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Summary: This movie was a disaster.
Review: I just saw Taxi Driver, and I must say that this movie is seriously flawed. Don't get me wrong, it has some great one-liners. The acting is superb, and the underlying concept is sound. The biggest problem is that the story is complete trash. It's like the writers couldn't decide on a coherent plot so they threw together some unrealted events and try to pass it off as a story. What did the assasination attempts have to do with anything? The entire premise of this movie can be described in one or two sentences. The racism in this movie is blatant and obscene. Don't waste your time with this one. For anyone looking for a well done psycological thriller I recommend Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
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Summary: Spectacular . . . chilling . . . a must-see
Review: Taxi Driver is one of my all-time favorite movies. Everything about this movie is good. The cinematography is fantastic, and the story is incredibly well-done. Robert De Niro is mesmerizing as a delusional, deranged taxi driver. A must-see, impossible to describe.
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Summary: Huh? Who? How? What Happened?
Review: This movie could have gone down in history as one of the all-time greats. Up until the last 30 seconds, I was eagerly awaiting the end of this great film when BAM! It ended! Just like that! What Happened! He adjusted his mirror? What does this mean? I am rather good at deciphering the meanings of films (check out my review of Brazil) but this one has me stumped. The reason I give it one star is because I feel that a lackluster ending is inexcusable. If someone e-mails me the meaning, I'll be glad to change my review. But until then the rating stands!
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Summary: genius level
Review: the whole feel of the film is on another level.it has many elements going on.the mind set is so powerful.it's one of the few films that will be talked about 100 years from now.very ground breaking.
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Summary: Superb depiction of self Isolation
Review: The film has been a favorite of mine since my father introduced it to me back in 94'. This film and Midnight Cowboy have very similar atmospheres, guys hard on their luck in the Big Apple in the late 60's/early 70's. The difference though between Joe Buck and Travis Bickle is that Bickle(De Niro) seemed more real to me. Throughout the film, we overhear his thoughts "Loneliness has followed me my whole life..." it adds to such a realistic and dark aura of the film.If at times you the viewer have ever felt you had no companions in life, it's easy to relate to Travis. However, I am not sure you are going to run out and try to assasinate the presidential candidate. I've watched the film many times finding new material each time. I think Scorsese outdid himself by making his psychotic cameo in Travis's cab. People who are going to dislike this movie are in my opinion overly jolly, a bit dull and ....friggin stupid. Sit back, and watch De Niro at his best...this and 'This Boy's Life.' Also, if you come to visit NY thinking it will still look the same as it did back in the 70's, then you might want to go to Detroit.
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Summary: Preserves a part of New York that was
Review: A recent rewatching of Taxi Driver made me realize that this film contains a unique record of an aspect of New York that doesn't exist anymore. The former porn district near Times Square looms large in the film, but you won't find it today thanks to the efforts of Mayor Gulliani and the Disney corporation, its all been virtually wiped out. For better or worse, this ugly side of NYC was the New York of my memory when I lived there in the late 1970's. Sleazy, yes, but anthentic and with real character, not the prefabricated facelift it has today. Taxi Driver is more than just a story, its a time capsule preserving New York the way many people would prefer to remember it.
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Summary: REMARKABLE,POWERFUL,POIGNANT...
Review: Remarkable,powerful,poignant film about Man's decent into madness as seen through the eyes of a vengeful N.Y.C. taxi driver/Vietnam vet who tries to protect a 15 year old prostitute from an evil Harvey Keitel. Great writing,directing and acting highlight this disturbing film.
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Summary: Okay, um...shut up, Leonard Maltin.
Review: ...Shut up, Leonard Maltin. Taxi Driver is a really great movie and one of the many reason's why the 70's was such a jolly ole time for the flicks. It's a movie about a Vietnam vet named Travis Bickle who drives around Manhattan in his taxi cab. It's more like a first-person view of the disgusting and morbid city streets late at night. Travis was considered by some to be a psychopath, to me, he was a hero. He had reasons to kill people, especially Sport the Pimp (who would not let Jodie Foster go for anything). Maybe the attempt on Charles Palentine (the presidential candidate) was a bit over-doing it, but the man had honorable intentions. The best part of the movie was when he was testing his guns out. It kept a smile on my face cause it was so cool, especially when he attached that one gun to his wrist. Overall, it's a cinematic masterpiece that's just as important to film as The Godfather, Citizen Kane, etc. As far as Mr. Maltin goes, don't listen to him.
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Summary: Excellent portrait of a madman
Review: This movie is a love-it or hate-it movie, that's for sure. For me, Robert DiNiro is flawless as Travis Bickle, a sad and lonely man who becomes more and more psychotic as he imagines he can 'save' a young prostitute - a girl who probably doesn't want to be saved anyhow. First he dreams of an unsuccessful attack on political power, but when that fails it becomes an attack on Iris's 'captors'. It leaves many questions unanswered: if Travis got the politician instead of the pimp, he'd be jailed, not a hero - why? Did Iris really want to be saved? Underneath the glossy 'happy' ending, the viewer is left uneasy. A messed up girl is returned to the home that messed her up, and a mentally unstable man is left on the streets. Piercing picture about alienation, a must-see.
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Summary: What the hell is Leonard Maltin's problem?
Review: TAXI DRIVER is the un-relenting tale of one man's journey into insanity while driving a cab on the streets of New York City. The many situations that Travis Brickle (a bloody brillinat performance by Robert DeNiro) encounters and the many people he meets while drivng this cab at night send him into a downward spiral of hate and contempt for everyone and everything. The fact that he is a Vietnam vet really seems to play a role in how affected he is by this incredibly obscene and disgusting society. Being dumped by a woman with whom is incredibly fond of, in addition to meeting a 13 year old street hooker all further establish as a sort of morality tale which questions both our society, and the people affected by it. The harsh yet mellow aura of the film is sharpley interupted at the end by an incredibly violent climax which may be too much if you're not expecting it.
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