Am I a pleb for not liking this?

Am I a pleb for not liking this?

No, it was shit with a plot only a pothead could come up with

depends. give us your reasons.

You don't have to like or enjoy every critically acclaimed movie, just because it's generally considered as a great film doesn't mean every has to like it.

It's called having a taste user.

I think De Niro's character development was poorly executed

Yeah, I guess my expectations was a bit too high.
A bit disappointed.

I agree

>was shit
Post discarded

I liked it up until the ending which I did not understand

why did he become a gun nut all of a sudden? Why did he want to kill the candidate? Does it have something to do with the fact that he was a war vet? Because he shows nothing related to war trauma

Not at all. It went from being my favorite film to just another good film. You don't necessarily have to like a film but you do have to respect it.

To this day I hate Fargo. I never laughed. I really don't understand it. In fact, I don't like the Coen Bros filmography. They're my least favorite Tisch alums actually, and yes I even like Spike Lee more.

But that being said, I respect it. Films just not made for me. But I did like O Brother, Where Are Thou? because I'm a whore for the classics. Otherwise, I didn't care for Raising Arizona. I liked No Country for Old Men by virtue of liking McCarthy, although it's a pretty accessible story really. Yes, I liked the Big Lebowski.

/blog

Yes, there's no other explanation.

Yes

The politician is a scumbag
>being a weird loner isn't a symptom of ptsd

so what? NY is full of scumbags

>>being a weird loner isn't a symptom of ptsd

no it isn't, he wasn't even that weird considering the times

what was with the ending? was it all a dream?

wew

>not killing a corrupt scumbag politician (running for PRESIDENT) that enables the rest of the scum on the streets

No, it showcases how Betsy was a vapid whore who only wanted to be with travis because of his heroic act

I disagree. This movie is excellent at showing what it feels to be alone even surrounded by people.
The shot where Travis goes walking in the street, the camera is focused only in him and the rest of the world out of focus, meanwhile the themes plays in the background, says everything you need to know.

I've heard it claimed that it's his dying dream, an oneiric scene. I've also heard what we see really happens at the end and he's hailed as a hero. I can't say conclusively. I haven't really put in the work to understand it.

That being said, I have zero tolerance for people that say there's only ever one true interpretation for any given text. There are more accurate, more valid interpretations of texts than others, but to say that the others are entirely invalid seems too simplistic to me. Albeit I don't like when people search for a deeper meaning that isn't there.

Travis was definitely socially inept. He took a girl he liked to a porno as a date and before that he came off as very awkard around betsy at the diner. She only went out with him to be nice. Also he didn't want to hang around the other drivers until he wanted guns or to warn about his bad thoughts

Dis you even pay attention

No. The it's a dream theory has already being discarded by Scorsese and Paul(the screenwriter).

>socially inept
>suddenly buys guns and tries to kill a politician


such good development mate

I can empathize with him being an outcast but the crazy stuff he does is definetly out of his character

The aesthetic and direction is praised basically, for the same reason Drive is praised

However, Drive is better imho because its more romantic and made more sense

Basically, you have to compare it to a film like Fast and Furious to understand what's really about.

terrible b8

The fact that people even came up with the "the ending was a dream" theory pretty much proves that ending didn't fit with the rest of the movie. I'm with them on that, the movie should have ended with the aftermath of the shootout with the crowd of onlookers gathering on the street. Fade to black and roll credits right there.

I want to like but it's stupid. At one point the MC is smooth af and gets one of the hottest girls to go out with him, then he goes completely inept and takes her to a porno.

this


the point is that there's no event that triggers him to go mad

he lives a sad life but that's not enough, he has no reason

>theory pretty much proves that ending didn't fit with the rest of the movie
I don't agre, the ending is perfect and gives that kind of being "sleeping" atmosphere the whole movies has. Something similar to Fight Club until the end, when Sebastian(the real name of the narrator) says he is finally awake.
>I'm with them on that, the movie should have ended with the aftermath of the shootout with the crowd of onlookers gathering on the street. Fade to black and roll credits right there.

I think the ending also tried to explain this aftermath of sociopath made a hero, and how Travis was going to strike again, and this time wasn't going to be something heroic. Similar to his attempt to kill the senator early on the movie.

My problem with the ending is it makes no logical sense. Travis was shot, he was bleeding out, more to the point he wanted to die. That he would live and seemingly just go back to a "normal" life after that makes no sense to me.

he's not a consistent character, that's the problem

>My problem with the ending is it makes no logical sense. Travis was shot, he was bleeding out, more to the point he wanted to die.
Travis tried to commit suicide by attacking random thugs but it didn't work. The man is dangerous, suffers from PTSD and feels alienated from the world. Obviously didn't work because he was captured and saved. The sequence of the parents of Jodie Foster narrating about how Travis saved their daughter happens in the hospital.
> That he would live and seemingly just go back to a "normal" life after that makes no sense to me.
He is not. He is pretending to be living a normal life. The final sequence with Travis looking menacing at the rear window says exactly that. He is going to strike again.
Travis goes from bad to worse, in the end he is just there waiting for the moment to attack again.

