Why Goodfellas is the BEST Gangster Movie of All Time

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • This video essay is an analysis of Goodfellas. We look at some of the major themes, ideas, and characters along with techniques Martin Scorsese used to make the the best gangster movie of all time.
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    Goodfellas. Scorsese. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1990.

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  • @Crawlerse
    @Crawlerse 7 років тому +4241

    Joe Pesci is a funny guy.

    • @marcelo8317
      @marcelo8317 7 років тому +796

      You mean, let me understand this ... cuz I ... maybe its me, maybe I'm a
      little fucked up maybe. I'm funny how, I mean funny, like I'm a clown? I
      amuse you. I make you laugh? I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? Whattya you
      mean funny? Funny how? How am I funny?
      What the fuck is so funny about me?

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +1008

      Funny how?

    • @EzeICE
      @EzeICE 7 років тому +160

      Don't Max he knows what he said, he's a big boy...

    • @dippster357
      @dippster357 6 років тому +73

      To me the funny thing was when tommy was telling his stories I was laughing just as much as they were and every time I watched it I laughed like it was the first time I seen this! Give thumbs up if you laugh at the jokes too.

    • @blueeyeswhitedragon9569
      @blueeyeswhitedragon9569 6 років тому +17

      Sany funny how?

  • @TheManiacc45
    @TheManiacc45 4 роки тому +939

    Martin Scorsese’s pacing in his movies are amazing! It doesn’t feel like your watching an almost 3 hour movie.

    • @vingasoline5068
      @vingasoline5068 3 роки тому +52

      For real! This movie is about 2 and a half hours long and yet it feels like just one hour. Wolf of Wall Street was over 3 hours and felt the same. Scorsese is a master of his craft!

    • @jagath3028
      @jagath3028 3 роки тому +1

      true, its all wonderfully shot. This and pulp fiction are my favorite gangster movies.

    • @K0m30ng
      @K0m30ng 2 роки тому +4

      Even The Irishman which is the longest runtime of any Scorsese's movies, it felt really fast, i was very engaged with the characters and it didn't feel like a 3 1/2 hour movie either, amazing indeed. Not too many scenes were slow, it's mostly because Scorsese is very detailed with the story especially in it's build up, he's such a genius

    • @aidanderson53X
      @aidanderson53X 2 роки тому +1

      There was literally a one hour prologue what are you talking about?

    • @Prodbyjah464
      @Prodbyjah464 2 роки тому +2

      Ik this ain’t goodfellas but after the first viewing, every repeat of the Irishman goes from 3 and half hours to about 2 hours.

  • @WarButt
    @WarButt 5 років тому +1782

    I feel like goodfellas is the reason casino is really really REALLY underrated

    • @cristiansaucedo4707
      @cristiansaucedo4707 5 років тому +93

      Could be. Like the beginning and middle of Goodfellas and the middle and ending of Casino. Wanted more of Goodfellas and Casino took a while to get started, for me

    • @37H662
      @37H662 4 роки тому +53

      Cristian Saucedo casino is better

    • @cristiansaucedo4707
      @cristiansaucedo4707 4 роки тому +14

      @@37H662 Wow. Feel like people would say Goodfellas is better. Why do you think Casino is better?

    • @goyardjaguar
      @goyardjaguar 4 роки тому +13

      Complex Outlaw i agree mainly bc it’s more flashy. goodfellas is more gritty imo

    • @rayhanes1347
      @rayhanes1347 4 роки тому +50

      Goodfellas was definitely more animated, action packed while Casino seemed to mirror true events regarding Vegas and its start.

  • @nateds7326
    @nateds7326 5 років тому +1179

    "Always keep your mouth shut"
    Proceeds to blurt out his entire freaking life story

    • @paulchristian5375
      @paulchristian5375 4 роки тому +43

      Character development!

    • @nikola-gy1br
      @nikola-gy1br 4 роки тому +28

      And rat his every friend

    • @gabesfilmsfortheworld
      @gabesfilmsfortheworld 4 роки тому +45

      because he was narrating after he ratted all his friends out and was under witness protection so it was fine if he told his life story

    • @mrmhj9925
      @mrmhj9925 4 роки тому +9

      He’s talking about his life in like a book.
      After he left. It’s a story lol

    • @edisonbarzallovite4463
      @edisonbarzallovite4463 4 роки тому +4

      @@mrmhj9925 nope, he told the story to the judges

  • @ryanfitzsimmons9023
    @ryanfitzsimmons9023 6 років тому +1528

    I’m gonna go get the paper get the paper

    • @theguywhoisaustralian1465
      @theguywhoisaustralian1465 6 років тому +60

      Papers*

    • @j2times2006
      @j2times2006 5 років тому +9

      You’re doing it wrong

    • @BackboneAgZ
      @BackboneAgZ 5 років тому +6

      Pay-piz

    • @nood1le
      @nood1le 4 роки тому +1

      @@donnastitz1497 Actually its JIMMY! 1 and a half times... believe me, I've seen the movie 701 times

    • @nood1le
      @nood1le 4 роки тому

      @@donnastitz1497 You my friend. are donna sititz

  • @michaelriley8879
    @michaelriley8879 4 роки тому +755

    Pesci improvised the "funny how" scene. Brilliant

    • @SpicyKumquat
      @SpicyKumquat 4 роки тому +60

      Mike Riley he didnt improvise it but it was his idea that he brought up to scorsese

    • @elmarsadigov2537
      @elmarsadigov2537 4 роки тому +25

      @@SpicyKumquat yeah thats kind of what improvising is. You dont just out of nowhere start going off line. You bring it up with the director.

