@@samuelborchardt-cho7379 It's true for everyone. Life is gonna kick your ass at times(some people more than others), and you need understand that as long as you can continue the things you love after getting beat up, then those beatings will heal each time
You know you in deep shit when your dad comes in with the calm before the storm voice. I had instant flash back from my youth when my dad did the same thing before the belt came out.
When your child doesn't know that you love them and you don't show that love, they'll go to other sources to find that love and respect, and some of those sources maybe criminal ones.
Perhaps, but he was beating him out of anger and frustration at his shit life, not because he loved his kid. He probably hated the responsibility of being a Dad. All this hiding behind "I want to teach them better" crap is a farce. We both know he was beating him out of anger and probably derived pleasure from it, like a drug.
Sure, and sometimes people (even young people, even your own children) are just assholes that are going to do whatever they want. Sometimes those very kids (just like the people they will grow up to be) do things just for the raw thrill and damn the consequences. The beating was severe and the old man was an dick, but that kid had been skipping school for weeks. How old was he? 14? The beating was wrong because at this point it wouldn't do any good, but if (or should I say when) one of my kids was skipping and hanging out with pretty serious gangsters, then you do anything to stop it. It was frustrating as Hell, especially considering I was right and he is dead now from the consequences of his actions leading back to that age. Never forget that Henry Hill's life didn't turn out so well. Maybe the old man needed to beat him harder, or less, or never at all, or whatever. Sometimes love isn't enough, and people just do what they do.
Yes. Sad fact but true fact. In England, alot of Boys look at Gangs as their Family because their Father isn't around. Yet when the Police either known as The Old Bill or A Bobby are called in, the Friends or Mates as they are known sell them down the river.
@403 Forbidden Raising kids is a challenging thing, but you have to find some way to show love and still make your point across. You can't do that if you're too pissed off to answer the right questions and find solutions for the problems. Henry's dad thought that just beating him was enough. It wasn't if Henry was still hanging around mobsters his whole life. There's always a reason for kids to do things. While it's still tough, better to find out and find some way to help them.
+Donald Dewar His family is Irish and Sicilian, both races' majority religion is Roman Catholic. One of the things Catholics frown upon is birth control.
That house didn't look so tiny. From the 1950's to 1970's, you had people in nice suburban neighborhoods out west living in smaller houses than that that had a neighborhood swimming pool or even their own pool in a backyard! Nice people with small tract homes that bowed their heads before a meal!
I imagine if you saw that stuff every day you just wouldn't care. It would be normal. That kid might even have been aspiring to the same path as Henry, or already started, running deliveries, doing little things, etc. Or maybe he just hanged around.
@@captainmarvelwilson508 What he meant that due to his Irish father, Henry couldn't be an official member (or made in mafia slang) by the mafia who only takes pure Sicilians.
@Indra Deus Henry had more chances to become a made man than Tommy because of he wasn't short tempered and he proved his loyalty, value and intelligence with business. The problem was that he didn't have 100% Italian blood, so it was out of question.
"My father was always pissed off. He was pissed that he made such lousy money, he was pissed that my kid brother Michael was in a wheelchair, he was pissed that were seven of us living in such a tiny house... But after a while, he was mostly pissed because I hung around the cab stand. He knew what went on that cab stand. And every once in a while, I had to take a beating. But by then, I'd didn't care. The way I saw it... Everybody takes a beating sometimes!"
@@syminite1 In her Book Elvis & Me that was made into a TV Movie, Priscilla Presley did the same thing. She Cut Class, intercepted phone calls and letters from School, lied and denied even found someone to go Beer Drinking with her. Needless to say her Parents didn't whip her but Elvis played a major part in tearing her Family apart. They relented and let her go to Graceland but when she was asked about it by Barbara Walters, she explained her Parents felt it was better she live with him than to have her run away or do something really bad.
1:20 When you compare this scene with the one where Henry is coming out of the courtroom, it really shows why crime is so attractive. Even though his dad was right in what he was saying, it matters a hell of a lot how he said it
I was always curious why they went after the mailman instead of the kid's dad. I mean, it's not like they can hide the fact that the kid is not going to be moved on to the next grade, much less graduate at all.
