GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)

I didn’t realize how much a great film could pull me in until I watched Goodfellas on DVD. The storytelling is gripping, the performances are incredible, and every scene feels meticulously crafted. The DVD quality is sharp and clear, making it easy to catch all the details in this iconic film. Unlike other mob movies, this one keeps you hooked from start to finish without dragging. Honestly, it’s a masterpiece that belongs in any collection. If you love crime dramas or classic films, this is an easy choice.

A classic!!!! This is exactly what you expect from a gangster movie! Family, food, shootings and backstabbing. Such great character development, easy plot and characters you love to hate and hate to love. Ray was awesome as was Pesci. I think Deniro was overrated, but that’s typical. This movie is all around fantastic.

Although this is not Casino (my favorite Scorsese film), and CERTAINLY NOT The Godfather, this movie is also a masterpiece in it's own right, probably being the first film to capture the evil underworld of mob life. It's about Roy Liotta's (RIP, Legend) character named Henry who is taken by the romantic life of being a mobster, the wealth, the women, the power, and the ability to do whatever the hell you want to do without impunity. I mean come on; somewhere deep down inside of the darkest parts of our souls, we wish we had that sort of power. And why not? So, Henry decides to start working with them and work his way from the bottom. Along the way, we meet up with Tommy and Jimmy, played by Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro. They become the good friends of Henry and not to mention the foils of him; Tommy who is more the aggressor while Jimmy is more of the planner. But no mistake, they ARE evil. In fact, they are so evil, Henry realizes that he may be out of his own depth, and being a gangers may have been more than what he bargained for. Scorsese does a great job with directing, as always, and I've always loved his camera work, especially when there are moments of quick-paced sequences or abruptness that kind of gives this sort of uneasiness. Although I'd argue I think he does this better in Casino, but there is plenty of it in Goodfellas. Nicholas Pileggi did an excellent job on writing the script and I'm currently on the hunt for his book, Wiseguys, which is what this movie is based on. And what's really striking to me is how much of the events in Goodfellas ACTUALLY happened. It's almost unreal at times, but Mr. Pileggi did his homework to bring this script to life. Other details that I love about this movie is the music selection. I LOVE the music Mr. Scorsese brings to his movies (again, I think he does it even better in Casino). There's a famous scene where he uses Cream in his movie and it's just such a great scene that says so much by doing so little and it's just great. One other thing that I don't hear people talk enough about is the food in this film. There's so much in this film that it consciously and unconsciously brings up about the food that I could smell it, like I'm in an Italian restaurant (and I'm 38 days in my 40 day fasting). Seriously, the food in this shot so well that I always get hungry while watching this film. There's a scene that makes me laugh every time I watch it where Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy goes to Tommy's house and have dinner with Tommy's mother, who is played by Martin Scorsese's mother. The context of the scene makes me laugh, the food makes me hungry, and the magic of acting that takes place between Joe Pesci's and Mrs. Scorsese's performance is done so well, I keep saying in a complimentary fashion, "That is so Italian." And I love it. To conclude, if you haven't seen Goodfellas, shame on you! What are you doing here, reading my review!? It may not be at the top like Casino, but it is absolutely worth the watch!

Great movie too bad they’re not available for free online

Great quality!!!

