Raging Bull (rewatch)
Posted by martinteller on March 21, 2009
So I went on this buying mini-spree lately… picking up legit versions of a few movies that I had, let’s say, “not quite legal” copies of. But the weird thing is that most of them are movies I’m not really sure I need to own. I think this is the 4th or 5th time I’ve seen Raging Bull. The only real criticism I can level at it is that Cathy Moriarty is supposed to age from 15 to 30 throughout the film, but there’s no way in hell she looks anywhere near 15. Even this minor complaint is offset by De Niro’s incredible physical transformation from the start to the end. As with so many other Scorsese films, it’s quite violent, but it’s such a wonderfully rendered study of a man who cannot escape his own rage. I love GoodFellas, I love Taxi Driver, I pretty much love Mean Streets. But this one just doesn’t do that something special for me. It’s missing some kind of certain zing to it. I don’t know if this is the right word, but I want to say it’s too self-contained. A movie that I respect deeply, but it doesn’t have a place in my heart, or my collection. Rating: 9