    • @SpicyKumquat
      @SpicyKumquat 4 роки тому +87

      @@elmarsadigov2537 Writing a scene and then performing that scene with what you wrote is the exact opposite of what improvising is lol

    • @elmarsadigov2537
      @elmarsadigov2537 4 роки тому +3

      SpicyKumquat yeah? I never said you follow the script. If the actor or director or whoever dont like the scene. They talk it through with the director and actor and try it out. Thats improv. Improv is rarely out of nowhere.

    • @SpicyKumquat
      @SpicyKumquat 4 роки тому +31

      @@elmarsadigov2537 He brought it up to Scorsese and Scorsese had him write the scene and come back with it. It wasn't improvised

  • @linkbiff1054
    @linkbiff1054 6 років тому +2338

    Best gangster movie: Goodfellas
    Best mafia movie: The Godfather
    Best thug/hood movie: Boyz 'n' the Hood

    • @linkbiff1054
      @linkbiff1054 6 років тому +64

      I agree except Blade Runner. You know that it wasn't well-received when it first came out. I've remained in that category. Even if I didn't, the best sci-fi movie would be either 2001 or Empire Strikes Back, maybe Alien.
      \m/

    • @doofy3111
      @doofy3111 6 років тому +19

      link biff i agree with 2001 but not alien and definitely not TESB.

    • @alloftheabove97
      @alloftheabove97 6 років тому +110

      link biff nahh menace 2 society is way better

    • @JerryRiceBall
      @JerryRiceBall 6 років тому +87

      Boyz in the hood is the godfather. Menace II society is goodfellas. Menace is a better, more realistic movie.

    • @Author_SoftwareDesigner
      @Author_SoftwareDesigner 6 років тому +153

      It's not a "thug" movie, its called a "hood" movie. If they are thugs so are Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy

  • @Anarcath
    @Anarcath 5 років тому +608

    Great movies have great ironies: In Goodfellas we see Henry who adopts his mob family over his real one, but he never truly belongs among the mobsters. He doesn’t have what it takes to be a true gangster: when they kill a made man, Henry is there, but never participates in the actual beating and killing; he only (ironically) does the dirty work of digging the grave. When they have to dig up the corps, Henry literally doesn’t have the stomach for it as he has to stop and vomit, while the other two make jokes about eating peppers and sausages. A stark contrast. Throughout the movie, we see Henry as a thug, but never a true gangster. Among psychotic man, he is always the voice of reason, somehow trying to control a given situation with reason and by doing so, clearly showing that he doesn’t have what it takes in a world where everything is solved with violence. In fact, we never see Henry ever killing anyone, nor even in a fist fight. When everything is said and done, he turns on his family and disappears. He calls the rest of us schmucks, but we see him as the quintessential schmuck. Martin Scorsese, throughout his gangster movies, always demonstrates that the mob are ultimately bozos in a circus who kill or ditch each other on their way down.

    • @zekethomas6845
      @zekethomas6845 5 років тому +42

      He beat that guy up. He used violence. You said he didn't.

    • @HeelPower200
      @HeelPower200 5 років тому +40

      It was an extremely complicated performance. Insane that Ray Liotta wasn't even nominated for an oscar.

    • @YairGatt
      @YairGatt 4 роки тому +68

      The movie shows how the Mafia like to think of themselves as family. But what the young naive Henry mistook for a family was in fact a business. Jimmy wasn't afraid to kill his "family" when it benefitted him, Paulie had no problem abandoning his "family" in their need. It was all about the money. I think that's part of what drove Henry to betray them

    • @thisguyhere5837
      @thisguyhere5837 4 роки тому +31

      Interesting that the only time he uses violence is in his domestic life- against the neighbour or on his wife. Never is he violent in his "professional" life.

    • @michaelcorleone2397
      @michaelcorleone2397 4 роки тому

      Zeke Thomas but he didn’t kill him

  • @BackboneAgZ
    @BackboneAgZ 5 років тому +445

    Mama Scorsese is such a good actress for someone who wasn’t an actress. I heard that scene was mostly improvised, so her reactions are perhaps genuine, but she contributes the the conversation in a great way. Good work Mrs. Scorsese!

    • @ajbrown1619
      @ajbrown1619 4 роки тому +10

      Yeah shes brilliant, and in casino as well where she stares straight at the camera!! 10/10

    • @winstonsmiththx1138
      @winstonsmiththx1138 4 роки тому +13

      Both his parents were in his movies till they passed. Pops was the cook in jail

    • @winstonsmiththx1138
      @winstonsmiththx1138 3 роки тому

      @Age Restrictions they are always really eating in movies. I wouldn't be surprised if they were really breathing

    • @Cashcash69
      @Cashcash69 3 роки тому

      Which character did she play

    • @BackboneAgZ
      @BackboneAgZ 3 роки тому +5

      @@Cashcash69 I’m Goodfellas, Tommy’s mom

  • @sweetdreams8603
    @sweetdreams8603 4 роки тому +122

    "as far back as I can remember I wanted to be a gangster" That line is etched into my brain

    • @bobbyfryer7758
      @bobbyfryer7758 2 роки тому +1

      Recently got voted as the greatest opening line in cinema :)

    • @MrCarpen7er
      @MrCarpen7er Рік тому +3

      *Always

  • @bobpolo2964
    @bobpolo2964 8 років тому +1291

    "entertaining group, entertaining group" I see what you did there

    • @baldingbus
      @baldingbus 6 років тому +71

      @Leo Kay they call one of the dudes in that scene two time because he says everything twice lol

    • @JamesGolightly
      @JamesGolightly 6 років тому +25

      Making a reference to Jimmy Two Times who of course said everything twice

    • @JamesGolightly
      @JamesGolightly 6 років тому +18

      I'm glad you get it, I'm glad you get it

    • @philiphalpenny9761
      @philiphalpenny9761 6 років тому +3

      Jimmy 2 times.

