i have an idea wrote:
It is like every other mob movie ever made. How many different ways do we need to see people murdered?
Bad Wigins wrote:
i have an idea wrote:
It is like every other mob movie ever made. How many different ways do we need to see people murdered?
How many times do we need to see it before we crack down on the mob for good?
All we have to do is slap the Norse-style "outlaw" label on them, and they'll either be killed or flee the country.
Old Fan wrote:
I agree. It was so over-hyped and I hated it. I'm a big fan of mob movies and most of the cast. The facial de-aging looked horrible on my brand new TV. I'm no editor and I could have cut 60 minutes out of that death march. I could go on an on with what's wrong with that movie. It was like watching paint dry on the deck of the Titanic.
Terrible music.
Pesci was NOT great.
Confusing introduction of new characters - no exposition when needed. Who's THAT new guy and why do I have to guess why he is important?
Confusing jumps in time - you keep altering the actor's age in an incomprehensible fashion, so I'm supposed to now guess what year it is as well?
That opening driving scene -- Jesus, when is something going to happen-- next year? 5 minutes of that was too long, and you put in 25 minutes?
Thankfully I have forgotten the other 5 things that drove me to fast forward the last HOUR of that thing, just so I could see if there was EVER a payoff. No such luck. My wife just passed out about halfway through, and she was the lucky one.
just sayin', ya know wrote:
Old Fan wrote:
I agree. It was so over-hyped and I hated it. I'm a big fan of mob movies and most of the cast. The facial de-aging looked horrible on my brand new TV. I'm no editor and I could have cut 60 minutes out of that death march. I could go on an on with what's wrong with that movie. It was like watching paint dry on the deck of the Titanic.
Terrible music.
Pesci was NOT great.
Confusing introduction of new characters - no exposition when needed. Who's THAT new guy and why do I have to guess why he is important?
Confusing jumps in time - you keep altering the actor's age in an incomprehensible fashion, so I'm supposed to now guess what year it is as well?
That opening driving scene -- Jesus, when is something going to happen-- next year? 5 minutes of that was too long, and you put in 25 minutes?
Thankfully I have forgotten the other 5 things that drove me to fast forward the last HOUR of that thing, just so I could see if there was EVER a payoff. No such luck. My wife just passed out about halfway through, and she was the lucky one.
these all seem like audience problems, not movie problems.
there's plenty of movies out there for people that need hand-holding and everything explicitly explained and a car chase every 20 mins to stay awake. Maybe watch one of those next time?
You sound a bit like a person giving a restaurant a bad review because you didn't get drunk off the hors d'oeuvres.
Movie was decent. Your review.....horrible
fakenotagain wrote:
Italians playing the Irish.....Only in Hollywood.
Ciro wrote:
fakenotagain wrote:
Italians playing the Irish.....Only in Hollywood.
Wrong. Three of DeNiro’s four grandparents had Irish heritage.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/robert-de-niro-irish-roots
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Ciro wrote:
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Sorry you are absolutely right. DeNiro played Irish-American Jimmy Conway.
Getting my Irish gangsters confused.
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Timmy Treadwell wrote:
DeNiro wasn't Henry Hill. That was Ray Liotta.
Sorry you are absolutely right. DeNiro played Irish-American Jimmy Conway.
Getting my Irish gangsters confused.
No worries. I've watched Goodfellas about 100 times, probably my favorite movie of all time.
McFinance wrote:
I agree - overhyped...ended up being the same tired gangster theme with the same tired gangster actors. Only one missing was Ray Liotta - who coincidentally played an Irishman in Goodfellas.
I wasted half an afternoon on that crap.
McFinance wrote:
I agree - overhyped...ended up being the same tired gangster theme with the same tired gangster actors. Only one missing was Ray Liotta - who coincidentally played an Irishman in Goodfellas.
I wasted half an afternoon on that crap.
