Re: "Taxi Driver":  Is the happy ending sequence at the end real, or in his mind only?
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It isn't in his mind, it is real. However it is certainly not a "happy ending". \n\nTravis is only a hero in his own mind. There is no hero in this movie. It does not have a happy ending. Travis continues to justify his own behavior and viewpoint to the last, and grants himself a kind of sainthood -- beatified by the press, Iris' parents, and Betsy's acquiescence.\n\nThe tragedy of the movie is deepend by this reading of its end. To my mind, this also makes the movie more coherent, since it's main theme is the psychological isolation of Travis Bickle. The end consumates his separateness. Others will never connect to his vision of himself as a master (rather than a victim) of circumstance, a protector of innocence, a scourge of evildoers, an instrument of God's judgement.
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I will try to look it up more and tell you specifics (I love the movie btw). But its a romance and in the end of it, she is supposed to meet him at the Empire State Building, and when she tries to she gets hit by a car and is crippled, and he doesn't know it so he thinks she doesn't love him. Then he comes to her home and somehow realizes it. I've actually seen the end of that movie where that particaular scene takes place. I think it's called an Affair to Remember or something
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(spoiler)*\n\nshe kills herself, i'm not sure what happens after that becuase it's been a long time since I saw it.\n\nEDIT:\nSorry, the way you worded your question was unclear to me, but you can always go to the imdb site and ask people on the message boards about the ending, and some people have written out spoilers:\n\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381505/board/threads/
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You must understand that all great love stories must end in tragedy: can you imagine Romeo marrying Juliet and living happily ever after? No. Don't think of the movie in terms of sadness, but in terms of compassion: it was so well crafted that it allowed you to see the world from a different perspective than your usual one, thus opening the way for change. It is a universal tale of loss which reverberates with all of our losses, and teaches us to cherish what little time we have, to take chances. \n\nAlso, take a good hard look at the final scenes. Remember when Del Mar found the shirt and jacket? Jack's shirt was covering Del Mar's jacket: this represented their relationship. Twist had to repress his emotions with more difficulty than Del mar. But at the end, it was Del Mar's jacket that covered Twist's shirt: the two lovers had finally come full circle. I don't see this as sad, but as wonderful. Death had brought them, finally, to the same place. Ang Lee and Proux are geniuses! Hail!
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are you referring to the city or the movie? since your question's in the movie category, i assume this is about the movie? the one starring eric bana? This movie attempts to illuminate both sides of Israel's conflict. While the focus is on Israeli actions and choices, Palestinian and Arab motivations are present throughout the work. For me, Speilberg's treatment of both sides was an attempt at balance. Neither side is commended or exaulted for their behavior. Instead, the film attempts to generally question the nature of their decisions and acts. \n\nIf this film does make any stance on Israel and Palestine, it makes a general condemnation of the violence on both sides. Speilberg goes through great lengths to show the cycle of violence - lamenting the perpetual loss of life in violent conflict.\n\nThe film's conclusion extends Speilberg's effort to question violence and its role in human affairs. The protagonist chooses against returning home - he lives in exile. The cycle of violence has taken a toll on him. \n\nI'm unclear in deciding whether the protagonist approves or condemns of his own choices. But I do believe that he realizes that violence is not a future solution. \n\nI think that this was a geniune attempt at thoughtful reflection of the consequences of violent conflict. For a mainstream movie, this had unusual depth. I felt that there was an honest attempt to depict both sides as human beings - with rational, legitmate values and motivations. \n\nI would encourage anyone to see this film. Audiences should try to analyze both the film's perspective and their our own beliefs on the real world content behind the work. Any film that can spark people to pose these serious questions deserves attention.
