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Joe Pesci's career is a wild ride. Before being cast in Scorsese's "Raging Bull" he spent the better part of 20 years scrambling to find a career path. From being an early manager of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (there's a character in the movie Jersey Boys based on him), to being a musician and singer to being an actor in low budget regional flicks, he tried it all. He once played guitar in a super popular NY regional area band named Joey Dee and the Starliters (they had a minor national hit with "Peppermint Twist"). That same band also had Jimi Hendrix play with them briefly. He did end up releasing one album: Little Joe Sure Can Sing!
The Godfather trilogy is amazing. I hope you get to it soon. It almost always surprises first time watchers and confounds their expectations. They are long but they don't feel like it and leave you wanting more. They are pretty immersive and really suck you in.
It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking, just everything like Scorsese’s long, continuous moving shots and all the great acting. Pesci’s dialogue didn’t sound scripted because a lot of it wasn’t. His story telling segments were totally improvised and weren’t even in the script. There was a great amount of freedom in terms of improvised scenes and dialogue because both Pesci and De Niro had worked with Scorsese for years, way back with Raging Bull and longer with just De Niro. There was a kind of shorthand that they had that afforded an ease of communication between the actors and director that was unique.
We grew up near Kennedy. When that money was stolen, you never saw so many people hoping to find it as it was thought to have been buried near a tarmac for the planes.
So this is random, but there was an animated show called the Animaniacs in the 90s that had a side short that would come on called the Goodfeathers. It was about 3 pigeons just doing stuff and they had the same personalities as these 3 guys. I didn't get the references at all until I saw this movie and it finally clicked. The pesto compilation (Joe P character) is pretty good. Ray Liotta's bird had this oversized smile which fits his over-the-top laughing he does from this movie lol The 3 minute single shot take called the "Copa Shot" is absolutely amazing. From when they get out of the car to sometime after they sit down, it's just Incredible.
Once you know that it's a parody, it becomes really obvious what they're doing. I was at the right age to have watched the cartoon first, then the movie years later. They have the "as far back as I can remember". Pesto is an Italian food and references Joe Pesci and that pigeon is infamous for picking fights just like Tommy. Bobby is obviously referencing Robert (Bobby) DeNiro and they even make a connection between Bobby and the Godpigeon, which is a parody of Godfather, which also starred Robert DeNiro. And the cartoon intro has them standing in front of a Martin Scorcese statue.
@@TheYakusoku Yeah, the very first episode of the Goodfeathers is Squint (Ray's character) saying the "as far back as I can remember" line. I was born in 1986, so I loved the Animaniacs and didn't see this movie for a really long time. I was 7 when the first Goodfeathers episode came out.
16:40: If you want to know what a dead body smells like after a few weeks, just keep some potatoes when they go bad. Rotten potatoes smell almost exactly the same as a dead body, with this horrible cloying smell which seems to forcefully reach down into your lungs and strangle your stomach through your diaphragm. It's not nice. I was living in a block of studio apartments when an old fellow upstairs passed away and wasn't discovered for a few weeks when he missed rent. There was this growing smell which just about everyone just assumed was the dumpster because the realtor was in an argument with the garbage company.
Interesting fact: The comedy film My Blue Heaven is kind of a sequel to this film. It stars Steve Martin as Henry Hill living in the Witness Protection Program and co-stars Rick Moranis as an F.B.I. agent in charge of him. Totally different tone but connected being based upon the same person.
The real Henry Hill came out of witness protection and started going on the Howard Stern Show in the 90's. The best was when he'd come on smashed drunk. Liotta got the laugh down pat by listening to hours of tape of Hill transcribing events for the book Wiseguy.
As he continued to go on Stern's show he became more unhinged. Infact there's a really chilling episode where Spider's (the kid that Tommy shoots at the poker game) sister and mother call in to the show and grill Henry about where Spider's remains are. Henry seemingly developed PTSD. It really shows how frightening and violent that life of crime became for him.
Just as an FYI (and I tell this to everyone who reacts to this film), but there is a COMEDY movie that picks up pretty much exactly where this movie leaves off. They came out within weeks of each other, and it's TONS of fun, it stars Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack (and more). It's really worth checking out if you want to see the lighter side of the whole situation. It's called My Blue Heaven.
It always makes me think differently about my childhood when I see how people react to young Henry getting beat by his dad. Ok maybe that’s why I’m a little crazy 😂 that was just a normal Tuesday for me growing up!
My favorite part of Joe Pesci's performance is after he shoots Spider, Jimmy Conway is freaking out. Henry says, precariously informs, 'He's dead' and Tommy's response is "I'm a good shot. What? I'm a good shot." As dark and chaotic as the moment is the way he says that is hilarious to me.
35:04 Did you notice the direction of this shot ? Zoom the lens but also move the camera so the perspective of the outside world changes mirroring the increasing paranoia of Henry. Fabulous choice.
To add a little more to the story: GoodFellas is based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi. Pileggi was married to famous screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and then both wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Pileggi was working on the book at the same time Ephron was developing her next movie, which became the script for My Blue Heaven. Two vastly different takes on the same guy.