    • @290TheEmpireRecords
      @290TheEmpireRecords 6 років тому +7

      lmao...lmao

  • @kshitijsrivastava6440
    @kshitijsrivastava6440 5 років тому +910

    The Godfather plays like a dream, Goodfellas plays like a nightmare.

    • @robzilla730
      @robzilla730 4 роки тому +71

      If you read the book he says Godfather was a fairy tale to them.

    • @vincegonzalez2171
      @vincegonzalez2171 4 роки тому +185

      The Godfather is how the Mafia wanted to be portrayed. Goodfellas is how the mafia was.

    • @akashalbert2565
      @akashalbert2565 4 роки тому +12

      Vince Gonzalez copied mate

    • @uncleiroh9134
      @uncleiroh9134 4 роки тому +2

      @@vincegonzalez2171 no

    • @vincegonzalez2171
      @vincegonzalez2171 4 роки тому +21

      @@uncleiroh9134 Wow, that was a well thought out and well-articulated response! Very impressive.

  • @meltz911
    @meltz911 5 років тому +57

    Ever notice that when Henry slams the front door at the end of the movie, it doesn't make the sound of a front door? It makes the sound of a prison door slamming shut. I love those little touches in this movie.

  • @rubiconcrossing145
    @rubiconcrossing145 6 років тому +326

    in 2002 I was discussing the movie with some colleagues and was astounded to learn that our diminutive Manager had never seen the movie.
    I lent him a copy, which he held on to for months.
    Long story short, he became Tommy

    • @geavonni24gw
      @geavonni24gw 5 років тому +6

      😂

    • @guibox3
      @guibox3 5 років тому +35

      You probably figured that out when he cracked a joke in staff meeting and a poor temp said, 'Man, you're funny!'

    • @tomatagamers7110
      @tomatagamers7110 4 роки тому +7

      @@guibox3 funny how

    • @GranPuba
      @GranPuba 4 роки тому +6

      Was he a funny guy?

    • @ThirteenAmp
      @ThirteenAmp 4 роки тому +17

      He was killed when he was told he was promoted? Damn

  • @edkeaton1961
    @edkeaton1961 3 роки тому +92

    This should've been Martin Scorsese's first Oscar win for Best Picture. Glad to see that Joe Pesci had won his for this role. He was truly convincing and his intensity was both funny and terrifying.

    • @neonnoodle1169
      @neonnoodle1169 2 роки тому +1

      100% should’ve won for best picture. Not saying dances with wolves wasn’t a worthy competitor but this should’ve won

    • @K0m30ng
      @K0m30ng 2 роки тому +2

      @@neonnoodle1169 Dances With Wolves was awesome, i love that movie but Goodfellas was clearly superior in just about every way

    • @mcmurphy809
      @mcmurphy809 Рік тому +3

      The Oscar’s are a pathetic joke. This basically proves it. If they were going to give him one it should have been for taxi driver in the late 70s or raging bull in 80 lol raging bull is literally a masterpiece, it’s literally in the top twenty of greatest films ever. It’s literally perfect, not one editing mistake in that film. Think about that, they gave a cartoon character an Oscar and not Martin Scorsese until the departed which is at the bottom of his films. If that’s not enough for you to wake up and realize the Oscar’s are just friends giving friends little trophy’s, idk what is.

    • @dannyolortegui3776
      @dannyolortegui3776 Рік тому

      Taxi Driver is still Scorsese's best film

  • @PorkTips
    @PorkTips 7 років тому +734

    "the most important line in the movie, when Tommy says: 🔇📵📴🙉❌❌❓❓❔❔🕒🕞🕓"

    • @Sir_Catnip
      @Sir_Catnip 6 років тому +18

      english please

    • @majik5194
      @majik5194 6 років тому +4

      Robert Cabral 😂😂😂

    • @e3uphoric51
      @e3uphoric51 6 років тому +2

      What?

    • @bombabombom3603
      @bombabombom3603 6 років тому +59

      He's signifying through hipster emoji bullshit that it was hard to hear what Tommy said, even though it wasn't that difficult to make it out.

    • @Tfrexs
      @Tfrexs 6 років тому +12

      Lol he said “I didn’t want to get blood on your floor”

  • @ghoulking7616
    @ghoulking7616 4 роки тому +43

    I love this movie because it shows the reality of the mafia. It’s romanticized in the beginning but then you realized it’s filled with psychopaths and selfish monsters.

  • @aaron999st
    @aaron999st 7 років тому +323

    The sound from the actual movie cuts out just so you know for next time.

    • @slothstradamus89
      @slothstradamus89 6 років тому +10

      AC MM Its weird, if you listen in headphones its there

    • @nathanspradlin8570
      @nathanspradlin8570 5 років тому +10

      No it isn't. I'm wearing headphones right now

    • @Lospollos24
      @Lospollos24 5 років тому +6

      Nathan Spradlin yeah it is idiot

    • @honkeykong4049
      @honkeykong4049 5 років тому +1

      @@nathanspradlin8570
      Headphones fixed the problem for me.

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 4 роки тому +2

      If your headphones are in mono you can’t hear it

  • @NelsonStJames
    @NelsonStJames 5 років тому +106

    I didn't even get the drum roll emphasizing the joke of Henry having a normal job. And that's just one of the things you point out that I missed. Very good film analysis of a great movie!

  • @issaHMD
    @issaHMD 5 років тому +33

    The muted audio might be the youtube copyright algorithm in action.

  • @JoJo-xp6wr
    @JoJo-xp6wr 4 роки тому +27

    "Entertaining group, entertaining group"
    Only a hardcore fan of Scorsese can understand this reference!

