Goodfellas (1990) Presented A *SHOCKING* Perspective - First Time Watching - Movie Reaction/Review
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One detail they left out that I thought was EXTREMELY important was that the feds had audio of Paulie giving the okay on killing Henry. Henry was correct in his belief that witness protection was his only hope of survival.
Good to know.
Damn, I love this movie and never knew that. I REALLY wish they had put that in the film.
Henry Hill was super serious about cooking. He published The Wise Guy Cookbook. Actually has good recipes, and stories from his life sprinkled throughout.
Fun fact guys if you didn't already know this. The guy at the end telling Karen and Henry about the witness protection program is the real person who did that in real life for the real Karen and Henry this is a true story. Rip Ray Liotta who played " Henry Hill".
The arc of the story is genius. It starts following Henry as a kid, and as he grows up with Tommy and Jimmy, they are like a family. And no matter how bad they are, you can’t help but like them (especially Henry). Then you see how the life changes them over time. Relationships degrade. Pressure increases. People turn their backs on each other. You’re always on the run. And the score/soundtrack reflects this change from happy times to chaos. Goodfellas is a masterpiece.
@@brianlafrazia8237 I never got why people explain the movies to us when we’ve already seen it or just watched it. Thanks anyway
@@Hottiehoes what are you talking about?
@@HottiehoesMaybe because not everyone has the same interpretation of a film and may notice things that you don't and they simply want to share their perspective with others. Isn't that why we're all here in these reaction videos? There's countless times where I've seen a film and solidified my thoughts of it only to later read a random person's comment on it and have that completely change my perspective, see it differently and make me appreciate a detail I totally wouldn't have noticed if not for someone else mentioning it. You should just welcome people's interpretations of things instead of discouraging them, even if the interpretation may come off as "obvious". Be open-minded, man. Something may not always be simply what you see it as.
This time its actually true, this film is like 90-95% actual historical events and real people, some of who are still alive today. Differences are that supposedly Liottas character was already a drug addict before he joined the mob IRL, and Pescis character was 2 meter tall, strong and scary bully which is why he got away with his behavior for so long, people were scared of him.
"It's GTA" Yes, Ray Liota voiced the main character in GTA Vice City
Billy Batts, is based on real-life mobster William Bentvena. He was portrayed by the late Frank Vincent who originally asked Martin Scorsese for a lead part. Telling Martin Scorsese the other three actors are already famous, I’ve made over 40 movies & no-one knows my name & I have no famous line. Martin Scorsese told him “ If that’s what you want, you don’t want a lead part you want Billy Batts.” Frank Vincent But, but, Billy Batts dies in the first 5 minutes. Martin Scorsese: “Trust me” Frank Vincent said, after the movie came out he couldn’t walk down the street without people calling him Billy Batts & telling him to go home & get his *** shine box. Everywhere, in every country. He said damn it… Marty was right. & If I’d have known that was going to be ‘My Line’. I would have said it better.
This isn’t relevant.. this was an interview before sopranos, he’s famous for being in that..
at the time this was made the “entering the copa” scene was one of if not the longest single take scenes in any movie .
30:30 a "nut" (as he means it) is the amount of money you need to survive and (hopefully) get ahead.
I believe it's a reference to squirrels and how they collect and store nuts to make it through winter.
They used to say _"making my nut",_ which meant making enough money to pay all your bills and account for all expenses. So if someone said _"I made my nut early this month",_ they're saying they made enough to cover all expenses, and anything else will be extra.
At the end in the court, the director purposely had him come partially out of character to address the movie viewing audience.
@andreaschmall5560 no spoilers, but it was a homage to the film Helter Skelter.
These sweet boys surprised that these mafia men might be bad guys.
The "I'm a clown? Do I amuse you?" line was improvised by Joe Pesci on the spot (and Ray Liotta's reaction as well) and it worked so well that Martin Scorsese decided to use it.
Also, the scene with De Niro and Liotta at the diner with the phone booth - De Niro pushing the phone booth over wasn't in the script. He just did it and Liotta kept his composure during the scene. Liotta mentioned in an interview that he was like "WTF?!" when De Niro did it but remained in character.
