Every man in his life realizes she's just like the others for at least one time. But sadly, not every man looks as gorgeous as Robert De Niro. So roll with it, buddy, life is hard.
Go Travis! He had the stones to confront her. However, the moment that Albert Brook's character put his hands on Travis, Travis should have kicked his mangina ass and called it self defense.
@IrIsHBoI97 He's not pathetic because he's not wrong. There are women who are like what he said. You've seen it. I've seen it. It's all over the damn world. You know women and men like that exist. The only thing is not all women and men are like that. Not all men are pussy whipped sex addicts. Not all women are gold diggers/whores but there are some foul people out there and to deny it would be foolish. Just like denying there are good people out there is foolish as well.
Great Film. One of the best scenes is at the very end when Betsy tries to crawl back. She even wants to apologize but doesn't. She asks Travis how much the ride costs and he doesn't even accept the money. He smiles and drives away. It means that Travis wasn't a bad person. He was going insane by the sick environment and its people. Including Betsy. All he wanted was love and if not that, a friend. Perfect example of a society. its fucked, greedy and egocentrical.
I had apple pie with a slice of melted yellow cheese. I thought that was a good selection. She had a fruit salad dish. She could have had anything she wanted.
Women are like fishing lines, they reel men in, when they're done with them, they cut the chord and start all over again. Its sad, personally I don't like women, I'm not gay either, I think its fucked how women and men have lust toward each other. Women reproduce and literally shit fetus's out of there vagina's, its disgusting. They also shed blood, can hold air in their vagina's and fart from it. That's fucking disgusting.
I went through an almost similar scenario with a cashier from Best Buy. The difference is that we never went out. She gave me her number and told me to call her over the weekend. My calls went to voicemail. I told her about it, she said to call over the weekend again. Same thing happened!!! The next week when I went into Best Buy and walk up to her counter, she took a bathroom break when she saw me and let someone else take care of me. I realized then how much she's just like the others.
I understand exactly how he feels, because this happened to me in my 20s, more than once. But she has a point of view too. You can understand why she wouldn't want to go out with him after the way he acted. He acted like an ignorant, low-class loser, not right for a girl like her at all. She wasn't cruel to him. When he called her at first, she talked to him and tried to put him off in a painless way. Any savvy guy would have taken the hint and stopped calling. He's weird. He scared her.
sometimes I feel like Taxi Driver was made for me, even if I was born well after the film's release. Of all movies I've ever seen, this one truly speaks to my soul. I'm God's lonely man.
@jaredleospirit i read since he had psychological troubles he lied about being in the war.....and the ending while driving Betsey he imagined that go look it up at IMDb
And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
to caliopie And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
@caliopie And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
It's summer, I'm 17 - and I haven't met up with anyone over the holidays and it's driving me nuts, I've never had a relationship and I feel like Travis. Something needs to be done with the scum around here.
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
Another thing is that we never really saw Betsy's reactions to Travis's words. I could tell she was upset and scared but I wish I saw her face as well. She does have beautiful eyes.
I think it's much easier being an anti social nowadays than 35 years ago when this movie was made. Now anti socials can pass time on the internet, playing video games, etc. Back then what did Travis have to do? Basically watch TV with like 10 channels. No wonder he went crazy.
This is one of my fav scenes of a great movie. I find it interesting how the lady screams and something gets broken as he walks out the door. I figure she was scared of Travis since someone was calling for a policeman for help because of him. I dunno how something (probably the glass of the door) broke. but I like this scene because Travis finally gets to give Besty a piece of his mind after being ignored. Oh how satisfying that would be! He wanted closure and he definately got it.
of course hes racist. everytime a black person is focused on its in a negative way. the "passenger" (since that guy kind of represented his own inner angst) in his taxi calls a black person a derogatory name. he focuses on the black men in the diner and they look at him w. hostility.
He didn't look at those men in the diner with hostility because they were black, he looked at them that way because they were pimps. They were scumbags who deserve a lot more than a rude stare.
I agree with you, I have no idea why you were receiving thumbs down. The film, "Taxi Driver", isn't racist but because it is told by the perspective of a racist, it seems that way. I think Travis being a racist adds to the great plot and characterization of Bickle to show how the character was affected by the setting, the inner city.
I've been in this situation and have handled it similary its not until later i think about the consquences, I"m From Jersey, work over nights and I haven't had a woman in years and i'm in my mid 20s i really relate to this guy so well in fact I scare myself.
At 0:08 I've seen that look on a girl's face before and it hurts. In a more bittersweet way, the look in her eyes at he VERY END of the film washes away the guilt and shame Travis had for putting her/himself though this. If you liked Taxi Driver check out these films too. They are full of nuances that make them better with multiple viewings. Pulp Fiction Silence Of The Lambs Apocalypse Now The Graduate A Clockwork Orange Edward Scissorhands BATMAN (89) Bram Stokers Dracula
@EdwarioERS Good list except for Batman (1989). I think its a very flawed, mediocre children's movie. The Dark Knight is a much better film and a cinematic achievement in every sence. Also check these films out if you want to see something great: Chinatown, Blue Velvet, Oldboy, Deer Hunter, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Jacob's Ladder, Memento, City of God, Pan's Labyrinth, Don't Look Now, Vertigo, Se7en, American History X, Fargo, V For Vendetta, Sisters (1973), Reservior Dogs, Rosemarys Baby.
@degree7 Calling something overatted is overatted. Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Star Wars, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Clockwork Orange, and Halloween (1978) are often called overatted by punks on the internet. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it "sucks" in many cases. And there's a difference between not liking something and something "sucking". I didn't like The Hurt Locker at all but I wouldn't say it sucks.
Batman 89, Beetlejuice and Pee Wee's Big Adventure are all a big deal to me. I didn't see the true humor in Batman until I was an adult; the reaction shots of everyone while Joker did his antics are amazing. The same way I laugh at Taxi Driver, I laugh at Batman. I've never seen Oldboy, Don't Look Now and Sisters from your list; I will netflix.
