Is it worth the money to rent?
2006-06-30 18:49:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Don't rent it if you're bored by black and white or if you're looking for a lot of action/romance.
If you're looking for a good movie with incredible acting, rent it. It's worth every penny.
2006-07-01 03:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by the alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raging Bull is easily Martin Scorsese's greatest film. It is a brutal character study that incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating.
In this film, Scorsese and Robert De Niro explore the soul of a profoundly violent man and search for the human core buried deep inside him. In many ways, De Niro's performance as Jake does make him seem more like an animal than a human being; he's ruled by a volatile mixture of arrogance, paranoia, sexual confusion, and fear, and he can deal with his emotions only through violence. The physical brutality that makes Jake a champion in the boxing ring cripples his relationships with his wives, his business associates, and his brother. But even though La Motta is in many ways controlled by the worst parts of his nature, he's also aware of it on some primal level.
The boxing sequences are shot, choreographed, and edited with such audacious power and impact that it's hard to believe that they occupy only ten minutes of screen time; the beautifully designed tracking shots, the use of slow motion, and Michael Chapman's excellent black-and-white photography lend the film a stylized edge while sharpening its visceral emotional impact.
With screenwriters Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin, Scorsese tells the story not of a boxer or a bad man, but of a lost soul struggling for a way out of the emotional damnation of his own brutal nature; and he tells it with such unblinking horror and understated compassion that Raging Bull has been widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful films of its era.
2006-06-30 19:16:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES. One of De Niro's best. And the cinematography/editing is AMAZING!
A definite choice of movie to rent.
2006-06-30 18:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Nic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love this. This question puts me over the 1000 point mark...and its one of my all-time favorites.
Raging Bull is without a doubt one of the bets films ever made and definitely the best boxing movie ever made. DeNiro is incredible in it.
2006-06-30 18:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by contrafilms 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Renting this movie is a sacrilage. You must have it.
Like they say poetic, violate, masterpiece...
That's entertainment, that's entertainment...
2006-07-06 14:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by no more 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
really good movie
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2006-06-30 18:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by onlineeeyore 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
great!
2006-07-01 06:35:39 · answer #7 · answered by lou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