@@theoutlook55 Because they were exploiting Henry for financial gain and grooming him to become a mobster like them so they could further exploit him when he grows up. If they started targeting his family it could easily turn him against them. They wanted him loyal and on their side. By going after the mailman they showed him they were on his side, were loyal to him and willing to help him. He might feel very differently about this situation if they were doing this to his dad.
One of my favorite lines from any movie: "If another letter from that school goes to that kid's house, in the f***ing oven you're gonna go head first!"
@@johngriswold4303 lol empirical research would tell you otherwise. Beatings are not the answer, regardless of how you are trying to twist your parents behavior as if it’s good and natural.
@@Trump20-24years Discipline not beatings are the answer. Children without any form of discipline for the worst off just in a different capacity. Next are abused children. But the ones who are usually disciplined verbally/emotionally with physical discipline being the last resort tend to turn out best.
Karen hill (melfi) Spider (Christopher) luchesse member postal office threat (uncle paulie) Sonny the restaurant owner Larry Boy berese) Frankie the wop (carmine lupertazzi) Guy moving coats (uncle pussy) Billie Batts (uncle Phil) Another movie guy...the guy at the bar with the lei on, is the nance guy from Casino who goes and takes money from the cash room.
MP R pussy was the guy moving the fur coats when Allie barese (sonny the restaurant owner) says to Henry “what am I going to do with fur coats in the middle of the fucking summer.”
This scene added an element a lot of had went through, most of the movie may or may have not been exaggerated, but this was something back in the day that was NOT exaggerated, we ALL took a beating
I have to say, i have never been a fan of physical discipline. I was subject to it, and it didn't help me one bit. Instead, all it did was make me downright panic every time i believed i had done something wrong, even if it was something minor or insignificant, which would lead to anger and even more bad behavior. It also taught me that i should know how to lie so i could evade punishment. Worst part is that it made me scared shitless of my mom, something that really screwed up our relationship.
Even then, Henry's father knew that life would lead Henry down a road with no happy ending. In a real world perspective, the anger of being blatantly disobeyed with the fear of your son being taken in by mobsters blending in made his father desperate enough to try and literally beat some sense into Henry.
But ultimately it did no good, he failed to realize that Henry had a reading disability. And relied on anger and spanking, his son got too used to taking beatings and still hung out with them. He lost his son to mobsters a long time ago. Couldn't even check to see why his son hasn't gone to school in months. Probably assumed things that he was ultimately wrong about.
That’s how it went down in the 50s, but a somewhat stern but heartfelt chat and maybe some more engagement in the long run would have had a better outcome
@@leon4000unfortunately learning abilities like ADHDand dyslexia weren’t really diagnosed then. Plus his father was an old school Irish dude from NY, he probably wouldn’t want to hear it anyway. If this situation plays out in a more modern environment I wonder if Henry would have gone straight.
@@noonecaresworkharder9125 Speaking as someone who has both aspergers and OCD, i am genuinely thankful i was born in a time when these things were better understood, because i dread to think how people back then would have reacted to me. They probably would think i'm retarded or insane.
one of the best castings for a young version of the protagonist....I mean from the look to the voice and the timid style, this movie is a masterpiece. Hard to say if there's another movie I enjoy more than this. Godfather of course is to me the greatest film ever made, but it is lonnnng, Goodfellas is pure entertainment from start to finish. The body language, the little things the actors do in this movie, especially Dinero, are so good.....so damn good
If belt-beatings were such a good way to discipline your kids, why didn't it do a damn thing to change Henry's behavior? Heck, Henry flat-out said that the beatings were just the cost of doing business. If his parents were serious about disciplining Henry, they would've stopped him from going to the bus stop or dropped the nuclear bomb of military or boarding school. Like getting hit with a belt a few dozen times isn't worth driving Caddies and making hundreds of dollars.
Because belt beating is not a good way, unless you're poor and uneducated and want your kids to be obedient little slaves to the system. Henry remained uneducated and his sociopathic thirst for money and stealing eventually cost him. He was just as dumb as his father except he had the balls to go further.
Fun Fact: The goon at 2:18 that grabs the mailman (The one that says "Excuse me") Is actually Tony Sirico, you all might know him better as Paulie from The Sopranos. Alot of difference grey sideburns and a few wrinkles make to a guy, huh?