When I hear people call Batman 89 flawed I don't get it. Did they adapt the comics wrong? I also like Keaton not growling as Batman
@EdwarioERS Well yeah because in the history of the comics, Batman was never a murdering, short, scrawny guy who wears reading glasses, has a receding afro, and whispers sensually to villains. Thats just one of many things wrong with it.
@KevsHardLemonade well of course '89 Batman was kid friendly because at that time most ppl associated Batman with the campy '60s series so some of that element had to be incorporated. Tim Burton did a fine job of making the kind of film he needed to for that time. There's no way they could have made a film like The Dark Knight in '89 because it would have alienated the casual fan which is the audience that they were targeting.
@drlove1972 As I said to KevsHardLemonade, where do you people got the idea that Batman 89 was kid friendly? It was geared toward adults. Look at the dark humor and the violence in that film. Batman 89 actually showed people getting killed a lot vs. TDK which didn't.
@IncredibleFulk1 not sure who are these "you people" to whom you refer. Just because a film depicts death doesn't automatically disqualify it from being kid friendly, it all depends on the intensity in which it is displayed. Lion King, Bambi and countless other kids' films all depict death. Even if Dark Knight had less killing it was far more graphic. Big difference between showing Rachel engulfed in flames as she's blown up and Jack's Joker gleefully firing upon Grissom from different angles.
@drlove1972 I'm not trying to some a-hole. But Batman 89 is NOT a kids film by any means! Kids that I knew were actually scared of it. I was kinda too as a kid. How can you compare Dinsey films to Batman 89? Yes they had death, but they weren't violent death scenes and those films didn't have a character going around killing people and taking joy into it. Both Batman 89 and TDK should be looked at as equals rather than fanboys arguing which one is better. This is going to be my last response.
@IncredibleFulk1 I wasn't comparing Batman to a Disney film, that's you reading what you want into my comments. I only mentioned those films to make the point once again that many films include death scenes but it's the INTENSITY and how the scene is handled that makes all the difference. And I'd like for you to point out to me where I ever said that either Batman film was better than the other. I've always maintained that it's an apples to oranges comparison. Two totally different films.
@drlove1972 What about a the feather pen in the guy's neck? Or the man joker burns alive with his buzzer with a charred corpse after? Or Joker's girlfriend's burnt face? Or what about blood in the shooting scene Or even the dead bodies with smiles? Or Viki's photo's with dead bodies. Or people falling to their deaths? I also forgot to mention there were plenty of dark Jokes like "Never rub another man's rubar." and more Why don't you watch James Rolfe's Batman reviews?
@IncredibleFulk1 what about a grotesquely disfigured man with a portion of his skull showing? Or a judge being blown to bits in her car, 3 men being shot to death within the first 10 min. of the film? A man being impaled to death from a pencil? Bruce having his flesh ripped by a vicious dog and having it stitched, or being beaten savagely with a pipe just to name a few. TDK came within a hair of drawing an R rating for a reason.
@KevsHardLemonade Ok, it's your opinon on which Batman film is better. But where do you get the idea of Batman 89 being a kids film? It had dark humor- joker's jokes about people dying, scary images- the dead bodies with smiles and joker scaring vikki with the washed off make up (scared me as a kid) violences- a man burning, pen in neck, blood, and adult jokes-"Never rub another man's robar." That makes for a real kids film. TDK didn't even show the kills. I'm not trying to be an a-hole.
If he had a better understanding of how most woman are ashamed and repulsed by pornography this wouldn't have happened.... as fast. He's almost innocent as he believes a porno would be a good date before any kind of sexual contact with a lady.
Travis does have a personality disorder. Remember when he kept bringing up Albert Brooks when they went on their first date, that was a red flag in my eyes.
Poor Travis, what he really needed was cable tv, an x box and a PC stashed with porn.
Does any man really have a true understanding of how woman really are ? The answer is most likely "NO" just because he took a chick to a porn flick doesn't mean he has a personality disorder. He just doesn't know any better.
What are you talking about.every time i hear this thing about porn
we 've been living in a porn era !!From the 70 's!A lonely man who's an insomniac becomes a workaholic can"t find stability cause he's sexually ,morally,emotionaly frustrated!
what else do you think he should do!show him his the PERFECT guy like every God damn perfect date is ..the cheating ,the lies..He made a mistake but Betty never forgives him that's the problem.
About Batman 89, there's all kinds of odd nuances that I've picked up on. When Joker pulls out his yard long barreled handgun from his trousers to shoot down the batwing, batman has a bizarre reaction on his face. The long barrel is phallic, which makes it seem he carries it around with him to make up for an insecure penis. IDK Joker was stalking Viki when I was 5, but now Joker's antics are hilarious in that movie. In similar ways Travis's social encounters make TD a comedy.
Another thing about BATMAN 89. Look at the relationship Albert Brooks and Cybill Shepherd have in Taxi Driver, NOW look at Robert Wuhl and Kim Basinger. The office atmosphere is identical.
What Travis REALLY needed was an iPhone, a netflix subscription, a gym membership and a pet tabby cat...... please these things can only suffice and distract an absence of love -- we all get it -- so don't be trollin' my suggestions.
@EdwarioERS Google? GOO GLE??? Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a Gle dressed up as a Goo? Gets all of my press...THIS SITE NEEDS AN ENEMA!!!!!
Just look at the signs of schizoids. His loneliness is in fact brought on by his personality disorder, as schizoids are naturally as cold and distant as he is.
Paranoid scheziophrenic ! I think that's a little bit over board, just because he's lonely doesn't make him crazy I don't think you really understood the movie, most people don't.
I never called him a paranoid schizophrenic. I called him a schizoid! They are completely and utterly different.
I agree I don't and it's seems neither do you. It's a complex film with many layers.