Another great reaction! My father lived that kind of life; and my mother was fine with it. The thing that kills me about Henry is that he wasn't honest with Karen; in that life those are the rules. Your wife is home with the kids, that's your family, those are the people you love, and those are the people that matter. The deal though is you choose a wife carefully because she's you're one and only. You don't lie to her about other women when/if anything happens. You don't have to tell your wife everything about business, it's up to you where you want to draw the line but at the end of the day it's not just your business, it's everybody you work with. But you, your wife, your family, that's your business, your responsibility and you don't gaslight her on that; not ever. Pauli and Jimmy understood that "...then you go back to Karen" and you called it right: "That's just how it works."
I love this movie I've seen it so many times since I was a kid and was surprised to see some people who ended up in the Samuel Jackson was the guy who was shot by Joe Pesci
The thing about watching a Scorsese film is that it almost seems like you're watching the same characters over and over. Which would be awful if he wasn't so damn good at it. And the fact that he used the same actors in so many of them. I mean, I see why. Why mess with a good formula?
You should check out Casino as well. Scorsese directed and it was based on a true story from the same author as Goodfellas. DeNiro and Pesci return, and Sharon Stone is in it as well. It is very good as well.
And speaking to the unscripted feel of the movie.. Scorsese and the actors did not do improv per se... but they would rehearse with the script..and improv in rehearsal..and Scorsese would then go back and rewrite the script if the improvisations were really good and they would then film that. One case in particular WAS the night at the restaurant("How am I funny??) ..this came from an actual story from Joe Pesci. So they acted it out in rehearsal... and then Scorsese wrote it up and they filmed it.
The Copa was real and yes it was a regular hangout club for the Mob. I suppose if you were actually you were OK in there too. It would be the last place anyone would bother you at.
You'll have to look up the real guys names the characters were based on real people but they didn't use the real names jimmy Conway is Jimmy burke Paul cicero is Paul viro
the real tommy desimone was much much more crazy then what joe pesci portrayed him out to be in this movie. the real tommy was a bigger guy at about 6 foot 2 too and the things he did was really insane . one of them was shooting and killing a man he seen at random just because he wanted to try out a new gun he had got .
Since you mentioned it. I was wondering if anyway possible, i love watching reactions but all do the same movies over and over. But i have a few great ones no one does or probably dont know. But my bodyguard with matt dillon not the bodyguard with whitney. The older one with dillon is so good please check out. Also an older one is bad boys with sean penn its older and great. Then 2 newer movies a must see....the place beyond the pines with Bradley cooper and ryan gosling lastly for now a fave too is pans labyrinth... Please these or rarely reacted to
The real story was so much worse. There were no redeeming qualities or nobilities among them. Scorsese cleaned it up in order to make a movie that people would actually want to watch. A similar path was taken with ‘Casino’ (1995), which is also a true story about how the Mob became dominant in Vegas, and the waning days of that empire. Excellent movie that some feel is superior to this one.
Please don't be an idiot and watch videos about the "true story." This is a fictional film very loosely based on the book 'Wiseguys' based on interviews with career criminal Henry Hill. These characters and events are not "real."
I actually own a knife previously owned and carried by the real life Henry Hill. It's actually currently at the moment getting framed along with a handwritten letter from Henry about the knife. I bought it from him in the last couple years of his life. I never met him in person but we exchanged a few emails back and forth. In his later years, once the movie came out, he lived out in the open in Las Vegas like a celebrity, he'd left the witness protection program and people were no longer looking to kill him. He was an artist an sold his paintings and neck ties that he had painted and other stuff, signed shovels. This was his own personal knife though. The book the movie is based on, Wiseguy is a great read and it goes even more in depth with the stories. For instance, during his time in prison, he was free to leave the prison to conduct business and often did. The guards on his pay would just let him come and go. If you want to take story even further, there is somewhat of a sequel to Goodfellas in a cookbook written by Henry, The Wiseguy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run. In between chapters he tells several stories of his life in the witness protection going to different cities for different trials to testify at and even a close call encounter of people almost finding him on the run. Great reads, both of them!
Probably believable. I "met" him a couple of times is LA. He was always selling something. Man never had money. Usually it was his trash art. Also take everything he has ever said with a giant drain of salt. He never told a whole truth.
@@crankfastle8138 I also own a bunch of stuff that belonged to Roy DeMao, including his collection bat, the one he kept in his trunk, the same trunk they found his body in. That and some Tarantino movie props, Mr. Blonde's shoulder holster from Reservoir Dogs and the preacher's license & the RV registration tag from From Dusk Till Dawn, and some stuff from Jackie Brown.
The way Jimmy was going to kill Karen by luring her into an alleyway by promising her dresses. He really tried the candy/puppies in the back of my van trope. 😭
Pesto: "Macho? You're saying I'm one of the Village People here to amuse you?" "Are you calling me crackers? Are you saying I'm a large sodium covered square here to amuse you?"
@14:22, Billy Batts was made, Tommy wasn't. Meaning Batts had a higher rank. Lower ranked guys in the mob have to respect the higher ranked, or bad things happen to them.
The really life “Tommy” was much worse. Henry once said he said, “You want to see something?” And then shot and killed a random person passing by. He was a true psychopath. He was also a really big guy. Like 6’2”.
