#90 Goodfellas - just wait til I finish re-watching this...

1990. dir. Martin Scorsese, starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino.

Seen it before? Several times - and each time I watch it it gets better...

I could probably write my review now but I'll rewatch it so that it's fresh...ha ha!

It is now April 25th meaning I watched Goodfellas for the blog three days ago. I must say that every time I watch it the movie keeps getting better! Sam's right. It is super quotable. And I don't even mind the violence...I mean, come on, it's a gangster movie. If there were no violence I would question why the movie was made in the first place. My problem lies with the character Tommy played by Joe Pesci. Does he really swear that much? It's no wonder he doesn't have a girlfriend or a wife. I would never date someone who swore that much! And let me just say that I totally saw his demise coming. Served him right for f*ing with a made guy!

My favorite scenes were the straight shot of Henry and Karen's first date from start to finish. How smooth was that!?!? "What do you do?" "I work in construction." Um, yeah right. The scene where the guys are in jail and making Sunday supper...any man who can shave garlic thinly with a razor is supremely talented...then again, where did he learn to do that? How cute was Tommy's mother making the guys dinner at three in the morning? If Daniel every pulled that I'd whack him! The wedding scene with all the Peters and Pauls and all the envelopes with the Benjamins! CLASSY! And then there's the scene Sam role-plays with me regardless of whether or not I plan on going shopping...Karen asks Henry for money to go shopping. Henry asks, "How much?" Karen holds up her thumb and forefinger about two inches apart and says, "This much." HA HA HA HA HA!

I recommend you watch it with an open mind. Yes, there is violence...again, it's a GANGSTER movie! But if you can withstand that it really is a great movie and even better than that Kevin Costner film that won Best Picture in 1990.

See it again? Yes
Own it? Already do
Last comment - it took me FOREVER to write this blog! I wrote it last night (4/24) but the cable modem died and didn't save my draft! GAH!

#90 Goodfellas: Now, now, you insulted him a little bit.

1990. dir. Martin Scorsese, starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino.

Seen it before? I could probably recite the entire thing from memory at this point

Scorsese's masterpiece, which somehow lost out to stupid Dances With Wolves at the 1990 Oscars. Ray Liotta plays real-life Mob informant Henry Hill, and we see his rise to wealth and power, and then his decline. Memorable performances all around; Robert DeNiro is quietly intimidating. Joe Pesci uses "fuck" the way most people use commas. In fact so does everybody else, this movie is like a F-bomb symphony.

My favorite scenes:

"What, like a clown? Like I'm here to fuckin' amuse you?"

"Now go home and get your fucking shine box."

The scene where Henry introduces all of the gangsters. Love Pete The Killer ("I took care of that thing for ya") and Jimmy Two Times ("I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers.")

Tommy's mother making dinner for them at 3 AM... Tommy borrows the butcher knife.

The famous Copacabana tracking shot.

The whole "Jump Into The Fire" sequence where Henry is strung out on drugs. It's 9 minutes long, and he just gets more and more jittery and paranoid. I find this Karen line hilarious for some reason: "Will you please stop feeding the dog from the table... from the plate on top of it!"

The scene where they're in prison, and Paulie is shaving the garlic with the razor blade. I gotta try that.

Position on the list: 15
Animaniacs: Hey, remember the Goodfeathers? That shit made no sense until I saw this movie. Why would they have expected kids to have seen an ultraviolent, swear-filled R-rated movie? Sheeeeeeeit.