The simplest analysis I've heard is that it's about the fact that Travis is constantly stopping himself from escaping his loneliness through his constant contradictions.
What's your idea of a personality disorder ? Loneliness is a common human condition everybody deals with it at some point are another, this film is a cult classic usually people who are superficial and lack substance are often unsettled by travis bickle, alot of men understand were travis is coming from if you don't get it, you just don't get it. Like I said before, lonely doesn't mean crazy if you didn't understand the film there's know sense in trying to figure Travis out.
What on earth are you talking about. He's a racist, aswell as a psychopath.
People can be lonely and depressed but that not alot of them go crazy and kill someone.
And don't give me the whole "He was just trying to kill the bad people" bullshit because that sort of thing misses out on the irony of the film completely.
Up to a point I can empathise with Travis but you cannnot tell me he is a level-headed person or else you are being completely idiotic and making no sense.
The bottom line is this movie is outside the realm of your "MTV Cribs, American IDOL", ADD generation the point is alot of people see Travis point of view, sometimes the answer to a problem isn't the one you always want to hear, when travis killed all those low lifes, you probably saw that as wrong but sub-contentiously that's something everbody wants to do at some point are another, travis just acted on it that's why this film unsettles people until today.
Don't treat me like an idiot when you're saying things like "non-contentiously".
And maybe so but a normal person would be able to control those emotions. And let's face it, he was originally going to kill Palantine: is that ordinairy.
He was also about to kill the police officer who told him to move.
Sub-consenciously alot of people feel the same way as travis, I'm not saying I promote what he did, but I do relate to it sub-consenciously, like I said the reason this film unsettles and fascinates is because travis acted on his sub-conscencious, I personelly wouldn't do what Travis did, all I'm saying is I understand.
in contrary to your argument, i add my review - travis has a pesimistic persona of character. he has a better pov of the world and thus making your argument [psychopath] incorrect in a whole lot of levels. travis wished to "wash all the scum off these streets" thus suggesting that he has a better understanding of moral and ethics; that alone can explain the rest why you are wrong.
as for your argument out of him being racist, any evidence to back your point?
Dude I'm with DIJV79 all the way if you don't understand were Travis Bickle was coming from psychologically then you don't get the whole point of the movie..ima explain to you, look people are like wolves they choose to be with the pack so they wont get ripped apart. So what happens to the Loner? that's why Travis is saying "you are like the rest of them".
Look, I get where you're coming from, but neither of you are commending the complex ideas that are in this film.
And she has the right to dump him and be put off. I'm sorry, but taking a girl out to a porn theatre for a date is very strange behaviour. And according to the script his intentions in doing so were not as innocent as people think
All I'm saying is you are making the whole thing out to be far more simple that I think it is.
you're right, it was 'the wrong move' of him taking betsy to a porn theatre, in all just to pass accross his point of view of what the street is like, and since betsy works for palintine, he decided to make connections in hopes of passing accross his message. his plans were shy, putting the execution to decripit.
@DIJV79 Anti social is used to describe a personality disorder that serial killers have. Misanthropic and lonely would much better describe Travis's condition. Sure he goes on a killing spree, and that might seem pretty serial-killer-ish, but it's to free a 12 year old prostitute.
@mybeardiskool Anti social does not determine mental are social ability to function regardless of opinion, anybody can be considered anti social in any situation or circumstance, but it does not determine mental illness our the ability to function.
Agreed,Serial killers are sociopaths that have high IQs and they often plan their crimes quite methodically, usually abducting victims,killing them in one place and disposing of them in another.There's a sexual element in their killings! Killing sprees are more from mass murderes,not serial killers.Travis suffers more from schizotypal personaility disorder, depression, insomnia along with post traumatic stress disorder he more than likely got in the war.He's not mass murderer or serial killer!
@DIJV79 But when you're as anti social as him, you lose touch with society i.e reality? So you might not be crazy, but you are definetly bordeline based on society's terms since you're completly out of it.
They define being crazy as somebody who's a danger to himself and/or others and who's unaware of this or unable to control his lethal impulsions.
Based on this we could say Travis was a little coocoo
@figthersdreams he's a little coocoo... but in this particular situation thing are a little diferent... she never gave him a second chance to get to know him better... and he was truthful the whole time, so truthful that he didn't even realized that she just might not like porn movies, especially in the first date... he's a little coocoo for sure... but "common society people" run away on the first "unlikable" thing they see on someone else.
@figthersdreams "Common people" run away blindly from the things that they don't know, thinking they know it all, being afraid of almost everything that's beyond their control. The guys that f**ked Iris were probably married and had sons/daughters and their families didn't had a clue they we+re doing it... TRAVIS took Betsy on the very first date to a porn movie cause that was natural to him and he was sincere but he despised what was happening to Iris...
@figthersdreams WHO'S THE COOCOO HERE?! i'd like to go for travis, really... but the "normal nice" people are usually the worst human beings walking on this planet, being, hiding everything and commiting real mean abuses to other living beings. KEEP IT TRUE! and stay clean...
@viegaz. Okay most of the things you say is true. So what? I can feel Travis loneliness, it often hurts and poisons you but are you gonna go up with guns and try to turn the world around by killing people? Is this ' Righteous' killing?
What tells you that the pimp didn't deserve a shot at redemption?
Is Travis God? You know what I mean? ;)
He's clearly delusional in his own way, a la Holden Caufield in ' The Catcher in the Rye' ( Which is my favorite book, and taxi driver my fav movie)
@viegaz When you can't acknowledge or don't even see any of the elements you mentioned even if it's bullshit ( society condionning, societal commodities etc.) then you're out of it.
Why would Betsy an attractive women would give a 2nd chance to a guy she just met who's clearly out of it?
I don't give second chance to women who completly fucked up on the 1rst date, and I'm a guy and I'm wise. It just won't work
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Every man in his life realizes she's just like the others for at least one time. But sadly, not every man looks as gorgeous as Robert De Niro. So roll with it, buddy, life is hard.