Great reaction, I just subbed to your channel. My favorite Scorsese films are Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. This movie is great as well, but I prefer Godfather 1 and 2 when it comes to Mafia movies. I’ll be checking out your many reactions. Idk how it’s possible but you look like my daughter, her best friend, and my young cousin all at the same time, lol 😊
Check out My Blue Heaven. A comedy where Steve Martin plays a retired gangster in witness protection. His character is based on Henry Hill so it's kind of a sequel to Goodfellas
Great reaction like alwyas, love this movie. Some fun-facts about this movie, some of the real criminals portrayed were actually toned down for the film, the infamous “funny how?” scene wasn’t in the script. This famous (if not the most quoted) scene comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise. Both of Martin Scorsese’s parents have cameos in this movie. She plays Tommy's mother in the infamous dinner scene following Billy Batts’s murder, but the family connections hardly stop there. Tommy’s mother’s painting of two dogs sitting in front of an old man ("One's going east, and the other one is going west. So what?") was actually painted by co-writer Nicholas Pileggi’s mother. And Scorsese's father Charles also pops up as Henry’s prison compadre who puts way too many onions in the gravy. The large “f**k” count was mostly improvised, among the many things Goodfellas has become famous for over the 30 years is its liberal use of the word “f**k.” In all, the expletive and its many colorful derivatives are used 300 times. I dont know how this movie only went home with one Academy Award. The guy at the end, who puts Henry into witness protection ,is the real life agent Ed McDonald, playing himself. You should react to "Casino" (1995) is another masterpiece from Scorsese, with De Niro and Pesci. Keep up the amazing work.
This was the most chill reaction I've ever seen of this movie lol. Usually all the other reactors cringe from all the violence but you barely reacted at all to all the killing. You seem like you don't cringe or flinch easily.
It depends on a few things! How real it looks and what the story/context is. Robocop was really violent, but I loved it! I can't remember if I cringed or flinched at any of it though. Fallout is the most recent thing that I remember cringing at a number of times.
With your 'love' of narco shows I'm sure you would 'enjoy' Sicario if you haven't seen it. I'd also suggest Cop Land which has an even more stacked cast. For a more light hearted look to cleanse the palate you could watch Michelle Pfeiffer and Mathew Modine in Married to the Mob. TY for this reaction KL 👍
Great reaction as usual. I really enjoyed watching it. I've seen this movie 50 times and it's one of my favorites, but it doesn't hold a candle to The Godfather, parts I and II. You really must watch those. They are the true definition of what a masterpiece is. Many consider them to be among the greatest movies ever made. If you're truly interested in exploring this genre and subject matter some more, I think you might like Donnie Brasco, Casino, and Carlito's Way, to name a few.
Definitely watch "Casino"! Practically a sequel! Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci, 1995, true story, narration, nuts & bolts of the mob, instead of nyc it's Vegas. Fascinating movie! If you liked Goodfellas, you'll like Casino!
39:13 Yeah the violence today seems mild but in it's day - woah ! Also the whole story is toned down in comparison to the reality. There's a UK documentary called 'The Real Goodfella' featuring interviews with Henry that used to be available on RUclips that's worth a search.
This is the reason why Martin Scorsese is one of my top 3 filmmakers. I absolutely love the style and the pacing, as well as the performances. Just an all-around top tier movie for me.
Terrific reaction! You mention wanting to see other movies like this, and you haven't seen "The Godfather" movies!? Those are foundational texts! Must watch films! (They may seem lengthy, but they swim by in an instant, they are so good.) Long ago something occurred to me about this film genre. "The Godfather" (Part 1 and 2, not really 3) are about the birth of organized crime, with all the attendant romanticism people associate with the genre; we watch as organized crime in the USA reaches its historical apotheosis. "Goodfellas" is set a little later than that: you see organized crime at its full maturity, operational and effective, but signs of fraying and fracturing are visible around the edges. Egos are too big, "codes of honor" are violated, but hey-they do try to keep the life going. ("Casino" is thematically similar.) The superb television series "The Sopranos" represents organized crime in exhaustion and decline, grappling and struggling against modern times and (sometimes) effective law enforcement. (Examples: How can you shakedown the coffee shop when its corporate parent refuses to play ball? How do you balance being a crime lord while also trying to get your daughter into a good college?) Writ large, these films are often metaphors for "the American way of life," or, if that sounds too grandiose, on a smaller scale we see the tribal cohesion and collapse of "family." We all idealize perfection-and it's good while it lasts-but decay and rot are always right around the corner. These films are inevitably tales of downfall and tragedy, often Shakespearean in scope.
Great reaction! Huge fan of Thelma Schoonmaker's editing. Gives the film an incredible rhythm. She's still editing Scorsese's films well into her 80's.
One of the things I've loved about getting so much into movies since starting this channel is finding out how many epic female editors there have been in the industry! Good editing is crucial to a good film overall.
@@kaiielle Amen. For instance, you can definitely see the effect of a good editor on a movie by watching the Tarantino's ones: all of his films up to Inglorious Basterds were edited by Sally Menke, then after her death in 2010 all of his movies lost a bit of their rhythm, as no-one could replicate her style.
The top 5 best Gangster Movies of the 90’s. Please add any of these to your reaction list if you didnt see them yet. 1. Boyz N The Hood. 2. Goodfellas. 3. Menace To Society. 4. American Me. 5. New Jack City.