  • @crystalglass7106
    @crystalglass7106 4 роки тому +32

    It also spawned the great Pesci's immortal rap song "wiseguy"

  • @howeijian4277
    @howeijian4277 7 років тому +567

    Can you fix the audio of the movie

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +39

      Seems to be working fine for me.

    • @howeijian4277
      @howeijian4277 7 років тому +153

      Jack's Movie Reviews I can't hear anything from the movie,I can hear your voice

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +33

      ho weijian
      That is bizarre, maybe try it with or without headphones in.

    • @ruddiato
      @ruddiato 7 років тому +73

      Jack's Movie Reviews I agree,each time u say something important,your voice gets muted

    • @idrinkcofe
      @idrinkcofe 7 років тому +9

      ho weijian happens with me too

  • @mohamedashian604
    @mohamedashian604 4 роки тому +61

    “Why is goodfellas the greatest gangster movie ever made”
    Oh gee I don’t know maybe because it’s just that fucking great

    • @steveharrington.3022
      @steveharrington.3022 4 роки тому +4

      That wasn’t a question, the statement was “Why GoodFellas is the BEST gangster movie of all time” and you forgot a word in your second sentence lol.
      “Oh g I don’t”

  • @Tonithenightowl
    @Tonithenightowl 7 років тому +89

    Just a little trivia about the little girl who listened to Henry and Karen's fight. She was actually Lorraine Bracco's daughter. Also the toddler in the prison scene was her younger daughter. Being they were the correct age for the time sequence Lorraine suggested they use them and Scorsese agreed. I don't know if either ended up in acting but what a hoot to be in a few scenes with their Mom in a classic movie.

    • @joshuaquinn1986
      @joshuaquinn1986 6 років тому +1

      Tonithenightowl never new that thank you

    • @joshuaquinn1986
      @joshuaquinn1986 6 років тому

      dfss csss yea i got a better one first five minutes of the movie when they stab billy bats and Jimmy shots him the gun doesn't go off but you hear the trigger

    • @joshuaquinn1986
      @joshuaquinn1986 6 років тому

      And if you watch that part about the jail karen passes up all the black chicks lol not being racist or anything

    • @joshuaquinn1986
      @joshuaquinn1986 6 років тому

      I mean one time the flash doesn't come on but what you said is interesting the only reason spider aka christopher from the sopranos got hired was from that little scene and Karen was offered to play tonys wife but said fuk that i did that already I'm be a therapist

    • @joshuaquinn1986
      @joshuaquinn1986 6 років тому

      And Tommy's mother in the movie is Scorsese mother and she ironed all the clothes to give it that look

  • @maximumoccupancy
    @maximumoccupancy 4 роки тому +15

    The song "Atlantis" that plays as Billy Batts is "murdered" is a song about someone's yearning to be somewhere else -- just like Henry.

    • @Jabulani926
      @Jabulani926 2 роки тому

      Thanks for the title... I always though it symbolized Billie Batts sleeping with the fishes... When they sing 'way down below the ocean'... very morbid scene when mixed with the music

  • @ajbrown1619
    @ajbrown1619 4 роки тому +14

    "And then he kissed me" best use of a song in a scene in any movie ever... Anyone agree????

    • @neonnoodle1169
      @neonnoodle1169 2 роки тому +2

      This movie particularly the first third is full of staggeringly good utilization of music

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      Agreed. It went so well with that scene.

  • @danyosuna7276
    @danyosuna7276 5 років тому +57

    "Reads the tittle*
    *hits like inmediately after*

    • @kitsanadounglomchan1522
      @kitsanadounglomchan1522 4 роки тому +3

      Dany Osuna speling is hawd.

    • @danyosuna7276
      @danyosuna7276 4 роки тому +3

      English is my third language so I struggle with it sometimes, ty for the feedback tho

  • @saultygg
    @saultygg 6 років тому +13

    Henry was laughing at maury getting chocked out because before that scene the commercial says his wigs can handle hurricane winds but jimmy easily knocks it off by putting a chord on his neck xD

  • @VexedAlpha
    @VexedAlpha 4 роки тому +24

    That “funny guy scene” was not scripted. That’s what makes it so great, shows how genius Pesci is at playing a mafia man.

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      Well Pesci told Scorsese that story that happened to him in real life and Marty told him to put that in the scene.

  • @anthonylewis2080
    @anthonylewis2080 4 роки тому +12

    Hands up if you look at GoodFellas in 2019?.
    Make sure you have in your DVD or BluRay collection.
    Masterpieces don't get much better than this!.

  • @chrischaralambous3334
    @chrischaralambous3334 7 років тому +68

    enjoyed the little joke at 4:50

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +1

      :)

    • @ItsBahabri
      @ItsBahabri 7 років тому +3

      Chris Charalambous
      Jimmy 2 times :)

    • @am_lara
      @am_lara 7 років тому

      Chris Charalambous I got it

    • @PorkTips
      @PorkTips 7 років тому

      get the papers get the papers

    • @beeochg4
      @beeochg4 6 років тому

      Chris Charalambous Jimmy two times- “entertaining group... entertaining group”

  • @TheOneAndOnlyStuart
    @TheOneAndOnlyStuart 6 років тому +194

    Word of advice
    It’s not the best idea when making a point to say something like “he also says,” followed by nine seconds of muted footage...
    Just sayin’

  • @cgh7337
    @cgh7337 6 років тому +18

    Pesci was great in this film but was more deserving of an Academy Award for his performance in JFK. Also, Spider didn't play a prank on Tommy (at least not in the scene he is shot in the foot) If you watch the scene, several guys tell Spider what they want to drink, one guy says "I'm fine" Spider thinks Tommy says that and that why he doesn't bring him anything to drink which in turn starts all the trouble. I'm not trying to nitpick. Excellent analysis.

