My personal "favorite" film

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 2008)

This is the great American classic that reminds us all what passion can really come out of film. The movie gets better after every viewing, when you start noticing all the small details you may not have noticed in your last viewing. The film has something that very few films can ever achieve and that is making the audience feel the world Travis Bickle lives in. You can sense the smell of the city air, be dazed by the city's lights, and be torn apart by the loneliness of every cold and crowded street. You can feel Bickle's sickness with all the pimps and low lives who are able to obtain woman, while he struggles with them in all his efforts. Travis realizes that his life has been lead in one direction that will let him make his imprint on the world before his sad and inevitable end. The acting is De Niro's best performance, the directing and imagery is superb, and the musical score is phenomenal. In other words this is my all time favorite film.