@@theTemplar08Which was what Henry, Jimmy and Tommy were throughout the entire movie with only Tommy having a chance of actually joining a Mafia family from the inside. Really Henry in the movie himself had that problem, wanted to feel like a somebody around nobody's and gain the Mafia privileges but wasn't exactly a fan of the violence or Murdering that comes along with it. He had his abundance of issues and was not a good person at all, though he still came out out as the "most normal" and moral compare to those around him.
I hit play, and right away I hear Dawn saying "You don't have to beat it on the ass, you can just smack it." I paused the video to comment, because I know that I will already love this reaction.
Being "made" means officially becoming a member of the inner circle of the "family". It was only full-blooded Italians that could be made, and it meant that you were untouchable to anyone on the outside. And if someone outside touched you anyway by any means, your family was obligated to take revenge for you.
I can't decide who I like more: Cassie at Popcorn in Bed because she gets so squeamish at the violence and the sex jokes or Dawn because she laughs at the violence and the sex jokes. They're both adorable.
Dawn Marie as the gang boss of the new Scottish mafia - 'An rud seo againne'. First thing, if you want to be a gangster, you need to "make your bones", which is slang for killing someone that your capo wants dead. Then you'll have to kill whenever you get the order, or whenever your business needs some killing done. You'll need to hit the gym to build up your strength -- maybe some kind of boxing or martial arts... killers are tough. Then you'll need to find a specialty - gambling, extortion, robbery, pornography, etc... Finally, you'll need to nurture your sociopathic side - essential for becoming an effective gangster. It. could. work.
Yes the real Tommy was an imposing, angry, homicidal manic. He was supposedly murdered and dismembered by John Gotti and his crew over the death of Billy Batts. Batts was a member of the Gambino crime family.
Dawn.. Gotta say you always make me smile watching your reaction videos. Love your down to earth personality and sense of humor. And that Scottish accent!! Keep up the great work and I love to suggest you give AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN a chance. Think you'll like it...
Fun fact: the man playing the U.S. attorney that negotiates the Hill's witness protection deal is the actual U.S. Attorney that negotiated the Hill's deal.
"made" means a person elevated into the formal operation structure, the 'family' and a boss of a crew and advance to the top of the family over time. Not allowed to be whacked unless the organization bosses authorize it, called "The Commission".
Dawn Marie, as a Southern Italian American, we give envelopes with cash at weddings, not blenders and toasters. Anyway, here's another picture about organized crime: When my father was stationed in Palermo, Sicily with the Italian Army in the 1960s, he witnessed a real hit. Apparently, there was a fish vendor at a stand that had dealings with the mafia. He was hit. My father said he saw a FIAT with a ragtop race by the stand and stopped. A guy with a machine gun popped out of the ragtop and mowed EVERYONE down in a hail of bullets...owner, customers, bystanders, everyone! They took off as fast as they arrived. "No one saw anything." That's the real organized crime.
Paul Vario (Paul Cicero in the movie) died at the U.S. Correctional Hospital in Springfield, Missouri in 1988. Paul Sorvino, who played him, died in 2022, months after Ray Liotta.
Goodfellas was based loosely on a true story. There are those that try to glamorize the gangster life. Until they see the real story. Which brings be to suggest what you know you must React to next. The Godfather is considered by plenty as a masterpiece. But even that is just scratching the surface. Mario Puzo created the story in 1969. Then it became film in 1972. It is essential for any film review. And an offer that can't be refused!!!
Yes, Dawn, you’re a potential mafia woman 😅. Btw: I recommend 1983’s Scarface w Al Pacino ❤. “Being made;” he’s a formal member of that “family.” He’s now protected better, is expected to never tell secrets and gets extra privileges.
0:16 Dawn's "I know what 'good' means and what 'fella' is" reminds me of Lisa Simpson seeing a movie theater marquee that read "Yahoo Serious Film Festival" and saying "I know those words, and that doesn't make any sense."
A little trivia. The cop/prosecutor that was talking to Karen about whether she goes with her husband Henry or not is actually a real cop/prosecutor. He was in charge of bringing down the real mob group that this movie is based off of. He's not an actor. He's a real prosecutor. Or he was. He's probably retired by now, if he's even still alive.
There's a movie called My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin, based on the same gangster's life as this one, except after he's gone into witness protection and living in the suburbs. With Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, it's a comedy instead of a gritty crime drama
There's a hierarchy: The boss The underboss and consigliere (they're both on the same level but with different roles) Captains/capos (this is the point where you're made) Soldiers - they can promote connected guys to soldiers by vouching for them Connected guys (also called associates)
The real Thomas DeSimone was way worse then portrayed in the movie Henry once told a story of how Tommy once shot a innocent man who walked by them just to try out a new gun he bought
If anyone ever wants to start watching a gangster/mafia movie, The Godfather should be the very first movie to watch since it was the foundation that led to many other mob movie classics, IMO. Far as GoodFellas, I do recall watching this movie when it was first released, and it was just brought to my attention that the 'what do you mean I'm funny, do I amuse you?" scene @4:44; only Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta were in on it when Tommy became hostile with Henry while everyone else's reaction was genuine while Scorsese was filming. Genius!