When Tommy DeSimone wax Billy bats Billys, bats, good friend, was John Gotti that’s why they couldn’t give Tommy DeSimone an open casket because they couldn’t find the body
Such a great movie! It’s definitely not for everyone though so I would understand if by the end of it if you are idk I guess kinda mixed on the movie. Hopefully you really enjoyed it though. 17:40 You could have said it…. Tommy is unhinged to put it lightly LOL 😂. Edit: So the Lufthansa heist actual take was 5.8 MILLION! (5 mil of it was CASH!) Which is equivalent to 27.6 MILLION dollars today! It’s one of the biggest heists ever in American history. There could be a movie just off that alone! Edit 2: Yes, Stacks is played by Samuel L. Jackson
If you're into the mob-related stuff, you'd love the Sopranos. It might be the best TV show I've ever seen in terms of combining incredible stories, sharp writing and phenomenal acting. And you'll see some familiar faces from this film: Lorraine Bracco (Karen) and Michael Imperioli (Spider) are part of the main cast.
Paulie: I know just what to say to Karen. IRL: Paulie and Karen had an affair, Tommy's death may've partly been because he attacked Karen and Paulie found out.
Casino should be next. I know DeNiro and Pesci play different characters in that movie, but it is almost like they reprised their roles from this movie. lol.
Love the use of narration in this, as a lot of Scorsese movies do. It really makes us the audience, understand the life, and why someone would be drawn to it. It equally shows the rise and fall of the mob. It showcases both the glamorous seductive side and then when Henry and Karen are coked out of their minds and completely rightfully paranoid:)
I remember a story my mom told me, from when she was living in NYC back in the 60s: one of her girlfriends was dating a gangster, and were both shot in bed in a hit.
"You're awfully calm having a gun pointed at your face." As an expert marksman for the US Air Force, let me say, if you wake up to find your wife has a gun pointed at your face with her finger on the trigger, you probably dont want to say, move, or do anything not calm.
@@tehdesp Nothing, just boasting that you achieved some shooting accolade in the military is basically nothing to be proud of per even worth mentioning as a point of authority. My 12 year old cousins can out-shoot the military marksman courses easily.
Sam Jackson was an addict for 15 years. It got so bad that his family finally intervened, probably shortly after GoodFellas was shot, which is why he looks so skinny and different than he does now. He went to rehab, and while in there, his close friend Spike Lee wrote a movie with a role that he understood as someone recovering from addiction. Jackson was desperate to play the role, and so he committed to the recovery in order to appear in it, even though the idea of it made his counselors nervous because they thought it might cause him to relapse. Instead, the experience reinvigorated his love of the craft, he remained clean, and subsequently became one of our most beloved character actors and movie stars. Once you've also checked Casino off the list, while I'll refrain from being specific as to who, I recommend My Cousin Vinny, Midnight Run, Analyze This, and Field of Dreams to see some of these iconic gangster stars doing something different. Some other movies that aren't quite as different would be Cop Land and Something Wild.
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My favorite line is You think I'm funny like I'm a Clown I amuse you . The way Joe Pesci delivers it with such dead pan seriousness
My favorite line will forever be, “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”
F*ck you. Pay me.
Fuckin mutt dented my shoes
Joe Pesci's career is a wild ride. Before being cast in Scorsese's "Raging Bull" he spent the better part of 20 years scrambling to find a career path. From being an early manager of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (there's a character in the movie Jersey Boys based on him), to being a musician and singer to being an actor in low budget regional flicks, he tried it all. He once played guitar in a super popular NY regional area band named Joey Dee and the Starliters (they had a minor national hit with "Peppermint Twist"). That same band also had Jimi Hendrix play with them briefly. He did end up releasing one album: Little Joe Sure Can Sing!
RIP Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino.
Rest In Peace Ray Liotta.
He was a goodfella, he was one of us.
The Godfather trilogy is amazing. I hope you get to it soon. It almost always surprises first time watchers and confounds their expectations. They are long but they don't feel like it and leave you wanting more. They are pretty immersive and really suck you in.
9:14 'The Copacabana Shot' is legendary in the Industry.
It’s a masterpiece of filmmaking, just everything like Scorsese’s long, continuous moving shots and all the great acting. Pesci’s dialogue didn’t sound scripted because a lot of it wasn’t. His story telling segments were totally improvised and weren’t even in the script. There was a great amount of freedom in terms of improvised scenes and dialogue because both Pesci and De Niro had worked with Scorsese for years, way back with Raging Bull and longer with just De Niro. There was a kind of shorthand that they had that afforded an ease of communication between the actors and director that was unique.
We grew up near Kennedy. When that money was stolen, you never saw so many people hoping to find it as it was thought to have been buried near a tarmac for the planes.
Fat Andy fenced all the jewelry
So this is random, but there was an animated show called the Animaniacs in the 90s that had a side short that would come on called the Goodfeathers. It was about 3 pigeons just doing stuff and they had the same personalities as these 3 guys. I didn't get the references at all until I saw this movie and it finally clicked. The pesto compilation (Joe P character) is pretty good. Ray Liotta's bird had this oversized smile which fits his over-the-top laughing he does from this movie lol The 3 minute single shot take called the "Copa Shot" is absolutely amazing. From when they get out of the car to sometime after they sit down, it's just Incredible.
Once you know that it's a parody, it becomes really obvious what they're doing. I was at the right age to have watched the cartoon first, then the movie years later. They have the "as far back as I can remember". Pesto is an Italian food and references Joe Pesci and that pigeon is infamous for picking fights just like Tommy. Bobby is obviously referencing Robert (Bobby) DeNiro and they even make a connection between Bobby and the Godpigeon, which is a parody of Godfather, which also starred Robert DeNiro. And the cartoon intro has them standing in front of a Martin Scorcese statue.
