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Summary: Good but could have been better...
Review: This is a story of a boy (Ray Liotta) getting accepted into the mod and troughout the film we see how he handles his "work" or how he finds a way out of the trouble. Some things work and some things don't in the film. For example, Martin Scorsese's storytelling and camera moves are again fantasticly done(influences on Paul Thomas Anderson and Tarantino), the film's speed is pretty fast but through out all of this rush, some things stay too unclear. All of the acting is great and the cast is astonishing, the problem is the main character Henry Hill, he is far too dumb and uninteresting to be the main character. His ordinariness doesn't makes us feel emphaty towards him, it just makes the audience bored... By the way, the ending is just too good, but I guess it is the classic Scorsese ending...
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Summary: Terrible DVD!!
Review: Any DVD you have to flip over in midst of watching is not a good sign. Come on Marty, give us a special edition! A wonderful film that deserves better!
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Summary: Goodfellas DVD
Review: Great movie, not really needed on as DVD format, but if you have some money to burn and don't like VHS get it. Will always be a mob classic. Some of Liotta's best work and any movie with De Niro and Pesci has to be good. If you don't like violence then look somewhere else.
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Summary: THREE DECADES OF LIFE IN THE MAFIA
Review: THIS MOVIE WAS GREAT. IT'S MY FIRST GANSTER MOVIE. I LIKE THESE TYPES OF FILMS YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE I'M A GANGSTER. MARTIN SCORSESE DID A GREAT JOB FOR THIS. BEFORE I WATCHED THIS FILM I SAID IT'S GOING TO BE A TALKING MOVIE WITH SOME VIOLENT PARTS I WAS IN A NORMAL WAY WHEN I SAID IT. AFTER THE MOVIE I SAID GREAT MOVIE. ROBERT DE NIRO, JOE PESIC, RAY LIOTTA WERE SURPERB. I WAS LAUGHING WHEN JOE PESCI WAS SWEARING HIS HEAD OFF IN THIS, HE SWEARS EVERY SECOND. NEXT I'LL BE WATCHING CASINO - HEAT - AND THE GODFARTHER TRILOGY ON DVD.
IF YOU WANNA BE A GANGSTER RENT IT THEN YOUR IN.......
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Summary: Great mafia film....
Review: Martin Scorsese's best work. Which is saying a lot....
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Summary: Great Movie, Terrible DVD
Review: The movie itself stands on its own. You go to Blockbuster and rent a movie if you want to watch it. You buy the DVD because it has great picture quality and features.So, my review is about the DVD itself. The first and biggest negative is the fact that it is on two sides of the DVD. There is nothing more annoying than having to flip the DVD halfway through the movie. There really isn't much else on there. For me, seeing a grainy theatrical trailer isn't very exciting. It gets a 4 only because the film itself is so good.
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Summary: One of the finest films ever Made!
Review: Martin Scorsese's masterpiece is one to be cherished, valued, and especially enjoyed over and over again. Originally entitled WiseGuys from writer and co-screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi's novel, this title was dropped because of the existence of a Brian De Palma comedy already called WiseGuys starring Joe Piscopo and Danny Devito. That WiseGuys has NOTHING on GOODFELLAS! Goodfellas is more than a movie. It is an experience! What made this movie so different from other mob movies was the fact that the mob was treated as a seperate race from society. From the explosive beginning to the near-heartbreaking conclusion, the mob has you in the palm of their hands. (...) The movie is told through the eyes of Henry Hill, who grows up under the wing of the mob after taking a part time job there at the cab stand, the hangout for the hitmen, bosses, paesaens, and Italianos. The plot is so intricate and vast, that it would be impossible to go through it in its entirety. To break down, Hill(Ray Liotta) grows up a friend ally to Mob legend Jimmy Conway(Robert DeNiro) and psychotic killer Tommy(Joe Pesci) while always under the supervision of Paulie(Paul Sorvino). Hill marries Karen(Lorraine Bracco) and through three decades of drugs, money, murder, and sex, the men and women lose and win, are killers or killed, thiefs or victims, you name it, Goodfellas has got it. All of this is amazingly pulled together by one of the finest filmmakers of our time, Martin Scorsese(co-writer/Director). Above all other scenes and situations beautifully filmed, none can compare to Scorsese's "coup de cinema" tracking shot. Those of you who have seen the movie more than once will likely know what I'm talking about. With "And then he kissed me" blaring, Karen and Henry enter the Copacabana from the side entrance and proceed into the night club in an incredibly filmed camera tracking sequence which never once takes its eyes off Henry and Karen until they are comfortably sat in the front of the Copa's band. It is a testament to the fact that Scorsese's genius and talent is beyond compare. Speaking of music, nearly everyone knows that it is difficult to imagine anyone besides Scorsese who can use music so ingeniously in film. The opening Tony Bennett number "Rags to Riches" sets the tone immediately for the amazing film which has already begun, and the soundtrack is a must-have. Personal favorite: the rock n' roll blasting as the camera closes in on Robert DeNiro smoking his cigarette only the way DeNiro can. The cast is amazing, with Robert DeNiro giving a great performance. Ray Liotta is electrifying as Henry Hill. Personally, I was very dismayed when Liotta did not receive an Oscar nomination for that performance, he basically carried a good deal of that film with excellent versatility. Oscar winner Joe Pesci walked home with the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his Tommy, and Lorraine Bracco's strong-willed Karen was honored by a nomination and a great performance. Paul Sorvino is cool and awesome as Paulie the boss, and even Scorsese's parents get into the act, his father playing the hitman who actually is responsible for Timmy's undoing, and Catherine Scorsese plays Tommy's religious mother. The scene in which Henry, Tommy, and Jimmy end up at her house looking for a shovel to bury the man they nearly beat do death in the trunk, she comes down and fixes each man a meal in one of the funniest scenes in the film. Yes, funny, what makes this film so great is that there is a great deal of humor and it eases the tension of the viewer with a weak stomach. Goodfellas was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, and was named Best Picture by the NY and LA Film Critics Association and the National Film Board Review. It is absolutely one of the best films ever made, and it stands mighty as number 95 on AFI's 100 best films of all time, being placed among Platoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Casablanca, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, and Gone With The Wind. I love it! Whatsamatta wit you?
