Love how George is immediately "F*ck the day job, I'm just gonna do this and make sure I don't end up in the trunk" That's what I said the first time I saw this movie. But gotta remember, that's what EVERYBODY thinks and SOMEONE has to end up in the trunk.
I think the death of Spider is what really made Henry think twice about his entire life. Because if you don’t remember, that was HIS job when he was younger, so seeing just how easily that could’ve gone south for him in his youth, it made him realize that he can’t do this for much longer.
It's a little less common now than it was back when this movie was set, but a lot of Catholic families would give at least one of their daughters the name Mary (or a variant thereof) in honor of Jesus's mother, either as the first or the middle name. Speaking as a Catholic with a Mary, a Marie, a Maria, and a Maureen as part of my immediate and extended family :)
@@noelyanes2455 the north-east of the US (particularly Boston and the wider area of Massachusetts) has a significant Catholic population mainly from the Irish heritage and immigration from another predominantly Catholic country.
All the ppl in line outside are actually all the restaurant patrons..since it was one continuous shot they all had to run into their marks in the restaurant
This movie is genius in the way it shows how much fun being a mobster is in the first half, then in the second half it shows how ugly and bloody the life can be. By seeing both the romance and disillusionment through Henry's eyes, we understand both why someone would let themselves fall into such a violent life, and why it is a horrible decision to.
One of Scorsese's best movies. It is a classic. "Casino" is another Scorsese gangster movie that starred both Pesci and De Niro. You put those two together in a movie with Scorsese directing and it is going to be great. The scene where he takes his girlfriend (soon to be wife) to the club to see Henny Youngman perform and they enter through the kitchen is a very famous scene because it was done in one long take with the camera following them. Martin Scorsese is one of the few directors who could pull that off flawlessly.
So the mob hierarchy is the boss, then the underboss, the consigliere (advisor) then down to the captains who each run a crew of soldiers. These are the official members, the "made men." Then there are the unofficial members or associates who work with them. Only associates who are of fully Sicilian or Italian heritage can get made. Paulie (real name Paul Vario) was a captain. Henry was half Irish and Jimmy was fully Irish (as far as he knew, he never knew who his father was). Tommy was fully Italian so he was the only one of the trio eligible to be made. Normally a captain wouldn't be as close to an associate like Henry as Paulie was but Henry's mother was from the same part of Sicily as Paulie's ancestors so he took a special interest in him. Paulie knew exactly what his guys were doing in the restaurants raising hell and running up huge tabs. He sent them in there on purpose to get the owners to come to him so he could bleed them dry.
PPS I never noticed it until you pointed it out, but in the sex scene with no dialogue, she's describing how she became seduced into accepting his lifestyle while she's being literally seduced.
It's interesting that you talk about how terrifying Paulie's stare is. The actor, Paul Sorvino (Mira's dad, by the way), said that he almost quit the movie right before they started shooting because he couldn't get a feel for the character. But one day he "got it" - the feel of what it would be like being a stone cold gangster who can casually order other people's murders - and then he looked at himself in the mirror...and he actually scared himself.
PS: I love it when reactors watch a movie that THEY want to see. Both of you had wanted to see this one. I feel like when you see a title come up in your suggestions or your polls that you both want to see, you definitely should, especially if it keeps coming in second, or you keep seeing it suggested. Polls are always going to tilt towards Star Wars fans, horror, etc., but it's not like these other movies aren't equally beloved.
The guy who made the cameo as Fat Andy (at 4:11) was a retired NYPD detective named Louis Eppolito. He was convicted of multiple murders and died in prison.
7:06 I'm pretty sure that Pauli was above Tommy. Above Pauli would've been the Boss and Underboss of family he was in, which I think was the Lucchese family. Pauli said there wasn't anything he could do about it, but I think he was just blowing the guy off since Pauli wasn't going to stop Tommy. That's why the guy had to get Pauli as a partner because then Pauli would've wanted to ensure Tommy stayed in line.
17:54 It was normal for a guy in the mob to have a girlfriend as well as a wife. They just didn't talk about it with the wife ... or the girlfriend although the later usually knew about the wife.
