Fun fact: Tommy's mother is actually Scorcese's real-life mother, and the vast majority of the late night dinner scene was improvised. All Scorcese told his mother was to show the painting at some point, and everyone else did the rest. My favorite scene by far!
You should watcha mini documentary about Scorcese's childhood, where his mother STEALS the whole show. That lady had so much charisma in one finger; today's stars wished they had it.
A bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. As a caporegime, there were a few people he would have to move for if they told him to. Even as the Lucchese underboss, he would still have had to move for Carmine Tramunti. In 1975, he literally did have to move for Anthony Corallo, to Miami, out of the way of the new underboss Salvatore Santoro.
It's 33 years later.. and to this day I can't eat a meatball parmagiana or chicken parmagiana "hero"(we call them wedges where I'm from) without replicating that closeup on Paulie as he slowly starts munchin that "sangwich!"
The wonderful thing that Scorsese does is recreate periods in time, the fashion, the music, the wisecracks, sums up exactly what the 60's 70's or 80's were like in perfect time stamps
Growing up in an Italian household this movie and The Godfather was on a constant loop every weekend. Big get togethers with relatives and bigger meals all day long. Miss those days so much 🍝🍠🍷☕
Yeah I'm from an italian family myself, with a shit straight job. No connections with the mob whatsoever. Like the blues song says, if i had no bad luck i'd have no luck at all.
Ain't it something how time passes. My time was 20 years earlier in the 70s. Being in the same area and neighborhood the family.. cousins, uncles, aunts.. always around somewhere and getting together wasn't such a special event. Now everyone is 1000 miles away on their phones!
Oh yeah, everybody wants to be related to the those bastards. I wonder why lots of the so called Italian Americans (actually they aren't Italians at all) love being represented in this way. I mean, have you ever thought that Hollywood wants to ridiculate you, giving a bad image of you?
Though the epilogue says that Jimmy Conway would be eligible for parole in 2004, the individual his character was based on (James Burke) died in prison in 1996 of cancer. Henry Hill died in 2012 from complications of heart disease.
RIP Ray Liotta. The Copacabana one shot scene is one of the all- time cinematic shots ever. Scorsese changes lives like Francis Ford Coppola did with the Godfather.
Also look out for the dolly zoom when Liotta and De Niro are eating at the diner. Scorsese moves the camera as they zoom so the actors remain the same but it appears that the world outside the window is closing in - just like the paranoia was.
@@jt_pepperheadA Bronx Tale is far superior. It is a life story, with remarkable characters and an intelligent script. Casino is boring, that actress managed to screw it up.
@@pemp9606 Of course, just having the presence of both of them is worth it. But it's far from the level of a story in the Bronx, Donnie Brasco, Godfather..
Goodfellas might have the best ensemble acting of any movie ever made. Literally every performance, big or small, is absolutely perfect. Throw in the pace, story, (amazingly quotable) dialogue, direction, cinematography, and soundtrack, and you have the best movie ever made. I've literally watched this movie over a 100 times and it never gets boring. Every viewing seems almost like the first.
Agreed! It seems everybody on the cast was particularly selected just to portray that certain character... Very few movies attain such perfection in casting! (Similar to The Godfather trilogy, which happens to be part of my favorites)
As someone who grew up among criminals, I've known guys like Tommy. Joe Pesci should have got an oscar for his portrayal, it's the most convincing performance I've ever seen, so realistic it made my blood run cold. Way scarier than any slasher movie psycho k1ller!
@@fiox8170 - Henry said that Tommy used to pick out someone in the neighborhood and randomly kill them when he wanted to test out a new gun he got. Henry said that he was convinced Tommy was a true psychopath.
AFI is tripping. Top 10 for me! Few films get me as excited about filmmaking and films than Goodfellas. It’s the definition of top tier filmmaking and is endlessly rewatchable. Loved seeing your reactions!
Hahah! I did see that I was t on the right list and they did a revised 10yrs anniversary! This is just one list! And the list will prob be diff from mine just thought it would be so fun to see these movies! Thanks for watching!!!
@@holddowna thanks for responding! Yeah you’re right, everyone will have their own opinion/ list and Goodfellas is on many. I remember using the AFI list to watch some classic films I’d never even heard of, so it’s cool that they made these lists that feel somewhat official. Goodfellas is a unique classic. It kind of rebels against what people normally see as a classic film or best picture winner (because it didn’t win 😩). It’s anarchic, not deeply emotional, it’s brutal and ugly, there’s not a single “good guy”, no sense of morality, etc. but somehow it’s a perfect film.
Every time I see this on YT or late night on TV, I cannot stop watching this one. And the agent that speaks to Karen and Henry is the real agent who dealt with their real counterparts! And #RIPRayLiotta!
@@xaviersanches4466 Casino is a masterpiece as is the Godfather it's just that the first two I mentioned in my original comment hold a special place in my heart. A Bronx tale was the first 'gangster movie' that I ever saw and Goodfellas was introduced to me by my brother and we sat and watched it together.
@@holddownaI really hope you do get to watch it and share it with us of course it also stars Robert DeNero & Joe Pesci but Chaz Palminteri steals the show in my opinion. Although it is a gangster movie its actually more focused on a young boy growing up in a neighbourhood where wise guys rule the streets. Against threats and warnings from his hard working father he cannot resist hanging round the 'bad guys' one of whom takes him under his wing and tries to educate & guide him through life.
@@jeffreymiller6847Nah Pesci the best imo. Even real life mobsters said Pesci portrayed them most accurately. He did grow up around them so he knew exactly how they acted
I grew up in the 70’s. I lived right near the airport and grew up hearing stories about these guys. The motel up the block had a bar restaurant that these guys used to hang out in.
I love watching young people experience these movies for the first time. You've got a huge catalog of classics to go through and you're becoming wiser than your peers just from having seen these classic movies.
"Casino" you'll love pretty much by extension. It's another Scorsese/Pileggi film that's told in quite a similar fashion to this, to the point where some tend refer to it as "Goodfellas 2".
