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Originally Posted by 7thson
This is not personal so please do not take it as such..but:
Taxi Driver is so overated & I will tell you why:
1. It may be decades ahead of its time, but does that alone make it great?
NO
2. It glorifies things that as a Father I cannot connect with.
3. I have to admit the acting is great, but at the same time it is shallow.
4. It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, which hey some may sat that it is supposed too, but I say blehhhh, I hate bitter tastes.
This is my opinopn and by no means do I disagree with anyone who likes it, as they say tyhere is no accounting for tastes, but I hate this movie....sry but I do , I am big enough to say that on this forum. I guess my tastes are a bit ...uh.....minoritized or sumtin....
Taxi Driver is so overated & I will tell you why:
1. It may be decades ahead of its time, but does that alone make it great?
NO
2. It glorifies things that as a Father I cannot connect with.
3. I have to admit the acting is great, but at the same time it is shallow.
4. It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, which hey some may sat that it is supposed too, but I say blehhhh, I hate bitter tastes.
This is my opinopn and by no means do I disagree with anyone who likes it, as they say tyhere is no accounting for tastes, but I hate this movie....sry but I do , I am big enough to say that on this forum. I guess my tastes are a bit ...uh.....minoritized or sumtin....
The thing about film (and art in general) which a lot of people forget is that both good film and good art are not governed by the laws of morality or good taste. As a matter of personal opinion, they, being beyond the limits of good taste sometimes MAKE them great.
I don't advocate wallowing in the sewer all the time, but being effectively reminded of it, artfully, is just what this suburban, candy coated, happy ending world needs. The balance between the bitter tastes and the sweet ones is the simple balance of life and film should reflect that.
I live on a steady diet of both, a sweet and simple film like "Rudy" for example balances out a emotionally devastating film like "Bad Lieutenant." A brutal comedy like "Bad Santa" with "A Christmas Story"... well my drift is gotten I'm sure.
Enjoying a well done film is very different from enjoying or advocating its subject matter. I have children as well, and of course I do not advocate glorified sex, violence or gore, but that does not stop me from enjoying films that depict them in a artful manner. After all there is an adult world and a children's world, the trick is keeping them separate.
