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dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I just got done watchin' it at my buddy Steve's house with all of his roommates.

This movie is just as cool every time.

Pesci, De Niro, and Liotta OWN!
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Yeah, classic movie, but it deviates from the book somewhat.

    Like in the movie, Tommy was whacked because he whacked a made man. However, according to Henry Hill in his book, Paulie knew about it and kept it secret from the Gambino family until Tommy tried to rape Henry's wife, Karen. At that point, Paulie revealed to the Gambino family that Billy Batts was murdered by Tommy.

    Tommy's attempted rape of Karen bothered Paulie because Paulie was banging her at the time. According to Henry Hill, John Gotti was the trigger-man in Tommy's execution.

    ..just in case that sort of stuff interests you.
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Posts: 6,961
    sponger wrote:
    Yeah, classic movie, but it deviates from the book somewhat.

    Like in the movie, Tommy was whacked because he whacked a made man. However, according to Henry Hill in his book, Paulie knew about it and kept it secret from the Gambino family until Tommy tried to rape Henry's wife, Karen. At that point, Paulie revealed to the Gambino family that Billy Batts was murdered by Tommy.

    Tommy's attempted rape of Karen bothered Paulie because Paulie was banging her at the time. According to Henry Hill, John Gotti was the trigger-man in Tommy's execution.

    ..just in case that sort of stuff interests you.

    Thanks for the info. I've watched that movie about . . . oh too many time to count. I'll get the book now, for a little light reading.

    Cheers!
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Funny enough I watched it last night, awesome film with some really great performances.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Does anyone else find that, no matter how much they love this film, it starts to drag a bit near the end? After Tommy gets whacked it seems to lose momentum and I start to lose interest during the coke days. Maybe I've just seen it too many times.

    Cracking film though.

    "I didn't want to get blood on your floor"
    - Tommy as he wraps Billy Batts up in Henry's tablecloths
    :D
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Spider: why dontcha go fuck yaself, Tom..

    Jimmy: OHHHHHHHHHH!!! I couldn't buhleev what I just heard...here, this is for you, Spidah...good boy. Don't take no shit off no one.
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    one of my favorites movies ever. Such a great casting.
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    So great!!
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    ...now go get your fuckin' shine box...

    :)
    What a movie !!
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    One of the only movies about the Mob that I will watch....Great stuff.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jamie uk wrote:
    ...now go get your fuckin' shine box...

    :)
    What a movie !!
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    :o Not something you want to tell other mobsters I'm thinking ;)
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Fifthelement wrote:
    Thanks for the info. I've watched that movie about . . . oh too many time to count. I'll get the book now, for a little light reading.

    Cheers!

    "Gangsters and Goodfellas" is the one written by Henry Hill. "Goodfellas" is just the book adaptation of the movie.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    sponger wrote:
    "Gangsters and Goodfellas" is the one written by Henry Hill. "Goodfellas" is just the book adaptation of the movie.
    I thought the film was based on Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I thought the film was based on Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi?

    No, it's the Henry Hill book, like he said ^. I saw it on the DVD extras :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    sponger wrote:
    Yeah, classic movie, but it deviates from the book somewhat.

    Like in the movie, Tommy was whacked because he whacked a made man. However, according to Henry Hill in his book, Paulie knew about it and kept it secret from the Gambino family until Tommy tried to rape Henry's wife, Karen. At that point, Paulie revealed to the Gambino family that Billy Batts was murdered by Tommy.

    Tommy's attempted rape of Karen bothered Paulie because Paulie was banging her at the time. According to Henry Hill, John Gotti was the trigger-man in Tommy's execution.

    ..just in case that sort of stuff interests you.

    no shit? I think im gonna have to pick the book up, seen the movie too many times to count but never read the book, surprisingly.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    jamie uk wrote:
    No, it's the Henry Hill book, like he said ^. I saw it on the DVD extras :D
    Oh no I got that :D I mean he said something about a book called Goodfellas based on the film and I was wondering if he got confused with Wiseguy which is the book that the film was based on.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Yeah, the movie is based on the Nicholas Pileggi book 'Wiseguy', which reads just like Ray Liotta's narration if you want it to.. it's a very good read. It also, like most books do, contains a lot more information and cool scenes that you can picture almost clearly with the actors playing the rolls.