My Father was one of the arresting officers of Henry Hill at the end of movie. My two Uncles went to School with Billy Batts. My mom grew up down crossbay blvd from all the Gambino crime syndicate who came after this crew
I love your personality Ames, you're such a benevolent, sweet, classy lady, you're so witty, intelligent and perceptive, I love coming here and getting a dose of your positive vibes, you radiate nothing but love, sunshine and brightness, you're such a bright light in this world 😇
I was 16 years old when this came out in 1990....in those days it was about a year until it was released on VHS .....so i saw it 1991ish and i remember watching it on the couch one early Sunday afternoon and immediately got off the couch rewound the tape and watched it again back to back
Pesci improvised the entire "funny how" inquiry during rehearsal with Liotta. Scorsese apparently loved the exchange, especially the way it illustrated how suddenly DeVito's mood could sour and added it to the script without telling anyone else.
not only that, but that entire scene was something that Pesci saw an actual mobster do in a restaraunt , he told Scorsese about it and he had to green light it for the movie, if there was one scene where Pesci earned his Academy Award, it was that one scene
... keeps getting me at Christmastime.. last year just when the weekend came in was about to turn in and saw Bravo or some channel had it on at 11:30 and I stayed up til 2AM. Just draws you in and you're there right till the egg noodles and ketchup!!!
You have cracked the code for how to make a watching video. So many people make these vids, pausing for too long, with silence while they think of what to say (we don’t want to watch you thinking) taking you right out of the experience. You are keeping the flow going, with quick observations and humorous comments, making it interesting to watch without being so frustrating. How many comedy clips have I seen where they pause it before the punch line to bore you with irrelevancies. Too many.
I’m so glad you loved the film!! It’s like top five movies of all time for me! I love its structure! Great story, great dialogue, great cinematography, soundtrack, great characters, everything works!! Goodfellas is a masterpiece and it’s one of the greatest films ever made!! I can’t say enough good things about this film!! A+ from me!! P.S. Watch Pulp Fiction if you haven’t seen it yet!!
I like that you rolled with it. Your reaction made it seem like you hadn't maybe seen too many mob movies, but you accepted its terms and came out on top. Good work. Great channel. Thank you for the sincerity. Cheers!
Wow. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to one of my fav films. I can't wait to see your future reactions to the Godfather 2 and 3, Casino, A Bronx Tale, Scarface and Donnie Brasco...which I know you're going to enjoy!!!!
All good films, but A Bronx Tale is in my opinion the best. Coppola devotees will argue that Godfather 2 is one of the best movies ever made, but for me the pacing was painfully slow. Bronx is simpler but far more personal and relatable. DeNiro watched the play the same year he made Goodfellas, bought the rights, co-wrote the screenplay and it became his directorial debut.
Goodfellas along with The Godfather, Casino, The Departed and A Bronx Tale are the must-see mob movies. Also, movies that are in a similar vein that you should check out are American Me and Blood in Blood Out.
This and Dazed and Confused are my favorite movies. I used to watch them at least two or three times a week when I was a teenager. You should check out Gangster No. 1, a british ganster film about a guy who will do anything to get to the top spot. It's a great movie about a man who loses himself in his journey to become the number 1 gangster.
If the younger people don’t know the “You’re a funny guy “ scene actually happened to Joe Pesci when he was a waiter and a real Wiseguy did that to him. Joe told Marty about it and the only people who knew that Joe was going to do that in the scene was the Henry character. That’s why the other people’s reactions looked so genuine. The real Tommy was 6’2” and over 200lbs and even crazier in real life. He also didn’t get killed because of the Billy Bats situation. Tommy also killed Foxy who was John Gotti’s protege and good friend. But what really got Tommy killed was he tried to rape Henry’s wife and Paulie was having a affair with her.
“And a lot of other things…”😂 Paulie was “protecting” them more than they realized, and the reason he was able to is because the real Paulie was friends with John Gotti. By the time Tommy finally got whacked, everyone probably wanted him dead anyway 🤣 In the Book, the real Henry said he was secretly relieved, because he knew that Tommy would kill him, even though they grew up together, after all the good times. Tommy would STILL kill him. He said Tommy “got off” from killing people who didn’t expect it.
@@BlackFlightNY I have read “Wiseguy” ,the book that turned into Goodfellas for those that don’t know and I agree with you. They had enough of Tommy and I think that when he tried to rape Karen that was the final straw. Also Gotti was really good friends with Foxy,who was basically John’s protege, and when Tommy killed Foxy he basically wrote his own death certificate. But what happened with Karen ,because Paulie was messing around with her(because that’s what a good friend does lol), was it for Tommy
The opening to this movie with young Henry up until he meets his wife is some of my favorite parts of cinema ever. The voice over and the way Ray talks about the life just gets me goin.
So many great films from this era. So great that young people like you are discovering these films. The Big Lebowski was my intro to your Channel and your reactions are just how I felt when I saw these movies. I think the 90s was a golden era as we had some of the best directors in their prime!.. if you have never seen Pulp Fiction. (Quentin Tarantino) You need to see that movie too!
Timeless, no one paces a movie like Scorese does. The cast is one of the best ever assembled and there are so many incredible performances in this. Marty's best film when it comes down to it. So many lessons too. I've seen this so many times that the dialogue is almost like a language to me.
Major props for the Teddy/Malkovich/Rounders reference... enjoying your thoughts and reactions, you know your stuff...most reaction vids make me roll my eyes
"What about me is funny? You know. No I don't know. How am I funny?" That scene makes me laugh every single time. The writing in this movie was some of the best ever. I wish more writers today were still this good.
Henry Hill was somewhat of a regular caller on the Howard Stern Radio Show. He was drunk most of the times that he called in, but remained in contact with Howard Stern for several years prior to his death. Thank you for your reaction!
Martin Scorsese was so committed to making this movie as real as possible that the FBI agent who was talking to Henry and Karen was not an actor. That was the real FBI agent that was in charge of Henry’s case.
