Raging Bull

Raging Bull is a classic movie. One of De Niro's best roles easily. More about an aggressive out of control personality than it is about boxing. Interesting look at the downside to a violent world and a violent life.

Notice the year this was made? I have to believe this was the inspiration for all the boxing movies that made Stallone famous a number of years later. Jake was an interesting but very sad person and this movie was done very well.

Amazon, are you going to post my review? Absolutely not any better than the 2 disc special edition standard version.

I dont recommended it on Blu-Ray Because its NOT COLOURED Its On Black&White; .. Raging Bull Is One Of The Greatest Sport Movie ever But Blu-Ray Will Not Make any diffrence in this movie Ofcourse Blu-Ray Make HUGE diffrence in the new movies but not in this one !!

Here's a gritty, film noir-type story of real-life former boxing champion Jake LaMotta, a film that has features some memorable aspects to it. Perhaps most memorable is the physical transformation of lead actor Robert De Niro, who gained somewhere around 50 pounds to play LaMotta at the end of this film. The story moves well with few, if any, lulls and each fight scene is fairly credible although a little too brief. I'd like to have seen more boxing but it's better than having to sit through the overdone action as we saw in the "Rocky" pictures. The black-and-white photography also is excellent in here and makes me wish more modern-day films were done in black-and-white. Usually the Hollywood actresses are a lot better looking than the real-life people they portray but that's not the case here with LaMotta's wife, Vicki. Cathy Moriarity doesn't hold a candle to the real "Vicki," who was a knockout, a voluptuous woman feature several times in Playboy magazine. A warning for... Read more

Watching a black and white movie in blu ray is unbelievable. This is crisp, sharp and De Niro is as good as it gets.

I felt really bad for Jake LaMotta. His jealousy did him in. It scared off his brother/manager who, while at times got him in some bad deals, really looked out for him and was responsible for his success. His wife seemed like a nice girl but he was so jealous he scared her off. I was upset when he took a fall to get a title shot and then was devastated about it. In the end, he retires to a life of luxury with his wife, kids and a house in Miami Beach, and a club, and loses them all quickly. He winds up being a joke has-been up in NYC performing comedy skits for a handful of people in a bar. That is the sorry part, the drama. There are some great fight scenes and watching his rise to the top was fun.

Terrible. Never recieved the product. When I tried to contact the seller they never responed. I will not buy from this person again.

As a matter of course, This is the best film of 1980's. Martin's mise-en-scene shows the extreme end of the limitation. And between the ring, spotlights glitter. Fantastic and magical camera workings dominate all of the movie. Actors/actresses are exactly controlled in the firmly divided frames. The boxing match between Jake LaMotta and Sugar Ray Robinson will be recorded the most violent, realistic, powerful and marvelous scene in the movie history. (Black and white can be more impressive than colored film!) This is the top biographic movie that can be made. Through the life of a boxer which is full of desire, passion, hopeless and even regret, we come to ask again the possiblity of relief. The shadow boxings which are appeared twice, - the first and last scene - forms a striking contrast, and show Jake's weight of life. That is a symbol of a success that will soon be a failure.

An incredible performance by Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta the former middleweight champ. I read the book several years before the movie came out and noted a few inconsistancies in the movie, most notably the beating of his brother Joey, played by Joe Pesci, in a fit of jealous rage. It never happened. He did however beat his best friend Pete, when he arrived home late one night and saw his friend exiting his home. The fight scenes were well staged and realistic and DeNiro actually gained weight to play the older, out of shape LaMotta. A great movie and my second favorite boxing movie.

Scorsese's best and the best ever portrait of a jackass ever put on the screen.

I guess this aint my type of film. It was a very interesting looking picture but the fight scenes were very unrealistic and downright nauseating. I don't like boxing films with overblown violence. I feel it makes the sport look like sport for the sake of bloodbath. I don't appreciate that. Anyway, I feel this film was very artisticly done but way overrated.

Even after 24 years, still the greatest NYC, sports, psychopath, family redemption film ever. Will not be topped in our lifetimes.

A brilliantly written, beautifully filmed nasty story about a largely despicable man. Not easy to watch, because it is hard to find someone to like, but it is a provoking, intelligent film.

Scorsese's best film. DeNiro gives the best performance by anyone in the last 25 years. One of the best drama's of all time, and probably the best drama of the 80s.

Robert DeNiro was never better;Jake LaMotta really came back in this movie.

maybe the best sports movie ever, and shooting it in B/W added to the darkness and sinister power of the story.

Wow! Directed by Martin Sorsese who has a long working relationship with Robert De Niro and mainly shot in black and white. Its basically the life story of Jake LaMotta's life in regards to boxing and his relationships. The fight scenes in this are magnificent and I don't know how people can rate Rocky as better than this. This film doesn't sensationalise Jake's life, it shows him hitting his young wife, lashing out at his brother, being jealous of other men looking at his wife and him putting on weight. The storyline is as intense as the fighting scenes. I'm not a fan of boxing, but I'll happily sit down and watch this movie.

It ain't no Rocky, but it is definatly a great film.

A true modern classic. The slow motion fight scenes are, indeed, realistic and bloody. De Niro is amazing in this movie about LaMotta. There are adrenalin rushes aplenty thanks to Martin Scorcese's fine work.

Stunning film. The best biographical boxing movie I have ever seen. DeNiro is amazing, his transformation although well documented, is utterly believeable. Scorsese's direction is again brilliant, the fight scenes are superbly choreographed.

Truly Martin Scorsese's masterpiece and a candidate for the greatest film of all-time!

Yuck. If you like boring docudramas, especially those about macho Italian scumbags, then you might just love this one. If you are going to make a boring movie about a boxer, at least make the fighting realistic and accurate, ok?

Palpable pathos. Scorcese does a great job of setting up LaMotta! Subsequent fall in the opening night club scene. Cinematography is gorgeous.

Scorcese's greatest film. It is simply one of the most visually beautiful films I've seen, and has an uncommon power.

Who doesn't like gratuitous violence?

DeNiro's best. Why is Rocky rated higher than this wonderful movie?

This movie is by far the greatest movie of the 1980s if not all times. It's so realistic, you feel as though you are a fly on the wall experiencing everything as Jake does. Robert De Niro gives his very best performance of his career! It documents the rise to glory and the violent cascade down.

"Who's An Animal Larry?" This Is A Brilliant Film. You Appreciate It A Little More Every Time You Watch It. Bobby & Marty Rule !!!!

One of the top sports-related movies ever made. DeNiro's performance is phenomenal. This movie paved the way for a host of copycats, none of which equalled the original. This movie is dark, intense and powerful, so if you're in the mood for a light-hearted comedy, this is not the right movie to rent.

This is Dinero at his best. He got so into character that he gave himself a concussion and broke both hands in the filming of one scene(when he's in prison). I thought it was a powerful, quality story. An early Rocky.