Reflection of morality

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2012)

Taxi driver is a cinematic masterpiece ever made,including impeccable screenplay,incredible directing and excellent plot, acting. Travis played by Robert DeNiro ,who is one of the most famous actors, shows talent through vivid performances. At first,I deem the movie is some kind of an enigma,revealing a man full of loneliness suffering from insomnia. In order to fill his emptiness,Travis toils for 10 hours or above in the cab . Just like cabbie Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) in Collateral(2004) who deludes himself into believing that his now twelve year cabbie job is temporary and that someday he will own his own limousine service,both are cabbie and drive the taxi purposelessly,or just earn a living.
Regarding Travis,he is an an ex-Marine middle-aged man and become more eccentric when falling in love with Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palatine. She plays an important role in highlighting Travis's utter alienation from society,along with disappointment with the words by the Senator. He does something odd that save twelve-year-old prostitute,Iris. Even though his intention(bail her out of peril) is appreciative,can he kill so-called 'scum' violently and unlawfully ? And then he is hailed as a hero fighting against the gang.I really doubt that this social mind. Everyone has flaws regardless of your race,nations,social status and loneliness. We should give a chance for those who go astray to engage themselves in self-reflection. Yes,we might despise the scum but cannot kill them.There are alternatives.
Another important point is that disaffected mind is of paramount importance in today's world. But,hardly can we observe this valuable behavior in the world,especially in China. Take 'YueYue incident' in 2011 as an example,social moral degrades and hearts are corroded. We need Travis's disaffected mind and appreciative attitude towards our society and world.