It's interesting that an actor has milliseconds to make a decision to stay in character or not. They have to instantly decide where to take it from an on-the-spot improvisation by another actor. That's a true pro.
Scorsese's main group of actors back then were also his real friends who had great chemistry on the set. It's stuff like this that makes a good movie great.
Definitely, and I feel like some of the best moments in cinema are the ones that are improvised like that. It adds so much authenticity, especially when the other characters in the scene are able to stay in character while also being genuinely shocked by what’s happening around them.
49:45 - Dude, Zay, it's called creative filmmaking, lol. Henry Hill got up off the stand to continue talking to us, the viewing audience.
In real life Henry wasn't friends with Tommy considering a psychopath. All the scenes of them hanging out was really Paulie Junior son of Paulie. They merged the people to condense the story.
While Henry was in prison Karen had a brief affair with Paulie Senior. Afterwards Paulie I guess had a soft spot for her and when Tommy tried to force himself on Karen Paulie told the Gambinos about Billy Bats. It's actually possible Tommy was killed by John Gotti who was friends with Bats.
If Tommy DeSimone considered me a friend, I don’t think I would be up for telling him otherwise. Dude was scary and way too unpredictable.
That’s fascinating.
A loose Cannon @@0okamino
and it was Samuel L Jackson.
Gotta react to "Casino" next its like another goodfellas with deniro and pesci directed by martin scorsese another true story!
The Wolf…he needed to call the Wolf…
Just be sure you have some fancy coffee. He’ll appreciate it.
You guys would love CASINO. Same director, DeNiro, Pesci and Sharon Stone. I love Good fellas, but I really love Casino. Yet another based on a true story film. I don't think Scorsese has made a film I didn't enjoy something about. My least favorite being The Aviator but I did like Dicaprio's performance in it.
Lol , they’ve Already seen that and they’ve seen this one too.. phony reactions
Zay having a Goodfellas Tshirt but had never seen the movie!🤣
@@tt8807 This is the new generation my friend
On RUclips there is an episode of the Howard Stern show with Henry Hill as a guest.
Tommy DeSimone (in the movie Tommy DeVito played by Joe Pesci) was pretty much like in the movie except he was a tall and bulky guy.
But on the personality, Pesci nailed him, though real life DeSimone was even more unhinged. He was a ruthless psychopath.
In the book Wiseguy (the non fiction book that inspired the movie), Henry tells a story where Tommy bought a .38 and shot and killed a random guy in the street just to try the gun.
A shocked Henry asked Tommy why he did that and Tommy answered: "Well, I'm a mean cat."
The killing of Billy Batts (a made man in the Gambino family) really happened as described after Batts told Tommy to get his "Fucking shine box".
The killing of the waiter Spider also happened like in the movie after Spider told Tommy to go fuck himself.
DeSimone disappeared in 1979, while no one is 100% sure what happened to him, the rumor in the mob is that he got killed by or on the orders of John Gotti who was a close friend of Billy Batts and that Gotti got Paulie's permission to whack Tommy and Paulie gave his permission because Tommy was "too unstable and a loose canon."
He should have had Jimmy whacked as well given that Jimmy helped in Batts' murder but Paulie let it slide because Jimmy was making a lot of money for Paulie.
Everything that happened on this movie is true from the heists to how people were whacked. The DA who is talking to Heney Hill and his wife was the real life DA who put the real life Henry Hill in witness protection. Yes Tommy killed a made man Billy Bats hence why he was killed. The location to this day is unknown and yes he was tricked into thinking he was going to be a made man. The restaurant scene was improvised. Also the mobsters when walking through the restaurant all real people. When Spider was killed by Tommy of course for saying to him go f%%^k yourself in real life. The actor had to be rushed to the hospital because a piece of glass sliced his wrist when he fell back onto the bar. Now you guys need to react to Casino. The story of the Las Vegas mob
It's based on the book Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi, which was based on stories that Henry Hill told Pileggi. The stories are almost factual 😅
@visaman correct. A few details were changed but still pretty accurate. The Billy Bats murder didn't happen the same night as the insult. I believe it was a few days later but Tommy when he started beating up Billy said to him shine these f^$$^k shoes or something to that effect.