    • @scifinerd17
      @scifinerd17 6 років тому +1

      Christopher G. His performance in Raging Bull was the best out of all the Scorsese films he was in.

  • @ernestolombardo5811
    @ernestolombardo5811 5 років тому +47

    "1) Never rat on your friends, and 2) Always keep your mouth shut."
    Yeah? What about "Never murder all your friends", huh, Conway?
    Also, "Never murder a made man, never help your psycho friend murder a made man, just because he hurled a mortal insult by telling him to go home to get his fucking shine box."
    All these people have the emotional intelligence of a 2-year old. Stunted, with real guns!

    • @punjabilaundde9893
      @punjabilaundde9893 4 роки тому +29

      Thats the whole point of the movie, Gangsters pretend to have rules only to break them as they see fit. They see rules as justification for their poor behaviour and life choices.

    • @anthonylewis2080
      @anthonylewis2080 4 роки тому

      👍👍👍👍👍👍!.

    • @GoldandAppel
      @GoldandAppel 4 роки тому +1

      @@punjabilaundde9893 The movie WITNESS TO THE MOB proves that. NO LOYALTY!

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      Yeah whatever. It's all BS anyway. Give me a break. What are they going to tell you? If you get caught tell the cops everything and make a deal so you do less time? And all that advice to Henry did no good whatsoever. He ratted on everyone because he was facing a very long prison sentence.

  • @monkeymafia7359
    @monkeymafia7359 7 років тому +109

    Dying from heart attack at 69 might not have much to do with drugs

    • @RayyanKhanRayyanKhan
      @RayyanKhanRayyanKhan 4 роки тому +3

      Holy shit nice profile pic, CRX fan?

    • @conor1666
      @conor1666 4 роки тому +2

      Eirik holy shit nice profile pic! Are you a llama?

    • @RayyanKhanRayyanKhan
      @RayyanKhanRayyanKhan 4 роки тому

      @@eirikmelum Haha dude in my pic is an old family friend. he's indian :)

    • @footballhighlights6589
      @footballhighlights6589 4 роки тому

      AlwaysMad holy shit nice profile pic! Are you a former member of a Mexican cartel?

    • @mamacofeliz6025
      @mamacofeliz6025 4 роки тому

      @Football Highlights Holy shit nice profile pic! Are you a MaximilianMus?

  • @reignman4529
    @reignman4529 5 років тому +20

    Henry Hill was a always smashed near the end of his life. He was a frequent guest on the Howard Stern show and they always made him look like a drunken fool.

  • @darthrib1281
    @darthrib1281 Рік тому +5

    For the people watching the video and wondering why half of the audio is missing is likely bc the video was likely claimed so he had to edit out the audio. He should of added subtitles though.

  • @Alex00789
    @Alex00789 8 років тому +66

    I can't hear the dialogue from the film.

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  8 років тому +10

      Try it without headphones or with different headphones-it works fine for me.

    • @NatsumiTakanawa
      @NatsumiTakanawa 7 років тому +5

      Doesn't work for me.

    • @PorkTips
      @PorkTips 7 років тому +1

      Jack's Movie Reviews yeah from about 8:00 on the movie audio is silent...before 8:00 is fine tho

  • @roachmasta189
    @roachmasta189 9 років тому +29

    fantastic analysis! keep up the good work

  • @MoneyMakeoverSpecialist
    @MoneyMakeoverSpecialist 2 роки тому +4

    "And all of their daughters were named Marie".
    This film is one of the greatest of all time; from the music to narration to cinematography, I love this movie. The movie did the book "Wiseguys" justice, painting a picture that not everything is not what it seems.
    The glorified violence, pious greed, and merciful theft sucked me in. I'm right there with the action getting sucked into the nuanced music placement per scene and the carefulness of each scene. Martin should have won this back in 1990 but I was only 3 when this movie came out. I appreciated this film sometime as a teenager and I can recite lines from the film from the film.
    It's obvious that you deserve what you get when you get what you deserve. This is not a negative or positive critique. However, it shows the lengths of obtaining what we want most in our lives only coming close to really deserving it. Are we ever deserving of the lifestyle we deem worthy of obtaining? I think this is one trope that is missed often (the narrator of this video touches upon it briefly in the beginning when Henry is a teen). We feel for Henry because we think/know he deserves the American Dream that ultimately becomes his American Nightmare. The feeling of belongingness closes the gap of this deservedness.
    It is this reason among many others that I love this movie. It examines so much of our own capacity, capability, and culpability with the people we most associate.

  • @bojabang2188
    @bojabang2188 5 років тому +6

    Something to note is that no one except Paulie in Henry’s crew is actual mafia and Tommy was being made a soldier.

  • @trevmay1899
    @trevmay1899 2 роки тому +6

    I wish the “good times” part of goodfellas was longer, but I understand the story necessitated it

  • @glennhighcoveexploresstuff
    @glennhighcoveexploresstuff 7 років тому +67

    Just one correction, I believe that is the club owner, not just a waiter (i.e. an employee) that Tommy berates and beats over the tab.

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +19

      Yep-you are totally right he is the club owner. It makes Tommy a bit more intimidating!

    • @prestonnoneya3767
      @prestonnoneya3767 6 років тому

      Glenn Highcove, yea! I noticed that!

    • @peterlasusa7523
      @peterlasusa7523 5 років тому +4

      Yes. There is an important earlier scene where Club Owner asks Paulie for ‘help’ and they become ‘partners’. To call him a ‘waiter’ is a bad miss by the reviewer.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 3 роки тому

      @@JacksMovieReviews though it didn't happen in reality, it would be twice as scary if the Guy was built like he was in reality Tommy Desimoni was actually 6.2ft and was built like Rocky.