Seeing these guys and the way they interact with the kid reminds me of my first real job. Guys just like this. Always looking out for me always giving me keys to park their cars, hang their coats, get them drinks, etc. Except it wasn’t the mob. Just a bunch of freemasons doing what they do inside their little social club. I was there every night after school until almost midnight. Parents didn’t care because they were freemasons too. In fact they encouraged it. I saw plenty of fights, plenty of men hitting on women that weren’t their wives, and plenty of women cheating on their husbands.All those guys are dead now. And I miss them terribly
Henry Hill's father in the movie was portrayed by Beau Starr. Interestingly enough, if memory serves me right, Beau's younger brother, Mike Starr, also made an appearance in Goodfellas.
Top Robert De Niro movies: 1: The Deer Hunter 2: Goodfellas 3: Taxi Driver 4: Casino 5:Raging Bull 6: Meet The Parents 7: The Family 8: Midnight Run 9: The Untouchables 10: Meet the Fockers
Henry Hill's childhood house still standing, 392 Pine Street, NYC. You can actually see via street view where the parking lot for the cabstand used to be, and how a young Henry would look out his attic bedroom window across the street at the guys playing cards on the sidewalk. Whole neighborhood has a very working class feel. House is definitely small by suburbia standards but this is NYC and there were a lot of people doing worse living in tenements.
Big difference between discipline and abuse. I'm all for discipline, but I'm not for abusing kids. Abuse of kids leads to many different psychical and mental issues down the road, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Three of the greatest minutes in cinema history. My favorite movie of all time. I always quote this line for line and I love the part where the dad comes in and questions him about the school. Fucking amazing movie. Just amazing.
Hitting children teaches them that violence and hurt is a way to influence people. Parents can definitely go overboard. Especially if they are creeps and it feels good for them to gain power over a child. I'm not saying you shouldn't give them a smack on the bum if they ran in to the road like crazy, you should exercise restraint when it comes to children and using physical punishment.
How can you be so weak, that the only real way for you to raise your kids is the primitive and brutal one - beating, abusing them? You are so unsuccessful and pitiful that they do not care about what you say(which is entirely your fault), so you can use the fact that you are just physically stronger. That is so sad
Because even though those made guys were killers and animals, they were traditional enough to respect his father. The same thing happens in a different De Niro movie, "A Bronx Tale" where De Niro is playing the father to the boy who gets mixed up with the mob. The mob boss got mad at his Dad for telling the kid to stay away from the mobsters but he told his goons to leave them alone. ruclips.net/video/xXx-8wRp1Hg/видео.html
I mean it’s still Henry’s Dad. Henry isn’t going to go back if they beat the shit out of his dad lol. Also they still respect parents who want the best for their children
Henry's dad reminds me on how my father beat me for skipping school just to smoke weed with chicks I knew in high school if he did not beat me with his fists it would be the belt
They did a good job with casting. That teenager looked exactly like Ray Liota
totally agree
Henry Hill was meant to be played by Alec Baldwin, he auditioned to play him.
Francisco Rodriguez Ray Liotta was so perfect as Henry Hill.
that kid was in my class JHS in NYC
oochie wally did he ever talk about the film?
"everybody takes a beating sometime" is one of the most insightful lines about life in the history of the movies.
It’s really true at least for me
You take a licking and keep on ticking.
It's True. Everyone takes a Beating in Life. Be it Figuratively or Physically!!!
@@samuelborchardt-cho7379 It's true for everyone. Life is gonna kick your ass at times(some people more than others), and you need understand that as long as you can continue the things you love after getting beat up, then those beatings will heal each time
Was meant to strike a cord with the viewer and it did.
You know you in deep shit when your dad comes in with the calm before the storm voice. I had instant flash back from my youth when my dad did the same thing before the belt came out.
89DrFunk
that's horrible.
Damn
Nice!
I feel your pain bro same shit with me too during the 80s into the mid 90s
Why however didnt the guys go after the board?
When your child doesn't know that you love them and you don't show that love, they'll go to other sources to find that love and respect, and some of those sources maybe criminal ones.
Perhaps, but he was beating him out of anger and frustration at his shit life, not because he loved his kid. He probably hated the responsibility of being a Dad. All this hiding behind "I want to teach them better" crap is a farce. We both know he was beating him out of anger and probably derived pleasure from it, like a drug.
