Often considered a cornerstone of cinema Taxi Driver left me wanting more. Its not that the movie is bad but perhaps the reputation preceding the product killed it for me. De Niro is in top form as loner Travis Bickle who tries hard to fit in but just cannot. Martin Scorsese has crafted a moody drama film set in his native streets of New York and the cinematography is sublime. It makes you feel uneasy because you are on the level of Travis. Great bit parts from Jodie Foster and Harvey Keital enhance the acting front and a sublime jazz score gives a nice touch. However I feel that the film is a tad overrated.

Often considered a cornerstone of cinema Taxi Driver left me wanting more. Its not that the movie is bad but perhaps the reputation preceding the product killed it for me. De Niro is in top form as loner Travis Bickle who tries hard to fit in but just cannot. Martin Scorsese has crafted a moody drama film set in his native streets of New York and the cinematography is sublime. It makes you feel uneasy because you are on the level of Travis. Great bit parts from Jodie Foster and Harvey Keital enhance the acting front and a sublime jazz score gives a nice touch. However I feel that the film is a tad overrated.

I didn't even know this movie was directed by Martin Scorsese. I was quite impressed by such an all star cast, even Frank Boyle. Wait, was he always bald? This film's plot just seems to go all over the place. I didn't even know this was the movie with the famous line, "You talking to me?". That seems like such a generic thing to say, but I still think of it every time I say that. The plot is that Robert DeNiro plays Travis, a taxi driver (duh!) who is dissatisfied with his job. He falls for a woman named Betsy, but their relationship ends badly. He tries to become physically stronger and more intimidating by working out and using all sorts of weapons. He comes across an underage prostitute named Iris. He decides to free her from her pimp. This is a movie where there's a lot going on, but it's still easy to pay attention to, which is always a plus.Leonard Maltin shockingly only gave this film two out of four stars, complaining that it was too violent. Honestly, it's not really violent until the climax. What matters is how unbelievably 70's this movie is. It works so well as a time capsule, making you reflect on pop culture at that time. This film became infamous because it allegedly inspired Ronald Reagan's failed assassin, who wanted to impress Jodie Foster. Ironic seeing as how the film itself features a failed assassination, but no one is wounded. ****

The story of Travis Bickle is one of sadness loneliness and redemption Taxi shows what it is like for a person to be living in a world which does not want to except he exsists and Travis has a arc which shows that people who are alone need attention and for Travis his way to get attention means he tangles in things he shouldn't be tangled in and in the end he is the perfect anti hero. The cast is one of the best that has been Put to film With Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle is one of his best roles in his career and it shows also in the cast is a young Jodie Foster As Iris who is a child prostitute who at first does not care for Travis but in the end i think that she works out Travis was the first person to look after her and she was almost the only one who excepted Travis for who he was. also in the cast was Cybill Shepherd who was Betsy who was a possible love interest for Travis and while i think that in the begining and until the end scence with Travis in the Taxi she never really got him and the lack of understanding ment that travis became distant to her and doing more to try to recive the attention he wants and yet i never thought that she was ever intersted in Travis and she was in the end the character who would never truly understand him also special mention to Leonard Harris who played Charles Palantine who was the sterotype of all politions of the 70s and he only cared about in the end himself and even though i think he was interested in how Travis ticked he was a minor character who was symbolic in the sense that Travis admired and in a way hated him and that is the outline of politions of that decade. Taxi Driver is defiently Martin Scorsese's most bold movie that made an impact and that was obvouis with the outline of the movie but also in a way it was showing that if a person spends too much time alone they can go insane and eventually Travis becomes a hero but at what cost he does so much damage trying to clean up the New York streets that you don't relise that while Travis has a sorta crazy way of doing it and yet you know what he is going to do so in a way he is the ultimate anti hero and is story is one that while being filled with sadness will tragicly beautiful and another special mention to Bernard Herrmann who composed the theme for Taxi Driver and it is amazing and it fits the tone of the movie in it's intirety and in all ways it's perfect and so is the movie and if you have not seen it it you have to you will not regret it