Asking somebody like Paulie for a favor only triggers his instinct for hustling the most he can out of the transaction. In this case, a restaurant business to pillage. Otherwise, Paulie's only pretending to not be able to control Tommy. Technically, Paulie or any other "made guy" could put a lid on an associate like Tommy if it's worth their trouble and Tommy would only be signing his own death warrant if he openly defied their orders or instructions.
Everytime I see this film I see something new - just from this reaction - "another few minutes he could become a stool" - well, that's what Henry is at the end...
This film made Ray Liotta one of my favorite actors. He's underrated but he's intense and powerful. This is in my top ten fave films of all time. Glad y'all did this film!
You two are cute. You remind me of the lovable supporting characters from 1980's teen dramas and romantic comedies. This is one of those movies that I just can't turn off once I start it.
Not so fun fact about this movie, Fat Andy (Louis Eppolito) in the scene where they're introducing everyone was an NYPD detective. He and his partner Steve Caracappa did hits for the mob. They were caught years later when Eppolito wrote a book about his life called Mafia Cop and the mother of Jimmy Hydell one of his victims picked it up, read it, and took it to the police. Also, Anthony Casso underboss of the Lucchese Family did a news interview from jail and named both of them as cops on their payroll.
I have been in that neighborhood. There is a church across the street and a salumeria on the same block. The area was selected because much of the architecture was the same for that time period. There is a lot of filming in that area. I had an apartment 10 years ago several blocks away. Apartments are expensive now but still less expensive than Manhattan.
The quintessential mob film along with Donnie Brasco. Considered by many ex mobsters to be more realistic than the godfather. High praise from fans and mobsters alike. 10/10 all the way.
I like your questions about why everyone was named Paul or Peter or Marie...In the German side of my family (the rest is Jewish) there was about 100 years where ever boy was named Johann or something similar and every woman was named some version of Mary. The middle name was what distinguished them.
Germany historically has been Protestant/Lutheran but the southern part of the country near the Alps is Catholic along with Austria (the most recent Pope Benedict was from Bavaria).
7:00 That was the Point Tommy Causes the Guy a Problem that only Paulie can solve as Tommy’s Boss so Paulie becomes the Guys Partner to destroy The Guys Business
I don't know if you guys included the scene where Henry (the main character) says to his wife ''nobody goes to jail unless they wan to'' when I first heard that line I died laughing it's like someone calls 911 and the dispatcher reponds: 911: What's you'r emergency sir? Random guy: I'd like to be arrested and go to jail please. 911: Have you committed any crime sir? Random guy: No, I'm just sick and tired to just sit home alone bored as hell, at least I'd get to chat with my cellmate and make new friends. 911: Ok sir, we'll be sending a car right away, what's your adress?
his dad was a good dad. he worked hard and took care of 7 childrn in a tiny house when the wife didnt have a job and one of his sons was disabled and the other was a mf gangster he went through it
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci), and Jimmy Burke (Robert De Niro) were all "Associates" in gangland parlance. They were associated with a Cosa Nostra gang, but were not full fledged members. They paid tribute to a specific crew (note the cut of the Air France job that they kicked up to Paulie, even though he had nothing to do with the job), meaning that any criminal activity conducted by them, the "made guys" above them got a cut, especially if the caper was conducted on turf controlled by that crew. Paulie's turf included the airport, so he got a cut of any criminal activity conducted there. In return, they received a certain limited level of protection from other "made" wise guys, and had access to any political or judicial leverage (juice) that the gang controlled (i.e. crooked cops, fixed judges, and politicians on the take). While the made guys mostly used Tommy as muscle, breaking the occasional head, Henry and Jimmy were "earners", meaning that they mostly got involved in activities that brought money into the organization, a portion of which they kicked up to the head of the crew with whom they were associated (i.e. Paulie). Jimmy and Henry could never be "made" into full fledged members of a crew because they were not fully Italian, both were half Irish. BUT, no matter how much money an associate might make, they ALWAYS ranked below even the lowest of the "made" members. In a beef between an associate and a made wise guy, the made guy was always right, no matter the facts of the case. And, of course, an associate even so much as laying hands on a made guy, or even looking wrongly at his wife or girlfriend, was an offense punishable by death, no appeal possible.
