The Public Enemy vs. Raging Bull

3 comments

2 comments

I think Scorsese said that De Niro was like Cagney, in that they both played characters who'd be yuckin it up one second and kickin your ass the next. Looking at these two, I agree.

Jimmy Cagney is just too tough here...

Good one...but I'll give the edge to the Bull....

I just found Raging Bull to be totally boring.

Raging Bull is a technically superb film about the most repugnant protagonist in cinema. Cagney's Tom Powers, as morally vile in his way as Jake LaMotta, is nonetheless more watchable and more relatable, and elevates The Public Enemy to the win.