Scorsese's masterpiece - this week's the 33rd anniversary of the film's release so nice timing Dawn Marie :D Fun facts - that's Scorsese's real-life mom playing Tommy's mom and the fed who puts Henry & Karen into witness protection was the real-life fed who did the same IRL. Sadly we lost both Ray Liotta & Paul Sorvino last year. I love how you only knew Pesci from comedy - shows his range as an actor since he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his truly intimidating role here. I recommend you see CASINO next which is a kissing cousin to this film set in Vegas. FYI: ' a made man' means being legit as a mob chief.
When the whole gang are relaxing together in prison and enjoying doing their own cooking, you briefly see an older man making the sauce. That's Martin Scorcese's father.
Donnie Brasco is another one with Al Pacino, and it has Johnny Depp in as the title character. It's hard to write about that without spoilers, but it is a good one to watch.
Hi Dawn, glad that you enjoyed Goodfellas. The big difference between this and the Godfather, is this one is based on a true story of Henry Hill, where the Godfather was historical fiction but incorporates some real events. The Godfather is a very good movie though to watch. You might want to check out Casino, which is about the real events of the Mafia on Las Vegas. Also, it stars Robert Denero and Joe Pesci too. I think I misspelled their names but you know what I mean. Looking forward to more.
Also, The Godfather portrays gangsters as stylized romantic figures while Goodfellas just portrays gangsters as less romantic, gritty and cutthroat, not even caring about the "code of honour".
Ok, I'm just going to point out that our host mentions to clean the gun first in that scene when Karen hides the gun. Dawn Marie is straight gangster 😍
"Goodfellas" is a depiction of organized crime at the street level. "The Godfather" saga is a fictionalized rendition of organized crime at the top level, bosses of major Mafia families. Paulie was a caporegime (capo means captain, more or less) whom various Mafia soldiers and associates reported to. Henry, Jimmy, and Tommy were all associates under Paulie. If Tommy had been "made," he would have become a soldier in the Lucchese crime family, reporting to Paulie, his capo. Paulie would have reported to the Lucchese Boss directly or through the Underboss. In The Godfather saga, we follow the story of the Corleone family that incorporated aspects of real world Mafia history. The protagonists are two generations of Bosses.
You made my laugh talking about rooting for shark in Jaws! At time jaws came out I was scuba diving for university marine biology center. We were measuring octopus up to 23fters. We were swimming with orca killer whales, etc.. I saved blue shark from ghost net an went head too head with great white making a food pass, trying too eat me! So it was several years before I sat down an watched a shark devour beautiful girls! But you pulled me up enough too watch movie, Jaws, an I enjoyed it, do, do ,do ,do do,!!!
6:30 This is a biographical film about Henry Hill and begins around 1955. Key Times: Most of the 1960s is the high-life of the club and crimes. The murders made man Billy and Spider, then Jimmy and Henry going to jail are 1970. Henry is jail from 1970-1978. The big Lufthansa job is 1978. Tommy gets executed in 1979. Paulie disowns Henry, then Jimmy tries to kill Karen and Henry in 1980. After that Henry becomes an informant so as not to get killed.
There's another film based on Henry Hill called My Blue Heaven, starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis. It's a comedy that picks up essentially where this film ends (even though My Blue Heaven came out a few weeks before Goodfellas). Steve Martin is great, and it's a fun film. Definitely worth a watch.
In the initial prison scene that shows how well they had it, you said 'This would never happen.' It DID happen, Dawn. Henry Hill's story is real. Naturally there is some exaggeration or dramatization but at least 80% of what's in the film is true and accurate, including the Mafiosi having private cells and access to whatever they wanted as long as they had the money. As for Tommy (Joe Pesci's character), you should look up the real-life Tommy DeSimone some time. Apart from being a 6' 2" monster instead of small like Joe, he was pretty much as depicted--a gun-happy maniac. They called him "Two-Gun Tommy" because he'd fire off random rounds at complete strangers for target practice. They did indeed kill Tommy in lieu of making him a made man, and his body has never been found. His ending may not have been an easy one--there is a rumour that he was cut in half with a chainsaw. You should see his photos--he looks absolutely insane!
Henry Hill story is real to an extent. You are right about Tommy and other things, but Henry Hill exaggerated quite a bit on his book and in life in general. He made himself seem a lot more important as a Mafia associate than he really was. He was very "low down on the totem pole" when it came to his association with the Mafia. The NY prosecutor said after the trial that Henry Hill had to be the worse witness he ever heard testify because he lied so much on the stand and exaggerated so much and if they would have had to rely on just Hill's testimony alone they never would have convicted Jimmy Burke
Being made means you're taken into the familly, you have a real rank instead of being just a footsoldier and you can't be killed just like that anymore. Tommy in real life was a 6 foot + coked out psychotic bodybuilder. Although Henry Hill said Pesci's portrayal was dead on imagine him being that physical too. The big difference to the movie is they never found him. No close casket, nothing, that crazy fuck had to go.