Watching this video I learned two things about young Canadians. 1) They demonstrate a lot of common sense and 2) an equal degree of naivete about organized crime in the U.S. "Goodfellas" is a good primer for learning the "code" and understanding "the life", i.e., it's all it's cracked up to be! Fun, adventure, horror, prison, and death before being dropped off at the end of the line to the gates of Hell. Wait time: Approximately 5,000-25,000 years ... and it begins ... 🥶🔱😈
Italians are largely catholic so Peter, Paul, Maria are from the bible . Two apostles one of them the first pope (Peter) and Maria/Mary the mother of Christ.
The real-life Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci's character) was certainly a loose cannon. He was nicknamed 'Two Gun Tommy' and he would use random passersby for target practice. In real life, he was a 6' 2" monster who was incredibly violent. He didn't even live to be 30 and came to a really bad end, if the stories are to be believed.
On your wondering about all the Mafia guys being named Peter or Paul and all their wives being named Marie, Italians, no less Sicilians, are predominantly and rather staunchly Catholic and those names and their derivatives, Maria, come straight from that tradition. Apparently the ceremony to ‘make’ a guy, to officially elevate him as much as anything is ‘official’ in the underworld, involves the person holding a, sort of, baseball card with the image of a saint on it that have been printed and put out by the Catholic Church for centuries. The gangster invited to become ‘made,’ according to reports, sets the card on fire and, while holding it as it burns, swears to uphold the code of ‘Omertà,’ meaning ‘silence,’ that the Robert De Niro character mentions when the young Henry Hill is released after getting ‘pinched:’ “Don’t rat on your friends, keep your mouth shut.”
My mother when she died.."God Rest Her Soul"...left them knives with us...and I went on a killing spree but thats another story...lol..anyway....Hispanics have large knives to cook...just so you know..and maybe to cut a throat or two :P...
He actually had a good father figure at home he dudnt get best for nothin .. and how can u compete with wiseguys that give him everything whithout doing anything
No. Paulie was the boss. It wasn't that he couldn't do anything but Tommy was useful but unfortunately he was a loose cannon. Paulie wasn't gonna whack a guy that made him lots of money
I was going to stop watching after the ridiculousness of "Why does that old lady have such a big knife", but I came to far in the video to stop. Plus I wanted to see if he says anything as stop of the knife thing.
One of the names mentioned during that sweep through the club was Mikey Franzese. If you like mob/mafia stuff, check out his youtube channel. Michael Franzese. He tells all about his time in the "life" and when HE got made, and he even rates the realism in various gangster movies, including this one.
"Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut." Then spends the rest of his life repeating his life story for anyone who would pay to hear it.
I imagine the last 30 years of his life he was wishing he would've slept with the fishes long ago. Nicholas Pileggi did a great job on the book "Wiseguys" which is what this movie was adapted from. Did another book called gangsters and Goodfellas which was great as well. I have no props for Henry Hill
The beauty of the " how am i funny" scene is in Britain they did one of those 100 scariest scenes and 100 funniest scenes tv programmes, it's a format that was rampant worldwide in the early 00's as a good way of getting nostalgia viewers but the only scene that actually made both programmes was this scene. A unique accomplishment
"Why does an old lady have such a big knife?" Bro, have you SEEN an Asian mother? I feel like you might have one. Mine used hers to attack fish heads in Slavic squat.
Simone made me laugh after the Jimmy Two Times line, she says "I'm gonna start doing that, start doing that" :D Fantastic reaction and fantastic edit (and I'm SO sorry, George, that this movie is a pain to edit.....but my gosh, this reaction is well worth it!) ; this is the second reaction where I'm going to watch TWICE, so you get two views from me! With a movie like this, I want to see both of your reactions so rather than rewind every scene twice, I just watch the reaction twice and focus on one of you, then the other! LOVE your channel, and I LOVE this reaction! I also love Simone's Floyd shirt! :D This movie is a masterpiece, ain't it? You get a full meal on this one! I came out of the theater after seeing it for the first time and I said "Now THAT'S a movie!" :D See you on Part 2!!!!!