Yes Scorsese did his best to stay as true to Henry Hill's book as best as possible, but Hill's book, while entertaining and a good story, was mostly bullshit. Henry Hill was a notorious liar and exaggerated the true facts a great deal. He was so bad that when he testified against Jimmy Burke, Jimmy Conway in the movie, he told so many lies and dates mixed up etc that the prosecutor in the case said if they had to rely on Hill's testimony alone Burke never would have been convicted. Burke was put on trial not for murder but for extortion in his involvement in the Boston College Basketball point shaving. He was later put on trial for murder after he was already convicted and in prison Hill story in the movie and book and his importance was highly exaggerated. He was just a low level thug in Burkes crew. He never knew Paul Vario, Paulie Cicero in the movie. Vario had no idea who Henry Hill was. When told by his attorney they had a witnesses to various crimes Vario was charged with, Vario asked who it was. When he was told he said, who the F is Henry Hill. Hill was so low level in Burkes crew that was why he was not involved on the Lutansa heist and why Burke didn't even bother to have him killed like he did to about 15 other people, people who just knew Burke did it he had killed or killed himself. Hill didn't know it was Burke and not at all in on the planning But still a great movie and one of my all time fav mafia movies. The acting was great and I love this movie and have seen it so many times. BTW when you mentioned the FBI agent playing himself, he was not an FBI agent was an attorney for the NYC DAs office...but what is funny is during an interview he did he talked about how erraratic and how much of a liar Hill was then he laughs and said the scene in the hotel room where he was talking to Henry and Karen, in the real event Henry had a mistress in the toom next door and when Karen stepped out he asked the DA if he could take his mistress with him in witness protection. I thiught that was funny and wished it would have been in the movie. ESPN did a great 30 for 30 aboit the Boston College Point shaving scandal and he mention Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke often as the main focus of the scandal.
@@beebo5100 Michael Franzese has a you tube channel were he talks all about this stuff. I saw a biological TV show about him and his gas tax scam. It was very interesting and he scammed the federal govt out of millions
This movie 🎥 is what classics are all about! Again , it's so much fun watching your reaction to this movie. I know that your not Italian but , you sure seam like it . Watch you all the time. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the long reaction, got to see a lot of scenes that I haven't seen in previous reactions. I love this movie, and have watched it over and over again. I think the great thing about this movie is that it shows the attraction of the life and the downsides at the same time.
Love this channel. Your reactions are so deep and genuine, you can tell it's all truly from the heart and you're so passionate about each scene and the characters. Definitely subscribing.
Great reaction. I love the classics. I used to go to the Copa back in my day and that famous scene always brings back a lot of memories . ❤ It actually had two levels: the main floor shown in the movie was street level. Then there was a lower accessible via a stairway. Good times!
22:03 LMAO!!! I'm sorry... but I loved the way you said that. I'm absolutely hooked on your reactions, by the way. This is like my 7th video!! **subscribed**
Seeing Joe Pesci go from this to Home Alone/My Cousin Vinny is definitely an experience. I went the opposite direction, and it felt like things really escalated quickly. The soundtrack here is definitely one of the better ones I’ve heard.
Yeah, he's got some range. I also compare his role as Leo Getz in the Lethal Weapon sequels, to him playing Nicky Santoro in Casino. In one he's a completely harmless pushover, in the other he's a violent maniac with anger issues. o.O
I subscribed because someone busted out the AFI Top 100 List! 😂 Totally something I would do! Hopefully this will be the channel that finally checks out two of the best independent films ever! Surprised that no one else on RUclips has reviewed them. Might want to ask before I start my own channel! 🤘😀
Hope "Raging Bull" is on your future watchlist. It has DeNiro and Pesci again, but it's another violent, bruising, nihilistic depiction of a person on a path to self-destruction. (One trend in Scorsese films is that they are increasingly dark and nihilistic as the years go on.)
I just saw Raging Bull on the big screen at a local art theater. Probably the 70th time I've seen it, yet it's still startling how incredible Deniro is in that film. The definition of throwing oneself into a role. He must have been exhausted after doing it.
@@paulymar5996 It's a line in the sand that performance. There's Brando in Streetcar, and then there's De Niro in Raging Bull (and Meryl Streep doing the female equivalent a couple of years later with Sophie's Choice). (I also put Bette Davis in "Of Human Bondage" in that class, and that's it. Those four performances changed the game and trajectory of acting. There are lots of fantastic, groundbreaking "method" performances before "Raging Bull" (including others from De Niro, and a slew of others from the 60s and 70s) but that took it to a new level of commitment. And ditto Streep in "Sophie's Choice". After those two performances, EVERY actor upped their game. And that's why you've got someone like Daniel Day Lewis - a British trained actor, who are not usually known for their embrace of American "method acting" - staying in character for entire shoots and going to great lengths of commitment and preparation. (I know Gary Oldman cites either Taxi Driver or Raging Bull as his inspiration for being an actor).
Fun Fact: The "am i funny' scene was improvised and the only one who knew about it was Pesci and Martin. So everyone in the scene didnt know and their response was real. Thats great fucking movie making.
Welcome in the club!! I saw it for the first time in 1991 at 10 years old. At 19, I remembered that it was the best mob movie I had ever seen, rented it (we used to rent movies in a video rental store), convinced some friends to watch it and they fell in love with it. It's one of those rare movies that strikes people's minds and stays. Favorite bits : "Now go get your f*****g shine box!", prison dinner, "So, what does she do after she hangs up with me? After everything I had told her? After all her yeah, yeah, yeah, bullshit? She picks up the phone and calls from the house." The cop who speaks to Henry and Karen at the police station is the real guy. Scorsese is a master, now go watch Casino if you haven't!! Sharon Stone is fabulous in it, but so is the rest of the cast. You'll also see a nice "revenge" from a Goodfellas' character unto another, but I won't spoil it for you. You'll know when you see it. Cats!! One of my female cats (Princesse) used to put her face right in from of mine when she was younger to get my attention, especially when gaming, and I mean like one inch distance nose to nose. It was so cute and funny! Now, she stares at me for half an hour like a psycho for food without moving an inch!
O que mais gostei desta reação foi saber que ela é Portuguesa. Claro que ela tinha que revelar isso numa cena que a mãe oferece comida ao filho e aos amigos. É mesmo á tuga...
