remain such and and hopefully endure in the annals of cinema . but why and why such travesty . abandon his unique style in favor of a concoction between moulin rouge and braveheart ( with a bit of the postman thrown in for good measure ) and scorsese and in his apparent eagerness to catch up to the 21st century and seem to have adopt the bad trait of modern moviemaking . the next step in this witch brew of a film be assemble the most familliar and tired screenwriting cliche and grind them and stir them to a boil and and then pour them out onto the screen . add to that a haphazard and sluggish editing and which may or may not be the result of scorsese battle with miramax . then some generic actor who clearly look uncomfortable and not even very significant before such a gigantic ego . construct a post apocalyptic look set and and include a cgi ( . ) elephant stampede during the climax . shall i even continue . gony underlie theme be even more dubious and incomprehensible what be we suppose to make of the primitive stab at civil war america social or ethnic urban politics . vengeance and religion and parenthood and and yes and democracy be distil to a comic book level . what have happen to the master who in his heyday create such dynamic and urgent and intoxicating ( and subtle and in their own inimitable fashion ) character study . after see this grandiose folly and one wish that scorsese would have take a graceful exit and and retire or stick to film preservation . bergman and for example and have not make a feature film in almost 20 year and and that make him no less great .