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TheWheels777 1 month ago
This is a good example of irony
dawkinsforpope 1 month ago
The misogyny in here is delicious, enjoy your lives virgins.
ObliviousBurrito 1 month ago
Go Travis! He had the stones to confront her. However, the moment that Albert Brook's character put his hands on Travis, Travis should have kicked his mangina ass and called it self defense.
hairbandfan1967 1 month ago
@IrIsHBoI97 He's not pathetic because he's not wrong. There are women who are like what he said. You've seen it. I've seen it. It's all over the damn world. You know women and men like that exist. The only thing is not all women and men are like that. Not all men are pussy whipped sex addicts. Not all women are gold diggers/whores but there are some foul people out there and to deny it would be foolish. Just like denying there are good people out there is foolish as well.
HadesHatredEdge 2 months ago
To be fair , not all women are cold and icy like Betsy.
toby099 2 months ago
Great Film. One of the best scenes is at the very end when Betsy tries to crawl back. She even wants to apologize but doesn't. She asks Travis how much the ride costs and he doesn't even accept the money. He smiles and drives away. It means that Travis wasn't a bad person. He was going insane by the sick environment and its people. Including Betsy. All he wanted was love and if not that, a friend. Perfect example of a society. its fucked, greedy and egocentrical.
texasB666 2 months ago 5
Travis gave the courage to walk up to a girl and ask her out.....
justacondom 3 months ago
I love how Travis just easily avoids the police constantly in this movie.
JackKlompus13 4 months ago
by modern man I mean all those creatures in the magazines and on MTV. They're copied by all those hollow idiots around the world.
NewRenoBoxing 4 months ago
that clown with glasses and twig is her pussy slave. Being neither man nor woman, he's a good example of the modern man.
By the way he's a pretty lucky character here in the movie, in real Travis would have killed him before police arrives..
NewRenoBoxing 4 months ago 5
@NewRenoBoxing lmao. well said. I always hoped Travis would've caught up with him later on and killed him...
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NewRenoBoxing 4 months ago
I had apple pie with a slice of melted yellow cheese. I thought that was a good selection. She had a fruit salad dish. She could have had anything she wanted.
BrinsonMHarris 5 months ago 4
Women are like fishing lines, they reel men in, when they're done with them, they cut the chord and start all over again. Its sad, personally I don't like women, I'm not gay either, I think its fucked how women and men have lust toward each other. Women reproduce and literally shit fetus's out of there vagina's, its disgusting. They also shed blood, can hold air in their vagina's and fart from it. That's fucking disgusting.
pyrosheen 5 months ago 32
@pyrosheen HAHAHA!
Radz117 3 months ago
@pyrosheen I fully agree, I too dislike women but am completely hetero. Seems to be a growing contingent of men who feel the same way.
drlove1972 3 months ago
@pyrosheen I'd say men and women alike are very grotesque. We are all like "the others."
lindseywagners 1 month ago
@pyrosheen you must realy love your mom
mastermovies10000 3 weeks ago 2
He's so right at the end..they travel in packs
lordvoldemort578 5 months ago
What name did Deniro give to the cop as an alias?
Robynkimwhite 5 months ago
@Robynkimwhite Jamal Patterson
lordvoldemort578 5 months ago
@Robynkimwhite Henry Krinkle I believe.
rabendranath 4 months ago
Ah Travis, your psychotic-streak aside, I'd totally go out with you! I'd even sit in them grungy porn theatres with you if you wanted!
popaddict 5 months ago
I feel you Travis.
All bitches do is disapoint us.
Sointerestin 6 months ago 13
@bbasher79 and the 79 misogynists: women are not "all whores", have you no mothers, have you no decency?
rblodget 6 months ago
@rblodget When a mother treats a father like shit i'd call her a whore even if shes my mother. A god damn whore!
lovok123 5 months ago
I went through an almost similar scenario with a cashier from Best Buy. The difference is that we never went out. She gave me her number and told me to call her over the weekend. My calls went to voicemail. I told her about it, she said to call over the weekend again. Same thing happened!!! The next week when I went into Best Buy and walk up to her counter, she took a bathroom break when she saw me and let someone else take care of me. I realized then how much she's just like the others.
jheadSF06 6 months ago
@jheadSF06 .....cold and distant
Mr11MUSICMAN 6 months ago
@jheadSF06 Yeah man, that shit happens so often. I can relate completely
AliceNchainz011 4 months ago
@SeekTheTruth12 -Travis was certainly a study in contrasts
loyaldude10 7 months ago
I understand exactly how he feels, because this happened to me in my 20s, more than once. But she has a point of view too. You can understand why she wouldn't want to go out with him after the way he acted. He acted like an ignorant, low-class loser, not right for a girl like her at all. She wasn't cruel to him. When he called her at first, she talked to him and tried to put him off in a painless way. Any savvy guy would have taken the hint and stopped calling. He's weird. He scared her.
dnggitg 7 months ago
The guy who escorted him out looks like a skinny, '70s-styled Seth Rogen. :P
PabzGLRP 8 months ago
this movie is awesome!love it.it was badass when he did that karate pose."hands off!"awesome.
gunsnglory4zday 8 months ago 3
Betsy was a whore, remember the scene when, she says: "you're gonna be my friend", she looks like a horny bitch.
noiseadicted 8 months ago
omg i wish he would have beat the shit outa that guy with glasses would have made this scene perfect
GothicSatnist666 8 months ago 4
women there like a union lol
soberlife121 8 months ago
@orgasmicide2 Hehe. Thanks.
Slide2671 9 months ago
felt like this before....
guns on deck!
YalkOne 9 months ago
sometimes I feel like Taxi Driver was made for me, even if I was born well after the film's release. Of all movies I've ever seen, this one truly speaks to my soul. I'm God's lonely man.
