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Taxi Driver (spoilers)
Posted on 6/6/11 at 12:53 am
Posted on 6/6/11 at 12:53 am
I FINALLY got to watch this yesterday. I liked it overall, but don't get the crushing love it always receives. What did I miss?
Good god, was Cybil Shepard fine when she was young.
WTF was up with the convenience store owner wearing the Tulane t-shirt?
Why did DeNiro want to kill Palantine?
Good god, was Cybil Shepard fine when she was young.
WTF was up with the convenience store owner wearing the Tulane t-shirt?
Why did DeNiro want to kill Palantine?
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Posted on 6/6/11 at 1:47 am to Tiger JJ
I think this is one of, if not the most, overrated movies of all time.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 1:54 am to Tiger JJ
It had a lot of shock value for its time. It was very graphic for a mainstream movie.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 1:59 am to Tiger JJ
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Why did DeNiro want to kill Palantine?
Because Palantine represented what Travis Bickle was not, someone who the Cybil Shepard character respected.
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Good god, was Cybil Shepard fine when she was young.
Indeed, she was mighty tasty. See Last Picture Show.
BTW Isn't it hard to believe Harvey Keitel was that young once.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 2:02 am to Tiger JJ
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WTF was up with the convenience store owner wearing the Tulane t-shirt?
WTF I totally missed this.
SPOILERS
I also think the message at the end might have been pretty strong and thought provoking at the time. A guy who goes on a rampage like that gets celebrated by every one, when we (the audience) know he is certifiably insane and may do something really heinous in the future.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 2:34 am to Simon Phoenix
Your mothers are overrated.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:03 am to Simon Phoenix
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WTF I totally missed this.
I had a hard time reading it, but that is in fact what it says.
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I also think the message at the end might have been pretty strong and thought provoking at the time. A guy who goes on a rampage like that gets celebrated by every one, when we (the audience) know he is certifiably insane and may do something really heinous in the future.
Also, it seems so unlikely that he wouldn't have gone straight to prison for being in that shootout.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:07 am to Tiger JJ
Wasn't NYC choked up with crime and corruption at the time (more than usual, I guess)? It probably precipitated praise and vicarious catharsis seeing a charismatic guy taking up vigilante justice.
edit: Also, at the time before Scorsese's style was mimicked, it was probably tonally and stylistically unique.
edit: Also, at the time before Scorsese's style was mimicked, it was probably tonally and stylistically unique.
This post was edited on 6/6/11 at 10:12 am
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:11 am to Leauxgan
SPOILERS(kinda)
i liked this movie but found it super weird that he took his date to see a porno at the theatre
also that gun mechanism thing that would slide the gun out of his sleeve was pretty badass
i liked this movie but found it super weird that he took his date to see a porno at the theatre
also that gun mechanism thing that would slide the gun out of his sleeve was pretty badass
This post was edited on 6/6/11 at 10:13 am
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:15 am to the smoke monster
I love it, but I love grainy, depressing movies with really messed up characters.
The music is awesome
The music is awesome
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:21 am to Tiger JJ
As far as the movie goes, I like it, but I probably wouldn't include it on any all-time great list.
I thought of this as a parallel to the Jodie Foster story line. He thought Cybil Shepard's character was tied to the campaign like Jodie Foster's character was tied to the prostitution ring. In Fickle's delusional mind, he was playing the hero and trying to rescue two innocent women.
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Why did DeNiro want to kill Palantine?
I thought of this as a parallel to the Jodie Foster story line. He thought Cybil Shepard's character was tied to the campaign like Jodie Foster's character was tied to the prostitution ring. In Fickle's delusional mind, he was playing the hero and trying to rescue two innocent women.
This post was edited on 6/6/11 at 10:28 am
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:22 am to the smoke monster
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i liked this movie but found it super weird that he took his date to see a porno at the theatre
Supposedly it wasn't a porno movie.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:26 am to DallasTiger11
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I think this is one of, if not the most, overrated movies of all time.
Sorry that would be Clockwork Orange
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:37 am to Kracka
quote:I agree
Sorry that would be Clockwork Orange
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:40 am to Kracka
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Sorry that would be Clockwork Orange
You shut your flithy mouth!
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:43 am to Tiger JJ
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I liked it overall, but don't get the crushing love it always receives. What did I miss?
I'm with you. The first time I saw it was at LSU at the theater in the Union. I was really pumped they were showing it and couldn't wait to see it, but left feeling disapoointed. I thought, maybe I missed something and I've seen 4 or 5 times since, but, still doesn't do it for me.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 10:44 am to Tiger JJ
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Supposedly it wasn't a porno movie.
Err, just watch it again.
Believe me, this was pretty much all the proof one needs to know TB was just slightly "off".
Posted on 6/6/11 at 11:56 am to Leauxgan
quote:Yeah. I view it as a companion to Mean Streets. Look at how Times Square has changed in the last three decades.
Wasn't NYC choked up with crime and corruption at the time (more than usual, I guess)?
I'm not sure of the timing of Taxi Driver with Bernie Goetz, but it would be an interesting commentary on the guy. But I do think this is not one of Scorcese's better films.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 12:03 pm to Baloo
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But I do think this is not one of Scorcese's better films.
I think it's his best movie.
Posted on 6/6/11 at 12:11 pm to Tiger JJ
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Supposedly it wasn't a porno movie.
Expand please?
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