Sure, and sometimes people (even young people, even your own children) are just assholes that are going to do whatever they want. Sometimes those very kids (just like the people they will grow up to be) do things just for the raw thrill and damn the consequences. The beating was severe and the old man was an dick, but that kid had been skipping school for weeks. How old was he? 14? The beating was wrong because at this point it wouldn't do any good, but if (or should I say when) one of my kids was skipping and hanging out with pretty serious gangsters, then you do anything to stop it. It was frustrating as Hell, especially considering I was right and he is dead now from the consequences of his actions leading back to that age. Never forget that Henry Hill's life didn't turn out so well. Maybe the old man needed to beat him harder, or less, or never at all, or whatever. Sometimes love isn't enough, and people just do what they do.
Yes. Sad fact but true fact. In England, alot of Boys look at Gangs as their Family because their Father isn't around. Yet when the Police either known as The Old Bill or A Bobby are called in, the Friends or Mates as they are known sell them down the river.
What are you, some kinda fuckin psychiatrist, you fuckin bum ya?
@403 Forbidden Raising kids is a challenging thing, but you have to find some way to show love and still make your point across. You can't do that if you're too pissed off to answer the right questions and find solutions for the problems. Henry's dad thought that just beating him was enough. It wasn't if Henry was still hanging around mobsters his whole life. There's always a reason for kids to do things. While it's still tough, better to find out and find some way to help them.
Pissed off that 7 children lived in such a tiny house. He should have pulled out more often I guess.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Hey look 7 likes :D
+Donald Dewar His family is Irish and Sicilian, both races' majority religion is Roman Catholic. One of the things Catholics frown upon is birth control.
That house didn't look so tiny. From the 1950's to 1970's, you had people in nice suburban neighborhoods out west living in smaller houses than that that had a neighborhood swimming pool or even their own pool in a backyard! Nice people with small tract homes that bowed their heads before a meal!
pulling out ain't no birth control +Shanethefilmmaker
Just realised there was a kid eating pizza whilst a mailman was threatened to have his face burnt off - this film keeps giving !
Benjamin Jack Kata Finau this is why it's one of the best
I guess they put that kid in, to showcase how the mafia creates a culture of normalizing violence
Dude great catch I had to rewind to take a look at the kid LOL! The kid paused and went back to eating like just a normal day in the hood LOL!
I imagine if you saw that stuff every day you just wouldn't care. It would be normal. That kid might even have been aspiring to the same path as Henry, or already started, running deliveries, doing little things, etc. Or maybe he just hanged around.
@@89DrFunk hood?
The mob would've never intimidated Newman from Seinfeld into delivering Henry's school mail to them. Now, there was a true fearless US Postal mailman.
Kelveron Haha I’m dying
If it was Cliff from Cheers they would have just paid his bar tab.
Oh yeah. But you never know. They are still intimidating, bro.
LMAO
he's still collecting checks, he's just not delivering mail. 🤣
His dad was literally the reason he couldn’t get made.
You know. That is kind of what life was for teenagers and young adults in the 50s.
@@captainmarvelwilson508 What he meant that due to his Irish father, Henry couldn't be an official member (or made in mafia slang) by the mafia who only takes pure Sicilians.
Indra Deus That was stupid and ended up biting them in the ass. Should of just made tommys cowboy ass leave
@Indra Deus Henry had more chances to become a made man than Tommy because of he wasn't short tempered and he proved his loyalty, value and intelligence with business. The problem was that he didn't have 100% Italian blood, so it was out of question.
Also...his Dad is _literally_ the reason Henry got made.
"My father was always pissed off. He was pissed that he made such lousy money, he was pissed that my kid brother Michael was in a wheelchair, he was pissed that were seven of us living in such a tiny house... But after a while, he was mostly pissed because I hung around the cab stand. He knew what went on that cab stand. And every once in a while, I had to take a beating. But by then, I'd didn't care. The way I saw it... Everybody takes a beating sometimes!"
Legendary acting
@@astronautkid9982 the writing man!
Irish father and Sicilian mother. Wow man that's volcanic blood!!😖
*YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL IN MONTHS! I N M O N T H S*
Man!! Them 2 slaps came extra fast!!
