Who are your 3 favorite Martin Scorsese film characters ?

Who are currently your 3 (or more) favorite Martin Scorsese film
characters and say why for each one.


Here's my picks.
Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull). DeNiro gave his best and most impassioned
multifaceted performance of a man's inner demons and although Scorsese
hated boxing films and boxing in general, any more authentic boxing
film hasn't ever been made. Since Marty deconstructed LaMotta down
to his animal essence and DeNiro commited himself to the character at
his own health risk. Jake is both Marty and DeNiro's best character
bar none and more multifacited than any other Scorsese character.

Charlie and Johnny Boy (Mean Streets). I love Charlie's Catholic
guilt and doing everything he can to save Johnny Boy from his own
actions. The emphasis on keeping your honour and family loyalties
and the relationship Charlie tries to maintain with his girlfriend
that his family just will not accept. I love Harvey Keitel and
DeNiro in the film in the first of Marty's films that should've won an
Oscar. The film is a superb portrayal of two doomed souls ; I almost
always tear up at the end of the film.

Rupert Pupkin (The King of Comedy). De Niro gave the ultimate
portrayal of a twisted celebrity stalker guy that you just can't help
feeling some sympathy for, And Tommy from Goodfellas of course, Next
to Raging Bull it's my favorite performance of Pesci's.

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> Who are currently your 3 (or more) favorite Martin Scorsese film
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Lionel Dobie (Life Lessons): Nick Nolte is the quintessential Scorses
manipulative male, a man with no sincerity when dealing with women, though
he really doesn't realize it himself. He uses his talent to bully, and he is
ultimately alone.

Jimmy Doyle (New York, New York): This film is basically scene after scene
of Robert De Niro, Scorsese's second most manipulative male, using his
overbearing personality to get Liza Minnelli to do what he wants. It doesn't
make for much of a movie, but it makes for great scene after scene.

The women of "After Hours", who won't let poor Griffin Dunne get home.
Morose Rosanna Arquette, ditsy Teri Garr, motor mouth Catherine O'Hara, and
motherly Verna Bloom.