  • @JerryRiceBall
    @JerryRiceBall 6 років тому +123

    This is literally a breakdown of the film. You should change the title

    • @Author_SoftwareDesigner
      @Author_SoftwareDesigner 6 років тому +19

      Check One he is breaking it down and explaining why it is the best . . .

    • @theguywhoisaustralian1465
      @theguywhoisaustralian1465 6 років тому +9

      How else is he going to elaborate idiot?

    • @dawsondjodvorj2408
      @dawsondjodvorj2408 4 роки тому +1

      You change your name to idiot.

    • @braedenhunter6501
      @braedenhunter6501 4 роки тому +2

      You mean to tell me he broke down the film to show how it’s the best gangster movie of all time. What a HUGE surprise.

    • @antonraulpen
      @antonraulpen 4 роки тому +2

      Check GS because you can’t really just say it’s the best with no defence and no breakdown? goddamn idiot

  • @stellastavr774
    @stellastavr774 3 роки тому +12

    Good review!
    Another crumbling moment was when Karen secretly visited Jimmy in the third act and he tried to have her killed, but she caught on to that. It seemed as such a naive move, but goes to show how little he thinks of this woman, trying the bare minimum to take her out. He underestimated her, and kept playing this fake role to his demise.

  • @thewiedzmin6062
    @thewiedzmin6062 5 років тому +16

    Whenever I hear Joe Pesci, my brain automatically reminds me the Greatest comedian I have yet seen George Carlin!

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      "I pray to Joe Pesci." I remember that joke too.

  • @MrShagnasty18
    @MrShagnasty18 7 років тому +45

    My Favorite Movie ......I Have Seen it at Least 50 Times and Never put Some of Those Links Together .......Good Video man .......

  • @jeremynothing
    @jeremynothing 5 років тому +16

    Who's excited for 'The Irishman' ?

    • @rus778
      @rus778 4 роки тому +5

      Jeremy Nothing it was amazing!

  • @ivandoer5897
    @ivandoer5897 7 років тому +14

    Splendid! Thank you so much for your work!
    Would be really nice to see review of Scorsese's CASINO!!

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  7 років тому +3

      Thank you! I actually just did a video on The Departed and try and put some time in between looking at the same directors work. Here's that video if you haven't seen it. ua-cam.com/video/xLqFQV6Mno4/v-deo.html

    • @ivandoer5897
      @ivandoer5897 7 років тому +2

      Saw already! When there gonna be time, will wait for more. Well done! ;)

  • @jorgegaytan3012
    @jorgegaytan3012 8 років тому +31

    you will get a 5+star for tremendous work excellent....

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  8 років тому +3

      +Jorge Gaytan Thanks Jorge! I'm putting out another one this Saturday, I hope you check that out!

    • @jorgegaytan3012
      @jorgegaytan3012 8 років тому

      +Jacks Movie Reviews look forward to it ...thank s a bunch.. keep up the great work partner

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  8 років тому +1

      Jorge Gaytan
      Will do, thanks for the support!

    • @dangollapalli5113
      @dangollapalli5113 5 років тому

      🌟 🌟 🌟🌟🌟

  • @theclimbto1
    @theclimbto1 6 років тому +5

    The music in this movie. My man. But then I'm 38, and grew up listening to the music of my Mother.
    Not that I don't love the Grunge of the 90's, or other things from the Dresden Dolls to The Airborne Toxic Event or George Watsky, but nothing is as pure as these 'Oldies'.

  • @chadinmich1
    @chadinmich1 4 роки тому +6

    Wasn’t a waiter, he was the owner of the joint

  • @dennispicone6801
    @dennispicone6801 4 роки тому +5

    Beyond doubt. One of the greatest ever American gangster films ever produced. Liotta,Pesci and de Niro chemistry is sublime. Up there with the first two Godfather films. That's for sure. 😊👍❤

  • @ahmedmaa4380
    @ahmedmaa4380 2 роки тому +3

    I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers!

  • @millenialfilms_5674
    @millenialfilms_5674 6 років тому +2

    There are many good points here but the one biggest problem i could see is when you state that Henry is is losing his love for the Mafia, but this simply isnt true because Henry states that his biggest problem when leaving the life is that he didnt want to leave the life, he still loved the life. But over all this is a good essay on this film, One of my favorite things about this film is how many different ways it can be interpreted. Ive watched this film to many times to count and i still get the same feeling of wow everytime i watch it.

  • @sofaslapper8715
    @sofaslapper8715 4 роки тому +4

    I'm pissed they removed GoodFellas from Netflix

    • @camilachaos4490
      @camilachaos4490 3 роки тому

      Ok so they just added it back

    • @jacobtucker1008
      @jacobtucker1008 3 роки тому

      @@camilachaos4490 there going to remove it again 😤

    • @camilachaos4490
      @camilachaos4490 3 роки тому

      @@jacobtucker1008 ISTG NOOO. man I gotta get that movie on disc or sum

    • @jacobtucker1008
      @jacobtucker1008 3 роки тому +1

      @@camilachaos4490 for real

  • @Demir0509
    @Demir0509 3 роки тому +4

    My favourite line from the movie is ‘hey henry heres a wing!’ Makes me laugh every time

  • @mrmusickhimself
    @mrmusickhimself 6 років тому +204

    No. It's not the best gangster movie of all time.
    It's the best MOVIE of ALL TIME -- barnone.

    • @denniscassley2569
      @denniscassley2569 6 років тому +15

      Behind "The Godfather"... LOVE both, for entirely different reasons...

