This Film Must Not Be Ignored

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2018)

Raging Bull is probably Martin Scorsese's second greatest film. It's very emotional and powerful. Sometimes it was a little hard to watch. It's like a nostalgic throwback to the 1940s that only Scorsese can truly tackle, and Robert De Niro gives the performance of his career that won him an Oscar.
It's based on the real life story of boxer Jake LaMontte from his golden age to his downfall. He was a very famous but also struggling boxer, that struggles to have support from his love ones from the way he treats them outside the ring. Jake LaMontte and his family have many tantrums throughout the movie, and really makes me wonder what it must've been like living with him. After attacking his own brother played by Joe Pesci, he gets his teeth punched inside the ring. He quits boxing, and through more powerful emotional scenes we truly see a broken down man he's become as he tries his hardest to redeem himself.
I think the violence that was in the ring was a metaphor for the violence at home, since he beats up his loved ones at home.
It's truly an inspiring movie that sadly didn't win Best Picture.
One of Scorsese's greatest pictures if not one of the greatest pictures ever made.