SpiroHrvoje1989 10 months ago 8
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I feel that way too.
Punk93Metal 2 months ago
My favorite films are Taxi Driver and..
Fight Club.
The Dark Knight.
Inception.
Se7en.
Full Metal Jacket.
And A Clockwork Orange.
Slide2671 10 months ago
Travis: take your hands off.....HANDS OFF!!!! LOL
Theshark15z 10 months ago
the worlds morality sucks now, if god is gonna come regulate i bet its gonna be soon.
jaredleospirit 10 months ago
He is really a normal, conservative male, but you have to be some kind on metrosexual freak, to be accepted to this unnatural society of ours.
Quex01 11 months ago 7
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Quex01 11 months ago
after being in war a man may not change, but after a vicious personal gun fight with 1 particular person will make you a different breed.
jaredleospirit 11 months ago
@jaredleospirit i read since he had psychological troubles he lied about being in the war.....and the ending while driving Betsey he imagined that go look it up at IMDb
BxLxUxExxAxNxGxExL5 11 months ago
all women love to slag men off and fuck you over if they can
POTT1973 11 months ago
I first saw this when I was 17. I'm 26 now, the same age as Travis, and each year I sympathize with him more and more.
YahtzeeNazi 1 year ago 81
@YahtzeeNazi Empathise or Sympathise?
Radz117 3 months ago
@YahtzeeNazi travis bickle is 33 same age as the actor portraying him..
dmohr7 2 months ago
@dmohr7 Nope. He says in the opening scene that he's 26.
YahtzeeNazi 2 months ago
@YahtzeeNazi oh really? shit must mistake then , yeah usually they base the age within the same as the actor
dmohr7 2 months ago
women suck
jradetzky 1 year ago 3
All womens are bitches, except my mom and my sister, but they are womens too...!
GtaLoler 1 year ago
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And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
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And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
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to caliopie And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
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@caliopie And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
I love that Bruce Lee stance Bickle does at 0:26
vicrockz89 1 year ago 2
"You're in a hell. You're gonna die in a hell just like the rest of them!"
rapideye97 1 year ago
People that blindly follow society are crazy.
Wes561 1 year ago
@Wes561 Brilliant revelation of Forbidden Truth there. Fantastic.
SeerTravisTruman 1 year ago
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TheShart1234 1 year ago
Taxi Driver was a very innocent and noble character who couldn't see his own dark side.
TheHandsomeCrab 1 year ago
All women give us the run around, wether it goes somewhere or not. Their all self absorbed whores.
azrial4421 1 year ago
It's summer, I'm 17 - and I haven't met up with anyone over the holidays and it's driving me nuts, I've never had a relationship and I feel like Travis. Something needs to be done with the scum around here.
Thisismytrollingface 1 year ago
"Take your hands off me!"
"TAKE THEM OFF!"
Great moment.
vipersquad 1 year ago 2
perfect scene :)
rusancopur 1 year ago
cold and distant....
Jacku21 1 year ago
heartbreaking.
jimmymanager 1 year ago
women are all whores.
bbasher79 1 year ago 89
@bbasher79 did you have problems saw your post on the lforms man just don't go crazy and choke a b you need to get laid.
madcow88 1 year ago
@bbasher79 men are all whores too.
meleethe13 1 year ago 2
@meleethe13 I agree and I am a woman. The human race is a whore, its says so in the Bible, we worship devils
caliopie45 1 year ago
@caliopie45 because if the bible says it, then it must me true.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
@omxpablo19 Upon your death you will learn the truth and all these comments wont matter at all
caliopie45 1 year ago
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
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@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
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@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
@caliopie45 And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
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And santa won't leave me presents on christmas if I'm a bad boy. yaya, heard it all before. I'm sorry I don't adhere to something so dogmatically like you do.
omxpablo19 1 year ago
@bbasher79 I agree and I am a woman
caliopie45 1 year ago
@bbasher79 Not my mother.
Cassandre1986 8 months ago
@bbasher79 I wish. Only a small portion of them are D:
JapaneseModernist 7 months ago
@bbasher79 they're gonna die in hell just liek the rest of them!
Joehand87 6 months ago
@bbasher79 So are men.
1992Ignorance 6 months ago
Another thing is that we never really saw Betsy's reactions to Travis's words. I could tell she was upset and scared but I wish I saw her face as well. She does have beautiful eyes.
VicePower 1 year ago
I think it's much easier being an anti social nowadays than 35 years ago when this movie was made. Now anti socials can pass time on the internet, playing video games, etc. Back then what did Travis have to do? Basically watch TV with like 10 channels. No wonder he went crazy.
rjh1284 1 year ago 7
This is one of my fav scenes of a great movie. I find it interesting how the lady screams and something gets broken as he walks out the door. I figure she was scared of Travis since someone was calling for a policeman for help because of him. I dunno how something (probably the glass of the door) broke. but I like this scene because Travis finally gets to give Besty a piece of his mind after being ignored. Oh how satisfying that would be! He wanted closure and he definately got it.
TheChum12 2 years ago 4
I realize now how much she's just like the others, cold and distant, and many people are like that, women for sure, they're like a union.
TheSkitworld 2 years ago
Love ALbert brooks in this scene.
ilovejourney1 2 years ago
of course hes racist. everytime a black person is focused on its in a negative way. the "passenger" (since that guy kind of represented his own inner angst) in his taxi calls a black person a derogatory name. he focuses on the black men in the diner and they look at him w. hostility.
he's a great character, but hes somewhat racist.
chargingbull2000 2 years ago
He didn't look at those men in the diner with hostility because they were black, he looked at them that way because they were pimps. They were scumbags who deserve a lot more than a rude stare.
MrTentaclerape 2 years ago
I agree with you, I have no idea why you were receiving thumbs down. The film, "Taxi Driver", isn't racist but because it is told by the perspective of a racist, it seems that way. I think Travis being a racist adds to the great plot and characterization of Bickle to show how the character was affected by the setting, the inner city.