De Niro can be a good actor. Why did his carrer devolve into doing cringey pleb tier comedy?

he wasn't worse than most of his passengers, his violent actions are pretty much out of his character

I thought it was going to be revolutionary or some shit. It was very disappointing.

>he wasn't worse than most of his passengers
At first he wasn't, but the night life, his traumas and the weird people he had to deal with, changed him for the worse.

For example his conversation with scorsese about the coalburner seem to have an effect on him, which later we see in other scenes(Travis watching the television and he break the T.V when he sees a black man with a woman). For example in the original script, the pimp of Jodie was black but it was changed by the producers to avoid controversy or allegations of racism.

do you like recent scorsese?

pro-tip: there is only one correct answer

he never went through any traumas, his buddies weren't living much worse than him

>inb4 vietnam

he recalls nothing of the war, it's irrelevant as a plot pint

Character development made no sense tbqhdesu. Absolutely dishonest film, Travis jumps from one extreme to another with no justification other than WELL HE'S A CRAAAAAZY GUY ISN'T HE. I don't believe that a human like Travis can exist, he's almost comical. Also, that repeating musical theme, it was just stupid.

> he's never been to /r9k/

>he never went through any traumas, his buddies weren't living much worse than him
His friends weren't in vietnam
>he recalls nothing of the war, it's irrelevant as a plot point
Is not, is the main reason he suffers from insomnia and why he became a taxi driver.

He later goes on preparation for his uprising, which he decides to do following a militar regime.

Did you even payed attention to the movie?

Eh, i think the other user explained poorly. What I believe is this the reason Travis became a "gun nut" was for a sense of purpose and identity in life.

He wanted to kill the president to do and be SOMETHING, good or bad. I do agree with you thought that acting on these thoughts is out of normal behaviour for travis though

Great cunny, I give this film 6.4/8

>Travis jumps from one extreme to another with no justification other than WELL HE'S A CRAAAAAZY GUY ISN'T HE.
There's a lot of moments where we see the unnatural progresion of Travis. I mean this is a pretty straight forward movie.
>Also, that repeating musical theme, it was just stupid
>hating hermann
>Not getting into the atmosphere
Dissapointed

Would this be considered anti-normie kino?

Every shut in seems to love this movie but i haven't come across and single chad that likes it

Is it because normies haven't experienced true loneliness and "not he hurrr i miss my gf type :("?

It's not really adding to the atmosphere if the music repeats note for note several times, it takes you out of the movie, it's just weird.

Martin please stop

He's right about the first one. the grittiness of 1970's new york combined with hermann's score is legit /comfy/ tier

>It's not really adding to the atmosphere if the music repeats note for note several times, it takes you out of the movie, it's just weird.

It's the main theme of our protagonist, and is meant to show how alone he feels. Everytime he feels alienated the theme plays. Is composition 101.
Buy tickets for Silence.

quite the opposite, this is how normies portray social outcasts

it shows since Travis' actions represent socially inept people pretty badly

Travis didn't inhibit himself like the other drivers would. He would take anyone and didn't care, this was pointed out as being different. Other drivers might not take blacks, might not take pimps, wouldn't go to certain parts of town, etc. Travis had no standards and was diving in to the abyss and the abyss dived in to him.

He saw the worst of the worst and took blood money. Escorting pimps, killers and rapists, and getting paid for doing it and turning a blind eye as he was just an innocent uninvolved cabbie.

He had a moment of clarity with Jodie Foster's pimp dropping $20 in his cab for turning a blind eye, allowing Jodie's character to grow up and become brutalised and sodomised because of the action involving him, whereas before he could see it like he was just an uninvolved bystander where the things that happened had nothing to do with him.

He was a misanthropic weird loner vietnam vet with probably PTSD who got disillusioned with life and society through his job which exposed him to the seedy night life of new york. The third act is him snapping and going on a crusade to "clean things up".

Correct me if i'm wrong, it's been a few years since i last saw it.

You clearly haven't felt that outcast
Most just want to go away but are afraid of just fading away without having made any impact on anything
They don't want to be a statistic, they want to be remembered, they want to be a story
>t. therapist

I can already tell this is an under rated post

He's autistic.

that's what it was about, my point is that it was portrayed pretty badly, progression felt unnatural and forced

>I want to like but it's stupid. At one point the MC is smooth af and gets one of the hottest girls to go out with him, then he goes completely inept and takes her to a porno.
He wasn't smooth, he went in and spilled his guts and then begged her to go for some pie. She went along with him as she was innocent and naive, but also wanted to expand the volunteer staff of where she worked. Her innocence is seen with how she's so trusting and in to the corrupt politician, and the interactions between her and her boyfriend who works there.

>a movie about an autist getting involved with child prostitution
Could they cater to Sup Forums harder than this

Because he got rich and already had a ton of accolades to his name and became an icon. Why go for more challenging roles when you can get paid to be in crap with little effort.

>. I don't believe that a human like Travis can exis
I exist. And its a reason why its my favorite film

t. Normalshit

t. Normie. Am I doing this right?

>Sup Forums doesn't understand disillusionment