jdoggydogg
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It's couldn't be helped.
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"Goodfellas" vs. "Casino" (2 Viewers)
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Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
He's a Marine.
Meh, why take the chance.
Meh, why take the chance.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I kept waiting for him to come out of his shell and call somebody a hockey puck.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Sharon Stone is a pretty bad actor. Scorsese somehow managed to get a really good performance out of her for Casino.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
I disagree with your interpretation of "really good performance". She sucked.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Brady Marino
Footballguy
Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
Hellfire Snail
Footballguy
It's tempting to say she sucked because she was so annoying. But she was supposed to be annoying. She certainly succeeded.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
And Annie Hall won Best Picture. I get it. But claiming Stone's performace "sucked" is laughable.Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
It's tempting to say she sucked because she was so annoying. But she was supposed to be annoying. She certainly succeeded.
Played the role to perfection. I wanted to strangle her.
Tony Jabroni
Footballguy
He was great in Sleepers as well.
RBM
Footballguy
How do you leave out Cape Fear? He was unreal in that
Polar Dude
Footballguy
Ca-seen-it
Please See Mine
Footballguy
I can appreciate the argument that Goodfellas is a better movie, but I still prefer Casino. I think that the character development of Ace and Nicky is better than anyone in Goodfellas. Ace is the most interesting character to me of anyone. My opinion my also be colored by Henry Hill's many ridiculous appearances on Stern, thus making me really dislike him.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Will the quotes in older threads like this be permanently FUBAR?
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
The first response in this thread pretty well sums it up. The second half of Casino wouldn't have been so bad if Scorsese didn't have Sharon Stone yelling throughout.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
According to the first pinned thread in the FFA, "It's being worked on".
I agree with most of the things said in here.
Goodfellas is better, but Casino is awfully close. I always thought it was possible that if Casino came out first, it would be considered better.
Sharon Stone did a terrific job. People are confusing their hatred for the Character as bad acting. The fact that you hated her means she did a great job.
Heat and Donnie Brasco were OK movies, but they dont touch either of these. Not sure if True Romance has a lot in common with these movies, while Deniro or Pacino werent in the movie, it is mob related. Its as good as Casino, and maybe even Goodfellas. The Walken/Hopper scene was the best scene in any movie...ever.
Agree with whoever said you wont think to put the DVD in, but will watch it every time it comes on TV. Although i do that with alot of movies. I just thought it was because i was lazy, but its almost like winning something when you flick through the channels and find a great movie on. Its always more fun to win something then to just get it.
The scene at the end of Casino is one of the hardest to watch. when Nicky has to watch his brother get beaten to death with a bat. I have to turn away when Pesci begs to stop hitting him, he is still breathing.
Godfather 1-2(they are just one long movie to me at this point) is still the best movie ever.
Goodfellas is better, but Casino is awfully close. I always thought it was possible that if Casino came out first, it would be considered better.
Sharon Stone did a terrific job. People are confusing their hatred for the Character as bad acting. The fact that you hated her means she did a great job.
Heat and Donnie Brasco were OK movies, but they dont touch either of these. Not sure if True Romance has a lot in common with these movies, while Deniro or Pacino werent in the movie, it is mob related. Its as good as Casino, and maybe even Goodfellas. The Walken/Hopper scene was the best scene in any movie...ever.
Agree with whoever said you wont think to put the DVD in, but will watch it every time it comes on TV. Although i do that with alot of movies. I just thought it was because i was lazy, but its almost like winning something when you flick through the channels and find a great movie on. Its always more fun to win something then to just get it.
The scene at the end of Casino is one of the hardest to watch. when Nicky has to watch his brother get beaten to death with a bat. I have to turn away when Pesci begs to stop hitting him, he is still breathing.
Godfather 1-2(they are just one long movie to me at this point) is still the best movie ever.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This gets mentioned all the time, but I thought Tomei was hilarious in My Cousin Vinny.Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
TexanFan02
Footballguy
She was alright. Don't know if it was Academy Award worthy. Must have been a weak year.This gets mentioned all the time, but I thought Tomei was hilarious in My Cousin Vinny.Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
Casino by far.
I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your ####in' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your ####in' head open again. 'Cause I'm ####in' stupid. I don't give a #### about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your ####in' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your ####in' head open again. 'Cause I'm ####in' stupid. I don't give a #### about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Excellent post.
joffer
Footballguy
This gets mentioned all the time, but I thought Tomei was hilarious in My Cousin Vinny.Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
i loved seeing a role like that win. she was great.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I think people tend to greatly underestimate how hard it is to be funny.This gets mentioned all the time, but I thought Tomei was hilarious in My Cousin Vinny.Marisa Tomei won an Academy Award.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Goodfellas just starting on Spike.
Be warned: it's the most annoying dubbing of any movie ever.
Be warned: it's the most annoying dubbing of any movie ever.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I feel like there hasnt been a good mob movie, or even a respectable one, since The Departed. Maybe Im forgetting something, but I dont think so.I saw Killing Them Softly a week or 2 ago and it was pretty freaking awesome IMO though.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
They are certainly hard to come by. Hell, I didn't even really like Donny Brasco until the 5th time I saw it.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Big fan of Donnie Brasco, but a lot of that comes back to Pacino and Depp as the leads.And also, Donnie Brasco came out 15 friggin years ago so case in point in what Im saying. Not like they make a lot of mob movies, or somewhat similar crime dramas, but the good ones are few and far between.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Yep.
I get almost as much joy at this point watching documentaries on the mob on the History channel.
I get almost as much joy at this point watching documentaries on the mob on the History channel.
Insein
Footballguy
I want to see that. Looks freakin awesome. Also, I can't stand when movies are ridiculously dubbed. It's not just the cutting out curses. I can't stand when they cut out scenes. Scenes vital to the whole freakin story. Like for example [tangent] they had District 9 on Spike and they cut out the whole scene where he sprays himself in the face with the black stuff. He just goes into the shack and comes out throwing up. That's kind of the most important scene plotwise in the movie. But I digress. [/tangent]
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
"A Jew broad... prejudiced against Italians!"
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
You two. Don't you ever work?
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
You love that tracking shot, eh?
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Karen's poor father. He hasn't been able to digest a decent meal in six weeks.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
It has its flaws, but I really liked it. It feels like it aspires for early Tarantino, and pretty much gets there. Dialogue is fantastic. Ben Mendolsohn (Animal Kingdom) and Scoot McNairy (Monsters) are great. Pitt really seals the last 30-40 minutes, there are 2 very memorable scenes Id say.Its not your traditional mob type movie though. That said, definitely will be in my Top 5 for the year.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Keep stirring the sauce.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Casino on HBO2.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
"Nicky, I thought you was layin'..."
"Layin? No, no... I'm takin'."
"Layin? No, no... I'm takin'."
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Stand-up guy. Just like his old man.
He's solid. An effin' Marine.
He's okay. Always was.
Meh. Why take a chance?
He's solid. An effin' Marine.
He's okay. Always was.
Meh. Why take a chance?
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
Nicky Santoro: I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your ####in' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your ####in' head open again. 'Cause I'm ####in' stupid. I don't give a #### about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Unconfused is a great word, used to perfection in Casino.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
Just notice I posted the same quote, over two years apart in the same thread.
I really like that quote
I really like that quote
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Ned Ryerson
Footballguy
Just watched the last 45 mins this morning on HBO. Honestly, I thought it was terrible, much worse than I remembered and a pale imitation of goodfellas.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Imitation of Goodfellas? They arent remotely similar besides being involving the mob and being crime dramas.
