I think "Bringing out the Dead" is one of his most underrated films (most people don't even know he made it) and was one of my 10 favs in 1999. I suggest renting it if you haven't seen it. Every frame on all his films breathe and vibrate with energy, life, and the excitement of a born storyteller and filmmaker, someone who has a great story and just can't wait to tell it. John Boorman said that every scene in a film must have life breahted into it, and the director must do that, and Scorsese has, even when the film sucks ("New York, New York" anyone?