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TAXI DRIVER
(directed by Martin Scorsese, 1976)
I guess I never truly watched Taxi Driver until yesterday. I must have missed the ending or something before. I vividly remembered most of the movie, even though it's been years since I saw it. But I always thought...
So, it was almost a virginal experience for me with Taxi Driver, and I don't mind 'cause who better to take your virginity than Robert De Niro? I'll never understand what possessed Jodie Foster to go lesbian after being in such close contact with the young Robert De Niro. He must be such a strong, masculine force field that he completely obliterated Jodie's thin veil of heterosexual lust. It was too much. Tornado De Niro obviously picked up her house and it just came crashing down into k.d. Lang Land.
Anyway, the film, as I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with (but just in case you aren't) is about a 26 year old lonely taxi driver in New York who is going crazy. He formerly served in the Marines, so he's a military man. He hates the lowlifes that are spread throughout the town. He spends his days trying to woo Cybill Shepherd, who is a campaign volunteer for Senator Charles Palantine, who's running for President. His idea of the perfect date is dinner and a porno movie. The last part gets him rejected by Cybill, who ridiculously flees from him at the porno theatre and stops speaking to him. Now... think about this. I would have studied the porno movie for tips on what to do with Robert afterwards. Wouldn't you do the same? At the same time I'd be spending quality bonding time with him, holding hands, ooooh, and looking away and kissing during those awful vaginal oral sex scenes. UGGGGGHHHHH! Cybill Shepherd's character should have been the whole focus of the movie, Taxi Driver. Anybody who dumps Robert De Niro over the littlest thing has GOT to already be FULLY INSANE.
Anyway, long story short, Robert De Niro gets nuttier and nuttier. He buys some guns, he freaks people out talking to them, he shaves most of his hair off, etc. He also befriends Jodie Foster, who plays a 12 year old prostitute. She shouldn't have been hanging around Robert De Niro at that age. As I already said, he was too much for her. Once she met him, she came to the conclusion that all other men weren't as good.
In all seriousness, Taxi Driver is phenomenal, completely attention-getting, mystical, and better than ever on Blu-ray. I will watch it many more times -- now I have a clear picture on how it actually ends -- and I will enjoy it. It's definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen. There's a lot going on here in this little movie about a taxi cab driver and it deserves serious study and exploration.
(directed by Martin Scorsese, 1976)
I guess I never truly watched Taxi Driver until yesterday. I must have missed the ending or something before. I vividly remembered most of the movie, even though it's been years since I saw it. But I always thought...
WARNING: "Taxi Driver" spoilers below
Travis Bickle had killed Palantine. I was blown away by the fact that he turned out to be a good guy!
So, it was almost a virginal experience for me with Taxi Driver, and I don't mind 'cause who better to take your virginity than Robert De Niro? I'll never understand what possessed Jodie Foster to go lesbian after being in such close contact with the young Robert De Niro. He must be such a strong, masculine force field that he completely obliterated Jodie's thin veil of heterosexual lust. It was too much. Tornado De Niro obviously picked up her house and it just came crashing down into k.d. Lang Land.
Anyway, the film, as I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with (but just in case you aren't) is about a 26 year old lonely taxi driver in New York who is going crazy. He formerly served in the Marines, so he's a military man. He hates the lowlifes that are spread throughout the town. He spends his days trying to woo Cybill Shepherd, who is a campaign volunteer for Senator Charles Palantine, who's running for President. His idea of the perfect date is dinner and a porno movie. The last part gets him rejected by Cybill, who ridiculously flees from him at the porno theatre and stops speaking to him. Now... think about this. I would have studied the porno movie for tips on what to do with Robert afterwards. Wouldn't you do the same? At the same time I'd be spending quality bonding time with him, holding hands, ooooh, and looking away and kissing during those awful vaginal oral sex scenes. UGGGGGHHHHH! Cybill Shepherd's character should have been the whole focus of the movie, Taxi Driver. Anybody who dumps Robert De Niro over the littlest thing has GOT to already be FULLY INSANE.
Anyway, long story short, Robert De Niro gets nuttier and nuttier. He buys some guns, he freaks people out talking to them, he shaves most of his hair off, etc. He also befriends Jodie Foster, who plays a 12 year old prostitute. She shouldn't have been hanging around Robert De Niro at that age. As I already said, he was too much for her. Once she met him, she came to the conclusion that all other men weren't as good.
In all seriousness, Taxi Driver is phenomenal, completely attention-getting, mystical, and better than ever on Blu-ray. I will watch it many more times -- now I have a clear picture on how it actually ends -- and I will enjoy it. It's definitely one of the best movies I have ever seen. There's a lot going on here in this little movie about a taxi cab driver and it deserves serious study and exploration.