Raging Bull: Greatest Performance of All Time and One of the Greatest Movies Ever

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2007)

Raging Bull
What can I say? De Niro giving what I consider the greatest performance ever, and Scorsese putting everything he had. This is one of the greatest movies ever. It can't beat Taxi Driver, the 1st 2 Godfathers, or Goodfellas, it is right behind them.
Plot: The plot revolves around the life of boxer Jake LaMotta (aka The Bronx/Raging Bull). It goes through his career as a boxer, his personnel life, and his post boxing career.
Acting: Robert De Niro gives the greatest performance I've ever seen in cinema. No one had ever shown that much dedication to his role before this movie. Gaining 60 pounds is something that we see today. Then it was revolutionary. One of the best decisions for the Academy Awards was giving him the Oscar. Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty also gave great performances.
Genre/Quality: This movie fits as both a sport movie and a drama. It fits both of these genres very well. The quality of the movie is this movies strongest point other than the acting. The music is great. The movie is in black and white because that is how Scorsese watched boxing when he was a kid. He shows the matches in the ring so that he could show the violence of the bloody sport of boxing. He wanted people to feel what the boxers felt.
All around this is a fantastic movie that everyone should see. It is not only a boxing movie but a drama. De Niro gives the greatest performance I've ever seen on a screen.
10/10