Justdaman411 1 year ago
travis would of fucken crushed that prick if he got a chance to throw some fists
kramer1lad 2 years ago 6
Not with those skinny "Get Away Sticks"
GomerDose 2 years ago
I've been in this situation and have handled it similary its not until later i think about the consquences, I"m From Jersey, work over nights and I haven't had a woman in years and i'm in my mid 20s i really relate to this guy so well in fact I scare myself.
hendrixnow 2 years ago 4
Get ready boy, 3 years from now you will be in Travis's age, be same :-)
Slaviccommie 2 years ago
lol got to love his fight stance lol
njj37 2 years ago 4
Cold, and distant..
steveandimrad 2 years ago
He's NOT given a SECOND chance !!!!No AMERICAN DREAM FOR SOME the poor ,the lonely,the
abandoned....
squalazzes 2 years ago
EdwarioERS 2 years ago 3
i never thought someone had the same interests in films loke me well done
xcvcvxxcvcvx 2 years ago
@EdwarioERS why Batman from 89??
romans52345 1 year ago
@EdwarioERS Good list except for Batman (1989). I think its a very flawed, mediocre children's movie. The Dark Knight is a much better film and a cinematic achievement in every sence. Also check these films out if you want to see something great: Chinatown, Blue Velvet, Oldboy, Deer Hunter, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Jacob's Ladder, Memento, City of God, Pan's Labyrinth, Don't Look Now, Vertigo, Se7en, American History X, Fargo, V For Vendetta, Sisters (1973), Reservior Dogs, Rosemarys Baby.
KevsHardLemonade 10 months ago
@KevsHardLemonade
Pan's Labrynth sucks, and Reservoir Dogs is a straight up rip off of two other films.
degree7 10 months ago
@KevsHardLemonade
Oh, and The Dark Knight is the most hideously overrated film ever.
degree7 10 months ago
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KevsHardLemonade 10 months ago
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@degree7 Calling something overatted is overatted. Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Star Wars, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Clockwork Orange, and Halloween (1978) are often called overatted by punks on the internet. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it "sucks" in many cases. And there's a difference between not liking something and something "sucking". I didn't like The Hurt Locker at all but I wouldn't say it sucks.
KevsHardLemonade 10 months ago
@KevsHardLemonade
Batman 89, Beetlejuice and Pee Wee's Big Adventure are all a big deal to me. I didn't see the true humor in Batman until I was an adult; the reaction shots of everyone while Joker did his antics are amazing. The same way I laugh at Taxi Driver, I laugh at Batman. I've never seen Oldboy, Don't Look Now and Sisters from your list; I will netflix.
When I hear people call Batman 89 flawed I don't get it. Did they adapt the comics wrong? I also like Keaton not growling as Batman
EdwarioERS 10 months ago
@EdwarioERS THANK YOU good chap.
IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
@EdwarioERS Well yeah because in the history of the comics, Batman was never a murdering, short, scrawny guy who wears reading glasses, has a receding afro, and whispers sensually to villains. Thats just one of many things wrong with it.
KevsHardLemonade 3 months ago
@KevsHardLemonade well of course '89 Batman was kid friendly because at that time most ppl associated Batman with the campy '60s series so some of that element had to be incorporated. Tim Burton did a fine job of making the kind of film he needed to for that time. There's no way they could have made a film like The Dark Knight in '89 because it would have alienated the casual fan which is the audience that they were targeting.
drlove1972 10 months ago
@drlove1972 As I said to KevsHardLemonade, where do you people got the idea that Batman 89 was kid friendly? It was geared toward adults. Look at the dark humor and the violence in that film. Batman 89 actually showed people getting killed a lot vs. TDK which didn't.
IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
@IncredibleFulk1 not sure who are these "you people" to whom you refer. Just because a film depicts death doesn't automatically disqualify it from being kid friendly, it all depends on the intensity in which it is displayed. Lion King, Bambi and countless other kids' films all depict death. Even if Dark Knight had less killing it was far more graphic. Big difference between showing Rachel engulfed in flames as she's blown up and Jack's Joker gleefully firing upon Grissom from different angles.
drlove1972 3 months ago
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IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
@drlove1972 I'm not trying to some a-hole. But Batman 89 is NOT a kids film by any means! Kids that I knew were actually scared of it. I was kinda too as a kid. How can you compare Dinsey films to Batman 89? Yes they had death, but they weren't violent death scenes and those films didn't have a character going around killing people and taking joy into it. Both Batman 89 and TDK should be looked at as equals rather than fanboys arguing which one is better. This is going to be my last response.
IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
@IncredibleFulk1 I wasn't comparing Batman to a Disney film, that's you reading what you want into my comments. I only mentioned those films to make the point once again that many films include death scenes but it's the INTENSITY and how the scene is handled that makes all the difference. And I'd like for you to point out to me where I ever said that either Batman film was better than the other. I've always maintained that it's an apples to oranges comparison. Two totally different films.
drlove1972 3 months ago
@drlove1972 What about a the feather pen in the guy's neck? Or the man joker burns alive with his buzzer with a charred corpse after? Or Joker's girlfriend's burnt face? Or what about blood in the shooting scene Or even the dead bodies with smiles? Or Viki's photo's with dead bodies. Or people falling to their deaths? I also forgot to mention there were plenty of dark Jokes like "Never rub another man's rubar." and more Why don't you watch James Rolfe's Batman reviews?
IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
@IncredibleFulk1 what about a grotesquely disfigured man with a portion of his skull showing? Or a judge being blown to bits in her car, 3 men being shot to death within the first 10 min. of the film? A man being impaled to death from a pencil? Bruce having his flesh ripped by a vicious dog and having it stitched, or being beaten savagely with a pipe just to name a few. TDK came within a hair of drawing an R rating for a reason.
drlove1972 3 months ago
@IncredibleFulk1 and oh, not to mention the commissioner being poisoned with some form of lethal acid
drlove1972 3 months ago
@IncredibleFulk1 in addition to a bloody corpse dangling from a noose outside the window
drlove1972 3 months ago
@KevsHardLemonade Ok, it's your opinon on which Batman film is better. But where do you get the idea of Batman 89 being a kids film? It had dark humor- joker's jokes about people dying, scary images- the dead bodies with smiles and joker scaring vikki with the washed off make up (scared me as a kid) violences- a man burning, pen in neck, blood, and adult jokes-"Never rub another man's robar." That makes for a real kids film. TDK didn't even show the kills. I'm not trying to be an a-hole.
IncredibleFulk1 3 months ago
"You're in a hell, and you're going to die in a hell, like the rest of them. You're like the rest of them."
Truer lines have rarely been uttered in cinema.
It's really a powerful and sad scene, the point where Bickle gives up hope of being "normal".
Webins 2 years ago 7
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what a crap movie
SkyDiver17 2 years ago
ur an idiot thats why
cjf799 2 years ago
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no I'm just tired about movies that are about idiots. that's all.
SkyDiver17 2 years ago
just dont see the movie abouts "idiots". go see scary movie
JasonNewsted88 2 years ago
you are mistaking me with somebody else
0RobinHood1 2 years ago
This is every relationship I've ever had in a nutshell.
JoyGrenade 2 years ago 2
he is so awesome in this...
lorenrb 2 years ago
many people are like that...woman for sure...they are like a union! he doesnt say onion lol
vinto34 2 years ago
Hes not crazy hes just lonely; it doesn't make him crazy. Maybe anti social, but not crazy.
DIJV79 2 years ago 44
He has a personality disorder, I heard.
KashyaCharsi 2 years ago
If he had a better understanding of how most woman are ashamed and repulsed by pornography this wouldn't have happened.... as fast. He's almost innocent as he believes a porno would be a good date before any kind of sexual contact with a lady.
Travis does have a personality disorder. Remember when he kept bringing up Albert Brooks when they went on their first date, that was a red flag in my eyes.
Poor Travis, what he really needed was cable tv, an x box and a PC stashed with porn.
EdwarioERS 2 years ago
Does any man really have a true understanding of how woman really are ? The answer is most likely "NO" just because he took a chick to a porn flick doesn't mean he has a personality disorder. He just doesn't know any better.
DIJV79 2 years ago 6
What are you talking about.every time i hear this thing about porn
we 've been living in a porn era !!From the 70 's!A lonely man who's an insomniac becomes a workaholic can"t find stability cause he's sexually ,morally,emotionaly frustrated!
what else do you think he should do!show him his the PERFECT guy like every God damn perfect date is ..the cheating ,the lies..He made a mistake but Betty never forgives him that's the problem.
squalazzes 2 years ago 4
@EdwarioERS no he needed someone to love him moron.....
romans52345 1 year ago
@romans52345
About Batman 89, there's all kinds of odd nuances that I've picked up on. When Joker pulls out his yard long barreled handgun from his trousers to shoot down the batwing, batman has a bizarre reaction on his face. The long barrel is phallic, which makes it seem he carries it around with him to make up for an insecure penis. IDK Joker was stalking Viki when I was 5, but now Joker's antics are hilarious in that movie. In similar ways Travis's social encounters make TD a comedy.
EdwarioERS 1 year ago
@romans52345
Another thing about BATMAN 89. Look at the relationship Albert Brooks and Cybill Shepherd have in Taxi Driver, NOW look at Robert Wuhl and Kim Basinger. The office atmosphere is identical.
What Travis REALLY needed was an iPhone, a netflix subscription, a gym membership and a pet tabby cat...... please these things can only suffice and distract an absence of love -- we all get it -- so don't be trollin' my suggestions.
Google tabby cat, you may be amused.
EdwarioERS 1 year ago
@EdwarioERS Google? GOO GLE??? Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in where a Gle dressed up as a Goo? Gets all of my press...THIS SITE NEEDS AN ENEMA!!!!!
romans52345 1 year ago
No, he's a schizoid.
Just look at the signs of schizoids. His loneliness is in fact brought on by his personality disorder, as schizoids are naturally as cold and distant as he is.
iamhisou 2 years ago
Paranoid scheziophrenic ! I think that's a little bit over board, just because he's lonely doesn't make him crazy I don't think you really understood the movie, most people don't.
DIJV79 2 years ago
What are you talking about?
I never called him a paranoid schizophrenic. I called him a schizoid! They are completely and utterly different.
I agree I don't and it's seems neither do you. It's a complex film with many layers.
The simplest analysis I've heard is that it's about the fact that Travis is constantly stopping himself from escaping his loneliness through his constant contradictions.
iamhisou 2 years ago
What's your idea of a personality disorder ? Loneliness is a common human condition everybody deals with it at some point are another, this film is a cult classic usually people who are superficial and lack substance are often unsettled by travis bickle, alot of men understand were travis is coming from if you don't get it, you just don't get it. Like I said before, lonely doesn't mean crazy if you didn't understand the film there's know sense in trying to figure Travis out.
DIJV79 2 years ago 5
What on earth are you talking about. He's a racist, aswell as a psychopath.
People can be lonely and depressed but that not alot of them go crazy and kill someone.
And don't give me the whole "He was just trying to kill the bad people" bullshit because that sort of thing misses out on the irony of the film completely.
Up to a point I can empathise with Travis but you cannnot tell me he is a level-headed person or else you are being completely idiotic and making no sense.
iamhisou 2 years ago
The bottom line is this movie is outside the realm of your "MTV Cribs, American IDOL", ADD generation the point is alot of people see Travis point of view, sometimes the answer to a problem isn't the one you always want to hear, when travis killed all those low lifes, you probably saw that as wrong but sub-contentiously that's something everbody wants to do at some point are another, travis just acted on it that's why this film unsettles people until today.