I'm happy to see the next generation appreciating the classics! Lots of us grew up with this movie & I recommend checking out all the mafia movies. Untouchables, Casino, Sopranos, etc. The list goes on lol. Enjoy!
RIP Paul Sorvino (April 13, 1939 - July 25, 2022), aged 83 And RIP Ray Liotta (December 18, 1954 - May 26, 2022), aged 67 You both will be remembered as legends.
Dom is an expensive brand of champagne. Lorraine Bracco was a real hottie back then. Henry should have listened to Paulie. A whole lot of trouble would have been avoided. The FBI agent in the film is the real one who talked to the real criminals.
Goodfellas and Casino are epic retellings of actual events. There are always liberties in based on true stories, but this is just so authentic. I love Scorsese’s use of narration in this because it helps all of us non mob folks learn what exactly is happening and why:)
Joe Pesci's performance of Tommy is not an over the top performance. The real Tommy is a taller, more muscular, and a million times meaner than Joe Pesci's version of Tommy.
As you can tell by the rest of the comments this movie has a ton of interesting trivia on IMDB . This is one of those movies I can watch over and over to this day. Just discovered your channel and really like it so far. Definitely hitting subscribe
Great Movie! Great Reaction! Love Lemmy : ) Henry Hill use to come on the Howard Stern show. He became a full blown alcoholic later in life. You should check out those interviews.
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Fun fact: Tommy's mother is actually Scorcese's real-life mother, and the vast majority of the late night dinner scene was improvised. All Scorcese told his mother was to show the painting at some point, and everyone else did the rest. My favorite scene by far!
Mine too!
i LOVE that scene! it felt so wholesome!
You should watcha mini documentary about Scorcese's childhood, where his mother STEALS the whole show. That lady had so much charisma in one finger; today's stars wished they had it.
One's going east, and the other is going west. So what?
@@mondegreen9709 Watch Scorsese's documentary called Italian American. She acted like that all the time. 😆🤣
"Paulie moved slow, but that's only because he didn't have to move for anybody" - what a quote!
A bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. As a caporegime, there were a few people he would have to move for if they told him to. Even as the Lucchese underboss, he would still have had to move for Carmine Tramunti. In 1975, he literally did have to move for Anthony Corallo, to Miami, out of the way of the new underboss Salvatore Santoro.
It's 33 years later.. and to this day I can't eat a meatball parmagiana or chicken parmagiana "hero"(we call them wedges where I'm from) without replicating that closeup on Paulie as he slowly starts munchin that "sangwich!"
That's what any man wishes for
Ray Liotta's performance is the heart of this film. Rest In Peace
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And the man he portrayed, Henry Hill, died several years ago.
Pesci better
Did you ever see Hannibal? Ray Liotta was in that one too.
Never forget his voice acting as Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto Vice City too!
The wonderful thing that Scorsese does is recreate periods in time, the fashion, the music, the wisecracks, sums up exactly what the 60's 70's or 80's were like in perfect time stamps
Growing up in an Italian household this movie and The Godfather was on a constant loop every weekend. Big get togethers with relatives and bigger meals all day long. Miss those days so much 🍝🍠🍷☕
Yeah I'm from an italian family myself, with a shit straight job. No connections with the mob whatsoever. Like the blues song says, if i had no bad luck i'd have no luck at all.
Ain't it something how time passes. My time was 20 years earlier in the 70s. Being in the same area and neighborhood the family.. cousins, uncles, aunts.. always around somewhere and getting together wasn't such a special event. Now everyone is 1000 miles away on their phones!
Oh yeah, everybody wants to be related to the those bastards. I wonder why lots of the so called Italian Americans (actually they aren't Italians at all) love being represented in this way.
I mean, have you ever thought that Hollywood wants to ridiculate you, giving a bad image of you?
My Dad use to call the Godfather "Roots"
If The Godfather is Opera, GoodFellas is Pop Oldies.
Though the epilogue says that Jimmy Conway would be eligible for parole in 2004, the individual his character was based on (James Burke) died in prison in 1996 of cancer. Henry Hill died in 2012 from complications of heart disease.
He also spent more time in prison for violating parole several times.
RIP Ray Liotta. The Copacabana one shot scene is one of the all- time cinematic shots ever. Scorsese changes lives like Francis Ford Coppola did with the Godfather.
RIP Ray Liotta AND Paul Sorvino. They both died the same year, can you believe it? So sad. Both of those guys gone too soon.
Also look out for the dolly zoom when Liotta and De Niro are eating at the diner. Scorsese moves the camera as they zoom so the actors remain the same but it appears that the world outside the window is closing in - just like the paranoia was.
Honestly the Copacabana one shot is probably the most overrated one shot in film history.
@@Ronfost89 You're right, the one in "Raging Bull" is even better.
Godfather much better.
Now you gotta watch Casino & Bronx Tale. You will love it. It’s like a repeatable movie to watch.
2nd on A Bronx Tale, it never gets the notoriety that Casino does but it's an amazing well-told story.
@@jt_pepperheadA Bronx Tale is far superior. It is a life story, with remarkable characters and an intelligent script. Casino is boring, that actress managed to screw it up.
@@arthurandrade2585 I loved and ya the wife, plus Mickey had to screw it up at the end.
@@arthurandrade2585the “life story” isn’t always as good as a contained narrative. Casino is great. De Niro is incredible, so is Pesci
@@pemp9606 Of course, just having the presence of both of them is worth it. But it's far from the level of a story in the Bronx, Donnie Brasco, Godfather..
- “A BRONX TALE” - (1993)
- “DONNIE BRASCO” - (1997)
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Donnie Brasco is great! Someone did a reaction to that the other day, I'm happy to report!
A BRONX TALE --- De Niro's forgotten masterpiece.
you forgot the most important: 1. scarface(the best maffia movie) and 2. godfather 2
"no yous can't leave......"
A bronx tale is such a great movie
Goodfellas might have the best ensemble acting of any movie ever made. Literally every performance, big or small, is absolutely perfect. Throw in the pace, story, (amazingly quotable) dialogue, direction, cinematography, and soundtrack, and you have the best movie ever made. I've literally watched this movie over a 100 times and it never gets boring. Every viewing seems almost like the first.
