talemyn

I was waiting for somebody to pick up on that.

Dave7393

I can't believe I missed that.

Palpadious

I think it was one of the first movies to show how sleazy organized crime, where in earilier films, it had been glorified.

Tyler_Durden

I have to disagree there... apart from the fact that the film utilizes pretty much every trick in the book (freeze frames, dramatic tracking shots, pop music, etc) to depict the thrill of being in the mob, there are numerous scenes that are explicitly about the sweetness of the mob life (blowing up cars, going to a nightclub through the back door, fancy restaurants, beating someone who insulted your girl with a gun, the extensive wardrobe, etc). Where something like The Godfather is a drama and a family chronicle centered around the mafia, GoodFellas is a film about living fast, hard and dangerously before it is about anything else, like friendship or family.

Egon's Ghost

I'll get th' papers, get th' papers

Supermallet

That was the basis for one of the best Mr. Show gags ever: Jimmy One-Times. We call him that because he only said things one time.

Slayer2005

I wonder the same thing about Batman Begins.

socal05

There is not a wasted second in that movie - every movement is perfect.

BTW - the Henry Hill commentary is one of the best I've ever heard. It doesn't seem that special at first, but about 2/3 of the way through it really started to get to me. He talks about so many of the things that happened in the movie in real terms, often pointing out how the real events happened. "He actually got a knife to the back of his head the next morning, not that night." It left quite an impression...

Apone

It was a decent movie with a lot of memorable scenes. My favourite is when all three characters are at a table with Tommy's mother.

Folken

Nothing great about it. It's just another overrated Martin Scorsese flick.

Josh H

I liked it, but think it's overrated as well. The acting is top notch, but the story wasn't that compelling for me. Certainly no where near on par with The Godfather 1 and 2.

I liked Casino more as well.

Highfire

I thought I was the only one to like this more. Good to know there are others out there.

socal05

Although I don't think it's as good as Goodfellas, I've always thought Casino was underatted. I think a few scenes that were too violent ruined the film for the mass audience. The end baseball bat scene is too brutal. Great great movie though...

wd40cloud

The reason GoodFellas works better for me than say The Godfather is because these are really just ordinary guys. In The Godfather you are always dealing with the bosses, here you are dealing with the earners.

Plus it has that kick ass May 11, 1980 sequence.

MartinBlank

I think it's funny during an early episode of The Sopranos when Carmella is hanging out with the priest the topic of gangster films comes up. Tony likes GF 1 & 2, but when the topic of Goodfellas comes up, the conversation is cut short...probably because a dozen actors appear in both The Sopranos and Goodfellas.

Fok

Great film because of the character interaction

hardercore

Just gave this picture a second viewing. I could appreciate it much more stylistically. It's gone from a 4/5 to a 4.5/5 for me, personally.

raven56706

this movie totally get creamed by godfather 3... ... kidding


anyways, it was a great film... watch it anytime i get a chance..

Best part: Bad Ass Ray Loitta pistol beatdown of the across the street creep.

dmvksv

What worked for me was that it showed that the life of the mobster was an everyday struggle- they didn't have to go the same job everyday like everyone else but everyday was a hustle, trying to stay one step ahead of each other and the law. It was really the first mob movie that focused on the soldiers, not the Dons. My favorite Scorsese film, and one of my top five films. I also love Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, but Goodfellas has more of a rewatchablity factor to it for me.

raven56706

" and thats johnny two times...'oh i am gonna get the papers, get the papers' "

keith71

I LOVE Goodfellas, it's one of my favorite films. It's a damn shame Scorsese didn't win the Best Director Oscar for this film. Didn't he lose to friggin' Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves? Talk about an overrated film,there. Actually, I never have actually seen Dances with Wolves from beginning to end, so maybe it's a classic, too.
ANYWAY, I know most people say The Godfather is the Best Mob Movie Ever,
but for my money Goodfellas deserves the title.
I'd say Scorsese's 5 best films would be 1. Raging Bull 2.GOODFELLAS.
3. Taxi Driver 4. Mean Streets 5. The King of Comedy

Shannon Nutt

GoodFellas is my favorite Scorcese movie. There are maybe a dozen films that I NEVER get sick of watching and this is one of them. From beginning to end, there's just not a wasted scene or moment in the movie. I can only hope The Departed is HALF as good!

hardercore

I want the departed to be amazing. These past two weeks I've been doing a Scorsese marathon (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, No Direction Home). I want Scorsese to win Best Director.

jfoobar

In lieu of starting a new thread, big fans of Goodfellas will likely find this 20th anniversary retrospective a very worthwhile read:

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movi...corsese-deniro

JumpCutz

Thanks for posting that jfoobar.