They changed things though, like the fact Paulie was boning Karen.
I was a kid in NY when this all went down, the JFK Lufthansa heist and the later hits were a HUGE deal all the adults talked about. Btw, Henry died back in 2012. He got busted on drug charges in the late '80s which got him kicked out of the witness protection program. Unlike his fellow good fellas, he died of natural causes (cancer, heart attack, something like that).
Died of a Heart Attack
Also: watch Casino. It’s a masterpiece. I loved Good Fellas, but Casino is Vegas “Good Fellas” on steroids. Incredible movie.
I think Casino is a better film; usually keep that opinion to myself in conversations pertaining to Scorsese's greatest hits.😂 I think the Godfather part 2 is better film than part 1; I think a lot of people would agree.
Casino is more fact based.
@@conchfritters01 Oh I think Goodfellas is The better film by quite a bit.
Interesting fact, the book this was based on was written by a husband and wife. The husband wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas. The wife wrote a screenplay for a movie called My Blue Heaven, which is a comedic telling of Henry Hill's life in witness protection. The movies came out about the same time.
Seriously the rewatchability of this film is crazy. I wouldn't probably have it in my top 10. But unlike some of my favourites, if it's ever on or I see it listed i can watch it any point, never turn it off and after think "god thats a great movie"
Great review. You questioned when Morry said “no weekly nut” at the prospect of getting a pile of money from the heist. A “nut” is what someone needs to earn a period of time (week/month). This is usually a sales person’s term. My friend sells insurance. If he makes his monthly “nut” by the 15th of the month, he’s going golfing for the next two weeks.
You should check out Casino as well. It is also directed by Scorsese and reunites DeNiro and Pesci. It is based on a true story as well.
Is this the first time you’ve seen the fourth wall break ?
"Blow" (cocaine) (Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz) would be a perfect movie for a reaction vid. It's also based on a true (and WILD) story.
this movie is based on an account of a true story embellished for dramatic purposes
They changed the names. Jimmy Conway was really Jimmy Burke. And Tommy was Tommy DeSimone.
I read the book that this movie was based on called 'Wiseguys" and this movie is very accurate based on interviews with Henry and Karen in the book. There's only a few small things changed for practical reasons (Billy Batts insulting Tommy, then getting murdered was about a week apart and at two different locations) and for dramatic effect (it wasn't Henry, but Karen was the one who got the money from Paulie). Jimmy was more like Tommy, unhinged and short tempered and there's even more interesting tales from Henry's life between him as a kid and meeting back up with Tommy in the 70's. Also, Tommy and Stacks Edwards were good friends.
An earlier Scorsese film, "Raging Bull," shows a lot of where this style came from, and also showcases how the De Niro / Pesci dynamic was first explored. Scorsese keeps it going with "Casino" and "The Irishman." All of the above are necessary watches.
Gotta do A Bronx tale
This movie does a really good job of showing the attraction mob life has to certain kinds of people without actually glamorizing it.
Billy Batts was part of John Gotti's crew in the Gambino family. (Henry's crew was part of the Lucchese family.) The thing about not being able to have an open coffin was made up. Tommy's body was never found and his murder never solved, but the rumor was Gotti himself killed Tommy and took his time because Batts was his longtime friend.
Yeah, forget about open coffin. It would be empty coffin. I guess it’s fair enough, though, to say that if whatever was left had been found, open coffin would still be a no-go.
Yes, it was really based on a true story.
Met Ray Liotta at a Giant grocery store in Maryland like 10 yrs ago…he was in front of me in line and nobody else noticed…I quietly told him I was a huge fan and he was beyond cool…was in town for some anti smoking campaign in Baltimore…he signed my receipt for me
I grew up with these people. A friend who was fairly highly placed in one of the NY families earned a major jump in the family by taking a fall in place of a top family member. When he got out of prison he was untouchable. That was back in the late 1980's. They were all still there and are still in the City now as well.