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Agreed! It seems everybody on the cast was particularly selected just to portray that certain character... Very few movies attain such perfection in casting! (Similar to The Godfather trilogy, which happens to be part of my favorites)
As someone who grew up among criminals, I've known guys like Tommy. Joe Pesci should have got an oscar for his portrayal, it's the most convincing performance I've ever seen, so realistic it made my blood run cold. Way scarier than any slasher movie psycho k1ller!
Pesci did in fact win the Oscar for this film.
The "best" parts is, real life Tommy was even worse.
He got the oscar💀
He did.
@@fiox8170 - Henry said that Tommy used to pick out someone in the neighborhood and randomly kill them when he wanted to test out a new gun he got. Henry said that he was convinced Tommy was a true psychopath.
AFI is tripping. Top 10 for me! Few films get me as excited about filmmaking and films than Goodfellas. It’s the definition of top tier filmmaking and is endlessly rewatchable. Loved seeing your reactions!
Hahah! I did see that I was t on the right list and they did a revised 10yrs anniversary! This is just one list! And the list will prob be diff from mine just thought it would be so fun to see these movies! Thanks for watching!!!
@@holddowna thanks for responding! Yeah you’re right, everyone will have their own opinion/ list and Goodfellas is on many. I remember using the AFI list to watch some classic films I’d never even heard of, so it’s cool that they made these lists that feel somewhat official. Goodfellas is a unique classic. It kind of rebels against what people normally see as a classic film or best picture winner (because it didn’t win 😩). It’s anarchic, not deeply emotional, it’s brutal and ugly, there’s not a single “good guy”, no sense of morality, etc. but somehow it’s a perfect film.
My favorite movie of all time. It was nice to see you enjoying it. Keep up the dope work!
I was so excited for you seeing this. Great movie..one of my favorites of all time! Makes it even easier you being SO cute 😊 Great reaction!
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This is one of the All Time CLASSICS!!! I also recommend “DONNIE BRASCO” (1997) esp since almost no reactions to it! 😎
“Forget about eehhhh” - Donnie Brasco
@@ViewsByTaz Yes!! FUHGEDDABOUDIT! 🤌😎
@@BigPete44 my G!
“It’s a fugazi”
I dont like sayinfg "overlooked" but ...maybe Donnie Brasco is. It is also perfect for this channel.
Every time I see this on YT or late night on TV, I cannot stop watching this one.
And the agent that speaks to Karen and Henry is the real agent who dealt with their real counterparts!
And #RIPRayLiotta!
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Girl, your Godfather impression made me laugh my drink out my nose. Thank you 😅💞
🤣🤣🤣🤣I was really in the pocket I felt the cat really made it😂
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Another great mobster movie you should check out if you haven’t already is ‘A Bronx Tale’ another Deniro classic!
its ok, not a classic.
Mean Streets was better and one of his earlier movies. Also Once Upon A Time in America was a good one but a long movie.
When you said, "uh-oh, are they going to talk to his pop?", it made me laugh because I thought the same thing my first time watching it...
This and A Bronx tale are two of my favorite gangster movies.
can't wait to watch it!
But what about the "Casino"?
@@xaviersanches4466 Casino is a masterpiece as is the Godfather it's just that the first two I mentioned in my original comment hold a special place in my heart. A Bronx tale was the first 'gangster movie' that I ever saw and Goodfellas was introduced to me by my brother and we sat and watched it together.
@@holddownaI really hope you do get to watch it and share it with us of course it also stars Robert DeNero & Joe Pesci but Chaz Palminteri steals the show in my opinion.
Although it is a gangster movie its actually more focused on a young boy growing up in a neighbourhood where wise guys rule the streets. Against threats and warnings from his hard working father he cannot resist hanging round the 'bad guys' one of whom takes him under his wing and tries to educate & guide him through life.
A Bronx Tale yes! A gangster movie with heart! 👍
Pesci was born to play mob guys. Nobody does it better.
play?
His rap track wasn't that good lol
except maybe Pacino
@@jeffreymiller6847Nah Pesci the best imo. Even real life mobsters said Pesci portrayed them most accurately. He did grow up around them so he knew exactly how they acted
I grew up in the 70’s. I lived right near the airport and grew up hearing stories about these guys. The motel up the block had a bar restaurant that these guys used to hang out in.
I love watching young people experience these movies for the first time. You've got a huge catalog of classics to go through and you're becoming wiser than your peers just from having seen these classic movies.
Agreed . Old lady here gen x
"Casino" you'll love pretty much by extension. It's another Scorsese/Pileggi film that's told in quite a similar fashion to this, to the point where some tend refer to it as "Goodfellas 2".
Casino is one of the greatest rags to riches to rags stories ever. Highly recommend!
My Father was one of the arresting officers of Henry Hill at the end of movie. My two Uncles went to School with Billy Batts. My mom grew up down crossbay blvd from all the Gambino crime syndicate who came after this crew
Since you seem to like gangster movies so much, my recommendation is that your next one should be "A Bronx Tale" which also has De Niro in it.
itsa must watch
Casino should be on the list too.
A Bronx Tale is amazing
Great suggestion.
One of.my favorite movies,seen it many times.Your cat is beautiful.
I love your personality Ames, you're such a benevolent, sweet, classy lady, you're so witty, intelligent and perceptive, I love coming here and getting a dose of your positive vibes, you radiate nothing but love, sunshine and brightness, you're such a bright light in this world 😇
She purdy too
Simp
I was 16 years old when this came out in 1990....in those days it was about a year until it was released on VHS .....so i saw it 1991ish and i remember watching it on the couch one early Sunday afternoon and immediately got off the couch rewound the tape and watched it again back to back
Jimmy Two Times. Gonna get the papers get the papers.
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Pesci improvised the entire "funny how" inquiry during rehearsal with Liotta. Scorsese apparently loved the exchange, especially the way it illustrated how suddenly DeVito's mood could sour and added it to the script without telling anyone else.
not only that, but that entire scene was something that Pesci saw an actual mobster do in a restaraunt , he told Scorsese about it and he had to green light it for the movie, if there was one scene where Pesci earned his Academy Award, it was that one scene
The opening with Tony Bennetts "Rags to Riches" is literally the perfect song. It fits the theme of the movie so well.
