I first saw this movie when I was 14, now 40 years later I watched it again through wiser eyes. It's even more magnificent than I remembered, and Pacino's performance is flawless. Tragic hero, and it makes me happy to see him reach some kind of redemption. A true masterpiece.
You guys are the unsung heroes of RU-vid! Great stuff! ❤ it's weird because in philly, NYC, Boston, providence the whole northeast 50 percent of kids wanted that life. And totally regretted it in there 30s...
It's rare that a reviewer says all the things I would, expresses what I went thru watching this movie, and more. Thank you for a beautiful commentary on an unforgettable film.
Siegel and Eastwood partnership never given enough credit for beingin the anti-hero into mainstream. In each picture (including CB Clint is a variation of this ) with alterations to the part on each piece Although the beguiled is as far from his image as he would go then Eastwood has constantly played with that loner image
@@JimTheMovieGeek Yep it's gotta be cliche with his debut. It's just such a fantastic movie. I feel like Sylvester did exceptionally well in his part considering. His performance in Copland is better, but Rocky is near perfection as a whole.
Eric’s heavy breathing and puffing during the beach chase scene at the end of the film was genuine. The actor Ian Hendry was in terrible physical shape due to his severe drinking and smoking addiction (which ended up killing him several years later) and could not sprint a few metres without running out of breath, to the point where a couple of crew members genuinely thought he had passed out dead at one point
Completely agree with you. This film, particularly this scene, is better on a second viewing. It was a completely different experience for me the second time I watched it. So powerful and sad. Also makes me reflect on my own life, as I am not perfect and know there are things from my past that still haunt me to this day. Just an incredible film.
I love this film so much. Easily my favorite. Saw it pretty late, I was maybe 21. I was by chance, I was just watching TV, but as you said, this thing pulls you in within seconds. Great video about an awesome movie.
I absolutely love Goodfellas. I believe it is most entertainment movie of all time. I love cinematography, music, editing, casting, acting, direction, script, tempo, style, trailer, poster... One of the few movies that is perfect.
Awesome movie. Awesome cast. Good to see camp Freddie in a grown up gangster movie with Caine as well as the Italian job. Brilliant supporting cast. Certainly one of Caines key pictures as well as that of its director, producer and many actors
Whats with the wedding ring it obviously has a meaning but everyone seems to ignore the fact that noodles draws our attention to it briefly. I think that warrants an explanation
Great review of possibly one of greatest gangsters movies ever made From it's perfect casting -parrticilarly liotta , pesci and sirvino. And every scene memorable. One of my favourite lines of dialogue is the "fuck you pay me..." Liotta runs after Paulie takes over the restaurant. Liotta though is the central cog and if he hadn't pulled off the hill role , it would have been the Joe pesci show (on paper miscast -in the movie phenomenal). GF also has a wonderful streak of bitter humour running through it from Tommys racism to Henry's matching racism about Italians It's a movie of so many layers and images and humour astounding
I remember earlier releases on video they added gun shots to the sound track right when Max got behind the truck. Likely silly decisions made by those managing the video release. But that’s removed now and all you hear is a surge from the grinders but it sounds like a startup rather than grinding a body.
I don't like criticizing films for what they aren't...but this was one of my first thoughts too - how it felt catered to people who will argue the most about all of the blatant social commentary over making a genuine and earnest Barbie film. The film, underneath the goofy cartoonish humor and bright colors....is a jaded and downtrodden film. It kinda just...ends on a note of "the world is shit, we didn't accomplish much...but I at least get to enter my human era!" Like, WHAT!? Also, structurally the film is a fucking mess. It bounces from plot point to plot point at a rapid pace. It keeps shifting narrative and thematic focus every 15mins. It sets up one conflict, resolves it, and goes for another one. All the while the title fucking character fades into the background and becomes utterly passive as a character. The back half of the film is just Barbie getting monologued into character development. It's quite a shit film, lol. And the gross-ass capitalist underpinning of the whole thing just REALLY makes any ounce of emotional sincerity the film tries to achieve feel false.
The older it gets the worse it gets imo. It's just too warmed over, too safe, too familiar. It has decent elements. The action is very strong and keeps the film entertaining and there is more dimension to John and Kate as characters that the film doesn't live up to. But at the end of the day T3 has always felt oddly...small. Inconsequential. And despite being a big budget blockbuster something about how it's shot make it feel...cheap. Idk if it's the color grading coupled with the lens they use making the film feel more flat or something...but the film has an oddly televisual element to its visual language. People praise the "ballsy" ending but I always found it to be a cynical cop-out that spits in the face of the first two films and especially the themes of T2. Dark Fate is better. It ACTUALLY makes bold choices that don't feel so shallow. It has a more intimidating villain, actually does something well with Arnold again, gets a good performance out of Hamilton, and has Mackenzie Davis as an incredibly underrated action star.
Absolute bastard in real life - one of American cinema's most recognizable persona's on the silver screen. A confused legacy indeed. But a good John Wayne film is a good John Wayne film.
Rio Bravo is like reading a book (in the best way - literally cinema) while El Dorado is more of a streamlined narrative of the main conflict of Rio Bravo. Both excellent imo.
