Thank you, public audiences for making me walk out of a screening of Taxi Driver. Yeah, go ahead and ruin screenings of Paul, that's fine, it's a crappy movie and it's playing every day anyway. But why do you have to ruin Taxi Driver for me? Two screenings, with one already passed, and tonight being the only one I could make. I love the movie, so I know I'd enjoy it, but no, you guys won't let me. So thank you. Thank you to the three people scattered around the front who kept pulling out your cell phones. Thank you to the guy next to me who breathes louder than the audio coming out of the speakers. Thank you to the couple two rows behind me who decided to bring in Subway sandwiches and crinkle paper and plastic bags for 20 minutes straight. Thank you to the couple directly behind me who would not stop moving around and inadvertently knocking my seat. Thank you to the guy two seats down who wouldn't stop whispering to his friends. And thank you to the guy a couple rows down who felt the urge to repeat every great line right after it left the actors' mouths.
Thank you and go CINECAST! yourselves.
(PS, I saw enough to know that this is one of the best looking film restorations I've ever seen. Good job, Sony.)
Awww - sorry Corey that your experience wasn't so good.
I was lucky - it was a nearly empty theater and I got my usual seat along the rail so I could put my feet up. I hate AMC popcorn though (it really sucks)...
As for the film - it was my first time watching it all the way through and I loved it. So not the ending I was expecting at all...
I saw flashes of later Scorcese - especially Bringing Out The Dead.
Great experience.