I can't NOT watch Good Fellas. It always drags me in.
... keeps getting me at Christmastime.. last year just when the weekend came in was about to turn in and saw Bravo or some channel had it on at 11:30 and I stayed up til 2AM. Just draws you in and you're there right till the egg noodles and ketchup!!!
Just when I thought I was out Goodfellas pulled me back in!
Good one, Ames! It's so much fun to see Joe Pesci going crazy in this one and then to see him in Home Alone and My Cousin Vinny. 😄
It’s so fun to watch you watch my favorite movies. You have a good grasp on film as well.
Thanks soo much for watching !
You have cracked the code for how to make a watching video. So many people make these vids, pausing for too long, with silence while they think of what to say (we don’t want to watch you thinking) taking you right out of the experience. You are keeping the flow going, with quick observations and humorous comments, making it interesting to watch without being so frustrating.
How many comedy clips have I seen where they pause it before the punch line to bore you with irrelevancies. Too many.
I’m so glad you loved the film!! It’s like top five movies of all time for me! I love its structure! Great story, great dialogue, great cinematography, soundtrack, great characters, everything works!! Goodfellas is a masterpiece and it’s one of the greatest films ever made!! I can’t say enough good things about this film!! A+ from me!!
P.S. Watch Pulp Fiction if you haven’t seen it yet!!
Goodfellas intro is one of the best ever right along with Pulp Fiction, Apocalypse now, etc
Can’t wait to watch AP! I love pulp fiction but I haven’t seen it in YRS that movie changed me
@@holddowna it's one of the greatest, i recommend watching high on weed but sober its incredible too
I like that you rolled with it. Your reaction made it seem like you hadn't maybe seen too many mob movies, but you accepted its terms and came out on top. Good work. Great channel. Thank you for the sincerity. Cheers!
Thanks so much for watching!!
Another fun fact…..that’s the actual prosecutor playing himself in that last scene talking to Henry and Karen
Yep! Edward A. McDonald
This movie never gets old and even after seeing in soo many times you still pick up a new detail each time.
Love it!
Wow. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to one of my fav films. I can't wait to see your future reactions to the Godfather 2 and 3, Casino, A Bronx Tale, Scarface and Donnie Brasco...which I know you're going to enjoy!!!!
thanks SOOO much for being here!! I haven't seen any of those! casino has been on my list for forever and i just never get to it!
Donnie Brasco is so often overlooked but it is EXCELLENT.
Donnie Brasko is amazing!
All good films, but A Bronx Tale is in my opinion the best. Coppola devotees will argue that Godfather 2 is one of the best movies ever made, but for me the pacing was painfully slow. Bronx is simpler but far more personal and relatable. DeNiro watched the play the same year he made Goodfellas, bought the rights, co-wrote the screenplay and it became his directorial debut.
Don't forget Carlito's Way
Al Pacino
And Sean Penn with a classic Jew perm 😂👍🏽
And you can really see the acting shots of a young John leguizamo
Goodfellas along with The Godfather, Casino, The Departed and A Bronx Tale are the must-see mob movies.
Also, movies that are in a similar vein that you should check out are American Me and Blood in Blood Out.
This and Dazed and Confused are my favorite movies. I used to watch them at least two or three times a week when I was a teenager. You should check out Gangster No. 1, a british ganster film about a guy who will do anything to get to the top spot. It's a great movie about a man who loses himself in his journey to become the number 1 gangster.
Omg you look AND have the demeanor of Audrey Plaza ! Thank you for reacting to one of my all time favorite movies.
If the younger people don’t know the “You’re a funny guy “ scene actually happened to Joe Pesci when he was a waiter and a real Wiseguy did that to him. Joe told Marty about it and the only people who knew that Joe was going to do that in the scene was the Henry character. That’s why the other people’s reactions looked so genuine.
The real Tommy was 6’2” and over 200lbs and even crazier in real life. He also didn’t get killed because of the Billy Bats situation. Tommy also killed Foxy who was John Gotti’s protege and good friend. But what really got Tommy killed was he tried to rape Henry’s wife and Paulie was having a affair with her.
“And a lot of other things…”😂
Paulie was “protecting” them more than they realized, and the reason he was able to is because the real Paulie was friends with John Gotti.
By the time Tommy finally got whacked, everyone probably wanted him dead anyway 🤣
In the Book, the real Henry said he was secretly relieved, because he knew that Tommy would kill him, even though they grew up together, after all the good times. Tommy would STILL kill him.
He said Tommy “got off” from killing people who didn’t expect it.
@@BlackFlightNY I have read “Wiseguy” ,the book that turned into Goodfellas for those that don’t know and I agree with you. They had enough of Tommy and I think that when he tried to rape Karen that was the final straw. Also Gotti was really good friends with Foxy,who was basically John’s protege, and when Tommy killed Foxy he basically wrote his own death certificate. But what happened with Karen ,because Paulie was messing around with her(because that’s what a good friend does lol), was it for Tommy
The opening to this movie with young Henry up until he meets his wife is some of my favorite parts of cinema ever. The voice over and the way Ray talks about the life just gets me goin.
So many great films from this era. So great that young people like you are discovering these films. The Big Lebowski was my intro to your Channel and your reactions are just how I felt when I saw these movies. I think the 90s was a golden era as we had some of the best directors in their prime!.. if you have never seen Pulp Fiction. (Quentin Tarantino) You need to see that movie too!
Wow! Thanks so much!
I love PF one of my faves been a long time since I’ve seen it!
Timeless, no one paces a movie like Scorese does. The cast is one of the best ever assembled and there are so many incredible performances in this. Marty's best film when it comes down to it. So many lessons too. I've seen this so many times that the dialogue is almost like a language to me.
I subscribed as soon as I heard her make that "Rounders" reference (John Malkovich) 🤣 Love it
Going this long without seeing goodfellas is crazy but glad you watched it and enjoyed it!
