Taxi Driver

This review has *SPOILERS*

Don't judge when I say that this was the first time I ever saw this film. Now since I've finally seen it, I wonder what I've been doing with my life this whole time.

I don't really need to go into what it is about, because I'm sure the majority of this crowd here has already watched it.

One thing that I was not expecting was how dated this movie is. And I mean that in the best way possible. In fact, it was probably my favorite aspect of the film. Seeing all these ordinary people who obviously weren't extras walking down the street wearing these old clothes really give the film a really retro feel, and upon the first few minutes of initial viewing, you can tell what decade this was filmed in.

Another big surprise for me is that I always thought Travis was going to end up being a bad guy. While he could still be viewed that way, I see his character as the anti-hero type. Did the pimp being killed prevent other pimps from doing the same thing? No. However he became responsible for one less in the world. He still was mentally unstable, and people would have thought of him a lot differently if he had actually succeeded in shooting Palpatine. (see what I did there?)

This movie is probably in my top 20 now, one of the best films I have ever seen.

10 Jodie Foster's out of 10 dead pimps.