Great reaction so far. Love this movie! Would love to see you guys do Donnie Brasco also. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, great gangster movie that NO ONE has reacted to!
Henry actually tried more than 2 times to escape from the mob but after that Billy Bats case he knew if he tried again he'd be dead..and Paulie was sleeping with Henry's wife also at around 4:19 he mentions a name Michael Franzese that guy is a real life Mobster and now has a successful RUclips channel lol.
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No Paulie is a boss...
Yes she knows hes married
You talked over the part that explains that Saturday night's were for the girlfriends.
Love how George is immediately "F*ck the day job, I'm just gonna do this and make sure I don't end up in the trunk"
That's what I said the first time I saw this movie. But gotta remember, that's what EVERYBODY thinks and SOMEONE has to end up in the trunk.
RIP Ray Liotta.
The lady playing Joe Pesci's mother is actually Martin Scorsese's mom. She's been in several of his movies.
"Vinnie" (guy cooking steaks in prison) is Charles Scorsese, Martin's dad............
@@wwk68tig Charles is Vinnie, but Vinnie is the one making the sauce. "Good, but ya gotta have the pork. That's the flavor."
@@Salguine you’re right. my brain leaks 🤪
And Scorsese's Mom always cooked for the film crew and actors whenever she was in his movies!
@Firesquad ...and dat's dat."
I think the death of Spider is what really made Henry think twice about his entire life.
Because if you don’t remember, that was HIS job when he was younger, so seeing just how easily that could’ve gone south for him in his youth, it made him realize that he can’t do this for much longer.
Except the real Henry hill is a professional manipulator. He loved living that life and he’s not sorry for anything.
I think they're named Peter, Paul, and Marie (Mary) because they're Catholic and thus named for Catholic saints and/or figures.
It's a little less common now than it was back when this movie was set, but a lot of Catholic families would give at least one of their daughters the name Mary (or a variant thereof) in honor of Jesus's mother, either as the first or the middle name. Speaking as a Catholic with a Mary, a Marie, a Maria, and a Maureen as part of my immediate and extended family :)
They were named for the 60's group, Peter, Paul and Mary, of "Puff The Magic Dragon" fame. Fun fact!
Kinda weird that Canadians don’t know this considering Catholicism is historically more prominent in Canada.
@@noelyanes2455 the north-east of the US (particularly Boston and the wider area of Massachusetts) has a significant Catholic population mainly from the Irish heritage and immigration from another predominantly Catholic country.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 which is still a very tiny minority considering usa to this day is predominantly Protestant
The “entering the copa” scene was (at the time) one of the longest single take film scenes ever made
We enjoyed it.
Still one of the best
Aleksandr Sokurov's "Russian Ark" want's a chat
All the ppl in line outside are actually all the restaurant patrons..since it was one continuous shot they all had to run into their marks in the restaurant
The real life Henry Hill thanked Scorsese for “not making him look like a scumbag”. Scorsese said, “Did you watch the movie?”
This movie is genius in the way it shows how much fun being a mobster is in the first half, then in the second half it shows how ugly and bloody the life can be. By seeing both the romance and disillusionment through Henry's eyes, we understand both why someone would let themselves fall into such a violent life, and why it is a horrible decision to.
Like most gangsta movies.
@@lampad4549 most gangsta movies aren't narrated by Ray Liotta in 1st person
One of Scorsese's best movies. It is a classic. "Casino" is another Scorsese gangster movie that starred both Pesci and De Niro. You put those two together in a movie with Scorsese directing and it is going to be great. The scene where he takes his girlfriend (soon to be wife) to the club to see Henny Youngman perform and they enter through the kitchen is a very famous scene because it was done in one long take with the camera following them. Martin Scorsese is one of the few directors who could pull that off flawlessly.
One of his best movies? It's def his best
Yeah goodfellas and casino are in his top 3, IMO first place goes to shutter island
With the possible exception of the first two Godfather movies, this is the best movie about life in the Italian Mafia ever made.
Brian De Palma did something similar in "Bonfire of the Vanities."
Casino is his GOAT.
