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I’ve seen Taxi Driver several times and each time I watch it I think to myself, “I don’t get it.  What’s the big deal?” 

It’s slow as hell, the score is annoying and story isn’t all that great.  Scorsese does a good job with the camera work but I just don’t care about the characters or anything that happens in the film.

I know that disliking Taxi Driver is heresy in the film community but I think it’s incredibly overrated.

I felt that way about American Beauty. I only liked two things about that movie, and they both hung from Thora Birch’s torso.

Sixth Sense.

Never understood the love for this flick.

The Departed

and

Gangs of New York

sooooo overrated.

I really liked The Departed but I agree with Gangs of New York.

Mystic River…...It’s a good movie but not great. I don’t get it.

Forrest Gump.
bleah

Of the movies listed, I still think Taxi Driver is genius. The others I could do without.

2001:  A Space Odyssey.

I’ll never understand the fascination.  The visuals were great, but the story is non-existent, and the film is way too long—Kubrick must have shot his editor at some point.  As far as characters go, you know you’ve got a problem when the most interesting character is a computer with a logic problem. 

It looks fantastic, but listening to an Arthur C. Clarke lecture would actually be more entertaining.

Stefan - 20 August 2007 07:58 AM

I really liked The Departed but I agree with Gangs of New York.

Gangs of New York is one of those that I like more each time I see it.  I hate the U2 score though.  Awful idea.