    I didn't know Henry Hill wrote a book about it, I'll have to check that out too, but 'Wiseguy' owns just as much as the movie.

    And to the person who said it drags a bit when Tommy gets whacked.. I will agree there. It's still good quality film, but the overall dynamic of the movie shifts and it gets a bit depressing. That's exactly how 'Casino' is for me when Ace meets Ginger for the first time and she starts fucking everything up.
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  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    You know, we always called each other goodfellas. Like, you'd say to somebody: "You're gonna like this guy; he's all right. He's a goodfella. He's one of us." You understand? We were goodfellas, wiseguys.


    Henry Hill, Goodfellas (1990)

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    .

    And to the person who said it drags a bit when Tommy gets whacked.. I will agree there. It's still good quality film, but the overall dynamic of the movie shifts and it gets a bit depressing. That's exactly how 'Casino' is for me when Ace meets Ginger for the first time and she starts fucking everything up.
    That was me too. Yeah, depressing is a good description. Once Hill's all coked up and fucking his life up and the main humour of the film (Tommy :D) is gone, it just starts to become heavy going, though still good.

    Casino is a film I need to rewatch. I first saw it when I was WAY too young (about 10. my dad shouldn't have left his video's still in the VCR on saturday mornings after a night of taping :p) and the scene where Pesci and his brother get beaten with the baseball bats was just SO brutal. I couldn't even watch it. Sort of scared me away from watching it again even though I've seen much worse since.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    That was me too. Yeah, depressing is a good description. Once Hill's all coked up and fucking his life up and the main humour of the film (Tommy :D) is gone, it just starts to become heavy going, though still good.

    Casino is a film I need to rewatch. I first saw it when I was WAY too young (about 10. my dad shouldn't have left his video's still in the VCR on saturday mornings after a night of taping :p) and the scene where Pesci and his brother get beaten with the baseball bats was just SO brutal. I couldn't even watch it. Sort of scared me away from watching it again even though I've seen much worse since.

    Haha, 10 years old watching Casino! That's awesome, lol.. but yeah.. It's a really good movie, and had SO much potential to be another Goodfellas, but like Goodfellas, once everything starts getting fucked up the movie gets a bit boring, only in Casino it happens much sooner. Either way I still enjoy it quite a bit.
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  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    I think in order to appreciate the last segment of the movie where he's all coked up and looking for helicopters, one would have to experience first-hand what it's like to be scatter-brained and suffering from drug-induced paranoia.

    It's like when some people say they can't understand Pink Floyd's The Wall. You just sort of have to have experienced that mentality.

    Scorcese's use of fast-paced music in those scenes along with Henry's constant rehashing of his to-do list really capture that feeling of too many things happening at once as the grasp on reality starts to lose its hold.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    sponger wrote:
    I think in order to appreciate the last segment of the movie where he's all coked up and looking for helicopters, one would have to experience first-hand what it's like to be scatter-brained and suffering from drug-induced paranoia.

    It's like when some people say they can't understand Pink Floyd's The Wall. You just sort of have to have experienced that mentality.

    Scorcese's use of fast-paced music in those scenes along with Henry's constant rehashing of his to-do list really capture that feeling of too many things happening at once as the grasp on reality starts to lose its hold.
    Didn't say I couldn't appeciate or understand it, I just said that the film starts to lose momentum just when it needs it.

    Must say, I don't have Marty down as suffering from drug-induced paranoia :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
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  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I love Goodfellas...the best scene to me is when they are in the kitchen with Martin Scorsese's mom...and she shows them the painting of the dogs and the old guy in the boat...hahahahaa

    The movie Casino (someone mentioned it here) is absolutely awful! The whole movie is ruined with Ginger...it just keeps going and going...after a while I wanted to whack DeNiro's character myself - and make it painful by using a paperclip and some lemon...
    argh that movie pisses me off!

    the only way to calm myself after watching that trash is to watch godfather part 1, and only the deniro parts of part 2. :D
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