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Summary: Horrible, horrible movie.
Review: If I could I will not giving any star, it's an horrible movie. Robert Deniro is terrible in it, he gets on my nerves, Cybil Shepard is annoying, only Jodie Foster seem fresh and interesting but we don't saw her much. To much violence for nothing and awful cheezy music. It was soooo boring.
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Summary: Not quite what I was expecting.
Review: After reading and hearing so many good things about this film I was sure it would be a great movie, especially because DeNiros in it. Unfortunatly I ended up being very wrong.The whole movie seemed like it was just a bunch of random junk to make it longer. The so called climax also left much do be desired. Bodies fell in some very cheap slow motion effect, and the whole scene seemed to end very quickly. It left me saying "I watched all of that for this?" Please take my advice and don't by this movie.
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Summary: Classic.
Review: 'Taxi Driver' is a classic. Although it may seem dated, it is still a facinating study of lonliness and the paranoia, sadness, and frustration it can bring. De Niro brings one of his best performances as a former vet slowly going psychotic. A must see, but not for the faint of heart.
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Summary: Thats what im talking about....
Review: De Niro has always been the man by my book. He is such a great actor. This is a must see for any De Niro fan. At a very young age you can see how his tallets make the taxi driver seem so alive. He gives him a purpose in life to do something good. The dvd is also filled with many extras interviews with De Niro, Jody Foster etc.. Everyone knows the line, "You talking to me" come on what a classic. If you own Scareface this better be right next to it.
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Summary: The Disturbing Allure of Early Deniro
Review: While this film is masterfully directed, shot, edited, has an incredible sound design - and I don't mean just the score - what gets me every time is Deniro's acting ability. I have rarely seen a film where an actor is so possessed by his role like Deniro in Taxi Driver. And no, I'm not referring to the scenes of violence, or other obvious dramatic moments. What fascinates me are his facial expressions when he drives his cab through the seedy city streets, his banal conversation with Cybill Shepard in the coffee shop, the dialogue between him and the politician, or when he pulls Wizard outside to ask him for advice. These moments to me, are the most powerful in the film. It's easy to get carried away with what a dark, cynical, violent film this is; but that's not what set this film apart from other 70's fare. 70's cinema was full of cynicism and violence, Eastwood, Bronson, etc. Yet none of those films featured the simplistic banality of reality as Taxi Driver did. Also, most of those films didn't stray from narrative logic, and displayed messages that were absolute; whereas in Taxi Driver one can have different interpretations on subsequent viewing. Obviously every film afficionado has seen Taxi Driver multiple times so it's pointless to give a synopsis of a pop culture staple. I just wanted to point out that the seemingly "less important" moments in the film add to the rich texture of the character, and Deniro's acting is incredible to the point of disturbing.
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Summary: Regarding the Soundtrack
Review: I don't think I need to say any more about the movie itself - that's pretty much covered by the other reviewers. But something MUST be said about the incredible soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann. I have seen a lot of movies in my time, and there are some great soundtracks out there, but this one is beyond compare. It is dark and seething and apocalyptic in a way that no other soundtrack I've heard has been able to achieve. It adds such depth and dimension to the film that there are moments where you almost feel as if you are drowning in the atmosphere that is conjured. If I were to rate all of best film soundtracks according to how perfectly they match the mood and the undercurrents of the film, this would be, hands down, #1.