@@TheYakusoku Yeah, the very first episode of the Goodfeathers is Squint (Ray's character) saying the "as far back as I can remember" line. I was born in 1986, so I loved the Animaniacs and didn't see this movie for a really long time. I was 7 when the first Goodfeathers episode came out.
Great reaction. Having cousins and uncles in Chicago area, I've heard similar stories. Lots of bodies in swamps of one particular river.
16:40: If you want to know what a dead body smells like after a few weeks, just keep some potatoes when they go bad.
Rotten potatoes smell almost exactly the same as a dead body, with this horrible cloying smell which seems to forcefully reach down into your lungs and strangle your stomach through your diaphragm. It's not nice.
I was living in a block of studio apartments when an old fellow upstairs passed away and wasn't discovered for a few weeks when he missed rent. There was this growing smell which just about everyone just assumed was the dumpster because the realtor was in an argument with the garbage company.
Interesting fact: The comedy film My Blue Heaven is kind of a sequel to this film. It stars Steve Martin as Henry Hill living in the Witness Protection Program and co-stars Rick Moranis as an F.B.I. agent in charge of him. Totally different tone but connected being based upon the same person.
The real Henry Hill came out of witness protection and started going on the Howard Stern Show in the 90's. The best was when he'd come on smashed drunk. Liotta got the laugh down pat by listening to hours of tape of Hill transcribing events for the book Wiseguy.
As he continued to go on Stern's show he became more unhinged. Infact there's a really chilling episode where Spider's (the kid that Tommy shoots at the poker game) sister and mother call in to the show and grill Henry about where Spider's remains are.
Henry seemingly developed PTSD.
It really shows how frightening and violent that life of crime became for him.
@@Ragbab84I remember that. People would call in all the time asking where spiders body is. The man was trash.
@@crankfastle8138 completely
Great reaction as always Kaiielle!
Look forward to more videos. 😊👍🏻
Just as an FYI (and I tell this to everyone who reacts to this film), but there is a COMEDY movie that picks up pretty much exactly where this movie leaves off. They came out within weeks of each other, and it's TONS of fun, it stars Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack (and more). It's really worth checking out if you want to see the lighter side of the whole situation. It's called My Blue Heaven.
It always makes me think differently about my childhood when I see how people react to young Henry getting beat by his dad. Ok maybe that’s why I’m a little crazy 😂 that was just a normal Tuesday for me growing up!
I'm glad parenting has moved past physical abuse. 😅
Gotta do A Bronx tale with deniro and chazz palmentieri
They definitely f#$&ed up when they killed the made guy. It really put them in the vice and as you saw it just kept getting tighter and tighter.
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Great reaction to a great movie. 👏👏😊
My favorite part of Joe Pesci's performance is after he shoots Spider, Jimmy Conway is freaking out. Henry says, precariously informs, 'He's dead' and Tommy's response is "I'm a good shot. What? I'm a good shot." As dark and chaotic as the moment is the way he says that is hilarious to me.
You're a funny gal, Kaiielle😅
35:04 Did you notice the direction of this shot ? Zoom the lens but also move the camera so the perspective of the outside world changes mirroring the increasing paranoia of Henry. Fabulous choice.
15:18 The legend that was Catherine Scorsese - Martin's Mom !
And he didn't make the cut but Charlie Scorsese, Martin's Pop is Vinnie in the prison kitchen scene.
Known by the best movie ever made. All categories fits.
I love me some Martin Scorsese movie, Casino is one of my Top 5 movies ever.
Check out My Blue Heaven, with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, for a comedy loosely based on Henry's time in witness protection
To add a little more to the story: GoodFellas is based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi. Pileggi was married to famous screenwriter and director Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and then both wrote and directed Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Pileggi was working on the book at the same time Ephron was developing her next movie, which became the script for My Blue Heaven. Two vastly different takes on the same guy.
wut? i didnt know that lol, havent seen that in ages
Another great reaction! My father lived that kind of life; and my mother was fine with it. The thing that kills me about Henry is that he wasn't honest with Karen; in that life those are the rules. Your wife is home with the kids, that's your family, those are the people you love, and those are the people that matter. The deal though is you choose a wife carefully because she's you're one and only. You don't lie to her about other women when/if anything happens. You don't have to tell your wife everything about business, it's up to you where you want to draw the line but at the end of the day it's not just your business, it's everybody you work with. But you, your wife, your family, that's your business, your responsibility and you don't gaslight her on that; not ever. Pauli and Jimmy understood that "...then you go back to Karen" and you called it right: "That's just how it works."
The Lufthansa Heist resulted in $5.8M being stolen, equivalent to $27.6M today which doesn’t even crack the top 5 heists in US history.
I love this movie I've seen it so many times since I was a kid and was surprised to see some people who ended up in the Samuel Jackson was the guy who was shot by Joe Pesci
The thing about watching a Scorsese film is that it almost seems like you're watching the same characters over and over. Which would be awful if he wasn't so damn good at it. And the fact that he used the same actors in so many of them. I mean, I see why. Why mess with a good formula?
You should check out Casino as well. Scorsese directed and it was based on a true story from the same author as Goodfellas. DeNiro and Pesci return, and Sharon Stone is in it as well. It is very good as well.
