Raging Bull (1980 R)

   The movie stars Robert DeNiro (Taxi Driver, The Untouchables), Cathy Moriarty (Cop Land, Digging to China), Joe Pesci (My Cousin Vinny,Betsy's Wedding), Nicholas Colasanto (Cheers tv, Fat City), and Theresa Saldana (The Commish, Victims for Victims).
   The plot follows the life of boxer Jake LaMottas life inside and outside of the ring.  Pesci playes his brother Moriarty plays his teenage wife.
   I had a bad day before seeing the movie so I was not in a great mood before seeing this movie but watched it none the less.  Whatever thats worth here we go.
   There were intense scenes with DeNiro and Pesci.  They were well cast as brothers. Pesci plays
the New Yorker well, it can be said that that is all he plays but he does it very well.
   The boxing scenes were all excellent.  it was almost worth watching the entire movie for the few boxing scenes alone.  For me the best fight scene was the last Robnson fight.  I dont know if it was surreal but very well done. 
   The biggest problem I had with the film was at times it seemed to have no emotional feeling what so ever.  DeNiro did not come across with any emotion.  When he lost his temper it was one thing but there were times when I did not see any emotion. 
   When they used the home movies to skip over a few years at first it bothered me.  The fact that they only used it once was ok.  If they had used that to skip over a few years again it would of been a problem for me. 
   The frst scene after skipping foward was great, about DeNiro in a no loose situation.  Pesci line about who asked you was ad libbed, from what I remember, just adds a lot to the scene. 
   The confrontation scene between DeNiro and Pesci was not that good.  The blocking was bad or the set was too small.  It may of been edited wrong or the sound editing may of been bad.  But the over all scene did not work for me at all. 
   The scene of DeNiro in the small bar, with a seating copacity of about 10, was effective.  It really showed how far he had fallen.  Not only in such a small venue but the pounds he put on showed how far he had fallen.
   Im rating this movie as a C.  For me today, a bad day, it was a little inconsistant.  There were parts that were great and then parts that had no emotional ties with me at all.