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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47242

    Poll --- Goodfellas vs Casino

    Which is your favorite ?

    Years ago I would have said Goodfellas in a second, but now I have second thoughts.
  • Goblin19
    Talkative Member
    • May 2, 2002
    • 6108

    #2
    Goodfellas, for sure for me. I like Casino quite a bit, but it’s just not as good.

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    • Nostalgiabuff
      Muddling through
      • Oct 4, 2008
      • 11290

      #3
      Goodfellas. Though admittedly I have not watched Casino in many years

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      • drquest
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        • Apr 17, 2012
        • 3742

        #4
        Goodfellas, although Sharon Stone in Casino is a good argument for it.
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        • Mikey
          Verbose Member
          • Aug 9, 2001
          • 47242

          #5
          Originally posted by drquest
          Goodfellas, although Sharon Stone in Casino is a good argument for it.
          YES !!! Thank You !!!

          In Goodfellas Ray Liotta was crazy unbelievable as a mob "associate"

          He never killed anybody ??? really ???

          ..He was only there for only his good looks ? (see REAL Henry Hill)
          Last edited by Mikey; May 30, '21, 2:43 PM.

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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59204

            #6
            Originally posted by Mikey
            YES !!! Thank You !!!

            In Goodfellas Ray Liotta was crazy unbelievable as a mob "associate"

            He never killed anybody ??? really ???

            ..He was only there for only his good looks ? (see REAL Henry Hill)
            It's Hill's story, it's based on his book, so it's probably got a lot of BS in there.
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            • Klosterheim
              Persistent Member
              • Mar 23, 2013
              • 1121

              #7
              Goodfellas has a better and more unique style.

              Casino allows for some more playful moments.

              Casino seems to match up better with historical events.

              The one scene in Casino copies actual footage of the characters.

              Casino tells of something larger than one man's point of view.

              Casino may have been more accurate with the personal lives of the people involved, as well.

              Casino does Focus more on Lefty, but it does seem like his version of events were more truthful than others.

              The feel of old Las Vegas is portrayed in Casino, and that is not always found in other movies.

              The former Mayor of Las Vegas plays himself in that time period.

              It sort of backs up what went on.

              Might go with Casino, as the choice, but it's probably mainly because of it's setting.

              Even though, some of the story was portrayed years earlier on Crime Story, the television series, especially in season two.

              Pretty much every single important thing and event that is in Casino was shown in Crime Story, and sometimes in Crime Story, it was done better, and was more detailed.

              Even though there are the fictional parts, but most historical movies seem to have more fiction than truth or reality in them.

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              • Hector
                el Hombre de Acero
                • May 19, 2003
                • 31852

                #8
                Originally posted by drquest
                Goodfellas, although Sharon Stone in Casino is a good argument for it.
                I initially disliked Casino because of her. I found her annoying and obnoxious. But her character has grown on me through the years.

                But Goodfellas is king. It’s just an all around superior film. Casino does have the better Joe Pesci murder though, lol.
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                • Mikey
                  Verbose Member
                  • Aug 9, 2001
                  • 47242

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Hector
                  Casino does have the better Joe Pesci murder though, lol.
                  Funny thing is these guys have been going at for years...

                  Check out Frank Vincent and Joe Pesci in Raging Bull

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                  • Brazoo
                    Permanent Member
                    • Feb 14, 2009
                    • 4767

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Mikey
                    Which is your favorite ?

                    Years ago I would have said Goodfellas in a second, but now I have second thoughts.
                    it's a good point. I've grown to love Casino a lot too. I think the first time I saw Casino I didn't enjoy it because my brain couldn't separate it from Goodfellas. Obviously there's a lot to base the comparison on, especially watching it back in '95, but once I caught it years later and found it extremely compelling for its own merits. It is a very different story.

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                    • Brazoo
                      Permanent Member
                      • Feb 14, 2009
                      • 4767

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Mikey
                      YES !!! Thank You !!!

                      In Goodfellas Ray Liotta was crazy unbelievable as a mob "associate"

                      He never killed anybody ??? really ???

                      ..He was only there for only his good looks ? (see REAL Henry Hill)
                      Another interesting point for sure - but I always felt that aspect of the story came through in what Scorsese did with it. How he played with breaking the fourth wall and the scenes he added of mobsters telling stories and bragging all the time and also switching the narration to Karen. I think of it as a snapshot of how both pop culture and these goons feed off the mythology - both kinda both playing with it and mocking it at the same time. I think it's punctuated at the ending when Pesci turns the gun on the audience imitating that shot in The Great Train Robbery.

                      As a comparison, I could not get into the movie Blow for that exact reason. He was just the nicest and well-meaning coke dealing millionaire in all of history! He was such a generous and fun-loving cocaine smuggler if only everyone else wasn't so mean and greedy!! Give me a friggin break.


                      Sidenote:
                      Anyone ever hear the DVD commentary track with Henry Hill and FBI Agent Edward McDonald? It's fascinating. HIGHLY worth seeking out if you're a fan.

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                      • palitoy
                        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                        • Jun 16, 2001
                        • 59204

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Brazoo
                        As a comparison, I could not get into the movie Blow for that exact reason. He was just the nicest and well-meaning coke dealing millionaire in all of history! He was such a generous and fun-loving cocaine smuggler if only everyone else wasn't so mean and greedy!! Give me a friggin break.
                        Yeah it had way too much empathy for a guy who likely destroyed thousands of lives.
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                        • Goblin19
                          Talkative Member
                          • May 2, 2002
                          • 6108

                          #13
                          I couldn’t watch Blow because of that very reason. I watched some of it and found it’s depiction of him as laughable and almost offensive.

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                          • Mikey
                            Verbose Member
                            • Aug 9, 2001
                            • 47242

                            #14
                            Never seen or even heard of this Blow movie until now..

                            Gunna have to seek it out (good or bad) and give it a go

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                            • Brazoo
                              Permanent Member
                              • Feb 14, 2009
                              • 4767

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Mikey
                              Never seen or even heard of this Blow movie until now..

                              Gunna have to seek it out (good or bad) and give it a go
                              Saw it YEARS ago - and my memory isn't always great. What I recall it was generally well reviewed and enjoyed by a lot of people I knew. If Paul Reubens wasn't in it I might have forgotten it completely.
                              Last edited by Brazoo; Jun 8, '21, 1:02 PM.

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