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The other night I couldn’t sleep, so what else would I do besides watch a movie about a crazy guy who has trouble sleeping at night. Taxi Driver with Robert DeNiro was a movie that you always hear about, and people know the famous “you talkin to me” scene, but I haven’t talked to many people my age who have actually sat down and watched the whole movie. Watching it the other night it gives you a look into what can happen in a movie when all aspects of it are done masterfully. It wasn’t a movie that was action packed or had tremendous special effects, but it didn’t need them. The whole movie puts you on the edge of your seat as DeNiro’s craziness crescendos to the point that he totally sells to the viewer that his character Travis is one of the scariest/craziest people on Earth. You knew he was going to do something wild, but you had to wait until the end to find out what. Genius film technique was used as Scorsese used music, lighting, and lots of foreshadowing to give each scene meaning and purpose in the movie. A film like that could never be done in Hollywood today. DeNiro would have had to of starting killing people in the first scene or two to keep people’s attention. Most films use music as an afterthought in building drama or foreshadowing. People want to see action, sex, and gruesome violence, and that will be enough to satisfy them. I don’t know if that’s good or bad but it’s probably bad. I miss well-thought out movies that build towards a dramatic meaningful climax, for the most part they are a thing of the past… Screw you Avatar! Moving on… Some thoughts on the Yankees start to the season… I have no idea…seriously. I have no clue if this team is any good. All I can tell you are a few things I like and don’t like about individual players. -Excited by Russell Martin and Eric Chavez. Always have to take flier on talent when it’s dirt cheap… -Excited by Mariano Rivera getting an updated chip to put into the back of his head, as he was plugged into a wall all winter recharging so that he wouldn’t run out of batteries during the season. -Kind of excited for Big Tex and Alex’s ok starts to the year, which is better than them hitting .000000000000001 in April like were used to -NOT excited by Jeter’s slow start, I’m praying this isn’t the start of a rapid decline -NOT excited by Fat Toad (Fat Toad is a term that Big Mark and I have used over the years for useless out of shape pitchers after my boy George Steinbrenner famously called Hideki Arubu a fat toad in 1998) Phil Hughes looking like a middle reliever at best, and that he is one of four current Fat Toads on the Yankees staff -NOT excited that on a nationally televised game where they could have put the Red Sox in a pretty big early season hole, that the Yanks looked more listless than Terri Schiavo (I apologize in advance for that one) NBA thoughts… -Derrick Rose is the BEST finishing guard I’ve ever seen…period (Quick tangent; A few friends and I were discussing what we would have screamed at Goran Dragic if WE had been the ones dunking on his head. Fun to think about) -Rajon Rondo is a total headcase despite being so gifted -The only team the Knicks could beat in a Round 1 series is the Heat, and only if the Knicks took Game 1 and the Heat collapsed under the pressure -Oklahoma City is no joke. Serge Ibaka and Perk need to tighten up even more on D for them to have a title shot -The Mavericks won’t be seen past round 2 if even that -I would not want to face the Blazers in any round…definite darkhorse…Crash was the most underrated deal of the deadline -The Lakers defense needs a whole lota work -East Finals will be Chicago v. Los Heat -West Finals will be Denver v. Los Lakers -At this moment I’m going with the Bulls to win it all. Full playoff preview to come before they start