Its tooooo good

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2006)

HmmÂ… where to start with Taxi driver. For me it's a very personal film, a film I can relate to.I know to a lot of people who watch it end up idolizing Travis and think that it's all about the Mohawk or about the "you looking at me" line but for me it's like a million more things .
It's not a perfect film but I'm not looking for perfection. Yet with its imperfections, to me it couldn't be more authentic. I can relate to Travis on so many levels. The loneliness, the desire to clean up the city, trying to save Iris the list goes on. The acting is beyond phenomenal, I can't even fathom how you go about playing something like this.
First of all credit goes to the guy who wrote the script, Paul Schrader. He's like my hero. I mean the dialogues and the conversations, De Niro is beyond ridiculous and Jodie Foster is amazing especially for her age and Cybill Shepherd and "Wizard" Peter Boyle that guy is so fricking talented.
I mean that's acting you know. The first time I saw it I stumbled upon the movie accidentally while surfing channels a long time ago. I started half way through but it was such an engaging film that I just got caught up and years later I actually saw the whole film and I remembered why I wanted to see it so badly.
The way Travis is infatuated with Betsy and how he goes up to her and asks her out you know and also the conversation they have on their first date.That blows my mind. When Travis says, "you know you have very beautiful eyes" there isn't anything awkward, no sexual tension (to me anyway) and it was so honest you know. And how he says we had a connection and whether Betsy felt the same way and Betsy says, " I wouldn't be here if I didn't".
The conversation with Wizard and Travis just blows my mind you know when Travis's is like "I got a lotta bad ideas" I mean how did they do that! It looks to be totally improvised but I don't think it was. Also love the pie and coffee (I think).
Jodie Foster was incredible. She's just incredibly gifted and one of my favourite scenes is when they go out for breakfast. Jodie Foster is just phenomenal in that scene.
The music is perfect and it really accentuates the movie brilliantly. I can't even talk about this movie. It's just beyond incredible. I can't even believe that such a film exists. And I gotta say the ending when Travis gets shot and I immediately think oh know he's gonna die you know, its so sad. But to my delight, he's a hero the next day in the papers and then he drops Betsy off,to me right there, there was closure. I was a little confused at first with the ending but after reading more about the film I understand the ending now. I was really happy with it of course.
I could go on and on about this film probably write a book, which is why my review was more like some of the immediate thoughts I get when I think about this movie. It's a very rare film something that will never be duplicated and it's a gem really. I can understand why a lot of people don't "get it" and have all these questions. But I think its again one of those things you either love it or you don't. To me its one of the greatest films ever made and I'm very thankful for its existence.