Exacerbating matters is an
incredibly slow, almost
dull opening hour that doesn't really go anywhere; it's not until around halfway through that the
film finally starts to build up some momentum, particularly as LaMotta begins his downward spiral into obscurity.
The prospect of putting together a cast and crew and shooting a movie is
incredibly exciting, especially to people like myself who love
films, but the process in this game takes a complex idea and boils it down to a pretty
dull set of mechanics that feel thematically weak.