Maybe Best Film Ever

Rating: 10/10 (16 November 2005)

Taxi Driver is one of the greatest and most powerful films ever made. It has several famous shots including one where the camera pulls away from Travis being dumped by his girlfriend and looks into a hall, but my favorite is when he pretends to shoot himself in the head with his hand. Taxi Driver also has one of the greatest lines in movie history. "Are you talking to me. Well I'm the only one here." That line is often miss quoted as simply. "Are you talking to me." That is very wrong. Taxi Driver also has one of the greatest characters ever put on film in Travis Bickle. The story is genius, I love how they show Travis as a loner, not a psychopath, or more precisely a loner in the beginning. The screenplay is great, the dialogue is amazing, but the true miracle is the character of Travis Bickle. The acting is amazing, Robert De Niro gives one of the best performances of all time, while Jodie Foster and others are all great. The direction is great, it is the best direction Martin Scorsese has done, and he is the second best director alive right behind Steven Spielberg. The visual effects are great, everything looks real. Taxi Driver is one of the best films ever, watch it.