Well, what a contrast. From the indie hit 500 Days Of Summer to todays film: Taxi Driver, and honestly, writing this the moment after I finished watching it, I'm not quite sure what impression to take. Travis Bickle clearly gets more and more insane as the film goes on, and his moralistic stance is kinda contradicted at the ending. The fact is, the ending is set up to make him look like a nutter on a killing spree, yet he ends up as the hero. This is the first film that I end up making no judgement on, it's up there with Shallow Grave as one of the most disturbing films I've watched this year - and ever - but I cannot seem to work out whether I agree with it, or even like it.
I think Betsy summed it up when she talked about Bickle's "contradictions," everything about his was wrong, yet somehow right.
Or maybe right, but somehow wrong... I really don't know.
EDIT: With further thinking, and a read of the Wikipedia article, I found out that Iris was actually supposed to be 12, something that I missed in the film (I thought the pimp was lying when he said she was 12). After seeing that Bickle's actions seem a lot more heroic, and i think the idea of him as an avenger seems the best way to put it. One thing is for sure though, Taxi Driver is a classic.
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