In Brooklyn, in the early 1970s, I used to live across the street from the real life bamboo lounge (not the fake movie location) years before henry hill turned government witness. The parts of Goodfellas that really reaches out and amazes me are the clothes, the hairstyles, the interior decorations and furnishings of the homes of the gangsters and their families in the 1970s (yes, I know Goodfellas also takes place in the 1950s and 60s, but i wasnt around in those years). To my eyes and memories, it's very much 100% accurate. I personally recall a countless number of Brooklyn residents who indeed dressed and styled themselves like you see in the movie. And i recall the insides of their homes furnished and decorated EXACTLY as one sees in the movie. That indeed was the style back then. The set designers, the costume designers, the hairdressers, and the make up artists of Goodfellas really did an excellent, and most accurate job. It brings me back to Brooklyn during the 1970s.
This was my dad's favorite movie. I remember going with my father to watch them film the scene where Jimmy is telling Karen to go around the corner for some dresses, but he intends to kill her. That scene was filmed on Smith and 9th Street in Brooklyn, and we lived right down the street. Such a good memory, rest in peace, Dad.
@@Luciana_McC_99 sure that sounds good! please just give time. I have a full plate right now. I truly want to do this! thank you so much for supporting. have a good day. and I hope you don't get upset if I call someone out on abuse. 😁
@@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzy were both adults just sharing our thoughts and an opinions of course I wouldn't get upset. Enjoy the rest of your evening, best wishes to you and yours.
The guy that Joe Pesci in real life was a monster of a man. His real name was Tommy "Two Gun" DeSimone, stood about 6'4"+/-, and the attitude of a rottweiler on cocaine. He definitely had some twisted wires up in his attic. One time he shot a random guy on the street just to test out a gun he recently got. Killed him atone dead, and kept on walking without missing a beat. As for Billy Bats, Tommy didn't like him to begin with because after getting out he was bitching about his rackets were gone and wanted them back. Tommy had a stake in some of those rackets, too, but more than likely would have given them up rather than risk a war. The "shine box" insult just sealed Bats fate.
As I understand it, it wasnt Tommy who had a stake in Batts' rackets. It was Jimmy. Jimmy controlled Batts' loansharking operation while Batts was in prison. But now that Batts was set free from prison, Jimmy would have to give back the loanshark operation to Batts. Mob street rules, especially since Batts was a made guy and Jimmy wasn't. Losing the loansharking operation, Jimmy was looking at a 500 thousand dollar a year loss in income. Rather than give that up, Jimmy had Batts killed, with Tommy's help. The impression I get about Tommy was that he wasn't a good earner. He wasn't an earner at all. He never initiated his own profitable crimes and scams. Instead, he was always tagging along onto other guys scams which entitled him to a share of the profits.
Since it is about the Mafia there will be a lot of common things between "Goodfellas" and "The Godfather" one major difference as explained in the movie was that they weren't actual members of the Mafia. They were "Associates". They did work for the Mafia but weren't actually in the Mafia. With "The Godfather" those were actual members of the Mafia. Another good Mafia movie to see is "A Bronx Tale". It has DeNiro in it too, but DeNiro is a good guy a honest man in that one. I highly recommend it!
Martins mom plays Joe pescis mom and the converation they all have at the dinmer table was all adlib. And Martys dad is the one cooking the sauce when they were locked up
There is a film called 'my blue heaven.' its a mob comedy, written by the wife of the writer of goodfellas, and it came out one month after goodfellas. I believe that even though its comedy, it brings out the real story of Henry Hill without saying it. I think its worth a watch and a pretty good laugh.
As far as gangster films go Goodfellas will always get high billing. Simply because it's based on a real story. With some names and aspects changed. These types of film always brings a lot of fascination with the criminal life. Another film I would suggest from this type of genre- On The Waterfront-1954. A film that is essential to any film review channel.
the biggest screw up in real life was Tommy beat up Karen when Henry was in Jail because she wouldn't sleep with him as she was already sleeping with Paulie, so Paulie ratted him out to the Gambino's for killing Billy
oh, I got it, it went too far. if all this is factual the movie was way different in ways maybe to protect? or didn't get the whole deal. thanks for letting me know.
