I Heart Huckabees

Everyone searches for some kind of meaning in life. Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzmen) Has decided that his destiny is hidden behind three coincidences. So naturally he does what any normal, grounded human being would do by hiring existential detectives (Dustin Hoffman & Lily Tomlin) to discover the fate that is his life and watch him in the bathroom. Between saving open spaces, discovering that the universe is simply and best explained as a gigantic blanket, on top of fighting an evil corporate entity like the Huckabees Corporation and befriending a Fireman (Mark Wahlberg) obsessed with the emptiness of the universe and how it all ties in with small African children working in dark factories so his daughters mommy can have cheap tennis shoes, and the worlds “so called” Oil crises. Albert will have to decided if looking too deeply into the “big picture” is worth all the trouble. This is one of the smartest comedies I have ever seen. If ironic sarcasms is your kind of humor, this will be a personal favorite of yours. A definite 10. If you like this film check out The Royal Tenenbaums or anything by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson!

Taxi Driver

Loneliness has always been an interesting human trait, combine it with a sleeping disorder and confused morality caused by service in the Vietnam War and a general hatred towards a morally degenerate society and you get Travis Bickle (Robert Deniro). Just trying to find his place in the world after fighting for a country he believes in, Travis is drawn to a New York City Cab company for work because the nights just don’t put him to sleep anymore. Night after night, Travis drives the slums of NYC, picking up and dropping off drug dealers, Users, prostitutes and other generally scum ridden “people of the night”. After running into a 14 year old prostitute (Jody Foster) trying to escape her pimp (Harvey Keitel), Travis decides he has seen enough and is driven into the idea of making a change in big tough NYC. But how far would you go to make your point, to make a change in a world full of callous, seemingly uncaring human beings. Is vigilante justice enough to make Travis the hero he seeks to be or just another hate monger using blinded violence to make the front page of the New York Times.
The best Vigilante movie ever made. Martin Scorsese (director) does such an amazing job of letting his audience fill Travis’s Loneliness and despair that leads you to one of the most climactic endings in cinematic history. It was no joke when The American Film Institute named this movie one of the 100 best films of all time. If you like vigilante justices try on: The Boondock Saints, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins and One hour Photo.