@4:30 middleweight champion The director of the movie (Scorcese) doesn't do much "leading the viewer" and leaves it up to them, to come to their own conclusions, as this is a film for an intelligent audience that can think for themselves. The boxing sequences have no equal... no film or animation comes close in comparison.
Hey man great videos, I think Robert deniros performance in this movie is one of the greatest performances in cinema of all time. Keep up the great work
De Niro can’t cry on film. He’s terrible at it. I enjoyed Pesci’s acting here. I think that people overrate De Niro in this because he gained weight for the role. His performance is pretty one dimensional. He is a jerk in the beginning, middle and end. By the end of the film he is hitting on 14 year old kids at a bar. I will say that Scorsese’s production is good though.
In a lot of ways this film is similar to Taxi Driver. It's a Schrader/Scorsese film where the protagonist is a male filled with insecurity or despair and projects it outwardly against the world leading to their eventual self-destruction.
definitely a counterpart. It might ask the question: what would Travis Bickle be like if he had a family and got old? Wild guess: Bickle is Scorsese's Protestant vision of this kind of character (given that Schrader grew up that way), and LaMotta is the Italian-Catholic vision of it. And then, 20 years later, Scorsese pits Protestant vs. Catholic animal-humans in "Gangs of New York"!
I am always surprised how Mean Streets is oftentimes left out of the conversation when people discuss Scorsese’s best films. It’s such an underrated movie.
My favorite of all of Martin Scorsese's movies and my 2nd favorite film of all time. I saw this when I was 15 years old in 1980 and was the first film that intrigued me of who a director is and what they can do. The filmmaker as an artist.
I just watched this movie for the first time and I was thinking about the black-and-white photography. Perhaps it’s referencing the time it takes place. Sometimes I forgot It was 1980 except for some of the women’s hair styles.
I thought I said it was closer to one than you'd think. Might be if Scorsese and DeNiro were no-names, like Pesci was. Slower pace, no proper climax, no clear way to market it to a wider audience. Just thinking about if it were released today.
yes, thanks for asking. I'm working on that. There's about four of his movies I haven't seen. Will do this video sometime this summer (up here in Northern Hemisphere, that is).
I think this analysis is great and as a fan of photo history There's a lot that I like about this film visually. But, as a female this movie is extremely hard to stomach (as is wows) and the unidentifiableness to it, as you mentioned makes it really hard to fall into the film. This seems to thematically align with Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy but those two films give me a solid sense of empathy for the protagonist. Jake just makes me furious that society keeps perpetuating this inability for tough men to break out of their propensity for violence. Just because one isn't as smart doesn't mean they can't move away from finding peace. Thanks for the review! I'm gonna go watch Hugo now ;)
I find Travis bickle to be less and less sympathetic as he is more of an incel although the war didn’t do him any favours. I find La Motta as a character to be a much more interesting character study. The last ten minutes broke my heart for him even if he was a very very flawed individual who let his insecurities ruin his life
Love this film. When he punches the wall in the jail cell it seemed like he was trying to change, but something was always holding him back. Personally I would only put Taxi Driver and Goodfellas ahead of this. I am curious what 5 or 6 Scorsese films you would put ahead of this?
yes, great idea with that jail cell scene. Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, After Hours, Mean Streets, maybe Silence, The Departed .... I think that's pretty close.
Definitely is was more about the relationship between the brothers and old new York with mafia was like an episode of crime in sports podcast as a movie
yes! thanks for the request. I love that movie. Maybe even my favorite Scorsese. Will be doing a Scorsese rundown and releasing it sometime this summer (next two months).
You missed the mark here and didn't even mention Shoemaker, who was one of the reasons the film was in black and white. You focus too much as the religious iconography which and not enough on boxing culture itself. I do like your take down of Rocky, which I never liked.
you well know that if anyone were to talk about this movie well, the video would need to be 100 hours long. I focused on what I wanted. go make your own damned video.
I had high expectations for this film; I was left underwhelmed. It was also a depressing film. However, if the intent of the film was to be a depiction of LaMotta's life then it was done very well.
@4:30 middleweight champion
The director of the movie (Scorcese) doesn't do much "leading the viewer" and leaves it up to them, to come to their own conclusions, as this is a film for an intelligent audience that can think for themselves.
The boxing sequences have no equal... no film or animation comes close in comparison.
Voice of reason here.
Hey man great videos, I think Robert deniros performance in this movie is one of the greatest performances in cinema of all time. Keep up the great work
thank you. Yes, De Niro is irreplacable in the movie, a rare event. I think what makes it is his portrayal of the older LaMotta.
