Overrated Piece of Crap

Raging Bull is revered precisely because it's depressing, sometimes unbearable to watch. But it's powerful. That's the reason it's so damn respected.

Every film that has received wide-acclaim and accolades always has at least a few people who call it overrated.

That word has become overused to the point of parody. Just because you don't understand why something is good does not mean it's overrated. Your own individual idea of what is or is not good weighs nothing compared to wide consensus.

It is not overrated. It is rated just fine. You just didn't like it. I don't like roller coasters. I wouldn't call them overrated.

Can't stop the signal.

It is not meant to be entertainment it is reality. A masterpiece.

The whole point of the movie is that it was depressing.

I would hazard a guess that you are not the target audience for this film... Stick to Transformers etc

Martin Scorsese's films can often be difficult for me to relate to - I'm from California, so the whole New York, Italian guy thing is not exactly apart of my heritage. More so, Scorsese's films are often about very ugly people and very ugly worlds - often extremely crude and very brutal. I respect Scorses's films and I do like them, but I wouldn't call Scorsese one of my favorite directors.

'Taxi Driver' had an effect on me and I loved that one the first time I saw it. It's no like no other movie I've seen before or since. No other movie I've seen has really ever come close to capturing the same sense of what it truly means to be isolated. It's still a very ugly and brutal film, but it's maybe more relatable to people more than many would like to admit.

'Raging Bull' was tougher for me to get into the same way. But there's some very impactful scenes that I really like.

Completely agree with you. After all the hype I finally get around to watching it and found nothing inside it that could even make a movie great. I understand the praise for the Godfather, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, The Maltese Falcon, Drive, etc. But this film had nothing I could even give praise to.

Even the acting and directing, while not bad, aren't good enough to warrant this film being praised as one of the greatest of all time. It just doesn't have a story worth seeing on-screen.

This film was not made to entertain you.
Films made to entertain don't aspire to much more than that, entertainment.
Films made for the purpose of art become more, sometimes even masterpieces.
Masterpieces are not made to entertain you.

Now, the obligatory, "Go watch Transformers."
Transformers was made to entertain you.