This isn't my favorite Scorsese film, but it's still pretty damn great, and is perhaps the best mafia film I've ever seen. The silly though often dramatically effective romananticizing of the mafia that you'd find in 'The Godfather' or 'Once Upon a Time in America' is completely missing here, and we see gangsters for what they almost certainly are, mere amoral creeps at best, and utterly sociopathic maniacs at worst. This is a courageously unconventional film, as it is largely a biography, and thus largely without a particular plot, and is completely devoid of any likable characters. But, it's always interesting, often fascinating and frequently disturbing, and Scorsese creates a consistent sense of believability and reality, even as the events fall well outside the range of our experience. Still, though Scorsese manages to shape the film in a way that makes it seem somewhat more purposeful and deliberate despite the lack of a central plot, it does have a slightly anti-climactic ending. Simply put, Hill's sudden downfall is quite a bit less intriguing that his rise. But, what are you gonna do, that's the way it happened. (More or less, anyway. I don't know enough of the real details to say how many liberties Scorsese took with the facts, but I'll assume that this has the gist of 'em, anyway.) The acting is uniformly top-notch, with special note going to Pesci as the murderous Tommy. He's certainly one of the most unnerving characters to come along in the 90's, and he really seems to embody what I'm told is a sociopath. He doesn't even kill because he likes to, precisely, he just does it because he just can't relate to others as human. The suffering of others means absolutely nothing to him, and thus he has no reason to restrain himself other than how it might effect him later. This is probably the scariest personality type: someone who seems kinda normal most of the time, but who is in fact a complete fraud, a fraud who doesn't really believe in any of the social constructions of the world, but fakes it to get by. Henry himself is an interesting character, as he displays an unusual detachment from everything around him, as I suppose would true of a great many career criminals. Being a criminal is just what he does. Authenticity is significant to the narrative, so this film lacks the surreal flavoring of some of Scorsese's classic work, but he still manages enough flair to keep interesting, largely in the form of some long, elaborate tracking shots, a bit of schizoid editing and some sudden freeze frames to go with the narration. He also pulls the old using pop-songs from the era trick, but for once this just seems to be a natural outcropping of the setting, rather than an gratuitous, distracting device. Certainly, this isn't a film for everyone. Again, no one is remotely likable, except maybe Paulie, who displays a wee bit more honor than most of the figures, and it's got plenty of graphic, callous violence. It's not that gory, really, but the cold approach to it will doubtless effect many. Still, if you're looking for an unconventional look at a disturbing unusual world that is still frighteningly close to home, you can't go wrong with 'Goodfellas'. Grade: A-

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Awesome movie! Started watching it with my dad since I was a teenager and I still watch it today

Was soll mann zu diesem Film schon noch groß schreiben, er ist nunmal ein Klassiker. Das Stealbook kommt gut verpackt, der auf dem Bild zu sehende untere Rand ist aus Pappe und nur über das Stealbook gestülpt, also quasi zum wegschmeissen, was ich sehr gut finde hier wurde endlich mal nachgedacht und mann kann das Stealbook ohne irgendwelche FSK Aufkleber auf der Front ins Regal stellen. Zum kann mann ja wie erwähnt nicht mehr viel sagen eben ein Scorsese Film, einfach gut. Das Bild der Blu-ray ist auch Gut wobei jetzt natürlich kein Referenz bild zu erwarten ist aber selbst auf meinem 60zoll LG ist das Bild noch Top.

1990 ist der Film (so wie viele andere auch) komplett an mir vorbeigegangen, weswegen ich ihn nun auf BluRay erstmals gesehen habe. Es war ein spontankauf im Rahmen einer Aktion, und es hat sich mehr als gelohnt. Der Film ist extrem gut. Es gibt Gewalt, Blut, Morde, aber der Fokus liegt mehr auf dem "sonstigen Leben" der Mafiosi und solcher, die gerne dazugehören möchten, jedoch in Ermangelung rein italienischer Abstammung keine Chance haben, in den Kreis der "ehrenwerten Gesellschaft" aufgenommen zu werden. So wie Henry, die Hauptfigur, dessen Vater Ire ist. Basierend auf seiner wahren Lebensgeschichte folg der Film seinem Werdegang zu dem, was er schon mit 13 Jahren sein wollte: Ein richtiger Gangster. Der Zuschauer erlebt durch seine Augen die Faszination, welche die Welt der Gangster auf ihn ausübt - wohlgemerkt, nicht die Welt der Verbrechen an sich, schon gar nicht die des Blutes und der Morde. Henry wird magisch angezogen vom Status, vom Respekt und natürlich auch vom Geld, in keiner Schlange warten zu müssen, stets den besten Tisch zu bekommen und sich alles leisten zu können - das ist sein Traum, den er zielstrebig verfolgt und dann auch lebt. Doch alles hat seinen Preis, was er irgendwann begreifen muss. Die BluRay ist zwar entfernt davon wirklich HD oder gar HD-Referenz zu sein, aber das tut der Sache keinen Abbruch. Das Bild ist gut genug für mich, auch wenn es die DVD vermutlich auch getan hätte.

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