Raging Bull (1980)

Subject: Raging Bull (1980) Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:37 am

Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is a film based on the real-life story of boxer Jake LaMotta. The film depicts his fighting career, his relationships with people, his jealousy, and how his life falls apart. Despite the fact I don't care for boxing at all, I found this film rather entertaining.

Playing the lead in the film is Robert DeNiro. This film is generally regarded as perhaps the best piece of work DeNiro has ever done, and I can see why. His performance was nearly flawless and he was awarded the Oscar for best actor. In the supporting role was Joe Pesci who was also very good. He was nominated for an Oscar but did not win.

This film was also awarded an Oscar for its editing, and I would say the editing in the film was quite good. The boxing scenes were very well put together. In addition, I found the cinematography in this film to be rather well done. While no longer much of a technical achievement, the film is shot in deep focus throughout which created some pretty interesting visuals. Combining the visuals with the editing created a film that was pretty appealing from an artistic standpoint.

This film is often regarded as a modern classic. Sight and Sound magazine routinely puts this film in the top-10 list of films ever made and the magazine says that this is the best film made since 1980. While I found the film quite good, I'm not sure if it is worthy of every last bit of praise it gets. Still, it's a good film and a must-see for DeNiro or boxing fans and probably most cinema fans.

90/100
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Subject: Re: Raging Bull (1980) Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:55 pm

catbox_9 wrote:: Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is a film based on the real-life story of boxer Jake LaMotta. The film depicts his fighting career, his relationships with people, his jealousy, and how his life falls apart. Despite the fact I don't care for boxing at all, I found this film rather entertaining.

Playing the lead in the film is Robert DeNiro. This film is generally regarded as perhaps the best piece of work DeNiro has ever done, and I can see why. His performance was nearly flawless and he was awarded the Oscar for best actor. In the supporting role was Joe Pesci who was also very good. He was nominated for an Oscar but did not win.

This film was also awarded an Oscar for its editing, and I would say the editing in the film was quite good. The boxing scenes were very well put together. In addition, I found the cinematography in this film to be rather well done. While no longer much of a technical achievement, the film is shot in deep focus throughout which created some pretty interesting visuals. Combining the visuals with the editing created a film that was pretty appealing from an artistic standpoint.

This film is often regarded as a modern classic. Sight and Sound magazine routinely puts this film in the top-10 list of films ever made and the magazine says that this is the best film made since 1980. While I found the film quite good, I'm not sure if it is worthy of every last bit of praise it gets. Still, it's a good film and a must-see for DeNiro or boxing fans and probably most cinema fans.

90/100
A-

UP NEXT: Who knows.

I give it a 92

Great Movie

Subject: Re: Raging Bull (1980) Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:49 pm

Your score moves it up a little bit.

This movie is great for the whole family. My sister and her friend watched it with me. They were really pissed I put it on at first since it was old, in black and white (for no reason), and it was a sports movie, but at the end they both thought it was great.

Subject: Re: Raging Bull (1980) Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:26 pm

catbox_9 wrote:: Your score moves it up a little bit.

This movie is great for the whole family. My sister and her friend watched it with me. They were really pissed I put it on at first since it was old, in black and white (for no reason), and it was a sports movie, but at the end they both thought it was great.

Subject: Re: Raging Bull (1980) Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:27 pm

catbox_9 wrote:: Your score moves it up a little bit.

This movie is great for the whole family. My sister and her friend watched it with me. They were really pissed I put it on at first since it was old, in black and white (for no reason), and it was a sports movie, but at the end they both thought it was great.

You can't say that about a lot of movies made now