@@syminite1 In her Book Elvis & Me that was made into a TV Movie, Priscilla Presley did the same thing. She Cut Class, intercepted phone calls and letters from School, lied and denied even found someone to go Beer Drinking with her. Needless to say her Parents didn't whip her but Elvis played a major part in tearing her Family apart. They relented and let her go to Graceland but when she was asked about it by Barbara Walters, she explained her Parents felt it was better she live with him than to have her run away or do something really bad.
*MUNTS
YOU THINK YOU’RE SO SMART! YOU’RE NOTHIN' BUT A BUM! WANNA GROW UP TO BE A BUM! Dad screamed calmly while whopping his son's ass with a belt.
"YOU THINK YOUR SO FUCKING SMART???!"
1:20 When you compare this scene with the one where Henry is coming out of the courtroom, it really shows why crime is so attractive. Even though his dad was right in what he was saying, it matters a hell of a lot how he said it
Henry's Dad looks like Robert DeNiro when he portrayed Jake Lamotta
+Fan Made Videos I've been saying the same thing for years.
@@num1Jaysta same
Henry got expelled from school and now he is free, finally he can hang around and work at the cab stand all he wants.
And be a loser mobster.
The Way I Saw It !, Everybody Takes a Beating Sometimes !
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whether physical or psychological EVERYONE does
And then we have millions of unhappy people with unresolved mental issues who rape, murder and torture! Yay!
The part where his dad beat him with a belt
I felt that, even on my ass as a 25 year old man
At least he was a believer in education
@@actuary33 my old man was the same so this hits home a lot
Your father was a coward lol who the fuck hits children?
You're 25. You're hardly a man, more like a young adult
I feel bad for that mailman. He was just doing his job. He probably quit the next day or got fired after he stopped delivering mail to Henry’s house.
That means the next mailman who delivers mail to his house is in deep shit.
@@GIJesse-xo1vl ong
I was always curious why they went after the mailman instead of the kid's dad. I mean, it's not like they can hide the fact that the kid is not going to be moved on to the next grade, much less graduate at all.
@@theoutlook55 Because they were exploiting Henry for financial gain and grooming him to become a mobster like them so they could further exploit him when he grows up. If they started targeting his family it could easily turn him against them. They wanted him loyal and on their side. By going after the mailman they showed him they were on his side, were loyal to him and willing to help him. He might feel very differently about this situation if they were doing this to his dad.
@@PumpkinHoard good point. Thanks.
I bet when the Dad asked Henry about his day in school, and knowing that he was lying about being there made him even more furious than anything.
Ahhhhhhhhh, violence. I ❤️ it
One of my favorite lines from any movie:
"If another letter from that school goes to that kid's house, in the f***ing oven you're gonna go head first!"
lol, it's a good one
Paulie just standing there like wtf going on but he loving it lmao
When criminals treat you better than your own father
Oh..poor henry with the belt beating, I know how that feels like, hurts like hell.
how skip school for a mouth he brought that on him self.
Yes it did.
New York City the Street is the school jackass
@@johngriswold4303 lol empirical research would tell you otherwise. Beatings are not the answer, regardless of how you are trying to twist your parents behavior as if it’s good and natural.
@@Trump20-24years Discipline not beatings are the answer. Children without any form of discipline for the worst off just in a different capacity. Next are abused children. But the ones who are usually disciplined verbally/emotionally with physical discipline being the last resort tend to turn out best.
“You’re gonna fuck everything up!” Foreshadowing...
holy shit that's paulie walnuts at the end!
Pussy and Chris in the movie too.
Carmine Lupertazzi also
sparkydeltorro they also have the psychiatrist from sopranos as henrys wife too
Karen hill (melfi)
Spider (Christopher)
luchesse member postal office threat (uncle paulie)
Sonny the restaurant owner Larry Boy berese)
Frankie the wop (carmine lupertazzi)
Guy moving coats (uncle pussy)
Billie Batts (uncle Phil)
Another movie guy...the guy at the bar with the lei on, is the nance guy from Casino who goes and takes money from the cash room.
MP R pussy was the guy moving the fur coats when Allie barese (sonny the restaurant owner) says to Henry “what am I going to do with fur coats in the middle of the fucking summer.”