Great reaction.
The federal prison where paulie ends up in is about 8 miles south west from my place in ft.worth
If you’re into Mob TV & films, I suggest The Sopranos. One of the best TV series ever made. Witty, funny, dark, everything.
It's def on my list!
Should definitely watch Casino after this.
And speaking to the unscripted feel of the movie.. Scorsese and the actors did not do improv per se... but they would rehearse with the script..and improv in rehearsal..and Scorsese would then go back and rewrite the script if the improvisations were really good and they would then film that.
One case in particular WAS the night at the restaurant("How am I funny??) ..this came from an actual story from Joe Pesci. So they acted it out in rehearsal... and then Scorsese wrote it up and they filmed it.
13:25 this look lol
I loke this one. One dog goes one way the other dog goes the otha way.
You should watch My Blue Heaven next.
The Copa was real and yes it was a regular hangout club for the Mob.
I suppose if you were actually you were OK in there too. It would be the last place anyone would bother you at.
You'll have to look up the real guys names the characters were based on real people but they didn't use the real names jimmy Conway is Jimmy burke Paul cicero is Paul viro
the real tommy desimone was much much more crazy then what joe pesci portrayed him out to be in this movie. the real tommy was a bigger guy at about 6 foot 2 too and the things he did was really insane . one of them was shooting and killing a man he seen at random just because he wanted to try out a new gun he had got .
That's awful. 😭
Since you mentioned it. I was wondering if anyway possible, i love watching reactions but all do the same movies over and over. But i have a few great ones no one does or probably dont know. But my bodyguard with matt dillon not the bodyguard with whitney. The older one with dillon is so good please check out. Also an older one is bad boys with sean penn its older and great. Then 2 newer movies a must see....the place beyond the pines with Bradley cooper and ryan gosling lastly for now a fave too is pans labyrinth... Please these or rarely reacted to
Have u done "My Cousin Vinney?!"
I know a lot of people like 'The Godfather'. But for me personally, I like 'Goodfellas more..
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Everything went downhill for Henry as soon as he started using his own product.
Don't get high on your own supply.
The real story was so much worse. There were no redeeming qualities or nobilities among them. Scorsese cleaned it up in order to make a movie that people would actually want to watch.
A similar path was taken with ‘Casino’ (1995), which is also a true story about how the Mob became dominant in Vegas, and the waning days of that empire. Excellent movie that some feel is superior to this one.
Yup a young Sam Jackson
20:22 in real life Paulie did sleep with Karen.
Now, go home and get your fuckin' shine box Kaiielle."
I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. LOL!
Maybe you didn't hear. Maybe nobody told you. Kaiielle don't shine shoes no more 😂
Please don't be an idiot and watch videos about the "true story." This is a fictional film very loosely based on the book 'Wiseguys' based on interviews with career criminal Henry Hill. These characters and events are not "real."
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I actually own a knife previously owned and carried by the real life Henry Hill. It's actually currently at the moment getting framed along with a handwritten letter from Henry about the knife. I bought it from him in the last couple years of his life. I never met him in person but we exchanged a few emails back and forth. In his later years, once the movie came out, he lived out in the open in Las Vegas like a celebrity, he'd left the witness protection program and people were no longer looking to kill him. He was an artist an sold his paintings and neck ties that he had painted and other stuff, signed shovels. This was his own personal knife though. The book the movie is based on, Wiseguy is a great read and it goes even more in depth with the stories. For instance, during his time in prison, he was free to leave the prison to conduct business and often did. The guards on his pay would just let him come and go. If you want to take story even further, there is somewhat of a sequel to Goodfellas in a cookbook written by Henry, The Wiseguy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes From My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run. In between chapters he tells several stories of his life in the witness protection going to different cities for different trials to testify at and even a close call encounter of people almost finding him on the run. Great reads, both of them!
Probably believable. I "met" him a couple of times is LA. He was always selling something. Man never had money. Usually it was his trash art. Also take everything he has ever said with a giant drain of salt. He never told a whole truth.
@@crankfastle8138 I also own a bunch of stuff that belonged to Roy DeMao, including his collection bat, the one he kept in his trunk, the same trunk they found his body in. That and some Tarantino movie props, Mr. Blonde's shoulder holster from Reservoir Dogs and the preacher's license & the RV registration tag from From Dusk Till Dawn, and some stuff from Jackie Brown.
The way Jimmy was going to kill Karen by luring her into an alleyway by promising her dresses. He really tried the candy/puppies in the back of my van trope. 😭
Joe Pesci is special in this movie. Its hard to believe he was in Home Alone the same year. And yes I do find him funny [looks nervously around]
Billy batts can be the way he was because he was a made guy.
I saw the Good Feathers on Animaniacs long before I saw this movie and I always think of those pigeons when I watch this. 😂
Squid: As far back as I can remember....
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Pesto: "Macho? You're saying I'm one of the Village People here to amuse you?" "Are you calling me crackers? Are you saying I'm a large sodium covered square here to amuse you?"
@14:22, Billy Batts was made, Tommy wasn't. Meaning Batts had a higher rank. Lower ranked guys in the mob have to respect the higher ranked, or bad things happen to them.
The really life “Tommy” was much worse. Henry once said he said, “You want to see something?” And then shot and killed a random person passing by. He was a true psychopath. He was also a really big guy. Like 6’2”.
