2022 movie #56. 1980. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro's masterful biopic about middle heavyweight boxer Jake LaMatta. Jake was a great boxer but a truly terrible person, De Niro captures it all, even gaining 60 lbs to play the character later in life. Best Actor Oscar for him. ( )

A boxer is an abusive jackass.

It has some redeeming value, a handful of nice scenes. 90% of the movie is just tedious, though. He's a jackass, then he does some boxing, then he's a jackass some more, wash, rinse, repeat. Oh, except that in the second half of the movie there's no more boxing. I have no idea why this guy is the jackass he is; he just starts that way and keeps going without change or break though the whole movie. I have even less idea why Scorsese thinks we should care about his life.

Concept: C
Story: F
Characters: F
Dialog: B
Pacing: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: D
Acting: B
Music: C

Enjoyment: D

GPA: 1.6/4 ( )

Rocky, you're the greatest, but Raging Bull is the best fight movie ever. ( )

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