DeNiro Wants TAXI DRIVER 2?!

By Wind(up)bird January 20, 2005 7:43 PM

DeNiro, Taxi Driver 2 Darkhorizons.com is reporting that Robert DeNiro may or may not have approached his pal Marty Scorsese about a sequel to the cult classic, Taxi Driver.

Could Bobby DeNiro be bored of making bad shitty films (will making a sequel to a great cult film erase the cheese)?

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noooo reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 20, 2005 8:18 PM

booo

Taxi 2 reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 21, 2005 2:14 AM

Didnt he die at the end of the film?

RE: Taxi 2 reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 21, 2005 6:46 AM

Maybe you should go watch it again.

RE: Taxi 2 reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 21, 2005 6:48 AM

You know that theme from Taxi Driver? If you speed it up it sounds like the tune Daryl Hannah's character whistles in Kill Bill.

Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 23, 2005 10:08 AM

Please Mr De Niro do not put pressure on Scorsese to make a sequel. You CANNOT act anymore and he's not the director he once was.
Don't muddy this classics name by adding to it. ~skinny~

RE: Taxi 2 reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2005 4:21 AM

Ive seen it before but jus cant remember. So does he die?

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2005 4:22 AM

Wat r u talkin about, De Niro still rocks. Its just his choice of films.

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2005 9:04 AM

I think it's a natural progression, Scorsese is my favourite director, he and De Niro ruled in the 70's. Scorsese had youthful flare in the 70's, and it showed in such classics as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull (okay..1980).
He is more suited to making big epics now like Goodfella's (which is up there with TD and RB) and Gangs of NY (which wasn't bad).

Now...De Niro was in my opinion the best actor of the 70's reaching his zenith with Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. He could still act to this standard in Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, but he has gone downhill since then, resorting to pulling "typical" De Niro poses in poor movies such as Analyze That and Meet the Fockers.

De Niro has rarely shined since the early 80's. Notable exceptions being solid performances in Cape Fear, Casino, Bronx Tale and Goodfellas.

It's for these reasons that it is with great sadness that i read of plans for a Taxi Driver 2. ~skinny~

de niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2005 6:51 PM

what about heat and ronin? i thought he performed very good in those movies.

RE: de niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 24, 2005 6:56 PM

also i liked bringing out the dead, that is a scorsese film.

RE: de niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 26, 2005 3:32 AM

In was good in Rocky and Bullwinkle aswell.

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by ultima (neudneudneudd@ggg.com) on January 26, 2005 3:38 AM

ede niro is the best actor of all time and still is. His acting get better with age which is hard to believe that he has been in films such as raging bull, taxi driver and the untouchables, whoever thinks that Sir Robert De Niro is anything but an amazing actor obviously lived in a jungle for there whole life and has never even heard of a TV

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 27, 2005 12:55 AM

I dont think he's a 'sir' yet mate, and I dont think he'll ever be.

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 27, 2005 2:54 AM

I think he thought that adding 'sir' to the front of someones' name was just something you did when you're in adulation of them.

RE: Taxi Driver....2 :( reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 27, 2005 3:33 AM

I think I know that mate, I just wanted to bring up the fact that this guy sounds a real twat.

De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2005 3:08 AM

Tell me... do you seriosly think his performance in the barely watchable movie The Untouchables was anywhere near as good as in Raging Bull?
De Niro was the best actor, and is still my favourite, but you cannot tell me he can act to the standards he did in the 70's.

If scorsese has to make Taxi Driver again, he'd be better off letting somebody like Edward Norton lead. But in my view he just shouldn't touch Taxi Driver and leave it Untouchable. ~skinny~

De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2005 3:24 AM

Hey come to think of it... Bobby De Niro was the best actor in the world before and during Once Upon a Time in America, but he's had a steady run of bad films since then.

Part of the skill of being a talented actor is surely having the ability to pick the right movies to be in.

It kills me to say it because he's like a hero to me... but other than supporting roles, such as his good performance in Tarantino's Jackie Brown, he's done nothing to suggest he is as good as he used to be.

My favourite De Niro?
Johnny Boy Civello in Mean Streets. A legend at work, in a legendary film, made by a legendary director.
~Skinny~

De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2005 3:30 AM

Disagree with me and i'll send Jake La Motta to your house and he'll work you over like a speed ball.

De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2005 3:32 AM

You know i'm right. ~Skinny~

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 28, 2005 6:33 AM

De Niro's best role was in the Godfather part 2.

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 29, 2005 6:48 AM

He was excellent in Godfather P2!!

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 29, 2005 9:20 AM

I liked him in Cape Fear because he was kinda playing a different type of character.

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 2, 2005 3:59 AM

I liked that movie but I think he should have got to rape the guy's daughter.

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 3, 2005 1:51 AM

U sick mothafucka!

RE: De Niro reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 3, 2005 3:26 AM

You must be gangtsa bro!

Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 4, 2005 6:36 AM

Just because he is taking on lighter roles it dosnt mean he is no longer a great actor. In a recent pole he was voted the second greatest actor of all time just behind al pacino. I really think some people are stupid if they think he isnt as good as he used to be. Its not as though he has made a film in which he's acting poorly?? Half of you shouldnt even comment in this room because clearly you dont know what your talking about-DENIRO DID NOT DIE IN TAXI DRIVER!!
Next thing u'll be saying meet the parents/fockers are bad film? they probably are but is his acting bad?

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2005 3:19 AM

The thing about those kind of poles is that people probably voted for De Niro because it's just widely accepted that he's the best around regardless of his recent films.

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2005 3:43 PM

I agree with Garyck!

And Meet the Fockers was not a high calibre movie.

Did these people watch TaxiDriver all the way through or are they complete idiots?

Travis Lives!

Please Mr De Niro, prove me wrong and star in a great movie again!

~Skinny~

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2005 3:47 PM

I agreed about the reasons for people voting him second (and first on FilmFour UK).
I think Bobby's the greatest ever! Pacino is good though.

But it would be great if he pulled out a great new performance...especially in a Scorsese film.

~Skinny~

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 6, 2005 5:40 AM

He needs to lose some of the weight.

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2005 1:35 AM

Pacino is fucking magic. De Niro is great but will always be second to Al.

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 12, 2005 7:28 AM

HOO HAA!

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 15, 2005 7:13 AM

I know it's academic now cos they aint making another TaxiDriver.... Ray Liotta would make a good Bickle.
I still don't want them to make another though.
~Skinny~

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 16, 2005 4:03 AM

Who's Bickle?

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 18, 2005 2:26 AM

Travis Bickle

~Skinny~

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 20, 2005 4:47 AM

Oh, I get it. No wait I don't.

RE: Garyk reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 31, 2005 1:34 PM

shut the fuck up - pacino always plays the same part, he's good at that part, but its always that part, de niro is much better