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The big sign falls on the dude and obviously he dies, whats so hard about that? Then on Final Destination 2 we find out that the main guy in the first dies as well, and the only left is the blonde girl. \n\nIf you wanna know, why they died, you know cause of death's design and all that crap you should really, re-word the question
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Seriously, i have seen Matrix like 15 times and each time I understand it a little better.  For instance, Neo is the One.  Interesting, I never realize that if you move the letters around Neo turns into the One.  And in some sense, once Neo believes, he become the One.  Whether this was intentional of not, its still really kewl.\nOr how about the Follow the White Rabbit scene, where the guy is buying the illegal disk from Neo.  The buyer comments that he looks like Jesus F*** Christ.  The trilogy is packed with religious allusions.  I mean Trinity, Morpheus, and Neo to me always somehow represented the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.\nBut within the movies, there is enough ambiguities and things that dont quite fit together that I continue watching it over and over again. And time I watch it I get alittle more insight into the movie.\nMorpheus' discussion on reality and the minds eye is like straight from philosophy class.\n\nTruely, and I said this in past post, Matrix is one of the most meaningful movies there is.  There is no other.
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ME!!!  i have seen the first one about three times, and i just bought it this weekend...i didn't know that there was a clip @ the end of the credits until i stumbled across this website that said Jack Sparrow had to face Barbossa and it said "if your wondering how Barbossa and his crew came back, you obviously didn't sit through the end credits and see the clip @ the end" so i watched it, and it turns out Jack the monkey never died...so he goes back and steals a piece of Cortez's gold and brings the curse back...so now i can't wait till July 7!!!
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Whew-- Here's a question to all those who post about religious folks and non-religious folks... Are we ever going to settle this? Yeah didn't think so.\nStill I commend Wrathpuppet and the more thoughtful responders by espousing their beliefs in as clear a manner as possible, and Schneb- That's got to be one of your shorter replies, kudos on the mutual respect.\n\nI'm going to shy away from a grandiose analogy, for a simpler one that might still fit.\n\nEver went to see a movie the day it came out, was blown away by it, and when you told your friends they needed to see it, and right away, they blew you off? Ya know like they'd heard bad reviews, or just didn't think the material was something they were interested in. But it's killing you because you love and respect these people and you wish them to share in this wonderful cinematic experience... and you're sure if they would just take the time and go, they'd thank you for it later? ** to carry this theme out... it's not that you believe these folks (that you're trying to tell about this great movie) have never seen a good picture before or that they couldn't discover it on their own, it's just that it was SO good for you, SO moving, SO vital, that you really believed if they never saw it, their life would not be as rich as if they had.\n\nShortest answer possible, they think they're doing you a favor or a kindness, you may already have an interesting life that has happiness in it, but they fear for your eternal happiness. \n\nI for one will leave each to their own, and only try an help the ones who say they are unhappy or in some need, and the answer from me rarely will have religious overtones. \n\nMy God is just love. Wrath, judgement, the need to be worshipped and obeyed are the attributes of other's Gods. \n\nThe afterlife does not hold auditions.
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Other people have already said this, but hopefully I can take it a little further.  The tag line for the film is "Look Closer."  There are a lot of times in our everyday life when we feel like the dark weird things that happen are unique to ourselves.  They really aren't.  The point of this film is to show what looks like an average American family living in average suburbia and how dysfunctional they are to a fault.\n\nOne day the father (Kevin Spacey) snaps and decides to not let his life be ruled by the expectations of society.  Life is his and he wants to take it by the horns.  He goes on a tear and the first effects of this ripple throughout his family and his neighborhood.\n\nTo me (and I want to emphasize that my opinions should not be taken as law, we all make our own choices), the film is about peeling away the exterior we have been looking at all our lives and finding out what is really going on inside ourselves and others.\n\nSome people feel alone in their anxieties and self-perceived weirdness.  The tuth is, everyone has something they aren't showing the world.  I think this film is supposed to be a message to those who suffer in silence.\n\nJust my opinion
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During the movie, I think it gave a strong suggestion of Love between 2 men, It was up to the audience to put the title of the characters of Gay, bisexual or straight on the charachters.  \n\nI think the parts after the death, where he collected the shirt emphasized a strong Love. \n\nYet he came from a society that suppressed homosexuals (example, his father showing in the homosexual murder and his father condeming homosexuals and etc, it seemed the 2 men shared a closeness that he could not share with anyone else)\n\nIt appears the characters of the movie showed a strong connection and left it up to the audience to decide)\n\nMy opinion is, yes the character during the film was but was suppressed by society.
