Goodfellas

Pros: acting, pace, true to life story, cinematography
Cons: where's Henry Hill's family for most of the film?

My grandmother, rest her soul, could tell stories of the gangsters she knew from her neighborhood. Her era was that of "Legs" Diamond and Dutch Schultz and could tell us stories about what it was like. I have to say that as a young child, all that did ...

Pros: You can watch this movie 1000 times and it would still be fascinating.
Cons: Bad language and violence may offend some. (Not me of course)..

Let me start by saying that 'Mafia Movies' are my absolute favourite films. Coppola and, in this ca ...

Pros: Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro steal the show.
Cons: Could have been cut a bit as it had some filler.

"Goodfellas" is Director Martin Scorsese's contribution to the gangster genre. It concerns itself with an inside look at a crime family in New York City. Much like the original gangster movies starring James Cagney and Paul Muni, it showed the rise and...

Pros: Storytelling, acting, tension, drama, humor, music, the list goes on
Cons: Ha ha ha ha! That's funny!

I always hate it when people ask me what my favorite movie is. There are so many that I love it's hard to narrow it down to just one. But if I were ever to travel to a desert island and could only take one movie with me, there's no question which one it ...

Pros: Acting, story, use of music, narration, near everything
Cons: It took me too long to see it

While trying to decide on what films I should see next, I thought of Goodfellas. After all I enjoy the Martin Scorsese films which I have seen. I though Gangs of New York was an excellent film and I thoroughly enjoyed the Departed. So I decided to rent ...

Pros: It's gangster.
Cons: Nothing.

I fell in love with Goodfellas right upon hearing it's opening narrative line: "As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster." That statement, in and of itself, is gangster, and from it we can deduce what the rest of the ...

Pros: Amazing cinematography, acting, soundtrack.
Cons: Not for the easily disturbed public.

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I've always considered myself to be a well-rounded, cultured girl. But up until February '00, I had never seen a real 'gangster' movie. Not even The Godfather! Everyone was always quoting GoodFellas and saying "Oh, you...

Pros: Classic, Acting, Plot, Script, Narroration
Cons: none

This is my first movie review that I've ever done, so I'm sorry if it sucks. "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." That is probably the greatest opening line to any movie that I've ever seen. But then again, this is one ...

Pros: Don't want to waste talent with this box
Cons: Or this one

When the AFI released its new list of the 100 greatest movies of all time, I was very pleased to see that my three favorite movies had all made the cut. When I began this reviewing project, I had already reviewed two of them – The Lord of the Rings: The ...

Pros: Excellent techniques make it possible for the audience to enter the world of organized crime.
Cons: foul language and violence may offend some viewers.

To date, this is the Martin Scorcese film to beat. This fact based story of a young mobster is about the best gangster movie-and one of the best films I've seen, ever. Direction, acting cinematography...There is little to find fault with. Why? ...

Pros: solid performances, nice soundtrack, engaging characters
Cons: feels long, lack of emotion, strange narration

After reading that GoodFellas was one of the best mob movies of all time, I got interested. I think one of the most amusing things about GoodFellas is the title: A capital F in them middle? I think this has been addressed before many, many times, but it ...

Pros: greatest movie ever
Cons: -

Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorcese, and starring Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, and Robert Deniro, is, simply stated, the greatest gangster movie of all time.

This film shows the progression of Mafia life through the...

Pros: direction, cast, cinematography, script, score, sets and costume design, very entertaining
Cons: much violence and profanity, Hill's character 'too soft' for his profession

There have been so many movies about gangsters that a cynic might question the need for another one. The rise and fall, the corruption, the violence, the betrayals, the easy money, the crimes and inevitable punishment. The themes are familiar and...

Pros: Excellent cast makes for a powerful drama.
Cons: Too many editing mistakes. Lots of swearing.

While some people call Goodfellas the greatest mobster movie of all time very rarely do you hear them talk about the plot. When you boil it down there is a huge jump in them from Henry Hill's youth to his adult life of crime. It also jumped too far into...

Pros: extraordinary filmmaking -- passionate, beautiful, stimulating.
Cons: none for me.

1990 marks the year that I began boycotting the Academy Awards. It was the year that DANCES WITH WOLVES won the Best Picture award over GOODFELLAS. Ten years after the fact, I am still shocked by the Academy's decision. Being a diehard Scorsese fan,...