I Could Have Been a Contender.. Well, wait.. I WAS one at one point..

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2006)

Raging Bull is one hell of an amazing movie. From the truly 'This is how acting is done' performance by Robert Deniro as Jake LaMotta, Cathy Moriarty as his long-suffering wife, and of course Joe Pesci as his brother, to the truly awesome directing by Martin Scorcese, the movie follows the rise and slow, then steep fall of Jake LaMotta. Someone who I hadn't heard of before this movie (and that was when the movie came out!). I tell you, this movie is a lot of fun to watch. Because DeNiro's LaMotta is just a timebomb waiting to explode most of the time over the pettiest thing (Usually over the wife). Also worth noting is the amazing black and white cinematography of Michael Chapman. Although I don't really say this about movies, but I am in awe of how certain scenes are set up (Like when Pesci and his family are eating dinner and LaMotta comes charging into his place. You can literally see Lamotta entering from a mile away). Fun fun fun! What more do you want from a movie?