Hollywood Needs To Learn This One Thing Once And For All

No, that's your opinion. And honestly, it's untrue. LaMotta's full story isn't even close to being fully told by Raging Bull. And yes, I love the film to death, it's a classic, and I do approve of a sequel! William Forsythe is an extremely talented actor who is also extremely underrated and over-looked. I also happen to have faith in the main writer Rustam Branaman as well as the director who swears to have a vision like no other.

Sequels when done correctly stand erect on a pedistal that's not too populated, but it's a pedistal worth having around and worth attempting to land on. If worst comes to worse, and the film isn't good, do you know what happens? Nothing. The film will bomb, be panned for months and the main actors as well as the writer and director will have trouble finding work and they won't find funding for a project similar to it EVER. However, if it does well, we'll all see LaMotta in a new light, we'll witness the resurection of William's career, we'll see a beautiful black and white homage to a classic film, and we'll see the most important thing: We'll see that it's possible to helm a sequel (to a finely aged film) with enough originality, creatvity, devotion and passion placed into it to have it be remembered, which in itself will bring attention to the original film which still deserves credit but is forgotten by the mainstream crowds! It's a win win situation and boycotting the sequel is both pointless and immature, not to mention simply financially and commercially unintelligent for anyone who'd like to see Raging Bull's popularity rise once again in a new era.

"Twilight crawled across the sky, laden with foreboding."