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Taxi Driver (1976) film

Discussed in 9 episodes · 13 film takes
PKA Score 7.9/10
Kyle
9.1/10
10 takes
Woody
5.4/10
2 takes
Taylor
6.6🦉/7
1 take
IMDb 8.2 RT 89% Metacritic 94
PKA rates this 0.9 lower than critics

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 496 @ 19:33 — PKN 496
Discussion of watching Taxi Driver; analysis of De Niro's character and visual parallels to Joker film; praise for dark tone
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched a taxi driver last night. Cause we talked about it... God, I love that fucking movie. It's dark.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Taxi Driver is fucking dark I love that”
▶ PKA 516 @ 22:36 — PKA 516 w Filthy Robot Woody's Nightmare, All Drugs Legal in Ore
Discussion of old films and their acting quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love that one”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I watched Taxi Driver the other day and I didn't think it was very good”
▶ PKN 494 @ 38:48 — PKN 494
Reference to the scene where Travis Bickle's gun dealer has multiple products available
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“the uh the guy that sells travis bickle the guns in uh in taxi driver he had all that he's i can get you a cadillac brand new cadillac”
▶ PKA 801 @ 1:58:02 — PKA 801 W/ Josh Pillault: Prison Body Mod
Comparison between Taxi Driver and Joker movie, discussion of Scorsese direction, character dynamics, gun buying scene
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“that's a good ass movie. But again, it that's exactly what uh Joker is. It's just a remake of that.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Taxi Driver is better. Yeah. Um, Jody Foster's so good in that playing a 14-year-old prostitute and then Harvey Keitel is the creepy ass pimp.”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“I liked it the first time they made it when it was called Taxi Driver. That was a good movie, too.”
▶ PKA 783 @ 1:53:48 — PKA 783: Kyle’s PRESENT OF ALL TIME
Taylor discusses Taxi Driver as inspiring the original Joker, praising Travis Bickle as an anti-hero
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Travis Bickl is one of the best anti-heroes ever put the [ __ ] paper”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I loved Taxi Driver when I saw that. Like that was awesome. It was like, you know, we've lived too long weak. My body must be hard.”
▶ PKA 736 @ 51:31 — PKA 736 W/ Karl: The Worst Podcast Ever
Multiple speakers discuss De Niro's performance and the film's themes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched taxi driver just the other day there's this scene where the beginning is slow there there's a lot of him driving around and being a taxi driver and slowly being disgusted with the city”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like taxi driver I think he shows a lot of vulnerability and he shows like this creepiness he's not a slick cool guy you know he's a weirdo”
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed
“what I liked about the movie Taxi Driver is he's like you know no more bad food all healthy but then he's still just the most obviously psychotic guy in the world”
▶ PKA 705 @ 2:41:45 — Oompaville " He Fed His Daughter What!?!?"| PKA 705
Taylor contrasts The Conversation with Taxi Driver, praising the latter as slow but compelling
Woody · likely▲ positive
“I thought taxi driver was slow and that's one of the really highly regarded movies of all time it's slow but compelling it's like every scene I'm into”
▶ PKA 687 @ 3:34:52 — PKA 687: Tucker Carlson Interviews Putin, Woody Becomes A Sorcer
Extended discussion of De Niro's psychological thriller about an unhinged taxi driver in NYC
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love that movie he's scary he's legitimately scary”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love taxi driver I haven't seen that in a while it's almost time”
▶ PKA 633 @ 2:51:10 — PKA 633 w/Wendigoon: Religion Conspiracy Theory Class, Kyles Bed
Comparison of Robert De Niro films
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I know what it's about I can't believe I have one over on you”