I have so many more to watch!
@@holddowna I’ll be in tune looking forward to seeing your reactions 💪
Major props for the Teddy/Malkovich/Rounders reference... enjoying your thoughts and reactions, you know your stuff...most reaction vids make me roll my eyes
"What about me is funny? You know. No I don't know. How am I funny?" That scene makes me laugh every single time. The writing in this movie was some of the best ever. I wish more writers today were still this good.
Wasn't it improvise?
@@M3HTAJIUCT Very good Joe Pesci did improvise this scene during rehearsal with Ray Liotta.
Henry Hill was somewhat of a regular caller on the Howard Stern Radio Show. He was drunk most of the times that he called in, but remained in contact with Howard Stern for several years prior to his death. Thank you for your reaction!
It's one of if not my favorite movie your facial expressions were so funny I'm glad you did this
Lol! I LOVE this movie
@@holddowna I'm glad ❤️
One of the best senses is that single shot from parking the car to the through the kitchen to the table. So good.
Martin Scorsese was so committed to making this movie as real as possible that the FBI agent who was talking to Henry and Karen was not an actor. That was the real FBI agent that was in charge of Henry’s case.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._McDonald
Yes Scorsese did his best to stay as true to Henry Hill's book as best as possible, but Hill's book, while entertaining and a good story, was mostly bullshit.
Henry Hill was a notorious liar and exaggerated the true facts a great deal. He was so bad that when he testified against Jimmy Burke, Jimmy Conway in the movie, he told so many lies and dates mixed up etc that the prosecutor in the case said if they had to rely on Hill's testimony alone Burke never would have been convicted.
Burke was put on trial not for murder but for extortion in his involvement in the Boston College Basketball point shaving. He was later put on trial for murder after he was already convicted and in prison
Hill story in the movie and book and his importance was highly exaggerated. He was just a low level thug in Burkes crew. He never knew Paul Vario, Paulie Cicero in the movie. Vario had no idea who Henry Hill was. When told by his attorney they had a witnesses to various crimes Vario was charged with, Vario asked who it was. When he was told he said, who the F is Henry Hill.
Hill was so low level in Burkes crew that was why he was not involved on the Lutansa heist and why Burke didn't even bother to have him killed like he did to about 15 other people, people who just knew Burke did it he had killed or killed himself. Hill didn't know it was Burke and not at all in on the planning
But still a great movie and one of my all time fav mafia movies. The acting was great and I love this movie and have seen it so many times.
BTW when you mentioned the FBI agent playing himself, he was not an FBI agent was an attorney for the NYC DAs office...but what is funny is during an interview he did he talked about how erraratic and how much of a liar Hill was then he laughs and said the scene in the hotel room where he was talking to Henry and Karen, in the real event Henry had a mistress in the toom next door and when Karen stepped out he asked the DA if he could take his mistress with him in witness protection. I thiught that was funny and wished it would have been in the movie.
ESPN did a great 30 for 30 aboit the Boston College Point shaving scandal and he mention Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke often as the main focus of the scandal.
@@nataliestclair6176 Wow. Thanks for all that info.
@@beebo5100 Michael Franzese has a you tube channel were he talks all about this stuff. I saw a biological TV show about him and his gas tax scam. It was very interesting and he scammed the federal govt out of millions
This movie 🎥 is what classics are all about! Again , it's so much fun watching your reaction to this movie. I know that your not Italian but , you sure seam like it . Watch you all the time. Keep up the good work.
Goodfellows is the British version:
“As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gentleman!”
LOOLOLLLOLL
I'm greatful that you uploaded this session because I didn't get to finish watching the movie and it would be great to watch it with you!
Thanks for the long reaction, got to see a lot of scenes that I haven't seen in previous reactions. I love this movie, and have watched it over and over again. I think the great thing about this movie is that it shows the attraction of the life and the downsides at the same time.
Thanks for watching !
Love this channel. Your reactions are so deep and genuine, you can tell it's all truly from the heart and you're so passionate about each scene and the characters. Definitely subscribing.
Great reaction. I love the classics. I used to go to the Copa back in my day and that famous scene always brings back a lot of memories . ❤ It actually had two levels: the main floor shown in the movie was street level. Then there was a lower accessible via a stairway. Good times!
So awesome! Thanks for watching!!!
Loved the rounders quote and you do a great Vito Corleone. Casino and A Bronx Tale were other great mob movies
Thank u so much for watching!
22:03 LMAO!!! I'm sorry... but I loved the way you said that.
I'm absolutely hooked on your reactions, by the way. This is like my 7th video!! **subscribed**
Seeing Joe Pesci go from this to Home Alone/My Cousin Vinny is definitely an experience. I went the opposite direction, and it felt like things really escalated quickly.
The soundtrack here is definitely one of the better ones I’ve heard.
Yeah, he's got some range. I also compare his role as Leo Getz in the Lethal Weapon sequels, to him playing Nicky Santoro in Casino. In one he's a completely harmless pushover, in the other he's a violent maniac with anger issues. o.O
That's why I won't watch those movies.😂😂
I can’t believe Pesci did a movie like Home Alone after this lol
When he won the Oscar for this, he gave the shortest speech in Oscar history
@@slappyslapstick4045my cousin vinnie is actually pretty funny and good
Watch him in the Irishman too. Completely different kind of mobster portrayal but still excellent.
I subscribed because someone busted out the AFI Top 100 List! 😂 Totally something I would do! Hopefully this will be the channel that finally checks out two of the best independent films ever! Surprised that no one else on RUclips has reviewed them. Might want to ask before I start my own channel! 🤘😀
Hope "Raging Bull" is on your future watchlist. It has DeNiro and Pesci again, but it's another violent, bruising, nihilistic depiction of a person on a path to self-destruction. (One trend in Scorsese films is that they are increasingly dark and nihilistic as the years go on.)
Fantastic movie.
Deniro is in a few of the AFI top 100 in addition to Goidfellas. Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter.
I just saw Raging Bull on the big screen at a local art theater. Probably the 70th time I've seen it, yet it's still startling how incredible Deniro is in that film. The definition of throwing oneself into a role. He must have been exhausted after doing it.
