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First Impression: From The TV Set trailer:
David Duchovny: It’s like he’s only got two modes, either way over the top and when I tried to bring him down, he’s like Travis Bickle.
Judy Greer: …
David Duchovny: You’ve never seen Taxi Driver?
Judy Greer: I know.

David: If I don’t worry about the content of my show, then I’m part of the problem. I’m making the world more mediocre!
Judy: I think that you’re overstating the situation just a little bit.
David: But you’ve never seen Taxi Driver!
Judy: I’m going to rent the Taxi Driver, OK?!

And that’s why I decided to watch it, except I downloaded instead of rent.

Afterthoughts: I just realized I’ve already watch 4 other Scorsese movies already (Bringing Out the Dead, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed) and loved them all, so this should be a great one. But I had my doubts with Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster. It turned out to be quite good, I was very impressed with everyone’s performance. The movie was also darker than I thought, and also got a little bloody at the end. I wouldn’t say this is my favorite movie, but just as David Duchovny think, everyone should watch this because it’s such a classic. “You talking to me?” I just want to know what happened to De Niro because all other movies he’s in, I just couldn’t stand him, even Raging Bull.

First Impression: I’d watched the Infernal Affairs trilogy, which is what this movie was based on, and my brother and I thought we should give this a chance as well. PLUS, DiCaprio’s in it, so it already looked promising.

Afterthoughts: This was great, though significantly different from the Hong Kong version. This movie won 4 Oscars this year, including Best Picture. Great acting by everyone, and as usual I loved DiCaprio’s performance. It’s too bad Mark Wahlberg didn’t win Best Supporting Actor because I enjoyed his character the most. There were some unnecessary Nicholson scenes that should’ve been cut, but otherwise, go rent this and you won’t regret it.