1:14-1:50 “you wanna tell me about this? It’s a letter from school… says you haven’t been there in months… IN MONTHS!” Lmfao 🤣
YA THINK YA SO SMART? YOU'RE NOTHIN BUT A BUM, YOU WANNA GROW UP TO BE A BUM?
@@dakentaijutsu2010 I thought he was gonna kill him to be honest.
That “IN MONTHS!” Scared the $hit out if me! Then I was LMFAO! 😂
That SMACK from his father....I FELT that and I'm in Manhattan!
Rip ray ❤
Tony and Frank too.
This scene added an element a lot of had went through, most of the movie may or may have not been exaggerated, but this was something back in the day that was NOT exaggerated, we ALL took a beating
I have to say, i have never been a fan of physical discipline. I was subject to it, and it didn't help me one bit. Instead, all it did was make me downright panic every time i believed i had done something wrong, even if it was something minor or insignificant, which would lead to anger and even more bad behavior. It also taught me that i should know how to lie so i could evade punishment. Worst part is that it made me scared shitless of my mom, something that really screwed up our relationship.
Even then, Henry's father knew that life would lead Henry down a road with no happy ending. In a real world perspective, the anger of being blatantly disobeyed with the fear of your son being taken in by mobsters blending in made his father desperate enough to try and literally beat some sense into Henry.
But ultimately it did no good, he failed to realize that Henry had a reading disability. And relied on anger and spanking, his son got too used to taking beatings and still hung out with them. He lost his son to mobsters a long time ago. Couldn't even check to see why his son hasn't gone to school in months. Probably assumed things that he was ultimately wrong about.
That’s how it went down in the 50s, but a somewhat stern but heartfelt chat and maybe some more engagement in the long run would have had a better outcome
@@leon4000unfortunately learning abilities like ADHDand dyslexia weren’t really diagnosed then. Plus his father was an old school Irish dude from NY, he probably wouldn’t want to hear it anyway. If this situation plays out in a more modern environment I wonder if Henry would have gone straight.
@@noonecaresworkharder9125 Speaking as someone who has both aspergers and OCD, i am genuinely thankful i was born in a time when these things were better understood, because i dread to think how people back then would have reacted to me. They probably would think i'm retarded or insane.
Rest in peace to the king Ray liotta
one of the best castings for a young version of the protagonist....I mean from the look to the voice and the timid style, this movie is a masterpiece. Hard to say if there's another movie I enjoy more than this. Godfather of course is to me the greatest film ever made, but it is lonnnng, Goodfellas is pure entertainment from start to finish. The body language, the little things the actors do in this movie, especially Dinero, are so good.....so damn good
As far as showing gangster life realistically, "The Godfather" was a fairy tale. A great movie but a fairy tale.
00:20 damn that camera shot, so perfect! LOVE IT
OMG I thought the same thing!!!! Absolutely perfect...timed with the music and such a clean catch of the keys while giving a megawatt smile!!!!!
I like how Paulie just slogs in and is like: "What the hell's going on here? Oh, this again".
Paulie is standing there with that look on his face like, "Yeah thats how it's done!"
Now we got email , Henry won’t stand a chance in the modern world
and texts
I love that they called the mailman a scumbag as if he was at fault somehow
Henry caught the quickest fade ever!
Henry's father thought American kids were spoiled lazy in the 50's?? He'd get a kick out of the American kids today!
+Francis Albert it remains true today
+MoJoThundRpants His point is that it is even worse today, numb nuts.
+Francis Albert Posts Laziness is awesome.
+Francis Albert Every generation thinks that of the generation after them.
People enjoy being slaves, I'm just going to have fun and when its time to work eat a bullet, simple.
Another letter from that kid’s school goes to that house, in the shinebox you go, head first...
1:30 Zero to ballistic in a nanosecond!
The post office NEEDS a good beating these days.
its time to grow up u stupid goofball
PowerToker420 while you were token i made more loot then you're whole gen.
nick 373 gears Your. Maybe you should have paid attention in school.