PEGGY BUNDY joke - in reference to Karen asking Henry for money........"No matter how disgusting the next 10 minutes are...it still beats the hell out of working!"
I love how you seem to try to find the humor in any situation no matter how horrific. It's shows what a positive thinking person you are, what a sense of humor you have and just overall great person you are. This world would be much better with millions of Dawn Maries around. Love your videos and your laughter!
HUMOR is an awesome method for transmuting anything not positive. When one can LAUGH at something bad, that something bad has NO hold on us.......=) WTG DAWN!
I've seen a lot of Goodfellas reactions, no one's ever watched Billy Batts getting kicked to death and said "I think I fancy them". Don't let her near any actual mobsters, she'd have guns hidden in every corner of the house
Goodfellas is an absolute masterpiece of a movie, easily my favorite movie of ALL time, huge fan of Martin Scorsese! And fun fact: Martin Scorsese's mother played Tommy's mother's and Scorsese's father played Vinny, who added too many onions in the tomato sauce.
If law enforcement shows up at your door with a search warrant you can A. Let them in or B. They will crash your door. So you either do it the easy way or the hard way.
Being “made” means you become an actual member of the mafia. You can be an associate without being made. But you have to be 100% Italian to be a made man..
"Being made" means he would go through the ceremony to become a member of the mafia. He would have the same status as the guy that Tommy and Jimmy killed. Tommy could qualify because he was 100% Italian. Jimmy and Henry were both half Italian and Half Irish so they could not qualify no matter what they do. You are right, Tommy would be a terrible choice to Be made.
About the special prison treatment ("this never would have happened") oh, it did happen just fine, in the US too, and still happens. In the most extravagant case, drug lord Pablo Escobar agreed with Columbia's state police to give himself in and do prison time only if he build his own prison for just him and his crew, which he did, like a top notch club, with bar, pool, bbq, escorts, and so on. You can find pictures of it on the internet. Of course for famous people and rich guys with connections in the US there are special prisons, which are jockingly reffered to as "Club Fed" (club federal prison, alluding to the holiday franchize "Club Med").
This is one of the greatest mob movies ever made. I on the other hand, feel that it was formatted wrong. It should have been done as a 5-part miniseries with 45-50 minute episodes so we could learn more about the family led by Paul Cicero (real name Paul Vario). Despite it being two and a half hours long, I felt like I missed out on a LOT of information. Some other stuff left out: Big Paulie was sleeping with Karen behind Henry's back. He was also a consigliere to the Lucchese crime family.
12:27--Martin Scorsese's Mom PS: Ray Liotta supplies the voice of Tommy Vercetti for GTA: Vice City. Paul Sorvino's son Tom provides the voice of Tommy Angelo in "Mafia" aka "Mafia the City of Lost Heaven" (2002). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_man
My uncle actually got to hang with the real Henry Hill for a few hours. Said he was one of the most interesting guys he ever met. He owns one of his paintings and an old letter opener of his.
Being made refers to being formally initiated into a Mafia. My understanding is that there are oaths taken and that pictures of Catholic saints are involved.
the agent who was giving henry the witness protection is the real agent who actually gave the real henry hill the deal they asked him to be in the movie
"I rooted for the shark in Jaws so I'm a gangster".... 🤣 Also, if you haven't done The Godfather, you need to do that next ! No more mafia films until that one. (Indeed, it should have been before this one.)
Best gangster movie ever made. Most of this movie took place within 25 miles of me on Long Island and I have been to or by many of the places in the movie. Especially that diner they are in a lot. And while NYC is known for the mafia back in the day, the average person never ran across any. You had to be a store owner in certain neighborhoods or in certain professions like dock workers or garbage collections to really come across them. And John Gotti didn't live too far from me. Gotti was the last very famous Godfather. He lived in Queens NYC or I should say his office was there. And ran his family in the 70's and 80's until he went to jail. He was called the Teflon Don because nothing would stick to him when he was investigated. But he broke the number one code for Godfathers. He was way to flashy and drew way too much attention to himself. You just knew that you shouldn't cause trouble in is neighborhood. And he was always doing things for the people in his neighborhood. So he was a bad man and a killer but a lot of people loved him. Godfather is similar but much slower paced. A lot of that also happened near me. "Real Housewives of the Mafia." There was a reality show about 15 years ago called "Growing up Gotti." It was about John Gotti's daughter, Victoria and her kids and the mansion they lived in on Long Island. I think it ran two years and it was very much like the "Jersey Shore." Very stereotypical of what you think they would be like. Victoria was an attractive but very physically "altered" bleach blond with enormous "assets." She was a bit of a "Karen." Loud and in your face but I found her likable. Her kids however were three spoiled teenage boys with slicked back hair and acted like princes because they were Gotti's grand kids. they were hard to like. but the show was entertaining.
When you see Benjamin Franklin’s face poking out of an envelope, you know there’s real cash in it. You can look at the thickness of the envelope and determine the amount because they’re all Benjamins’.😎
