(Just) Take Me Home Tonight

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2013)

Finally, I saw the "You Talking' To Me" movie.
Was I impressed? Did I need to see it back in 1976 (uh, when I was two) to appreciate it? I think I just answered the first question.
Taxi Driver was so random and bland and yet, it was watchable. It wasn't the startling film I expected. It wasn't the dark, deep and moving picture I imagined. Perhaps, yeah, I would have needed to see it back in the 1970s to understand where it was coming from because it sure as Hades didn't hold up for me in today's standards.
Travis Bickle is not fickle about structure and what both New York City and women should be. So, with his insomnia, he opts to drive a taxi and stalk a woman who's volunteering to aid the "next" President of the United States. When that doesn't work out, why not try and rescue a preteen prostitute he's seen a few times?
Let's throw in some odd friends, a guns purchase, politics, a rescue and revenge. Suffice to say, this movie, while extremely well directed and Jodie Foster does a decent job, is so incredibly random aside from the fact that Bickle's not getting better. He's getting worse and watch out.
Supposedly, he's a hero, but I'm not sure who would ever call him one in today's times. Perhaps 37 years ago, ignorance would proclaim him one. Such unaware times.
For original fans only.