Back in the day, one's weekly or monthly "nut" was their expenses.
History Buffs did a good video seperating reality from the movie drama.
I love how Paulie acts like it’s a burden and saying how he knows nothing about the restaurant business to help the guy by becoming partners, where that was the plan in the beginning. They call it a “Bust out”.
@@Paul77ozee Great fucking scene! Especially Polly’s expressions 😂
Most of the men playing cops in the final scene when Henry gets arrested on his way to retrieve the girl's hat were actually played by New York City police officers. Most of them have also been convicted of multiple felonies.
Hahaha!
The real Henry Hill did a bunch of interviews with Howard Stern in the early 2000's, and they're really pretty interesting. He's not even close to the guy they portrayed him as in the movie, and he doesn't look anything like Ray Liotta, lol. One of the best interviews I saw with him, he was drunk as shit on Stern and talking about his life and his regrets and the people he killed. It's really fascinating and sad. The guy's life wasn't glamorous, it was traumatic and it really fucked him up (as it should when you're a paid killer). I think the interview is on RUclips (watched it several months back). It's worth the hour or so.
Frank Vincent( Billy Batts) & Joe Pesci ( Tommy) were actually long time friends - musicians & comedy 🎵🎵
If you didn't show up to a public school in the 1950's a truancy officer would come to your home, they wouldn't just send letters. By law, minors had to attend school, still do, there was no home schooling then that could get you a HS degree.
Yes, this is based on the real life of Henry Hill, and fun fact, with changed names so is the Steve Martin & Rick Moranis comedy My Blue Heaven, which picks off where GoodFellas left off.
“Analyze This” is hilarious and has DeNiro as a mob boss. Billy Crystal is also in the film.
Glad you're reacting to this. This and #CASINO ae my favorite in this genre. I hope you'll consider it.
Great review guys!! You might want to watch Casino, which is the true story of the mob in Vegas. Both De Niro and Joe pesi are in it as well. Another true story like this is Donnie Brasco about an FBI agent that goes under cover in the mob. I think you both would love both.
I knew before I clicked on that I was in for a fantastic reaction to this classic film haha love the reactions as always Cam & Zay. After this you have to do "Casino".
A few things that was changed for Dramatic purposes:
- The real life Henry Hill was a meek guy, a gofer, a "get him to do it" like delivery boy. Actually went in the Army as well. But his involvement in the Mafia was moreso a part time gig then being a full time participant. He knew mafia guys, even participated in hits, but that was it
- Guys like James Conway and Paulie acted like Tommy moreso then being sophisticated and mild mannered
- Henry and Tommy were not friends at all. Henry was much older then Tommy and Hill was a meger 5'6 in real life. Tommy DiSimone was 6'3 and 235. The relationship Tommy and Henry had in the film was Paulie's son Paulie Jr, who was really short
- Tommy and Jimmy killed Billy Batts in real life but it wasnt in 1 night. The confrontation and the set up was a week apart at 2 diffrent locations. The murder did happen in a bar Henry was running
- Tommy and Stacks Edwards were childhood friends. And Stacks became part of the Lufthansa heist at Tommy's request. And while the story of him getting drunk and leaving the truck for the FBI to find was true, Tommy was forced to execute Stacks, agsinst his wishes of not wanting to kill a close friend
- Tommy's murder to this day remains unsolved and he was never in a position to be a "made guy" so the tricking him into thinking he was getting made to set him up and the Closed coffin thing wasnt true. It was long rumored John Gotti was the one who personally tortured and eventually killed Tommy because He was close friends with Billy Batts
- Henry's wife Karen had an marital affair with Paulie and 2 other mob affiliated people during their marriage. Tommy DiSimone tried raping her when Hill was locked up
- The thing that bought down Jimmy the Gent: Fixing College Basketball games. For all the theft, beatings and killings, a Racketeering scandel involving Boston Colleges Basketball program is what eventually bought down the operation. And Jimmy himself was barely even involved in it. Only placed bets on 3 Total games. It's briefly mentioned in the movie before Maury gets killed
