Raging Bull (2005, DVD)

I remember those cheers. They still ring in my ears. And for years they'll remain in my thoughts. Cuz one night I took off my robe. And what'd I do, I forgot to wear shorts. I recall every fall, every hook, every jab, the worst way a guy could get rid of his flab. As you know, my life was a jab. Though I'd rather hear you cheer, when I delve into Shakespeare, "A Horse, a Horse, my Kingdom for a Horse." I haven't had a winner in six months . I know I'm no Olivier, but if he fought Sugar Ray, he would say, that the thing ain't the ring, it's the play. So gimme a stage, where this bull here can..

Raging Bull (1980) A movie in search of a screenplay is how I best can describe Raging Bull. There are plenty of reviews out there to tell you this is the best film of the 80s, if not all time, but I've watched it a number of times, including when it was first run at the local theater and I am still trying to see the greatness others are so quick to bestow upon it. Sure, there are gritty scenes in the ring, and LaMotta has a mercurial temper that makes it dangerous to be around him in his normal life too. But when all is said and done I ask you, like the song says, "is that all there is?" The.

"Raging Bull" has been called "The Best Film of the 1980s" so many times, that classification should be included as part of its title. Released in December of 1980 [author's tangent: Almost a year to the day after The Clash's similarly-designated "London Calling: The Best Album of the 1980s", was released], "Bull" is by now the well-known story of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta, and how his jealousy, his mule's stubbornness, and his overindulgences eventually ruined his once-promising career and life. It is also, tangentially, the story of how Robert De Niro won a well...

As much as I like sports, I do not like sports movies. You might ask why. First of all, I have always disliked the way every sports movie always has a soppy, happy ending. I also dislike the way that sports films have become an excuse for directors to implement slapstick comedy into it (i.e. The Sixth Man). I might be too critical, but to me, a good sports story shows a balance between success and failure. One of the films that succeeds in doing this is Rocky (only the first one, and not the 4 awful sequels that followed it!). Another film that succeeds is Raging Bull. It surprises me that...