So the mob hierarchy is the boss, then the underboss, the consigliere (advisor) then down to the captains who each run a crew of soldiers. These are the official members, the "made men." Then there are the unofficial members or associates who work with them. Only associates who are of fully Sicilian or Italian heritage can get made. Paulie (real name Paul Vario) was a captain. Henry was half Irish and Jimmy was fully Irish (as far as he knew, he never knew who his father was). Tommy was fully Italian so he was the only one of the trio eligible to be made. Normally a captain wouldn't be as close to an associate like Henry as Paulie was but Henry's mother was from the same part of Sicily as Paulie's ancestors so he took a special interest in him.
Paulie knew exactly what his guys were doing in the restaurants raising hell and running up huge tabs. He sent them in there on purpose to get the owners to come to him so he could bleed them dry.
PS so many of them are named Peter Paul and Mary because they're all Italian Catholics.
PPS I never noticed it until you pointed it out, but in the sex scene with no dialogue, she's describing how she became seduced into accepting his lifestyle while she's being literally seduced.
Close. If you're father was full blooded Italian and you're mother isn't you can still be made, even back then.
@@billhicks6449 That rule was relaxed for a while then they tightened it back up.
It's interesting that you talk about how terrifying Paulie's stare is. The actor, Paul Sorvino (Mira's dad, by the way), said that he almost quit the movie right before they started shooting because he couldn't get a feel for the character. But one day he "got it" - the feel of what it would be like being a stone cold gangster who can casually order other people's murders - and then he looked at himself in the mirror...and he actually scared himself.
PS: I love it when reactors watch a movie that THEY want to see. Both of you had wanted to see this one. I feel like when you see a title come up in your suggestions or your polls that you both want to see, you definitely should, especially if it keeps coming in second, or you keep seeing it suggested. Polls are always going to tilt towards Star Wars fans, horror, etc., but it's not like these other movies aren't equally beloved.
The guy who made the cameo as Fat Andy (at 4:11) was a retired NYPD detective named Louis Eppolito. He was convicted of multiple murders and died in prison.
7:06 I'm pretty sure that Pauli was above Tommy. Above Pauli would've been the Boss and Underboss of family he was in, which I think was the Lucchese family. Pauli said there wasn't anything he could do about it, but I think he was just blowing the guy off since Pauli wasn't going to stop Tommy. That's why the guy had to get Pauli as a partner because then Pauli would've wanted to ensure Tommy stayed in line.
17:54 It was normal for a guy in the mob to have a girlfriend as well as a wife. They just didn't talk about it with the wife ... or the girlfriend although the later usually knew about the wife.
Paulie was a capo in Lucchese family, Tommy was just an associate..
I mean, whatever Paulie felt personally about Tommy, in any dispute between another wiseguy and a "civilian" he's obliged to have the wiseguy's back.
Asking somebody like Paulie for a favor only triggers his instinct for hustling the most he can out of the transaction. In this case, a restaurant business to pillage. Otherwise, Paulie's only pretending to not be able to control Tommy. Technically, Paulie or any other "made guy" could put a lid on an associate like Tommy if it's worth their trouble and Tommy would only be signing his own death warrant if he openly defied their orders or instructions.
That was a chef's knife, standard in any kitchen knife set
Well to be fair Murray never claimed his wigs would stay on while being strangled by a loan shark.
16:10 "Why I mean Joe Pesci is a small guy."
Oh, boy Simone you're on your own when Pesci finds out.
What do you mean, small? Small how? How is he small?
@@jculver1674 you know, he's kind of a small guy
@@davidsolimene5367 meaning he has a small dick or he's a short stature person
@@davidsolimene5367 No, he doesn't know. That's why he asked Scipio.
@@liamroberts1458 *nervous laughs* get the fuck outta here, liam
Simone has the best band’s shirts!!! Hope I see a Doors shirt! 🤞 Bronx Tale is also a great movie. Deniro directed it!!
Everytime I see this film I see something new - just from this reaction - "another few minutes he could become a stool" - well, that's what Henry is at the end...
This film made Ray Liotta one of my favorite actors. He's underrated but he's intense and powerful. This is in my top ten fave films of all time. Glad y'all did this film!
This is old by now, but Ray Liotta was great in Narc as well as many other movies, but Narc stands out to me.
rest in peace
You two are cute. You remind me of the lovable supporting characters from 1980's teen dramas and romantic comedies.
