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@LinkMarioSamus
Yeah, De Niro was incredible in Godfather so I assumed Raging Bull would be brilliant. I guess a character study is cool but there has to be either something interesting about the character or something interesting in the plot. Like, contrast to Breaking Bad - Walter has a lot going on with him and there are lots of scenes devoted to his own brand of toxic masculinity, but there's also a ton of great plot. Wolf of Wall Street by Scorsese doesn't have a lot of plot, but it has a ton of spectacle.

@Mr_Lasastryke
I think The Matrix is a pretty bad choice to prove your point, or at least that summary is. The Matrix isn't just a dystopia/revelation - it's about using that revelation to make an action movie. "Guy finds out world is a simulation, but he uses this to do absurd martial arts stunts" sounds like a great premise for a movie. My problem is that based on watching the film, there's very little that I can think of to make Raging Bull sound good to me.

Also Up is like, pretty harmless aside from the first 5 minutes. The rest of it isn't as good, but it's not like we're dealing with a bad movie to begin with.
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