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A classic I hadn’t seen.
At the beginning, I can’t help but think: is the director (Scorsese) so in love with his star (DeNiro) that it bends the movie out of shape? However, once DeNiro starts working against the four other poles, or counterweights—Jake, his wife, his brother, the mob/the system--the movie seems like greatness itself.
The violence, while intense, seems corralled by its being contained (mostly) in the ring. Note that no one gets killed.
I thought it flawed: the brother-betrayal part doesn’t come through all that clearly, and seems more told than shown. The ending is unrealistic and, while a tour de force, it evades the question of an ending. But a flawed movie can still have greatness.
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