There are certain films you always hear about and think "I should see that". Taxi Driver is one of those modern classics. But a disappointing one too.
All the actors are well cast, no problem with that. Robert De Niro is always good. Everyone else is alright. The problem isn't there.
The photography is beautiful, really nice to watch. The music is right for the film, it sets the story, it is really New York (I'm not a fan of it, but it's a personal taste).
The problem is the script. The dialogues are very good, each character says the right thing. How it begins and the character of De Niro develops is good, you can see the progress. It's just... at some point it gets weaker. And the ending is just wrong.
I don't believe in spoilers, but anybody who does should stop reading here.
It is wrong because the man is a psycho and justifying his killings because he's trying to be a good citizen, would be wrong. If it's an ironic way of seeing society - who will make anybody a hero - it's not entirely clear. Saving the girl is just wrong, if she had returned to her parents surely she would have been traumatised (it would make more sense if she had ran away from them again). This weird creepy psycho driver even almost gets another date with the girl. Any girl would have never got in that taxi. I also thought the possibility that it's really his dream or his version of the story.. but that's not clear either. Is he a ticking bomb then, ready to go on another killing spree any time? It's not clear either. I agree with the people who think the film should have ending in the shooting, just him on the floor. That would have been a much better film.
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
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