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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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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