Ocean Phoenix
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2004
- Messages
- 591
Ebert is a big fan and close friend of Scorsese. As a result, he has a tendency to get carried away praising and analyzing Scorsese's career and philosophies when he reviews the guy's work since he is so intruigued by the man and his movies. Doing that took up space in the review that could have been otherwise spent discussing characters like Wahlberg's. I don't think the lack of attention to that character is much of an oversight, though. While Wahlberg did give a great performance, he really wasn't as powerful of a presence in the movie as the three main characters. He seemed to be out of the movie for long stretches before reappearing at the end. I enjoyed his performance, but I was surprised by his nomination. After all, I don't remember him doing much besides making sarcastic or condescending remarks and getting into shouting matchs throughout the movie.