Zeeboe
09-06-2005, 10:52 PM
Anyone other younger people love this film as much as I do?
It's not dated at all in my view. Sure, the soundtrack, the hair styles, the clothing and the references to Vietnam make you know it is a 1970s movie you are watching but that's about it.
But if Hollywood were to ever remake it and make the music, the hair styles and the clothes more modern, and replace references to Vietnam to references to Iraq, the script for Taxi Driver would not have to be changed much at all.
Although I doubt a remake could ever happen since the story also includes a 12-year old hooker and many people would frown on that today since live in VERY PC times.
They'd probably have to make the Iris character a little older. Like 16. But that would not be the same.
That's what makes Bickle into a hero in my view. Yeah, he is mentally disturbed. But he is also trying to save a little girl from a bunch of pedophiles.
And him saving a teenage girl would not be the same since teens are not as gullible as someone who is 12.
And if Iris was made like 16.....well since Bickle is 26, they would probably have some romantic relationship go on between them and that would take away from the innocence that Bickle and Iris's friendship had.
Don't get the wrong idea. I hope Taxi Driver is NEVER remade. No one can play the Travis Bickle character better then Robert De Niro.
I just wish more young people appreciated Taxi Driver and it seems a remake is the only way to get the casual high school and college students more interested in Taxi Driver since it is consider uncool to like the same music or movies your parents like.
I believe the story in Taxi Driver is a generally good story and one that can teach a good lesson for people and not enough young folks know about it.
People who could play Travis Bickle:
Christian Bale, Tobey Maguire, Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Wes Bentley, Ben Foster, Jake Gyllenhaal or Shane West.
My vote would be for Ben Foster myself. I am a huge fan of his and he plays the parts of disturbed young man very well in my opinion. See Bang, Bang, You're Dead and/or Hostage if you want proof.
It's not dated at all in my view. Sure, the soundtrack, the hair styles, the clothing and the references to Vietnam make you know it is a 1970s movie you are watching but that's about it.
But if Hollywood were to ever remake it and make the music, the hair styles and the clothes more modern, and replace references to Vietnam to references to Iraq, the script for Taxi Driver would not have to be changed much at all.
Although I doubt a remake could ever happen since the story also includes a 12-year old hooker and many people would frown on that today since live in VERY PC times.
They'd probably have to make the Iris character a little older. Like 16. But that would not be the same.
That's what makes Bickle into a hero in my view. Yeah, he is mentally disturbed. But he is also trying to save a little girl from a bunch of pedophiles.
And him saving a teenage girl would not be the same since teens are not as gullible as someone who is 12.
And if Iris was made like 16.....well since Bickle is 26, they would probably have some romantic relationship go on between them and that would take away from the innocence that Bickle and Iris's friendship had.
Don't get the wrong idea. I hope Taxi Driver is NEVER remade. No one can play the Travis Bickle character better then Robert De Niro.
I just wish more young people appreciated Taxi Driver and it seems a remake is the only way to get the casual high school and college students more interested in Taxi Driver since it is consider uncool to like the same music or movies your parents like.
I believe the story in Taxi Driver is a generally good story and one that can teach a good lesson for people and not enough young folks know about it.
People who could play Travis Bickle:
Christian Bale, Tobey Maguire, Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Wes Bentley, Ben Foster, Jake Gyllenhaal or Shane West.
My vote would be for Ben Foster myself. I am a huge fan of his and he plays the parts of disturbed young man very well in my opinion. See Bang, Bang, You're Dead and/or Hostage if you want proof.