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A man in a taxi cab taps the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question. The driver screams bloody murder, loses control of the cab, and swerves onto the sidewalk before stopping just inches from a lamppost.\n\nAfter checking to make sure the passenger is OK, the driver says "I'm sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me!"\n\n"Sorry. I didn't realize a simple tap on the shoulder would freak you out so much," the passenger says.\n\n"It's not your fault," replies the cabbie.\n\n"Today is my first day on the job after 25 years of driving a hearse."
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I saw the movie last night and it is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I totally agree with you.  I remember the day he died well and gave it 4 out of 4 stars.  My brother who was 3 gave it 4/4 and my 16 year old nephew gave it 3/4.  Do yourself a favor and see the movie. I am also shocked by the vehemence and hatred expressed for people once revered and loved. Society has declined.\n\nJFK and particularly RFK had a profound effect on my life. I was a teenager when Bobby Kennedy was killed. At age ten, I, on my own, went to JFK headquarters and got and passed out campaign fliers. His book, Profiles in courage, influenced deeply the rearing of my children. I taught them to always have the moral courage to stand up for what they believed even if they \nwere the only one or were ostracized. To stand up for good and the underdog, to be non conformist and dare to be different, I taught them buy having the courage to speak up boldly even if they were alone, they might give someone else who feels the same way but who is too scared or shy to speak up the courage to speak up too.\n\nI wanted to go into politics and read thick political books like "American Democracy in World Prospective" while peers read romance novels. (I got married instead subsequently.) But it was Bobby who captured my heart and soul. I memorized many of his speeches and some I still use and recall the words though it has been nearly 40 years ago.  He so inspired me with his deeds and his words. He wrote me a letter. \n\nConcerning the movie, although I was disappointed there was not more focus on his life and footage at points during the movie, in the end, the film triumphed tying it all together.  The film maintained my interests and had some great performances. But it is the emotions which it wrought within me at the end which cause me to give it a 10 and call it one of the best movies \nI have seen recently.  \n\nI was very surprised at the extreme emotions that cursed through me, particularly at the end of the film. First the anticipation of what was coming caused me to tense up. Watching that final night play out like I saw so many years ago brought me right back to the moment it really happened. \n\nI could not stop crying.  Indeed, I kept putting my face in my hands and really crying hard. I had to stifle back sobs that threatened to escape and embarrass me.  I could not stop wiping the tears so it brought me back to that moment when America saw its 3rd assassination. Those words that so inspired and called us forth to be a compassionate, just, peaceful nation that strived to mends bridges and really look at how we spent our limited time and what we might accomplish would never again be there to guide and remind us of what a better world we might have.  With him, those hopes seemed to die. It wasn't long when the wealthy elite began to escalate destruction of our country. \n\nBoth JFK and RFK had the unique ability to really make us look at ourselves and call forth the best within ourselves. When we lost these leaders of insight, intelligence, and empathy, we as a country lost a lot..our very souls and trust. It was a time in history of men of courage, idealism, and good mores that soon fled from all but those who still recall that "each time a man stands up for an ideal, acts to improve the lot of others and strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope and that ripple \ncrossing a million centers of energy and daring can build a wall that can sweep away the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance" and those who are mindful that "few will have the greatness to bend history itself but each of us can work to change a small portions of history and within those acts will be written the history of this generation." \n\n"It is from numberless, diverse acts of courage", he said. I didn't want to leave the theatre, but to reflect on all I was feeling. I continued to cry for
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I think it's left up to us, the audience to decide what really happened to Jack. I've seen the movie a couple of times and have thought about the same thing, but I'm still not sure which story to believe. But I'm leaning towards Jack getting killed by the townspeople who found out he was gay because Jack was more open about his sexuality.
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Great question. I think the point is it never says. But hey, in a movie with that crazy of a plot twist, there's bound to be some flubs. I also wonderded how the hell she was able to drive two cars at once. (She also took the gas station attendent's car)
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I vote for that scene. That scene actually made me cry and I refused to watch any more of it. I think he broke the kid's neck, didn't he? I thought he stepped on it and broke it against the curb instead of splitting it open, but whatever...it was still awful and traumatizing. \n\nI think maybe some of the death scenes from Casino or Goodfellas might compare, but the one in AHX just got me because there was no drama to it...it seemed too real.
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LOL!!\nThat's great.  The clip is running through my mind right now!  It's so vivid it must really exist.