I DID N GRADUATED N I GRADUATED A TRADE SCHOOL TO SO WHY THE DIRT
Venting Show i misspelled it i did graduate high school he use to kik the shit out of ppl when i was 8 right in front of me
If belt-beatings were such a good way to discipline your kids, why didn't it do a damn thing to change Henry's behavior? Heck, Henry flat-out said that the beatings were just the cost of doing business.
If his parents were serious about disciplining Henry, they would've stopped him from going to the bus stop or dropped the nuclear bomb of military or boarding school. Like getting hit with a belt a few dozen times isn't worth driving Caddies and making hundreds of dollars.
it's a movie
Hahahahaha u can't be serious... ITS A DAMN MOVIE!
Because belt beating is not a good way, unless you're poor and uneducated and want your kids to be obedient little slaves to the system.
Henry remained uneducated and his sociopathic thirst for money and stealing eventually cost him. He was just as dumb as his father except he had the balls to go further.
it was the 50's. nobody really knew any better.
+syminite1 you were doing so well until God...
Fun Fact: The goon at 2:18 that grabs the mailman (The one that says "Excuse me") Is actually Tony Sirico, you all might know him better as Paulie from The Sopranos. Alot of difference grey sideburns and a few wrinkles make to a guy, huh?
Thumbs up for you sir. Did not know that but now I see it!
Love the way he's all polite at first, then turns right into Paulie moment he grabs him.
Easily up up there in the top 10 list of best movies ever made
fun fact: henrys dad was also the sheriff off halloween 4.
"In months!"
Every scene in this movie is classic.
I love how the kid is glancing over at the mailman almost getting his face burned off while eating his food, like it’s entertainment
Hmm. Were you ever a bit scared of your father, not just scared of catching a beatin', but more like seeing him as a violent authority?
"The Way I saw it, Everybody takes a beating sometimes." I Love and live by that quote 💯💯
Excellent quote.
This apparently is also Paulie Gaultieri's early days too, lol.
RIP Ray Liotta
Oh the fucking memories.
The adorable bulldog just sitting there panting lol
Lol I like the little kid just sitting in the corner eating his pizza and watching the show
Rip ray
Seeing these guys and the way they interact with the kid reminds me of my first real job. Guys just like this. Always looking out for me always giving me keys to park their cars, hang their coats, get them drinks, etc. Except it wasn’t the mob. Just a bunch of freemasons doing what they do inside their little social club. I was there every night after school until almost midnight. Parents didn’t care because they were freemasons too. In fact they encouraged it. I saw plenty of fights, plenty of men hitting on women that weren’t their wives, and plenty of women cheating on their husbands.All those guys are dead now. And I miss them terribly
The freeze frame of Henry's dad is the best one that Scorsese ever filmed
Henry Hill's father in the movie was portrayed by Beau Starr.
Interestingly enough, if memory serves me right, Beau's younger brother, Mike Starr, also made an appearance in Goodfellas.
their brothers? no way.
+Leon Hudson Yes, and, as I remember, Beau's brother did make an appearance in this movie.
+Steven197981 oh okay then.
+Steven197981 And he looks allot like Robert Deniro
+Steven197981 Frenchy.
I like how the mafia guy calls the postman a "scumbag" just for delivering mail. Just goes to show how perverted the world can get.
IN MONTHS!!
Jay H that double backhand
The double backhand was beautiful
@@williammcgrath67 And he got his belt off so fast! 😍
Henry's Father got that belt out Real Quick like instant bro xD
To think, the mailman was just doing his job.
Top Robert De Niro movies:
1: The Deer Hunter
2: Goodfellas
3: Taxi Driver
4: Casino
5:Raging Bull
6: Meet The Parents
7: The Family
8: Midnight Run
9: The Untouchables
10: Meet the Fockers
+Justin Jayne do you like the bengals?
song at 2:20 please
you forgot falling in love with Robert de Niro and Meryl streep which is an absolute classic, if you haven't already seen it, watch it.
+Mr Sully Im not sure
+Mr Sully Hearts of stone
They threaten the mailman but dont lay a finger on the guy that beat the crap out of his kid. Different world in those days...
The Irish American Father’s anger is accurate here, 0-100 in 2 seconds
Damn, do irish american fathers have some sort of deeply ingrained anger issues?