Great reaction, I just subbed to your channel. My favorite Scorsese films are Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. This movie is great as well, but I prefer Godfather 1 and 2 when it comes to Mafia movies. I’ll be checking out your many reactions. Idk how it’s possible but you look like my daughter, her best friend, and my young cousin all at the same time, lol 😊
Check out My Blue Heaven. A comedy where Steve Martin plays a retired gangster in witness protection. His character is based on Henry Hill so it's kind of a sequel to Goodfellas
Great reaction like alwyas, love this movie. Some fun-facts about this movie, some of the real criminals portrayed were actually toned down for the film, the infamous “funny how?” scene wasn’t in the script. This famous (if not the most quoted) scene comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise.
Both of Martin Scorsese’s parents have cameos in this movie. She plays Tommy's mother in the infamous dinner scene following Billy Batts’s murder, but the family connections hardly stop there. Tommy’s mother’s painting of two dogs sitting in front of an old man ("One's going east, and the other one is going west. So what?") was actually painted by co-writer Nicholas Pileggi’s mother. And Scorsese's father Charles also pops up as Henry’s prison compadre who puts way too many onions in the gravy.
The large “f**k” count was mostly improvised, among the many things Goodfellas has become famous for over the 30 years is its liberal use of the word “f**k.” In all, the expletive and its many colorful derivatives are used 300 times. I dont know how this movie only went home with one Academy Award. The guy at the end, who puts Henry into witness protection ,is the real life agent Ed McDonald, playing himself. You should react to "Casino" (1995) is another masterpiece from Scorsese, with De Niro and Pesci. Keep up the amazing work.
2:09 🔥You earned a Sub from me for quoting a Geto Boys song.
LOL thanks, I love that song!
This was the most chill reaction I've ever seen of this movie lol. Usually all the other reactors cringe from all the violence but you barely reacted at all to all the killing. You seem like you don't cringe or flinch easily.
It depends on a few things! How real it looks and what the story/context is. Robocop was really violent, but I loved it! I can't remember if I cringed or flinched at any of it though. Fallout is the most recent thing that I remember cringing at a number of times.
With your 'love' of narco shows I'm sure you would 'enjoy' Sicario if you haven't seen it.
I'd also suggest Cop Land which has an even more stacked cast.
For a more light hearted look to cleanse the palate you could watch Michelle Pfeiffer and Mathew Modine in Married to the Mob.
TY for this reaction KL 👍
Great reaction as usual. I really enjoyed watching it. I've seen this movie 50 times and it's one of my favorites, but it doesn't hold a candle to The Godfather, parts I and II. You really must watch those. They are the true definition of what a masterpiece is. Many consider them to be among the greatest movies ever made. If you're truly interested in exploring this genre and subject matter some more, I think you might like Donnie Brasco, Casino, and Carlito's Way, to name a few.
Kaiielle, if you liked Joe Pesci's acting, you should react to him in Casino (1995). Also with De Niro and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Fun fact: that's Scorseses mum improvising in the kitchen when they're eating after killing that guy
25:25 WAS him.... 😂
Definitely watch "Casino"! Practically a sequel! Scorsese, De Niro, Pesci, 1995, true story, narration, nuts & bolts of the mob, instead of nyc it's Vegas. Fascinating movie! If you liked Goodfellas, you'll like Casino!
Hey KL, you're really funny 😜😂
39:13 Yeah the violence today seems mild but in it's day - woah ! Also the whole story is toned down in comparison to the reality. There's a UK documentary called 'The Real Goodfella' featuring interviews with Henry that used to be available on RUclips that's worth a search.
Ha ha. Stop it, hill was known bullshitter. I won't read his book, or his interviews. He's never told a whole truth.
This is the reason why Martin Scorsese is one of my top 3 filmmakers. I absolutely love the style and the pacing, as well as the performances. Just an all-around top tier movie for me.
If you want more gangster/mob stories, you should definitely check out another Scorsese film Casino
Godfather and Godfather Part II are better more epic films but this is my favorite mob movie.
This movie is great but those two are in a league of their own.
Martin Scorsese knows how to make a gangster movie silly when it needs to be and violent when it should be.
Terrific reaction! You mention wanting to see other movies like this, and you haven't seen "The Godfather" movies!? Those are foundational texts! Must watch films! (They may seem lengthy, but they swim by in an instant, they are so good.)
Long ago something occurred to me about this film genre. "The Godfather" (Part 1 and 2, not really 3) are about the birth of organized crime, with all the attendant romanticism people associate with the genre; we watch as organized crime in the USA reaches its historical apotheosis. "Goodfellas" is set a little later than that: you see organized crime at its full maturity, operational and effective, but signs of fraying and fracturing are visible around the edges. Egos are too big, "codes of honor" are violated, but hey-they do try to keep the life going. ("Casino" is thematically similar.) The superb television series "The Sopranos" represents organized crime in exhaustion and decline, grappling and struggling against modern times and (sometimes) effective law enforcement. (Examples: How can you shakedown the coffee shop when its corporate parent refuses to play ball? How do you balance being a crime lord while also trying to get your daughter into a good college?) Writ large, these films are often metaphors for "the American way of life," or, if that sounds too grandiose, on a smaller scale we see the tribal cohesion and collapse of "family." We all idealize perfection-and it's good while it lasts-but decay and rot are always right around the corner. These films are inevitably tales of downfall and tragedy, often Shakespearean in scope.
