Three KingsGoodfellas is a pretty darn good movie. It’s fun to be Mr. Contrarian, but to my mind,
Goodfellas lives up to the hype. It doesn’t have
The Godfather’s prestige ambitions, this isn’t grand classical tragedy or a critique of American capitalism, it’s about middle managers/wiseguy working stiffs, and I like that. I guess at its essence it’s a standard morality play, these actions ultimately have consequences, they rise and then they fall. What it lacks in structural originality it makes up for with good performances, terrific use of music, and awesome editing. It’s slick and stylized, and I like that stuff more than I maybe should. I should probably see
Gomorra as repentance for my love of stylized mobster violence.
It’s not perfect, it’s a little on the episodic side and maybe this leaves some a little unsatisfied. For me this really isn’t much of an issue, a lot of years are covered here and this structure suits the film nicely; I feel like it establishes these characters and this world pretty well.
Random stuffRay Liotta is the
ugliest laugher in the history of moving pictures.
[noembed]Let’s reflect on how awesome
this is. The editing, the music…this sequence has such a great energy.[/noembed]
In earlier rounds, a number of people stated how bad the opening is. I thought it was good.
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