    • @alexanderblain4236
      @alexanderblain4236 6 років тому +3

      Awh man, I was getting ready to slap a punk. Then I read the second line...

    • @supafuckinmingster
      @supafuckinmingster 6 років тому +3

      BOOOM!!! Somebody had to say it!!!!!!!!!!

    • @rocknrallsoul94rockero4
      @rocknrallsoul94rockero4 6 років тому +2

      thatonedrewguy the good the bad and the ugly

    • @e3uphoric51
      @e3uphoric51 6 років тому

      Zero Cool. That is a great one!!

  • @PeytonnotyeP
    @PeytonnotyeP 3 роки тому +1

    The “Layla” scene gives me goosebumps every single time.

  • @Constantine_IA
    @Constantine_IA 4 роки тому +6

    Total MASTERPIECE with infinite rewatchability

  • @alexbonilla6735
    @alexbonilla6735 4 роки тому +3

    Technically Henry Hill was never in the Mob , he was associated with them but he was never a made man

  • @matthew7265
    @matthew7265 4 роки тому +10

    This movie is on par with both godfather movies

    • @joyasaxena9976
      @joyasaxena9976 4 роки тому +3

      I think Goodfellas is better than The Godfather tbh

    • @PALLAVPHUKAN-lr4zi
      @PALLAVPHUKAN-lr4zi 7 днів тому

      ​@@joyasaxena9976no Godfather is far better

  • @devonhayes2209
    @devonhayes2209 5 років тому +34

    More realistic and in my opinion better than the Godfather

    • @cs-ke1by
      @cs-ke1by 4 роки тому

      True. The godfather was still great, but it felt more pretentious.

    • @joyasaxena9976
      @joyasaxena9976 4 роки тому +1

      Period

    • @jesseanyanwu7639
      @jesseanyanwu7639 4 роки тому +2

      That's your opinion, I like Godfather better, that movie is just out of the world, keep in mind that's like the first classic I watched, but I ain't going to lie the first time I watched it was slow but the second time it was amazing.

    • @jessicapinkman-hd4bw
      @jessicapinkman-hd4bw 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@cs-ke1byhow was it pretentious?

  • @thepazmaniandevil94
    @thepazmaniandevil94 7 років тому +3

    I interpret that last scene where Tommy fires a gun into the camera a little differently. I interpret it as Henry reminiscing the life he had as a Mafia gangster, his "rockstar days". Henry doesn't really display an expression of fear, so much as one of nostalgia if that's possible to express.

  • @brandonyates6346
    @brandonyates6346 4 роки тому +1

    Consider casino, I’m telling you, I thought goodfellas was all that until rewatching Casino after years. It’s almost like you’re watching something you aren’t supposed to see

  • @anthonycervantes7701
    @anthonycervantes7701 6 років тому +5

    That was not the waiter, that was the restaurant owner

  • @tastygravy6880
    @tastygravy6880 Місяць тому

    People had never seen a gangster movie like it, the thing that caught people off guard was the violence, how real it was.

  • @brmillgr
    @brmillgr 6 років тому +42

    Im gonna get da papers, get da papers

  • @valenniacosplay
    @valenniacosplay 11 місяців тому

    What a great film review/analysis! Your video is both straightforward and comprehensive, and it also highlights some aspects that I definitely missed while rewatching this masterpiece.

  • @ramseybrown3233
    @ramseybrown3233 8 років тому +33

    Such an amazing film and great review

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  8 років тому

      Thanks Ramsey, very much appreciated. Nice profile picture BTW

    • @Vendzor
      @Vendzor 8 років тому

      such an amazing album..

  • @nikosalexopoulos6542
    @nikosalexopoulos6542 2 роки тому +1

    Great video. I especially like the parts from the movie being presented in order to clarify key points of the analysis. Like when Ray Liota says: "_______________ "
    and Joe Pesci replies: " __________ "
    And then DeNiro enters the scene: "_______________"
    Man, really great lines

    • @manuharter6382
      @manuharter6382 Рік тому

      Is that a bug or is that on purpose

    • @nikosalexopoulos6542
      @nikosalexopoulos6542 Рік тому

      @@manuharter6382 They have cut out the audio tracks of the film due to copyright protection

    • @manuharter6382
      @manuharter6382 Рік тому

      @@nikosalexopoulos6542 i mean, you could try and slap subtitles under that

    • @nikosalexopoulos6542
      @nikosalexopoulos6542 Рік тому

      @@manuharter6382 Well, when he first uploaded the video, you could hear the tracks. But then UA-cam probably cut them off. And the uploader did not re-upload with subtitles afterwards

    • @manuharter6382
      @manuharter6382 Рік тому +1

      @@nikosalexopoulos6542 well, well. UA-cam does how youtube wants.

  • @namnguyentu1382
    @namnguyentu1382 6 років тому +4

    You forgot to talk about that "what is life" by the great Harrison

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 4 роки тому +2

    One of my favorite movies. The acting, soudn design, music, heck, all of it. Martin's one of my favorite directors. I'm a film buff, and I'm blind.

  • @anmar7530
    @anmar7530 4 роки тому +5

    The Irishman : Hold My Gun

  • @brendanlorenzo7298
    @brendanlorenzo7298 4 роки тому +1

    I think Ray Liotta saying he’s a union delegate is a reference to Jimmy Hoffa

  • @saigokun
    @saigokun 7 років тому +6

    Thanks for this great analysis of this five star movie.

  • @willmodul8467
    @willmodul8467 Рік тому +1

    Yeah bro what an epic opening line lmao. As well as the many other times the movies audio is awkwardly cut for whatever reason

    • @natehowe4291
      @natehowe4291 Рік тому

      i think it got copyrighted or something

  • @dbodooley
    @dbodooley 4 роки тому +1

    We always have an argument when I have parties at my house about what’s better
    Goodfellas
    or
    A Bronx Tale
    ? You’d be surprised how many ppl say Bronx tale. I’m Goodfellas all the way

  • @elijahp.3720
    @elijahp.3720 6 років тому +64

    The audio is cutting out for me. Am I the only one?

