Next on the train of movie write-ups... one of many controversial films by Martin Scorsese. "Taxi Driver."

(First watched July 26th, 2023.)

A friend of mine utterly hated this film. Having finally seen it for myself, I honestly kind of wonder if he and I watched the same movie.

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Not an easy watch by any means but one that I am glad to have seen all the way through.

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So I decided to watch what many say is an underrated Tarantino film, his low-key ode to Blaxploitation and so far only adapted work, Jackie Brown, based on the novel Rum Punch.

And I thought it was pretty damn good.

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Rating Scale:

12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it

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"So what's it like being a hack," and its variations is a question I get asked often enough. Sometimes it's not verbalized but it's the way others just kind of shake their heads when you chime in on writing or some other thing in relation to it. Other times it's just finishing dead last (even when they don't tell you that's where you finished but you know it based upon various factors that include not allowing yourself enough time to edit or some such thing). Of course I think they should

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