Nice reaction, I'm gonna chk out more of ur movie reactions cheers!
Appreciate that, thank you!
06:05 So this is where J D Vance got his fake laugh from.
Better than Kamala's unhinged cackling over absolutely nothing 😂
Great reaction! Huge fan of Thelma Schoonmaker's editing. Gives the film an incredible rhythm. She's still editing Scorsese's films well into her 80's.
One of the things I've loved about getting so much into movies since starting this channel is finding out how many epic female editors there have been in the industry! Good editing is crucial to a good film overall.
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@@kaiielle Amen. For instance, you can definitely see the effect of a good editor on a movie by watching the Tarantino's ones: all of his films up to Inglorious Basterds were edited by Sally Menke, then after her death in 2010 all of his movies lost a bit of their rhythm, as no-one could replicate her style.
Shutter Island is the best Scorsese movie imo
It's my #1 movie of his as well!
You may want to see Raging Bull.
Maybe.
The top 5 best Gangster Movies of the 90’s. Please add any of these to your reaction list if you didnt see them yet.
1. Boyz N The Hood.
2. Goodfellas.
3. Menace To Society.
4. American Me.
5. New Jack City.
When Tommy DeSimone wax Billy bats Billys, bats, good friend, was John Gotti that’s why they couldn’t give Tommy DeSimone an open casket because they couldn’t find the body
Such a great movie! It’s definitely not for everyone though so I would understand if by the end of it if you are idk I guess kinda mixed on the movie. Hopefully you really enjoyed it though. 17:40 You could have said it…. Tommy is unhinged to put it lightly LOL 😂. Edit: So the Lufthansa heist actual take was 5.8 MILLION! (5 mil of it was CASH!) Which is equivalent to 27.6 MILLION dollars today! It’s one of the biggest heists ever in American history. There could be a movie just off that alone! Edit 2: Yes, Stacks is played by Samuel L. Jackson
If you're into the mob-related stuff, you'd love the Sopranos. It might be the best TV show I've ever seen in terms of combining incredible stories, sharp writing and phenomenal acting. And you'll see some familiar faces from this film: Lorraine Bracco (Karen) and Michael Imperioli (Spider) are part of the main cast.
Paulie: I know just what to say to Karen.
IRL: Paulie and Karen had an affair, Tommy's death may've partly been because he attacked Karen and Paulie found out.
Casino should be next. I know DeNiro and Pesci play different characters in that movie, but it is almost like they reprised their roles from this movie. lol.
Love the use of narration in this, as a lot of Scorsese movies do. It really makes us the audience, understand the life, and why someone would be drawn to it. It equally shows the rise and fall of the mob. It showcases both the glamorous seductive side and then when Henry and Karen are coked out of their minds and completely rightfully paranoid:)
Can you please please react to the movie "Hard Candy" 🙏🏻🙏🏻?? Starring Patrick Wilson
37:05 Again, please don't be an idiot and try to look up the "true story." This film is fictional. Jimmy Conway is a fictional character.
Since you'll be looking up the real stories, it is pretty funny upon rewatch how Henry managed to skirt implication in the big crimes.
I remember a story my mom told me, from when she was living in NYC back in the 60s: one of her girlfriends was dating a gangster, and were both shot in bed in a hit.
"You're awfully calm having a gun pointed at your face." As an expert marksman for the US Air Force, let me say, if you wake up to find your wife has a gun pointed at your face with her finger on the trigger, you probably dont want to say, move, or do anything not calm.
@@zedwpd yeah, she had that piece cocked and ready. One wrong move and Henry's head would've been a gravy boat.
That's fair!
“Expert marksman in the air force” doesn’t mean much. Like congrats you can shoot a massive piece of paper with an M4 laying down. Wow.
@crispy_338 he's correct, though, so...what exactly is your problem?
@@tehdesp Nothing, just boasting that you achieved some shooting accolade in the military is basically nothing to be proud of per even worth mentioning as a point of authority. My 12 year old cousins can out-shoot the military marksman courses easily.
IRL Big Paulie and Karen were hooking up on the regular while Henry was still in prison.
Another great cartel, drug movie based on a true story is Blow with Johnny Depp.
As a fan of Howard Stern, Henry Hill was a constant guest. What a POS he was!
You need to watch casino. Same director 90 percent same cast. IMO as awesome as this one
Sam Jackson was an addict for 15 years. It got so bad that his family finally intervened, probably shortly after GoodFellas was shot, which is why he looks so skinny and different than he does now. He went to rehab, and while in there, his close friend Spike Lee wrote a movie with a role that he understood as someone recovering from addiction. Jackson was desperate to play the role, and so he committed to the recovery in order to appear in it, even though the idea of it made his counselors nervous because they thought it might cause him to relapse. Instead, the experience reinvigorated his love of the craft, he remained clean, and subsequently became one of our most beloved character actors and movie stars.
Once you've also checked Casino off the list, while I'll refrain from being specific as to who, I recommend My Cousin Vinny, Midnight Run, Analyze This, and Field of Dreams to see some of these iconic gangster stars doing something different. Some other movies that aren't quite as different would be Cop Land and Something Wild.
@@tylerfoster6267 Midnight Run is criminally underrated!
Don't paint any more religious pictchas please..