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Summary: American Grafitti meets the Godfather meets Sid n Nancy
Review: This sprawling epic of one man's true life journey in one of the most notorious NYC crime families spanning nearly 4 decades portrays as many laugh-out-loud moments as it does makes-you-flinch violence and brutality. The movie features great acting, interesting characters and a great story. The soundtrack, set and warddrobe effectively mark each passing decade - from the do wop 50s & 60s to the "Layla" 70s to Sid Vicious' "My Way" at the conclusion. Pesci, DeNiro and Liotta are all fantastic as the 3 main characters, as are Loarraine Brocco as Liotta's wife and Paul Sorvino as the strong, silent Mob boss. The film maintains its uniqueness and never seems to fall back into 'Godfather' territory. The conclusion's slow descent into drugs, paranoia and betrayal (reminiscent of "Sid n Nancy") is a car wreck that you can't turn away from. Minimal extras do not detract from the greatness of this film on DVD.
Also recommended:all 3 films mentioned above; the 1st 2 'Godfather' movies and of course, "Goodfellas", the book.
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Summary: Good, But a Little Overrated
Review: Scorcese is good. But most of what he does I find excessive. "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver" are two of the most overrated films ever. The only really outstanding Scorcese movies are "Mean Streets" and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." "Goodfellas" is very entertaining--it's funny, how is it funny, it makes you laugh?--and there are certainly some classic sequences. But it falls short of being a truly great film because the character of Henry Hill is never fully fleshed out. He's a device--he provides a foil for Pesci and DeNiro, and his voice-over is the frame of the movie. But his response to the violence around him is never quite made clear (as in the scene where Pesci shoots Spider). The acting is fine, especially Bracco, who is at her best and sexiest here. I find Scorcese's use of rock and roll music excessive, too--it's too easy to crank up "Monkey Man" as a commentary on Henry's cocaine business. "Jump in the Fire," however, does work well in the famous helicopter sequence. And this is a great movie about the connection between food and crime. Still, Scorcese's films are too much technique for too little real content, and, in their obsession with technique, emptily portentous (this trait he shares with Tarantino, whose best movie, "Jackie Brown," is his most restrained). I don't think Scorcese will ever top "Mean Streets."
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Summary: "Good Fellas" is a Magnificent Artistic Achievement
Review: Martin Scorsese's greatness as a director would be established if this was the only film he ever made. How does one even begin to praise this masterpiece that simply has no weaknesses? The casting and script writing of "Good Fellas" are near perfect, and the story based on the true life experiences of Henry Hill provides us with a brutal and unsentimental view of a social milieu that is both treacherous and violent. These are not men of honor, but ruthless back stabbers who don't hesitate to betray close friends for a few pieces of silver. Ray Liotta splendidly portrays Hill as a man who joins the mob as a teenager for the excitement and fast money. Those like Jimmy Conway (Robert Di Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci) befriend Hill in their own dubious manner. Hill looks upon them as brothers, but it seems they merely perceive him as a fellow party animal who aptly carries out his responsibilities to the group. Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill is a woman who marries her man knowing full well about his dangerous side. Hill introduces his wife to drugs and often places her in harm's way. Their marriage is a never ending dysfunctional disaster. It totally redefines the meaning of family values. This is not a film for someone seeking a romanticized depiction of organized crime. These people are monsters who prey on their fellow citizens. Scorsese refuses to pretend that they have many redeeming qualities. Their virtues are few and far between, and one only regrets that it takes so long for the authorities to put them behind bars. Hill's later entry into a federal witness protection program is hard to swallow. "Good Fellas" is hard hitting and honest. I easily place it among the top one hundred movies of all time.
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