- The real life Hill went in witness protection in Wisconsin but messed it up by getting arrested numerous times for drug related charges. When he was kicked out of witness protection, the mob at that point was already destabilized. John Gotti was in prison. As much of the playing members, or were dead. He went back to New York and basically lived out his remaining years. He was notably famous for being drunk while being interviewed by Howard Stern, but there were no attempts on his life despite being an infornant. He died of a heart attack in 2012
Despite all of this.......a masterpiece of a movie. Deserves all the praise it gets
My friends and I would always do Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci impressions. My favorite line of his is the way he delivers the phrase What did I say, when people are showing up for the Lufthansa Heist party with new Cadillacs, and fur coats for their wives. The way he delivers that line is just so intense and commands attention. Joe Pesci had so many great scenes, and that why am I funny line is just so deliciously menacing. What’s amazing about these two, is they don’t play action hero’s, these guys are just really intense method actors, and it just works so well:)
@@chrisgrove7829 I like the intensity and the look on Pesci‘s face when he says “ I didn’t want to get blood on your floor”
Ah, I love that line:)
To this day, the FBI knows what happened but the Lufthansa heist remains officially unsolved because Jimmy did kill damn near everyone involved.
Tommy Versetti the best MAN🎉🎉🎉😊
While the real life Henry Hill would live to tell his tale, the narrative structure of the Goodfellas does not lead to "a happy ending." The Henry we see in this film is an unrepentant mobster. A man living out his boyhood dream. To trade the narcotic thrill of criminality for a normal life in the suburbs is, for Henry, a life in Hell.
Guys gotta react to casino one of the best mobster movies ever.
Cam and Zay, you guys have to watch "Casino" next. One of the best Mob flicks of all time.
Also check out Casino, same style.
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He barely said two words to her on the first date.
He stood her up on the 2nd date
She tracked him down and had a screaming match in the street with him, before agreeing to a 3rd date.
I mean if that’s not the basis of a long term loving relationship, I don’t know what is!
You will probably love Casino even more.
That "Braveheart" moment were the ladies having a Spa Day using one of those old school facial masks.
My Mom used to use it when I was a kid and scared the absolute 😳💩 outta me. 😆😂😆😂
Cam was channeling his inner Jim Carrey during the opening joke
Not completely true...google Henry Hill...He embellished a lot for the book that the movie's based on...also, that last monologue where he gets up from the stand and walks out...that is a fourth wall break where he's talking to the audience...look again and you'll see no one else in the courtroom follows him.
We’ve all seen this 100 times and quote it all the time
What’re you talking about? We never quote this movie. Now go home and get your shine box!
Its a bit confusing, but in the scene where Batts is getting beaten, the gun broke apart. Thats based on real iife: the real Tommy beat Billy Batts so hard the revolver broke apart. Thats a BAD beating.
Next up Casino!!!
David Chase used a lot of the actors from this movie in the Sopranos
CASINO NEXT !!!! And, Yes fellas.... This WAS based on a TRUE STORY !!! Google Henry Hill or watch one of those old crime channels about Mobsters and you'll get all the info. 😀
This was absolutely my favorite movie until Pulp Fiction came out. I still have it on VHS. I grew up in the neighborhood, and I can point out so many of the locations. It's great to see young folks enjoying this masterpiece .
Love that you guys hadn't seen this classic. Deserves many viewings.
She didnt forget her hat. She was working with the cops to set up his arrest. Thats also why she called from the house. She did what the cops told her to do. She must have got busted for something else and made a deal.
While that seems more than possible, that is not indicated by the story.
No she wasn't. Lois Byrd was convicted and served ten years in prison for drug trafficking.
No. She was just stupid. The real life Lois Byrd was stupid as well
"I mean he's got seven more" That was fn hilarious
Tommy: “waddya like the legs or the wings?…or D’ya go for the ol’ hearts & lungs?!?!”
Tommy was a truly sick stunad 💀💀💀💀💀
Better to be a stunad than a stugats.
