Much respect for Scorsese, De Niro, and Pesci. Little respect for movie.

Rating: 4/10 (17 November 2003)

Much respect for Scorsese, De Niro, and Pesci. Little respect for movie.
The acting is amazing. De Niro and Pesci worked great together and their talent really showed. I think Scorsese did a great job. The cinematography was also great. I liked most of the fight scenes (the final fight with Sugar Ray Robinson was simply perfect). These are the only positives about the movie.
The movie itself was just plain bad. I think the reason i didn't like it the way some people did was because i wasn't able to connect with the character of Jake La Motta. I simply didn't care about a cheating, wife-beating, and short-tempered boxer. How could I? I couldn't care about his downward spiral of self-destruction.
If you think you will be able to connect with a character like Jake La Motta, go see this movie. You will love it. As for me, I left the movie disapointed.
4/10 only because of Scorsese, De Niro, and Pesci.