  • @ntnrocket1
    @ntnrocket1 4 роки тому +2

    Great job on the review, the Hitchcock shots never occurred to me before.

  • @marcelo8317
    @marcelo8317 7 років тому +10

    No more shines, Phil Leotardo.

  • @anthlink377
    @anthlink377 4 роки тому +1

    Best commentary I have ever seen on this movie. A classic review for a classic movie. In as many times as I have seen the movie, I never noticed the methodology of the soundtrack as well as the shot lengths (other than the Copa scene).

  • @starcrafter13terran
    @starcrafter13terran 6 років тому +3

    I think the drugs is the turning point in the movie. Without that cash, jimmy might have killed him off also. The money was just too good to pass up. But in doing that, he was doomed to failure. He would eventually get hooked and get caught. It saved his life by giving him a choice later: rat on his friends or die. The only person jimmy would have let live without that is tommy. What I never understood was paulie allowing jimmy to kill them all off. Isn't that a huge waste of manpower? Did paulie end up telling jimmy that they had to seem legit so to tie up loose ends? I also feel bad that tutti ends up vanishing in the movie. The movie has so much conflict on varying levels. It's incredible.

    • @scottwilson599
      @scottwilson599 6 років тому

      Jimmy wacked all those guys because of them possibly being rats, but also because he wanted the money all to himself. I'm not sure if the real Jimmy even asked for permission to wack all the robbers as most or all of them were only Lucchese associates. I have read stories of people claiming Jimmy had Tommy wacked which is ridiculous because according to Henry the only time he saw Jimmy cry was when they got the news Tommy got wacked.

    • @randycunningham7318
      @randycunningham7318 9 місяців тому

      Tutti whacks Tommy.

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      Yeah whatever. Gotti was dealing drugs. That's why he killed Paul Castellano. He realized that Paul was going to find out what he was doing, so he figured he would kill him first before Paul had him killed.

  • @jessicapinkman-hd4bw
    @jessicapinkman-hd4bw 10 місяців тому +1

    this is a great analysis of the movie

  • @BishopDoubleR
    @BishopDoubleR 5 років тому +6

    I actually liked Casino better

  • @geraldspencer8679
    @geraldspencer8679 2 місяці тому

    10:30 You forgot to mention the scene before this when Henry first meets Karen's childhood "friend." He approached Karen really close. Henry asked who he was. Karen replied that he was a friend she knew her whole life. Then we moved to the scene where Karen called Henry.

  • @majik5194
    @majik5194 7 років тому +62

    Okay this audio basically makes this video unwatchable

  • @Jipwell
    @Jipwell 3 роки тому +1

    This has been a favourite of mine for years. I first saw it when I was eleven and I've loved it ever since.

  • @CoinOpTV
    @CoinOpTV 7 років тому +38

    one of my faves

  • @jamiegodwin3070
    @jamiegodwin3070 4 роки тому +1

    A fantastic dissection of one hell of a movie. Well done mate

  • @rexruther4864
    @rexruther4864 5 років тому +11

    18:50 Never get high on your own supply

    • @lpr5269
      @lpr5269 Місяць тому

      Do you ever notice in movies that they always show an amount of cocaine being mixed on a mirror that is completely ridiculous? That's a lethal dose of cocaine. It looks like at least a half ounce (14 grams).

  • @sunshinesooperman5110
    @sunshinesooperman5110 Рік тому

    If you’ve noticed an uptick in views, that’s me watching this video at least three times a week. (Currently working on my own crime screenplay.) Great work!!

  • @patrikkelic3590
    @patrikkelic3590 5 років тому +3

    If the audio from The movie is not working try it with headphones then it should be fine

    • @nathanspradlin8570
      @nathanspradlin8570 5 років тому

      I'm wearing headphones right now and it's not on

    • @patrikkelic3590
      @patrikkelic3590 5 років тому

      @@nathanspradlin8570 maybe one side of the headphones is not working

    • @nathanspradlin8570
      @nathanspradlin8570 5 років тому

      No BOTH headphones didn't work. I checked when I listened to the video

  • @tonyg6123
    @tonyg6123 2 роки тому +1

    Great review, I learned a lot.
    I'm sure you were forced to remove the dialogue but if you could put subtitles in it would prevent this issue ruining the context.

  • @joshuagarcia839
    @joshuagarcia839 4 роки тому +4

    What's up with the audio🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @info781
    @info781 5 років тому +2

    I read the book "Wiseguy" before the movie came out, it was a very good book and I feared the movie would not live up to it, I was presently surprised. The book has much more detail, worth a read.

  • @joshuanezat4394
    @joshuanezat4394 5 років тому +1

    The Jimmy two-times reference got you a sub. Great little detail lol

    • @GeoffDaCow
      @GeoffDaCow 5 років тому

      Russell Westbrook looking for a comment that pointed that out 🔥

  • @spartangreg1
    @spartangreg1 5 років тому +4

    Bruh, why did you record yourself so damn quiet while my speakers are about to blowout when you're playing the movie...

  • @2serveand2protect
    @2serveand2protect 5 років тому +1

    I always liked how he used colours in this movie - notice 05:07 - they EAT from a table that has a very peculiar red almost "glowing" - exactly the same "glowing red" of the first scene, when they stab "Batts", and - AGAIN the same red "glow" when they dig him up back again after 6 months - i.e: they live and sustain themselves, from murder and the misery of other people.