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Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese
"Raging Bull" is totally awesome! It seems like Robert De Niro putted all of his effort and passion into this project, didn't he? He seriously impressed me with his particular dedication to his role, along with the rest of his amazing cast-mates, and their enthralling New York accents. Because of such enormous group effort, by the end of the film, I was hit by all kinds of combined emotions and feelings. So as the credits rolled, I remember being agape, and simply expressing how great of a movie Scorsese has constructed.
The best part about my experience, is how my expectations were constantly being defeated. I was continuously expecting certain plot points to turn into clichés, but that never happened. I was also captivated by all of the nuanced, and complicated relationships, between our main characters. As I said, Robert De Niro is phenomenal as Jake LaMotta. Seeing him play a person who's having his motto, 'the raging bull never goes down', challenged by the consequences of his own flawed behaviour, makes for an interesting character study. LaMotta eventually and gradually goes down, sinking in his lonely ship, due to his destructive actions towards his loved ones, therefore, he punishes himself in a terrifying last match.
I initially thought that the final act was gonna be a problem, but man was I wrong. It was actually the most emotionally jarring part of the movie. That scene in the prison cell....Fantastic! In fact, this whole film is fantastic. The editing is fantastic! the cinematography is fantastic! Them accents were fantastic too!
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Great film. Glad you enjoyed. Was that your first watch?
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