Raging Bull

Here is one of those movies you always hear about...one of the classics. Being the Robert DeNiro fan I am, I had to grab this when I had the opportunity to grab it for $7 and then watch it the very same night. This is the story of the boxer John LaMotta, this was directed by Martin Scorsese, and Robert DeNiro won Best Actor for this. IMDB.com rates this movie #59 out of the top 250 movies. This also happened to be right after DeNiro's tip top performance in Deer Hunter, another classic. I have a feeling this probably accurately depicts many people's lives. It shows a man that works hard, makes something of himself, and then basically loses it all. However, it's not like he didn't have it coming. My mom has always told me you have to work at being a decent person your whole life. Nice, kind, well-respected and revered old men don't just turn into that on their 70th birthday. In the same respect - foul mouthed, ill tempered, crotchety old men don't magically turn into that as well. Honor, character and reputation are all things that must be earned and hard-fought for your whole life. This was a story of a man who may have seemed successful on the outside, but the true self eventually comes out. I feel like DeNiro did a great job in this movie and rightly won the award. Starring alongside him was Joe Pesci and a handful of other italian actors that were quite abundant in their italian/mob roles of the 80's/90's. If you consider yourself a movie-person, I would say this is definately one to put on the list to see if you haven't gotten around to it already. Maybe even watch it again if you already have.