I'm one of those who thought Casino was a terrible botch of a movie. And I've never been that thrilled with Raging Bull, either. (I always suspected it got the "classic" lable largely due to De Niro's weight gain for the role, which was unusual at the time and impressed people out of all, uhm, proportion.) On the plus side, I still think King Of Comedy is a damn good, perhaps great, film, and it's still my favorite Scorcese over all. (Hey, another "King"!) In short, Scorcese is too inconsistent a director to expect his latest to automatically be a keeper. One can hope though. I'll probably see The Departed one of these days, if only for the Boston location shooting.