Violence is badly made
After 80 minutes of boredom, when Travis finally loses it, the violence is completely unconvincing. Just bad special effects and the blood looks like ketchup. Which pretty much sums up how much this movie sucks.
shareThat's because the original cut was too realistic and the mpaa made him cut it and reduce the saturation in order to get an R rating, and it's inaccurate to say this movie sucks, you can say you disliked it, but when 99% of people disagree with you, it's a false statement to say it sucks.
shareWhy was the violence in this movie so laughable? Two words:
Tabasco sauce
The MPAA slapped the film with an X rating saying the scene was too gruesomely bloody. In order to get his R rating, which the studio demanded, Scorsese fiddled with the color levels (AKA color grading, or color timing) in order to give the blood a dull look.
To the OP.....if you were bored up to that point, and only held on because you were hoping for a bloodbath at the end, then you are not the audience this movie was trying to reach.
To the OP.....if you were bored up to that point, and only held on because you were hoping for a bloodbath at the end, then you are not the audience this movie was trying to reach.Don't be so hard on the guy, he's only been an IMDb member for a month so he's probably just a kid or not at the appropriate age to appreciate the film.
I'm a millennial who grew up in the 90s and had very little exposure to New Hollywood films. The only sorts of entertainment I grew up on were Will Ferrell type comedies, Disney movies, The Simpsons, South Park, summer blockbuster types-- Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, The Matrix etc. and select classic Hollywood films via my parents (Patton, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz, To Kill a Mockingbird etc.). Ya know, movies where heroes always win, and were for the most part upbeat and satisfying.
I had no real knowledge of film history so I wasn't aware of the New Hollywood Era and the downbeat, cynical nature of films from the 1970s. Who did? But unlimited access to the internet, a few friends with good taste, and my own curiosity and quest for knowledge (and a Netflix account) fed my desire to bone up on more classic Hollywood, New Hollywood and world cinema.
I was 20 when I watched Taxi Driver for the first time. I didn't like it very much. It was incredibly cynical, gritty, sleazy and disturbing. I found it alienating and didn't really "enjoy" it. I was bored myself on first go. I kept wondering why would anyone enjoy a film so downbeat? But at 19-20, you just aren't at the right maturity level yet to enjoy these types of dark, deliberately paced character studies-- especially if you're new to these types of films and have no context of the era in which they were made. These films take time, patience, education and a more in-depth understanding of film-making techniques than the average moviegoer to appreciate-- and context is really the most important factor in order to enjoy and appreciate older films. Now, Taxi Driver is one of my favorite films of all time and I can't wait to see it tonight at the theater for Fathom Events.
Religion should be made fun of. If I believed that stuff, I'd keep it to myself. -Larry David share
Bravo...
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
Don't be so hard on the guy, he's only been an IMDb member for a month so he's probably just a kid or not at the appropriate age to appreciate the film.
Don’t be so hard? Did you not see how smug and obnoxious the kid was being denigrating the film, as if he’s in any position to make such judgements?
The kindest thing one can do to brats like the OP is to stamp on their fucking head until they learn some humility.
It’s fine to dislike a film, but to denigrate a bold, personal, groundbreaking work of art when such things are as rare as unicorns these days deserves the harshest response. share
99 percent of people think MacDonald's and Budweiser are great, yet it is a true statement to say they suck. The suckiness or lack of suckiness of anything have nothing to do with their popularity.
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