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I recently watched this, I thought it was quite good. But somehow I thought something was missing. What are your opions?
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I wanted to like this movie, I really did. However, although I can't say I disliked it, it was simply not up to Scorcese standards. Camera work is good, as is the mix of visual and sound. But....it's like he ran out of story somewhere near the beginning and simply substituted music-video-like scenes for plot.Doug Schneider
This film is not, nor was it intended to be, Taxi Driver Part II. The watchwords here are depth, subtlety and maturity. Scorsese's and Schraeder's chops are intact. Perhaps it helps to have experienced burn-out or a family death personally, but you should - if you open yourself to the film, leave your preconceptions at the door, and let the film just take you - be able to participate in a remarkable film experience. I especially appreciated the quiet ending.
going with the taxi driver argument, I must say that I have heard and subscribe to arguments that the deer hunter is the prequel to taxi driver. It provides an interesting way to interpret both movies, maybe deer hunter as an explanation as to what made him who he is in taxi driver. If your bored, sit down and watch both and observe the similarities. In taxi driver, he only really lives when he feels he is doing something heroic, like shooting up those drug dealers. How does a soldier who was a hero in the war react to a return to society where he can no longer be heroic-in the sense of a soldier, this is what deer hunter and taxi driver are about. Maybe explains his attraction to politics-a highly civilized form of heroics in our society-we expect our politicians to save the world and make it a better place and our soldiers to preserve and protect the freedoms our politicians have fought for-go and fight and preserve and spread freedom and democracy-yada yada. Then again, maybe I'm just full of karamazovian buffonery.
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Just curious but where did anyone come up with the thought that this was a Taxi Drive II? I understand that you are saying it is NOT, but I guess I am mystified as to who could have made that leap?
I thought it was nearly impeccable, from start to finish. It's one of the few films I've seen recently that left me feeling completely satisfied.
Coincidentally, I rented the DVD last weekend. I was disappointed because not much really happens ("a week in the life of a burned-out EMT") and without that, Scorsese's stylish direction hangs limp, like a Armani suit on an undersized coat hanger.
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