DIJV79 2 years ago
Don't treat me like an idiot when you're saying things like "non-contentiously".
And maybe so but a normal person would be able to control those emotions. And let's face it, he was originally going to kill Palantine: is that ordinairy.
He was also about to kill the police officer who told him to move.
Is that something you can relate to?
iamhisou 2 years ago
Sub-consenciously alot of people feel the same way as travis, I'm not saying I promote what he did, but I do relate to it sub-consenciously, like I said the reason this film unsettles and fascinates is because travis acted on his sub-conscencious, I personelly wouldn't do what Travis did, all I'm saying is I understand.
DIJV79 2 years ago
in contrary to your argument, i add my review - travis has a pesimistic persona of character. he has a better pov of the world and thus making your argument [psychopath] incorrect in a whole lot of levels. travis wished to "wash all the scum off these streets" thus suggesting that he has a better understanding of moral and ethics; that alone can explain the rest why you are wrong.
as for your argument out of him being racist, any evidence to back your point?
Ozuntyun 2 years ago
Who are you, Mahmada Ghandi?
Killing bad people is right, and please don't start with those "we are all beautiful human beings" bullshits.
Slaviccommie 2 years ago
it's Mahatma Gandhi
bufprochi1 2 years ago
Dude I'm with DIJV79 all the way if you don't understand were Travis Bickle was coming from psychologically then you don't get the whole point of the movie..ima explain to you, look people are like wolves they choose to be with the pack so they wont get ripped apart. So what happens to the Loner? that's why Travis is saying "you are like the rest of them".
hod18 2 years ago 2
Look, I get where you're coming from, but neither of you are commending the complex ideas that are in this film.
And she has the right to dump him and be put off. I'm sorry, but taking a girl out to a porn theatre for a date is very strange behaviour. And according to the script his intentions in doing so were not as innocent as people think
All I'm saying is you are making the whole thing out to be far more simple that I think it is.
iamhisou 2 years ago
Yea it was kinda creepy.
hod18 2 years ago
you're right, it was 'the wrong move' of him taking betsy to a porn theatre, in all just to pass accross his point of view of what the street is like, and since betsy works for palintine, he decided to make connections in hopes of passing accross his message. his plans were shy, putting the execution to decripit.
Ozuntyun 2 years ago
@iamhisou you must be a woman.....
romans52345 1 year ago
@DIJV79 Anti social is used to describe a personality disorder that serial killers have. Misanthropic and lonely would much better describe Travis's condition. Sure he goes on a killing spree, and that might seem pretty serial-killer-ish, but it's to free a 12 year old prostitute.
mybeardiskool 1 year ago
@mybeardiskool Anti social does not determine mental are social ability to function regardless of opinion, anybody can be considered anti social in any situation or circumstance, but it does not determine mental illness our the ability to function.
DIJV79 1 year ago
@DIJV79 look up anti social personality disorder
mybeardiskool 1 year ago
@mybeardiskool Whats a personality disorder? What determines a personality disorder?
DIJV79 1 year ago
Agreed,Serial killers are sociopaths that have high IQs and they often plan their crimes quite methodically, usually abducting victims,killing them in one place and disposing of them in another.There's a sexual element in their killings! Killing sprees are more from mass murderes,not serial killers.Travis suffers more from schizotypal personaility disorder, depression, insomnia along with post traumatic stress disorder he more than likely got in the war.He's not mass murderer or serial killer!
Tusc9969 1 year ago
@DIJV79 He's not crazy? Ummm...yeah he is. Antisocial to the point of being crazy.
joelcov 1 year ago
@DIJV79 But when you're as anti social as him, you lose touch with society i.e reality? So you might not be crazy, but you are definetly bordeline based on society's terms since you're completly out of it.
They define being crazy as somebody who's a danger to himself and/or others and who's unaware of this or unable to control his lethal impulsions.
Based on this we could say Travis was a little coocoo
figthersdreams 1 year ago
@figthersdreams he's a little coocoo... but in this particular situation thing are a little diferent... she never gave him a second chance to get to know him better... and he was truthful the whole time, so truthful that he didn't even realized that she just might not like porn movies, especially in the first date... he's a little coocoo for sure... but "common society people" run away on the first "unlikable" thing they see on someone else.
viegaz 1 year ago
@figthersdreams "Common people" run away blindly from the things that they don't know, thinking they know it all, being afraid of almost everything that's beyond their control. The guys that f**ked Iris were probably married and had sons/daughters and their families didn't had a clue they we+re doing it... TRAVIS took Betsy on the very first date to a porn movie cause that was natural to him and he was sincere but he despised what was happening to Iris...
viegaz 1 year ago
@figthersdreams WHO'S THE COOCOO HERE?! i'd like to go for travis, really... but the "normal nice" people are usually the worst human beings walking on this planet, being, hiding everything and commiting real mean abuses to other living beings. KEEP IT TRUE! and stay clean...
viegaz 1 year ago
@viegaz. Okay most of the things you say is true. So what? I can feel Travis loneliness, it often hurts and poisons you but are you gonna go up with guns and try to turn the world around by killing people? Is this ' Righteous' killing?
What tells you that the pimp didn't deserve a shot at redemption?
Is Travis God? You know what I mean? ;)
He's clearly delusional in his own way, a la Holden Caufield in ' The Catcher in the Rye' ( Which is my favorite book, and taxi driver my fav movie)
figthersdreams 1 year ago
@viegaz When you can't acknowledge or don't even see any of the elements you mentioned even if it's bullshit ( society condionning, societal commodities etc.) then you're out of it.
Why would Betsy an attractive women would give a 2nd chance to a guy she just met who's clearly out of it?
I don't give second chance to women who completly fucked up on the 1rst date, and I'm a guy and I'm wise. It just won't work
figthersdreams 1 year ago