@@stevemattfis I concur paisan 😎
That courtroom scene with him talking was what they call breaking the fourth wall he was talking directly to us the viewer
Lettssss gooooooo 💯💯💯💯 it was a true story. Google Henry Hill. He died not to long ago. He used to be a regular on Howard Sterns show.
And Winston Wolf is the guy from pulp fiction
Michael Franzese (who also has a Podcast on RUclips) once stated that when he was introduced in the dinner club scene, he and his wife left the theater.
If you ever watched Animaniacs at all, they had segments called the Goodfeathers about pigeons that had characters like the movie. Also, the Copa shot is one of the longest true single-shots in film coming in right under 3 mins. Henry was breaking the fourth wall to talk directly to the audience in the courtroom.
I think you guys need to watch more films that show different kinds of techniques. Scorsese is a mastermind with that. Hill getting out of the witness box to talk to you, the spectator, was one of those. It was technique to engage the audience. Of course, Hill knows not to get out of the witness box. It was a movie making technique.
Pretty good job with this classic men!💯
This is a great example of how a protagonist doesn’t need to be a good person, they just have to be interesting.
This was one of my favorite childhood movies, lol.
Henry Hill used to call in to Howard Stern from witness protection. You should look up those shows.
Crime fiction movies that you would really like:
"Ronin" (1998) Robert DeNiro
"Eastern Promises" (2007) Viggo Mortensen
"Absolute Power" (1997) Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris
"Jackie Brown" (1997) Pam Grier
"The Town" (2010) Ben Affleck
"The Italian Job" (2003 remake) Mark Wahlberg
"Heat" (1995) Robert DeNiro *&* Al Pacino
EPIC, HUH? This movie pretty much set the standard for every 90's movie, especially with the pacing....the pacing of this movie is insane, u feel like u lived it...its sad u guys were expecting it to not actually be a true story & then concluded that it was last minute, but, yeah, its quite a ride...the re-watchability of scorsese films are so high, u can re-live it next time...goodfellas is a hell of a thing, such a masterpice...great damn reaction, like & subbed.
Gotta check out Ray Liotta in Narc
A Bronx Tale is also a good movie
21:41 - Don't know if you guys ever heard of John Gotti, but he was the once the head of the Gambino crime family in NYC. And Henry was right, they were untouchable. When Gotti took over that family in 1985 (by killing then boss Paul Castellano), he was nicknamed "The Teflon Don", because the Feds could never catch him. It wasn't until his main hit man, Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano' turned state's evidence and ratted on him. And by the way, this movie is based on true events, based on accounts by the real Henry Hill.
Henry later said that he believed if Tommy wasn't in the Mob, he would have been a serial killer.
That's basically what he was lol
Now u gotta watch Casino.....another great movie with DeNiro and Pesci
I lived the first fifteen years of my life in philly, I have my dads teamster card signed by Jimmy Hoffa
I love this one, Cameron and Isaiah! 💰 All hail Martin Scorsese's co-writing and directorial prowess.
Arguably Scorseses greatest film. Its dark but intensely enthralling
Don't rat means no turning witness or calling cops.
Keep your mouth shut , means stay quiet when shit gets ugly and when your friends cheat the boss.
That was Samuel L. Jackson
They know that Already, all the RUclipsrs know it , they still ask so they can get more comments
This is a true story with names changed to protect Henry Hill at the time. The character of Tommy is physically opposite to Pesci. He was tall and very serious, alot more scary. The novel which this movie was based also includes more of the things that went on in Henry's life. And Janice got interviewed alongside Karen, so she could have been one of the narrators like Henry and Karen.
Great reaction, Gentlemen!
I can't believe you didn't notice the laugh from a meme. I use that one all the time
Yes, Goodfella and Casino are two of the best and most accurate gangster movies. My dad actually knows and does work for the real life nephew of Deniro’s character from Casino.
I brought some movies in for our summer school class to choose from and the teacher chose this as the movie we watched. It was a bit awkward once she realized how violent it was. I warned her, but we watched it anyways.