This is one of those movies that I just can't turn off once I start it.
So they're funny?
@@TheNativeEngine Funny how?
16:04
Dude, it’s a chef’s knife, it’s used to disjoint beef.
Simone's not only cute, she's got great taste in music.
As a movie lover, I really love to see your reactions because I had those same reactions !
Not so fun fact about this movie, Fat Andy (Louis Eppolito) in the scene where they're introducing everyone was an NYPD detective. He and his partner Steve Caracappa did hits for the mob. They were caught years later when Eppolito wrote a book about his life called Mafia Cop and the mother of Jimmy Hydell one of his victims picked it up, read it, and took it to the police. Also, Anthony Casso underboss of the Lucchese Family did a news interview from jail and named both of them as cops on their payroll.
I have been in that neighborhood. There is a church across the street and a salumeria on the same block. The area was selected because much of the architecture was the same for that time period. There is a lot of filming in that area. I had an apartment 10 years ago several blocks away. Apartments are expensive now but still less expensive than Manhattan.
A testament of how good Pesci is, the funny guy scene was improvised.
This movie was very close to the book. More so than any book to film translation I've seen.
My favorite part was when the blurry people got whacked 😂
Aha! That's the trick then, is it? "Don't be the guy in the trunk." You make it sound so simple!
8:00 a “bustout”. Sopranos did the same thing in an episode with a guy’s sporting goods store.
The quintessential mob film along with Donnie Brasco. Considered by many ex mobsters to be more realistic than the godfather. High praise from fans and mobsters alike. 10/10 all the way.
"I just gotta make sure I'm not the guy in the trunk," could have easily been a line in this movie. Well done!
Morrie (Chuck Low) just died in 2017 at 89 years old.
That restaurant with the long tracking shot was the Copacabana. All the mobsters ate there and hung out there.
I like your questions about why everyone was named Paul or Peter or Marie...In the German side of my family (the rest is Jewish) there was about 100 years where ever boy was named Johann or something similar and every woman was named some version of Mary. The middle name was what distinguished them.
Germany historically has been Protestant/Lutheran but the southern part of the country near the Alps is Catholic along with Austria (the most recent Pope Benedict was from Bavaria).
4:18 Repeating spoken words or phrases like that can be a symptom of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It's called palilalia.
No guys. Paulie is the boss of that family.
He was a capo, not the Don.
16:03 Perfectly normal sized knife
Do you know a Cartoon named "the good feathers"? It was part of Animaniacs, with pidgeons parody of Good Fellas.
This is one of my all time favorites.
12:24 "He's settling down now..." Martin Scorsese's mom! (Also in Mean Streets -- and other fabulous Marty films.) :0)
5:45 that part was totally improvised by Joe Pesci, even Ray Liotta was surprised he didn't know whether Pesci broke character or not.
My favorite scene in the movie is the one with Tommy's mom, which by the way was played Martin Scorsese's mom.
12:54 Avé Maria is portuguese religion prayer. Regards form Portugal.
How could you miss this early on the Pauli is the Boss of everyone.
7:00 That was the Point Tommy Causes the Guy a Problem that only Paulie can solve as Tommy’s Boss so Paulie becomes the Guys Partner to destroy The Guys Business
I don't know if you guys included the scene where Henry (the main character) says to his wife ''nobody goes to jail unless they wan to'' when I first heard that line I died laughing it's like someone calls 911 and the dispatcher reponds:
911: What's you'r emergency sir?
Random guy: I'd like to be arrested and go to jail please.
911: Have you committed any crime sir?
Random guy: No, I'm just sick and tired to just sit home alone bored as hell, at least I'd get to chat with my cellmate and make new friends.
911: Ok sir, we'll be sending a car right away, what's your adress?