It was based on a nonfiction book a true crime writer wrote with the assistance of the real Henry. That part of the story is not in the book so I doubt they knew about it at the time and Henry either didn't know or wasn't telling at that point.@@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzy
didn't mean facts, simply the structure of the movie from the beats it took. up in in the beginning down at the end. the movie had Pauly (Goodfellas) and the Don (Godfather). they both had people that was under them. with a fast paste third act to an abrupt ending. not about the facts. the director Matin Scorsese direction in both movies were not much different with trust being second guess in both movies. not if the movies were telling the truth. I was bringing up that the movies had similarity's noting more, no need to debate, my job is to point out the differences to my community nothing more! just my opinion for me and my community not anyone else. if you're not in my community you won't know this, I don't ask anyone that's not invited to click on my videos. I'm just for my community no one else. I don't want to debate I just want to have fun with my guys. besides I wasn't there I don't what true or not, this country is known to stretch the truth, my guys know this all ready and it's no need to explain about fiction or non-fiction movie. I don't get money from them no matter what. so, I'm not going to jump out the window for a director I will never meet.
The Godfather is based on real people. Vito is a composite of several gangster, but the stories around it have real people under different names. Moe Greene is Bugsy Segal. Hyman Roth is Meyer Lansky. Johnny Fontaine is Frank Sinatra. Luca Brasi is based on Willie Moretti, who did threaten to shoot Sinatra's band leader.
oh man...Phil Leotardo bites it in the trunk of a Pontiac. Christopher Moltisanti gets shot in the foot, mouths off and pays the price, Dr. Melfi constantly being cheated on and smacked around, and poor Jules wakes up only to take one in the back of the head. Crazy movie! Love it...seen this masterpiece at least 100 x
you didn't get that I understood it was a joke. my friends and I don't joke against one another, It was unusual to me that he thought it was cool to confuse his friend by playing serious knowing the fact he's a loose cannon! like when he thought it was cool to shoot a kid in the foot because a joke, that very same kid got killed by the joker because he was confused of a joke going on him. so, I am saying it's an odd way to joke! why not go out and get some girls, have fun. but it's cool every have's different opinion.
The Godfather is an amazing movie but that was fiction. GoodFellas actually happened for real. Can’t really compare those two movies. Martin Scorsese was so committed to making this movie as real as possible that the FBI agent who was talking to Henry and Karen was not an actor. That was the real FBI agent that was in charge of Henry’s case.
The best scene in the movie is with Tommy "how am I funny" the whole point was that you can't tell when he is serious and how seriously sensitive he is as well as seriously a loose cannon.
Fuck with ur vids my g. If u ever get the chance u should definitely see harsh times directed by the dude who made training day starring Christian bale
@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzy when it comes to gangster hood movies just that. But if u looking for a good horror movie should check out end of days with Arnold Schwarzenegger or dead silence
uh Oh, no Christopher Nolan their gonna come for you lol but, for me it is too many! Cronenberg, Spielberg, Kubrick, I like David Fincher he does a lot of Brad Pitt staring movies. Eli Roth with his madness.
U should definitely love the GF 1&2 better than this because its the only movie u can learn something from every single time u watch it cuz its got the *48 laws of power* written into it that u can honestly use in everyday life no matter what your life is 💯 Goodfellas is definitely more action packed or whatever u wanna call it & it has unlimited replay value too & its definitely the second best mob film for sure after GF 1&2 (might as well just call both parts the same whole film as a whole entirety ) but u can't learn anything from Goodfellas after a certain amount of viewings unlike the GF that ive been watching since a child (im 36 btw ) & still watch it today just for guidance to help me in my life with over coming any type of problems wether its the work life or the street life or even the home life , the GF has it all i promise u!!!!! It's the only film thats literally a motion picture dictionary & that's no joke either 💯 when i was a child & started skipping school & my father found out , he said fine , u ain't gotta go to school today but you're going to watch the entire GF saga for the next 8 hours here at home until the bell at school rings!!! I obviously said ok but didn't realize till i got much older why he told me that!!!! Today im a master of sniffing out liars of any kind thanks to him wether its someone at work like my boss , someone on the streets, the police, someone trying to steal my girl , my own family & friends, my own girl , my kids or anyone else on planet!!! Being rasied with that movie turned me into a fuckin beast of a wolf that can sniff out any type of bullshit or negative energy to the point that most folks just run away from me now cuz they just kno fuckin better by now👌💯
thanks for sharing! so I'm making sure I'm truly honest with my comment, I don't you on my case! lol, so yeah, I do agree that GF is better. just an opinion. and yeah, GF and GF2 does have lots of gems to learn from! I think that was Al Pacino's best acting role he ever did! I just seen "The God Father" a couple of months ago for the first time, I didn't know how serious and focus Pacino can be. ok thanks again. later.
