Martin Scorsese's masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2019)

I cannot begin to explain how much I actually love this movie. It has stuck with me since I've watched it two months ago.
I watched this movie in 2018, 42 years after it was released. This movie stayed, stays and will stay topical. A story about a man drenched in loneliness, searching a meaning to live and who cannot bear to see the inequalities that show up in a big city as New York City. Travis Bickle, a war veteran of 26, depressed and feeling lonely in the world's biggest city. It's something I think everyone will experience at a certain time of their life, whether it'd be in their teens, in their twenties or whenever. Feeling lonely in a big city is maybe what connects everyone.
The movie is about Travis. Travis and his thoughts. A man alone with his thoughts, his view upon the city, upon life. He has shallow relationships with the other characters that play a part in his life and we see him struggle with that. He tries to play a part in everyone's life and tries to become a part of it but never succeeds. His sense of humour covers up his difficulties he has during these conversations and it seems Travis has floated away from society, like he is someone watching, not taking part in it. Travis feels helpless after noticing the things that have gone wrong in the world and goes mad. I think his plan to save Iris from prostitution is a way of trying to make things right, and in a way, seeking a reason to live - to give his life a meaning instead of driving around all night without giving a real contribution to society, to help it get better.
Taxi Driver is an amazing work by Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader which will always be a great work, and I think it will age well, just like it did the last 42 years. It will continue to grab people and take a hold of them, changing their view on society. Everything about it feels right. The acting, the cinematography, the music, the atmosphere. It's a masterpiece, if you ask me.