Rip Ray Liotta
his dad was a good dad. he worked hard and took care of 7 childrn in a tiny house when the wife didnt have a job and one of his sons was disabled and the other was a mf gangster he went through it
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci), and Jimmy Burke (Robert De Niro) were all "Associates" in gangland parlance. They were associated with a Cosa Nostra gang, but were not full fledged members. They paid tribute to a specific crew (note the cut of the Air France job that they kicked up to Paulie, even though he had nothing to do with the job), meaning that any criminal activity conducted by them, the "made guys" above them got a cut, especially if the caper was conducted on turf controlled by that crew. Paulie's turf included the airport, so he got a cut of any criminal activity conducted there. In return, they received a certain limited level of protection from other "made" wise guys, and had access to any political or judicial leverage (juice) that the gang controlled (i.e. crooked cops, fixed judges, and politicians on the take). While the made guys mostly used Tommy as muscle, breaking the occasional head, Henry and Jimmy were "earners", meaning that they mostly got involved in activities that brought money into the organization, a portion of which they kicked up to the head of the crew with whom they were associated (i.e. Paulie). Jimmy and Henry could never be "made" into full fledged members of a crew because they were not fully Italian, both were half Irish. BUT, no matter how much money an associate might make, they ALWAYS ranked below even the lowest of the "made" members. In a beef between an associate and a made wise guy, the made guy was always right, no matter the facts of the case. And, of course, an associate even so much as laying hands on a made guy, or even looking wrongly at his wife or girlfriend, was an offense punishable by death, no appeal possible.
Holy shit thought mans was Yong Yea for a hot second lol.
Watching this video I learned two things about young Canadians. 1) They demonstrate a lot of common sense and 2) an equal degree of naivete about organized crime in the U.S. "Goodfellas" is a good primer for learning the "code" and understanding "the life", i.e., it's all it's cracked up to be! Fun, adventure, horror, prison, and death before being dropped off at the end of the line to the gates of Hell. Wait time: Approximately 5,000-25,000 years ... and it begins ... 🥶🔱😈
4:17 - Oh no, Simone! Please don't! I don't like repetition!
I don't like repetition!
I’m gonna get the papers, get the papers!
Simone is so so so pretty!!! Omg!!!😍😍😍
It's so obvious neither of you can cook. That's a normal chefs knife.
Honestly the best movie ever made! Martin Scorsese made a masterpiece!
Italians are largely catholic so Peter, Paul, Maria are from the bible . Two apostles one of them the first pope (Peter) and Maria/Mary the mother of Christ.
1:10 That's what HE said
why is no one reacting to The Graduate, 1967....a beauty of a film
Billy Bats was part of the Gambino family. John Gotti himself was looking to find he took him out.
The real-life Tommy DeSimone (Joe Pesci's character) was certainly a loose cannon. He was nicknamed 'Two Gun Tommy' and he would use random passersby for target practice. In real life, he was a 6' 2" monster who was incredibly violent. He didn't even live to be 30 and came to a really bad end, if the stories are to be believed.
It says in the film Friday nights are for the girlfriends
I just gotta make sure I’m not the guy in the trunk. 😂😅🤣🤟
On your wondering about all the Mafia guys being named Peter or Paul and all their wives being named Marie, Italians, no less Sicilians, are predominantly and rather staunchly Catholic and those names and their derivatives, Maria, come straight from that tradition. Apparently the ceremony to ‘make’ a guy, to officially elevate him as much as anything is ‘official’ in the underworld, involves the person holding a, sort of, baseball card with the image of a saint on it that have been printed and put out by the Catholic Church for centuries. The gangster invited to become ‘made,’ according to reports, sets the card on fire and, while holding it as it burns, swears to uphold the code of ‘Omertà,’ meaning ‘silence,’ that the Robert De Niro character mentions when the young Henry Hill is released after getting ‘pinched:’ “Don’t rat on your friends, keep your mouth shut.”
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Paulie is the boss, no one higher in his crew.
hi, I recommend watching Copland. great movie big cast.
I like they skipped the tipping parts
Made guy = actual Mafia
Hello beautiful people... The Crow(1994)... Another good option to react to...
I like how one of your Patron's name is Ben Cuckface lol.
I love this movie
Tommy's mother is martin scorcese's mother.
My mother when she died.."God Rest Her Soul"...left them knives with us...and I went on a killing spree but thats another story...lol..anyway....Hispanics have large knives to cook...just so you know..and maybe to cut a throat or two :P...