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Summary: Essential to Any Sensible DVD Collection
Review: Taxi Driver is a stunning, numbing classic of the American cinema. Director Martin Scorsese was to the 1970s what Quentin Tarantino was to the 1990s - the brash, intelligent new-kid-on-the-block determined to give the mainstream a wake-up call. Tarantino is on record stating Taxi Driver is one of his favourite movies. The story concerns Travis Bickle (Robert de Niro), the taxi driver of the title, and Vietnam veteran, rapidly losing his mind. He is disgusted by the New York low-lives he sees all around him in his job, and eventually, he snaps - he decides to do something about it. But his anger is largely directionless. His first attempt to "do something about it" involves an attempt on a presidential candidate's life, which - except in Bickle's mind - has nothing to do with anything. It is made amply clear that Bickle is, in fact, intent on making a name for himself, rather than "cleaning up the streets." There are echoes of Lee Harvey Oswald in Travis Bickle's character - the messed-up loner who just wants to "be someone." First he latches on to political campaigner Betsy (Sybil Sheppard in such fine form one wonders why she didn't enjoy a much longer film career, rather than becoming a television staple.) But he's so inept at social communication, he's been so isolated for so long, that he finds nothing wrong with taking the woman to a porno movie on their first date. She abandons him, which only galvanises his already warped views of society. He next latches on to Iris (Jodie Foster), a 12 year old prostitute, and becomes determined to "save her" despite her protestations. And eventually he achieves his ambition. He saves her, he "becomes someone." But the blood-soaked manner in which he does this and his elevation to hero-status leaves an intentionally sour taste in the mouth. This is a frame-perfect movie about loneliness, madness and bigotry. It is not an easy ride. We are shown the world only as Travis Bickle sees it, as a vile pit of a place. There is very little light in this film. It is suffocating, from Bernard Herman's excellent, melancholy score to the almost endless rain. De Niro gives one of his deepest, most intelligent performances as Bickle. He's so good at playing the weirdo outsider, the crank, the loon, one starts to worry for his (De Niro's) mental health. He seems to know Bickle so well, and by the end of this engrossing film you will too. It's bleak but it's brilliant. And with generous, informative extras, it's essential to any sensible DVD collection.
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Summary: Doesn't get much better than this....
Review: And I mean that, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I highly recommend it to anyone, but especially to ganster movie lovers. Although this isn't really a "gangster movie", it does appeal to the same crowd. Great movie, and really good acting from DeNiro as Travis. This is one of the greatest movies of all time, please do yourself a favor and buy a copy!
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Summary: EXCELLS AT TRYING
Review: The simple fact of this matter is the film makes no sense. However, it is childishly compelling in its mystery and gloom and for a second every now and again, you might begin thinking this film really does have something along the lines of a theme, but then it falls from the tip of your tongue because something else is happening.
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Summary: The relations & mysteries of Taxi Driver
Review: Relations:
"Taxi Driver" has proved to be one of my favorite films and relates to other figures in Hollywood and literature. "Taxi Driver" relates to James Dean (from "East of Eden," "Rebel Without a Cause," and "Giant"), and Holden Caulfield (the alienated hero from J.D. Salingers "The Catcher in the Rye." All three figures, wheather real or unreal, film or literature, are equally alienated from society, live/has lived in New York, not to mention that they all suffer(ed) from insomnia.
In "The Catcher in the Rye" Holden gets tough in front of the mirror (never says any dialogeue while getting "tough"), in "Taxi Driver," Travis Bickle gets tough in the mirror (this time with dialogue.
Holden calls a majore portain of society "phonies," while Travis Bickle calls a majore portain of society "scums."
Holden talks about how he hates the movies, yet he see's a lot of movies. Travis talks about how he despizes the sex on the streets yet watches XXX rated movies.
Holden talks to his sister in the novel that if he were to be anything, he would be a catcher in the rye, someone who saves kids from falling out of the Field of Rye, in other words: saving kids from growing up, stop litte boys from becoming violent and most recognizalby for girls to remain virgins, in "Taxi Driver," Travis Bickles worries of a teenage prostitute get the best of him and he wants to save her. Mysteries:
Travis is not really that specific about his past, all we know about him is how old he was (26), his clean driving record, and that he was once in the military, nothing more, we don't know where he grew up, of his parents (with the exception that they're wedding anniversary and "mother's" birthday is in July). In one of the essays on "The Catcher in the Rye," Holden is reffered to as a "rebel without a past," this seems to be the case with Travis Bickle.
When Travis meets Betsy, we are never really know how she really feels about Travis. It's not until the third or fourth viewing that you can tell by the way Betsy talks to Travis that she's not really sincere with him. In fact she may have even ben playing with him. Others might argue with that, which is why Betsys true feelings for Travis are a mystery.
Also, the end of the film remains a mystery, we're not really sure about what happends to Travis after the shootout, others would easily say that Travis recoveres from a coma and slowley returnes to civilization, but we're not really sure of wheather what happends is the reality in the film or Travis's final thoughts as he slowely dies from his wounds after the shootout. Most would want to believe that the ending is the films reality, (including myself). Wheather film fact or film fiction, relation or no relation, "Taxi Driver" to this day remains one of the most powerful films about alienation.
'nuff said.
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