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Raging Bull (1980) * Top Pick *
Genre: Sports Drama
Starring: Robert DeNiro (Goodfellas • Meet The Parents), Joe Pesci (Casino • My Cousin Vinny)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver • The Departed)
Overview: This is the story of a middleweight boxer's trials and tribulations with his brother, his wife, and himself.
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Half asleep and somewhat used to this line of questioning, she answers "I never noticed his face." Jake, in his usual disbelieving manner, replies "You're the one who said he was good looking. You think he's good looking 'cause I know you think he's good-looking. I'll smash his face inside out. I'll make him into dog meat. Nobody's gonna think he's good-looking when I get through with him. So you just go ahead and think about who you want."
Ironically, the two weakest boxers LaMotta ever fought defeated him long before he ever faced them in the ring.
Performance: 10 Cinematography: 9 Script: 10 Plot: 8 Mood: 9
Overall Rating: 92% (Rage On)
Aftertaste:
It's classic, you know it, I'm done wit choo guys.
And, you know, he's absolutely detestable, just like his brother is. When you open a film with a corpulent old wash-up spouting awkward line, proving that he's not anything great, you can either say "nowhere to go but up" or "why do I give a damn?"
Thanks Jeff!
Absolutely brilliant film! People that dislike this move clearly don't understand its purpose. It doesn't exist as escapism entertainment that ties up in a neat little likable package. It's a slice of life--the often horrific side of life which is important.
Wellll I agree - up to a point. My quibble with RB is not that there's no nice resolution. I don't care if the main character isn't likeable - Hell, Travis Bickle isn't likeable either, and I LOVE Taxi Driver.
When I first saw RB (in the early 80's) , it left me cold. I assumed at the time that it must be a failing on my part because everyone else loved it. I guess I can sum my feelings up this way. You have two choices when you watch this film - You can hope for redemption for LaMotta, or you can hope for his destruction. I can honestly say that I didn't really care about him either way (or about his wife or Joe Pesci's character). I just felt worn down by his relentless brutishness. I don't think indifference was they were shooting for.
I am one of the very, very few people who hate this movie. I guess my problem with RB is that I hate LaMotta's character. It's not a bad thing in itself to have an unlikeable lead character, but in this movie I have no bearings, because EVERYONE is unlikeable. I need something to offest the hateful lead character, and in this film there's nobody. As a result, I just got apathetic towards LaMotta. You've fucked up your life? Too bad.