MAIN GUY MEANS THERE PART OF THE FAMILY AND THEY CANT BE TOUCH
I'd love to see your reaction to "Married to the Mob". It's a dark comedy, of sorts, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Alec Baldwin.
Course you know this is the true story of Henry Hill.
He actually had a good father figure at home he dudnt get best for nothin .. and how can u compete with wiseguys that give him everything whithout doing anything
2:28 that describes about 80% of us Italian men lol
No. Paulie was the boss. It wasn't that he couldn't do anything but Tommy was useful but unfortunately he was a loose cannon. Paulie wasn't gonna whack a guy that made him lots of money
herney was not close to paul vario he was closed to jimmy burke .... paul vario was one of the bosses
I was going to stop watching after the ridiculousness of "Why does that old lady have such a big knife", but I came to far in the video to stop. Plus I wanted to see if he says anything as stop of the knife thing.
dont you have Italians in Canada ? you dont seem to no much about Italian culture.
Paulie is a capo he’s a boss not the same rank as Joe pesce not even close I’m not sure how you missed that from the beginning of the movie
George, lets be mobsters lol
You insulted him a little bit…..a little bit.
Feds. Federal Agents.
One of the names mentioned during that sweep through the club was Mikey Franzese. If you like mob/mafia stuff, check out his youtube channel. Michael Franzese. He tells all about his time in the "life" and when HE got made, and he even rates the realism in various gangster movies, including this one.
1:12 the real story o that was simone (joe pesci) just stabbed him like 30-40 times
"Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut." Then spends the rest of his life repeating his life story for anyone who would pay to hear it.
I imagine the last 30 years of his life he was wishing he would've slept with the fishes long ago. Nicholas Pileggi did a great job on the book "Wiseguys" which is what this movie was adapted from. Did another book called gangsters and Goodfellas which was great as well. I have no props for Henry Hill
There is no honour in protecting killers
@@TheJoshestWhite bullshit, he is free while the other died in prison. Why the fuck he need to care about them? Lol, no honor among thief.
Point?
"...nar issz therr honour inn protecchtinh mohels."
The beauty of the " how am i funny" scene is in Britain they did one of those 100 scariest scenes and 100 funniest scenes tv programmes, it's a format that was rampant worldwide in the early 00's as a good way of getting nostalgia viewers but the only scene that actually made both programmes was this scene. A unique accomplishment
If you were from an Italian Catholic family, it would be common to have a name after a saint such as Paul, Peter, Marie/Maria, etc.
Actual mob members made cameo appearances in the movie, like when Henry is talking about some guys while walking through the club.
"Why does an old lady have such a big knife?" Bro, have you SEEN an Asian mother? I feel like you might have one. Mine used hers to attack fish heads in Slavic squat.
Simone made me laugh after the Jimmy Two Times line, she says "I'm gonna start doing that, start doing that" :D Fantastic reaction and fantastic edit (and I'm SO sorry, George, that this movie is a pain to edit.....but my gosh, this reaction is well worth it!) ; this is the second reaction where I'm going to watch TWICE, so you get two views from me! With a movie like this, I want to see both of your reactions so rather than rewind every scene twice, I just watch the reaction twice and focus on one of you, then the other! LOVE your channel, and I LOVE this reaction! I also love Simone's Floyd shirt! :D This movie is a masterpiece, ain't it? You get a full meal on this one! I came out of the theater after seeing it for the first time and I said "Now THAT'S a movie!" :D See you on Part 2!!!!!
One of the best movie soundtracks ever!
Lmao "That's only when you fail at the Job"
Great reaction so far. Love this movie! Would love to see you guys do Donnie Brasco also. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, great gangster movie that NO ONE has reacted to!
Henry actually tried more than 2 times to escape from the mob but after that Billy Bats case he knew if he tried again he'd be dead..and Paulie was sleeping with Henry's wife also at around 4:19 he mentions a name Michael Franzese that guy is a real life Mobster and now has a successful RUclips channel lol.
Not jimmy it was Henry.
@@lendawgs4167 thanks :)
15:01 "Okay, okay... just some fisticuffs."
CineBinge React didn't expect the "De Niro Shuffle."