Rip Tony Sirico , mr walnuts
Henry Hill's childhood house still standing, 392 Pine Street, NYC. You can actually see via street view where the parking lot for the cabstand used to be, and how a young Henry would look out his attic bedroom window across the street at the guys playing cards on the sidewalk.
Whole neighborhood has a very working class feel. House is definitely small by suburbia standards but this is NYC and there were a lot of people doing worse living in tenements.
always works " huh my son is going down a very bad path, that just means i havent beaten or abused him enough, he'll straighten out in the end"
Sad to see people thinking this is the right way. Even comments under this video say "My parents were like that and I still love them"
R.I.P. Ray Liotta
“Excuse me!.... SCUMBEG”
All these years I didn't realize Henry's dad is the Sheriff in Halloween 4 and 5!
Big difference between discipline and abuse. I'm all for discipline, but I'm not for abusing kids. Abuse of kids leads to many different psychical and mental issues down the road, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Now that's discipline!
And yet Henry still grew up to be a criminal.
I can’t help but laugh when Henry’s dad goes off.
I bet that first it scared you, then you were like WTF!!!! And finally you laughed. 😂
@@frankcortes6852 That’s about right lol
I think it's funny too. Just goes from calm to apeshit in the blink of an eye lol
Tough guys checking “tough” guys. That’s why it was so “okay”
HENRY was never a bum
2:17 Tony Sirico!
When Paulie Walnuts says get in the car. You get in the car
This is how paulie walnuts made gus bones before joining the sopranos family.
Henry's mom is the same woman who played sonny's wife in the Godfather.
😂😂😂😂all she ever does in these movies is scream she sounds the same in both
2:34 Oh hey, look! It's the other Paulie.
Lol Paulie Gualtieri in his younger years @ 2:19
"Escuse me.... :)"
"Scumbag..."
2:20 the subtle “scumbag” gets me every time.
That kids looks A LOT like a young Ray Liotta.
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta was meant to be played by Alec Baldwin.
Hey! There's Paulie from the Sopranos!
Three of the greatest minutes in cinema history. My favorite movie of all time. I always quote this line for line and I love the part where the dad comes in and questions him about the school. Fucking amazing movie. Just amazing.
The mailman screwed up by not delivering any letters, should have put him in the oven!
Thumbs if you laughed during the beat down because that was you growing up.
i always wondered what if they shook down his dad 😂 that would be outta pocket but funny
im obsessed with this movie. and i think the kid that plays young henry is cute n_n
I love how they have those boxes of stolen yellow sweaters and then they're all wearing the sweaters after that, lol
is the guy who played henry's dad robert deniro's brother? wow, he looks just like him.
francis p I thought the same thing lol
Yes exactly and that's why Henry Hill Sr. may whip me anytime🔥🔥
Hitting children teaches them that violence and hurt is a way to influence people. Parents can definitely go overboard. Especially if they are creeps and it feels good for them to gain power over a child. I'm not saying you shouldn't give them a smack on the bum if they ran in to the road like crazy, you should exercise restraint when it comes to children and using physical punishment.
"In Godfrey we trust" brought me here
What any real father would do.
Al Network he didn’t do a very good job at disciplining Henry though, as he still became a gangster anyway
You mean what any scumbag of a father would do that is pissed off at his own life and lets his anger out on his children
How can you be so weak, that the only real way for you to raise your kids is the primitive and brutal one - beating, abusing them? You are so unsuccessful and pitiful that they do not care about what you say(which is entirely your fault), so you can use the fact that you are just physically stronger. That is so sad
I don't get why they went for the mailman instead of just beating his dead-beat dad to an inch of his life.
Because even though those made guys were killers and animals, they were traditional enough to respect his father. The same thing happens in a different De Niro movie, "A Bronx Tale" where De Niro is playing the father to the boy who gets mixed up with the mob. The mob boss got mad at his Dad for telling the kid to stay away from the mobsters but he told his goons to leave them alone. ruclips.net/video/xXx-8wRp1Hg/видео.html
I mean it’s still Henry’s Dad. Henry isn’t going to go back if they beat the shit out of his dad lol.
Also they still respect parents who want the best for their children
Great film
Poor mailman guy was just doing his job🤣🤣🤣
Henry's dad reminds me on how my father beat me for skipping school just to smoke weed with chicks I knew in high school if he did not beat me with his fists it would be the belt