>bringing her to watch porn
What was he trying to achieve here?
>completely missing the point of this scene
He was testing her to see if she was a kinoisseur
>>70289828
That's normal first date stuff, but I guess a virgin like you wouldn't understand.
>>70289828
>not realizing the scene was actually demonstrating that Bickle has no idea how to connect with other people
I know most of this place is pleb as fuck but this is entry level kino knowledge
pleb question but what was he hoping to achieve by killing palantine
was that just to remove the guy he saw as coming between him and betsy or does he consider palantine part of the scum he wants to rid new york of?
>go to adult movie theatre
>bring my cum-blanket
>walking past the concession stand
>one of the employees yells out "excuse me sir, but you can't bring that into the theatre. You'll have to rent one of the cum blankets we have here."
>the cum blankets they have are too hard and stinky
Seriously, why did adult theatres start doing this?
>>70290086
both
>>70290086
Not really.
The point is that had the secret service agent not seen him, he'd have killed Palantine amd been labelled an assassin.
Instead he killed the pimp and the john at the brothel (and the...clerk or whatever) and was labeled a hero.
It's a commentary on society's willingness to believe in happy endings.
>>70289828
Travis was so autistic he actually really enjoyed the plot of the porn movies.
>>70289828
I thought that scene in Good Will Hunting was a call back to this.
>Skylar: Maybe we could go out for coffee sometime?
>Will: Great, or maybe we could get together and just eat a bunch of caramels.
>Skylar: What?
>Will: When you think about it, it's just as arbitrary as drinking coffee.
>Skylar: [laughs] Okay, sounds good.
Taxi was more "show" than "tell", compared to Good WIll
He was fucking up his date on purpose. Deep down he thinks he's no good, and if you had been properly following the movie up to this point you kinda understand his psychology. Have you ever had that feeling of riding in a car and wanting to throw your expensive new toy out the window for some reason? That's the same thing Travis is doing here.
>>70290478
i got that
but why did he want to kill palantine in the first place?
killing the pimp made sense because he promised to help iris, but i didn't understand his motivation to kill palantine
>ywn score a date with prime Cybill Shepherd
>>70291147
feelsbadman
>>70290086
He only thought Palantine was a good man because Betsy did, or claimed to. When he realised she was a phony like the rest of them, his view on Palantine shifted accordingly.
>yfw you will never score a date with prime Jodie Foster
>>70289828
He was showing her his ugliness because he believed that she would understand
now this is advanced shitposting
>>70291147
>ywn score a date
Full stop
I feel cold
>>70290086
Ignore these buffoons
>>70290468
>>70290478
>>70291679
In Taxi Driver, Bickle aimed to kill Palantine as a last ditch effort to soothe the ennui consuming him. He desired something to validate his existence, and he saw that as an opportunity. He saw no distinction between Palantine or the pimps. They were simply the means with which he could find some sort of meaning in his existence. The inability of Travis to find meaning in his life is hinted at throughout the film in many instances, such as when he states that all he needed in life "was a sense of someplace to go".
He was so encapsulated in his own private reality for so long that he didn't realize that taking her to watch porn was a bad idea. Are you trolling my dude?
>>70291702
>>70292279
Iktf
>>70289828
An erection
>>70291147
Nice work if you can get it
and if you get it won't you tell me how.
>>70290006
Wrong. He did just fine when he took her for pie and also when he took Jodie Foster for breakfast.
He was just a creep and wanted to take a hot chick to a porn movie. He thought maybe he would get lucky. Turns out she was a prude cunt and she bailed. He blew his chances.
the real question is why does the peep show have a candy bar?
He wanted her theme to play.
>>70294062
I would post the webm of that pornstar shitting gummy worms but I don't want to reset my router again
>>70292275
It's a 70's version of this.
A guy assumes that other people have the same interests he does because he lacks the ability to see things from other people's viewpoints.
>>70295261
Oh haha
>>70295261
>>70295261
>>70295261
jimmy almost sealed the deal there imo
>>70289828
He was trying to be an edgy hipster but she just saw him as a pervert.
>>70290006
>senator palantine
>senator palpatine
what did they mean by this? Was Bickle trying to stop the US getting turned into a Galactic Empire?
He saw other couples in there so thought that is what all couples do.
I liked this movie, because I'm a social retard with no life, but I felt it went for a bit too long
>>70295261
I love stuff like this.
>>70295261
I don't think I've ever finished this. I can't handle the second hand embarrassment
>>70296804
>cause i wanted u 2 see it
alpha af
>>70296804
ALPHA
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>>70295261
>>70291373
that was a sad scene.
Why do guys send dick pics to random girls over the internet?
>>70296804
>>70289828
he was being alpha
>>70289967
You take ladies to the porno theater? dude, you must be knee deep in boobies
It was to illustrate that women are only interested in men with social status. Compare this scene to the last one.
Who is Camus?
What is existentialism?
What is alienation?
>>70289828
Trying to get her in the mood. You see lots of couples at porn theaters. Hell, you see couples doing couple stuff on the screen.
This is what modern women like - I saw it in the porn movies.
>>70290086
He was going to show the world that he was a Big Man.
And teach Betsy and her snarky Jew co-worker who the boss is.
>>70289828
>mfw people can't understand entry-level films
>tfw you realize the "reddit took over" meme isn't a meme