@@paulymar5996 It's a line in the sand that performance. There's Brando in Streetcar, and then there's De Niro in Raging Bull (and Meryl Streep doing the female equivalent a couple of years later with Sophie's Choice). (I also put Bette Davis in "Of Human Bondage" in that class, and that's it. Those four performances changed the game and trajectory of acting. There are lots of fantastic, groundbreaking "method" performances before "Raging Bull" (including others from De Niro, and a slew of others from the 60s and 70s) but that took it to a new level of commitment. And ditto Streep in "Sophie's Choice". After those two performances, EVERY actor upped their game. And that's why you've got someone like Daniel Day Lewis - a British trained actor, who are not usually known for their embrace of American "method acting" - staying in character for entire shoots and going to great lengths of commitment and preparation. (I know Gary Oldman cites either Taxi Driver or Raging Bull as his inspiration for being an actor).
Fun Fact: The "am i funny' scene was improvised and the only one who knew about it was Pesci and Martin. So everyone in the scene didnt know and their response was real. Thats great fucking movie making.
Welcome in the club!! I saw it for the first time in 1991 at 10 years old. At 19, I remembered that it was the best mob movie I had ever seen, rented it (we used to rent movies in a video rental store), convinced some friends to watch it and they fell in love with it. It's one of those rare movies that strikes people's minds and stays. Favorite bits : "Now go get your f*****g shine box!", prison dinner, "So, what does she do after she hangs up with me? After everything I had told her? After all her yeah, yeah, yeah, bullshit? She picks up the phone and calls from the house." The cop who speaks to Henry and Karen at the police station is the real guy. Scorsese is a master, now go watch Casino if you haven't!! Sharon Stone is fabulous in it, but so is the rest of the cast. You'll also see a nice "revenge" from a Goodfellas' character unto another, but I won't spoil it for you. You'll know when you see it. Cats!! One of my female cats (Princesse) used to put her face right in from of mine when she was younger to get my attention, especially when gaming, and I mean like one inch distance nose to nose. It was so cute and funny! Now, she stares at me for half an hour like a psycho for food without moving an inch!
Same here! 10 yrs old in 91 and watched it too!😅
Another good one dear. Bein italian I love these mob movies. You are good at this lots of laughs.lovin it
O que mais gostei desta reação foi saber que ela é Portuguesa. Claro que ela tinha que revelar isso numa cena que a mãe oferece comida ao filho e aos amigos. É mesmo á tuga...
I'm happy to see the next generation appreciating the classics! Lots of us grew up with this movie & I recommend checking out all the mafia movies. Untouchables, Casino, Sopranos, etc. The list goes on lol. Enjoy!
RIP Paul Sorvino (April 13, 1939 - July 25, 2022), aged 83
And
RIP Ray Liotta (December 18, 1954 - May 26, 2022), aged 67
You both will be remembered as legends.
he had a small part here but gotta add Tony Sirico to the list. cant believe all 3 went last year.
One of my favorite movies of all time ❤ And your cat is adorable 😻
Dom is an expensive brand of champagne. Lorraine Bracco was a real hottie back then. Henry should have listened to Paulie. A whole lot of trouble would have been avoided. The FBI agent in the film is the real one who talked to the real criminals.
Nahhhhh...💥💥💥💥💥💥Your cat did steal the show at the end for me💥💥💥💥💥 best part of the video , and hearin his motor engine running was great ...
Joe Pesci is so RUTHLESS in this movie. Dude is a force of nature.
and the real life person who is based on his character was way worse thats crazy
I seen this movie before and enjoyed watching it again with you.Like your cat too and thanx for your happy dance.Exclusively for subscribers.
Fun fact, the FBI agent portrayed in the scene about the witness protection, is the real agent that worked with the real Henry & Karen.
He was actually a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
@@rodhatley9427 Ok
The paired horses of your stress AND enjoyment levels was great to watch!
My Cousin Vinny.
Your reaction was so authentic. I know I'm going to re-watch this again.
Your cat needs to make more appearances! ❤
He’s so cute😹
I subscribed just in time for the happy dance ;) love the channel!
Goodfellas and Casino are epic retellings of actual events. There are always liberties in based on true stories, but this is just so authentic. I love Scorsese’s use of narration in this because it helps all of us non mob folks learn what exactly is happening and why:)
👍🏽totally! Thanks for this awesome comment!
..considering that henry hill was a compulsive liar, this film probably takes more liberties than the average 'based on a true story' film
Absolutely LOVE your Godfather voice!! It was perfect ❤ !!!
A Few Good Men.
I just love your cat! ❤ Nice personality and a beautiful coat!
Joe Pesci's performance of Tommy is not an over the top performance. The real Tommy is a taller, more muscular, and a million times meaner than Joe Pesci's version of Tommy.
Bull s**t, he was bigger but wasn’t meaner than portrayed in the movie. Please stop acting like you know anything because you don’t.
As you can tell by the rest of the comments this movie has a ton of interesting trivia on IMDB . This is one of those movies I can watch over and over to this day.
Just discovered your channel and really like it so far. Definitely hitting subscribe
Your review is spot on. Your viewpoints are correct. Great job !!
41:15 lmao cats like rat where lemmie mess him up!😂
Your Maine Coon kitty is my cat OZZY's doppelganger! Beautiful. Great reaction!
Awwww!!! He must be cute!
Nice reaction!
The copacabana one shot scene is one of the best ever made! What a movie
41:00 'You don't even think to call me Godfather!'
May you first child be a *MASCULINE CHILD!* 👶🏻
One of the greatest! Awesome viewing girly 😄 RIP Ray Liota.
Always been a fan,... thanx for watching movies with us🙂
Sometimes when I catch scenes of this movie, it bums me out that I know there will never be another flick that rises to this level.
Watched this when i was about six on terrestrial TV one night, its been my favorite movie ever since
Love that!
Great Movie! Great Reaction! Love Lemmy : )
Henry Hill use to come on the Howard Stern show. He became a full blown alcoholic later in life. You should check out those interviews.