Review of Raging Bull (1980) by Lucas D — 29 Jun 2013

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What can I honestly say? What can I add to the Pantheon of praise this masterpiece has already received? I can tell the truth...that this film scared me, haunted me and enthralled me, and I don't know who to thank the most, the screenwriters, Scorsese, De Niro with that purely spellbinding performance...

...I truly must thank them and everyone else, for this film gets it all right. In fact, to me, it even sets the standard, not as to what a movie should be, but to what it *can* be; to what heights a motion picture could possibly hope to aspire. That's just me, though, don't take me wrong, I might be overreacting a bit right now (I also think my use of semicolons might be slightly off); but believe me, this is undeniably top-notch moviemaking, and Scorsese and De Niro in their prime.

P.S. I think I now understand why De Niro made so many terrible movies later in his career: after doing something as fantastic as this (among some other great ulterior performances), there is simply nothing he can do to compensate, to completely stain his reputation! He doesn't have to worry about that anymore (just a thought).

Mmmh, I have a feeling these reviews -or rather, reactions-, are getting increasingly over-the-top... maybe I should quit XD.