Several actors from the cast of the Godfather are in this movie. You are far too sensitive and you complained a lot. Maybe it’s you. Maybe it’s your generation. But as an X’er I must recommend you relax and watch historical art unfold. Gen X films are savage. The very best. Culture yourself.
When you said that's not love , were you talking about Henry's father ? Because that was definitely love . He knew the guys across the street were Gangsters and didn't want his son to go down that path. Also the vocabulary Is great , that's how a lot of people talked before everyone went all politically correct. If you were around people that talked like that you knew you were around people who cared about you.
but he did end up going with the Gangsters across the street even with Hennry's fathers definitely "Love"? but his son did go down that path even with his "lovingly Parenting" yeah, he did use that great vocabulary with Karen and all his side Ladys when in need, and I'm sure everyone around him knew he cared because his judgement was clear being a drug addict. more great vocabulary was use when he told on everyone, (he was the main one making the plans) and had to go into hiding for the rest of his life by the end. his dad's great parenting showed at the end. I was abused a lot growing up and, in my opinion, I feel there are other ways. thank you for viewing.
@@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzywell yeah he turned out to be a rat , to bad someone who cared about him didn't get to him first. I was talking about people in general from my life experience who didn't care about there vocabulary. People now walk on egg shells because they are afraid to offend someone. People don't worry about that in my circles because we know we care about each other..
For all the haters to this reaction, if you don't like the show change the channel. People get content for free and complain if you can do so much better do it and in Richard Pryors words "have a coke and a smile and stfu"
you really wasted some of your life minutes written this on the worst RU-vid channel (wwhat!) interesting. Thats fine!! I've been come to the conclusion that I won't please everyone. I hope you find what you seek on the many many other RU-vid channels.
2:19 You said you wondered if all three of them were already established by the time this movie was made to have a big budget ? Do you not know who Robert Deniro and Joe Pesci are ? Also, the director is one of the greatest to ever do it. Go look at their resume`s.
You came to a stranger's channel to say negativity? to give such a detailed comment on my face expression is a lot of concerning! most people just go to a channel that they like,0r hit the dislike button, and I will remain with the people that like me! I guess we can see you live a wonderful life. odd folks are a void for RU-vidrs. you are nameless, faceless, (I don't even know who I am talking to, but you know me!) it not rational for me to even pay attention to this because you didn't even leave your channel info!, I'm sure your channel is much better, it would be perfect My CONTENT IS FOR MY SUBSCRIBERS NOT SOME STRANGER. there are so many other channels, I'm sure you can find what you seek there.
@@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzy One thing to do when trolls try to troll you is always keep your reply shorter than the comment you’re replying to. They probably already know everything you’re telling them, or if they don’t know it, they don’t care about it. They’re mostly just Cluster B Personality Disorder types, and just need attention in order to feel good. So the longer your comment is, the better they feel, and it doesn’t matter how comprehensively you debunk them. They’re just counting words - or maybe more accurately, counting the number of seconds you spent thinking about them.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers I don't give a f about the trolling! the comments I gave are meant for others that might have a problem with my video. it was others saying the things that got this comment started, nobody replied! and this one here got the comment. I'm fine when it comes to haters! I can spot the trolls! but some people do have real complaints so if they are rude than I deal with them like a Troll! thank you so much for supporting! ok have a good night or day..
@@randomlyreactandreviewfirstEzy Ok but you said his channel is “much better” and “perfect,” which is EXACTLY what a troll is fishing for, regardless of whether you meant it or not. Spotting a troll is one thing. Knowing how to deal with them is another.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers thanks I do appreciate your concern! truly. what is getting confused is I don't care for some stranger that don't have a life. I'm saying there are real people with real complaints, when you get all types of messages doing RU-vid you know how you want to deal with comments, when you have a platform, you know how to react to these things, and I think you keep missing the part there's no back-and-forth with any troll! once I speak! there's no feeding trolls! I just comment when I feel, and I keep saying that it's for people that's been with me for a while and new people with REAL complaints that's how I feel. People do have real issues! just like you read a comment that got you to this point other can read too! and I don't have no troll situation where we are actually conversating back to each other. I could just not say anything like other channels but, I'm not like that I'm here for real! and just not for views and collect money. So, when you get a real one that speaks to the people that support them you might get a respond because I'm really trying build a community that I really care for and if I want my community to be the way I want I have to plant some seeds Evey now and then. not only trolls every1 have to behavior correct.
