Sunday, June 8, 2014

To be Or Not To be (A Gangster)



GOODFELLAS - the one movie that rebooted the whole gangster genre in the 1990s.
As Henry Hill [Ray Liotta] says in the movie "to me being a gangster is better than being the president of the united states " - the attraction is simple and convincing to the world of crime.

When you watch the movie you better be paying attention to the current situation of crime world or else you will be attracted to that world inspired from Henry Hill , Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito who are played by Ray Liotta , Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci respectively. Directed in highly stylish manner by Martin Scorsese who is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers living today, among his friends Steven Spielberg , George Lucas , Francis Ford Coppola.

More or less it doesn't matter you'll get attracted to being a gangster after watching breathtaking performances from the three main characters in the film.

A movie that is ahead of people and filmmaking techniques made it one of the best crime dramas.
The Copacabana scene in the movie where Henry Hill takes his girl friend, Karen into the restaurant from the back entrance is a famous steady cam shot without a cut. The importance of steady cam is known to filmmakers of this generation on watching the scene where it is considered as one of the best shots in the history of cinema and also being taught in film schools about the importance of the shot and the movie.

The guns and bullets including the girls in the movie influence your mind to that extent where even a gun in your hand would make you feel proud because of it’s power taking you to new heights in the world.

Joe Pesci - you'll never forget him after watching him in the movie as a short- tempered gangster, Tommy De Vito, and that the sadism in his character would just give you chills.

Never mind the abusive words in the film for, without them a gangster movie would look dumb.

FYI , the word "FUCK " has been used about 296 times in the movie about being more than half used by Tommy [Joe Pesci].

This flick after you watch will make you Wiseguy or a Good guy...!

The last one thing that could be learned from the movie is what Jimmy says to Henry when he is out of a case
" Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut ".

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