Taxi Driver
She must be the main reason why people give any attention to this film. I mean, she is simply gorgeous in it; especially in the scenes where she does not wear her sunglasses she looks like her glance can pierce you through. And she’s such a beauty too! Apart from that, I was also surprised how incredibly handsome Robert de Niro used to be, I only know him as old mafioso of course.
Nobody ever actually told me about what type of movie „Taxi Driver“ is. Although this might be common sense, but I simply did not know. Now that I have finished watching it, it reminds me the most of Leon, while I have preferred Leon by far. Leon is the portrayal of two characters, while „Taxi Driver“ is more like the portrayal of one main character and one society. All the characters, especially the two women are manifestations of this ‚rotten society‘.
Most of the film has been a surprise for me, and I am not even sure if it was a good surprise or not. The whole film extremely „Scorsese“ if you ask me, and I think that Robert DeNiro did a marvelous job portraying this contradictional character, but I am left with this feeling of uneasiness and pointlessness with this film. I wish someone could explain to me what the heck this all was for, why a man would run into a hotel and shoot down some people, or why he wanted to kill that senator in the first place. Perhaps it all doesn’t matter, but to me, I guess it does matter.
Finally, I can only say: See for yourself. There are a lot of things to like about this film, starting from a great soundtrack and ending at its suspenseful and unusual storyline. I was just incapable of getting the end of the film, that’s all.
I think it was one big long mood-establishing-shot about the rotten “charm” of this era’s New York. In that it was a great success. I also don’t know however, what the point of his running amok at the end was…
Also, I am now a big fan of Jodi Lolifoster! Her loliness was delicious!
You talking to me?
I said, are you talking to me?!
Oh wait, let me remove my headphones first.
This is a favourite of mine that made me fall for De Niro. Gritty, cynical and depressing. While I don’t remember much of the story (previous re-watch was 5 yrs ago?), I don’t think he accomplished his mission. At least I learned how to assemble a kick-ass rail-slide quick-draw mechanism. :P