Learning about Movies could t agree more.
De Niro can’t cry on film. He’s terrible at it. I enjoyed Pesci’s acting here. I think that people overrate De Niro in this because he gained weight for the role. His performance is pretty one dimensional. He is a jerk in the beginning, middle and end. By the end of the film he is hitting on 14 year old kids at a bar. I will say that Scorsese’s production is good though.
In a lot of ways this film is similar to Taxi Driver. It's a Schrader/Scorsese film where the protagonist is a male filled with insecurity or despair and projects it outwardly against the world leading to their eventual self-destruction.
definitely a counterpart. It might ask the question: what would Travis Bickle be like if he had a family and got old? Wild guess: Bickle is Scorsese's Protestant vision of this kind of character (given that Schrader grew up that way), and LaMotta is the Italian-Catholic vision of it.
And then, 20 years later, Scorsese pits Protestant vs. Catholic animal-humans in "Gangs of New York"!
I am always surprised how Mean Streets is oftentimes left out of the conversation when people discuss Scorsese’s best films. It’s such an underrated movie.
for me it's a top-5 Scorsese film. Will do a video on it one day.
Very nice and thought-provoking review. Thank you
thank you
My favorite of all of Martin Scorsese's movies and my 2nd favorite film of all time. I saw this when I was 15 years old in 1980 and was the first film that intrigued me of who a director is and what they can do. The filmmaker as an artist.
King of comedy is my favorite Scorsese but raging bull is also fantastic.
yes! are they related? possibly. both are about entertainment.
I just watched this movie for the first time and I was thinking about the black-and-white photography. Perhaps it’s referencing the time it takes place. Sometimes I forgot It was 1980 except for some of the women’s hair styles.
Is Raging Bull really an arthouse movie?
I thought I said it was closer to one than you'd think. Might be if Scorsese and DeNiro were no-names, like Pesci was. Slower pace, no proper climax, no clear way to market it to a wider audience. Just thinking about if it were released today.
Dawson Djodvorj It exactly IS
Do you reckon you could rank Scorsese’s movies?
yes, thanks for asking. I'm working on that. There's about four of his movies I haven't seen. Will do this video sometime this summer (up here in Northern Hemisphere, that is).
I think this analysis is great and as a fan of photo history There's a lot that I like about this film visually. But, as a female this movie is extremely hard to stomach (as is wows) and the unidentifiableness to it, as you mentioned makes it really hard to fall into the film. This seems to thematically align with Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy but those two films give me a solid sense of empathy for the protagonist. Jake just makes me furious that society keeps perpetuating this inability for tough men to break out of their propensity for violence. Just because one isn't as smart doesn't mean they can't move away from finding peace. Thanks for the review! I'm gonna go watch Hugo now ;)
you're welcome! well said.
I find Travis bickle to be less and less sympathetic as he is more of an incel although the war didn’t do him any favours. I find La Motta as a character to be a much more interesting character study. The last ten minutes broke my heart for him even if he was a very very flawed individual who let his insecurities ruin his life
Love this film. When he punches the wall in the jail cell it seemed like he was trying to change, but something was always holding him back. Personally I would only put Taxi Driver and Goodfellas ahead of this. I am curious what 5 or 6 Scorsese films you would put ahead of this?
yes, great idea with that jail cell scene.
Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, After Hours, Mean Streets, maybe Silence, The Departed .... I think that's pretty close.
Definitely is was more about the relationship between the brothers and old new York with mafia was like an episode of crime in sports podcast as a movie
Can you review The Departed? That one doesn't get enough credit.
yes! thanks for the request. I love that movie. Maybe even my favorite Scorsese. Will be doing a Scorsese rundown and releasing it sometime this summer (next two months).
@@LearningaboutMovies Do you think it's better than the original?
Best film by DeNiro and Scorcese.
This film has similar themes to La Strada imo.
pauline kael thought it was a slog,, i belief
You missed the mark here and didn't even mention Shoemaker, who was one of the reasons the film was in black and white. You focus too much as the religious iconography which and not enough on boxing culture itself. I do like your take down of Rocky, which I never liked.
you well know that if anyone were to talk about this movie well, the video would need to be 100 hours long. I focused on what I wanted. go make your own damned video.
I had high expectations for this film; I was left underwhelmed. It was also a depressing film. However, if the intent of the film was to be a depiction of LaMotta's life then it was done very well.
thank you.
this movie and it’s lessons are too on the nose for me. definitely doesn’t belong on the top 250