Goodfellas

Towards the end of the movie there come a voice over which remarks why they call themselves 'GOODFELLAS' , because they could take each other into confidence, ironically the movie based on a true story ends otherwise. Rather than christening the movie as "Goodfellas" Martin Scorsese could very well have chosen an oxymoron - "wisecracks" as the name of the movie.

I found the narration strange and surprising for a gangster movie. It appeared to be more of a comical recollection of the past, probably satirical. It did not come across as a powerful movie to be listed as 15th among the top 250 movies in Imdb.The treatment of the subject matter was interesting and brave, given that it was dealing with gangsters, the comic undertone throughout has to be appreciated.



A refreshingly different movie. Ray Liotta as Henry hill stole the show in the presence of a heavyweight such as Robert de niro. Joe pesci has lived every bit of his role and has deservedly won the oscar for his performance as best supporting actor.

The film was neither fascinating nor was i awe struck after seeing it. One could see it once, just to have a feel of how uniquely one can weave the screenplay and a serious development could be portrayed in a lighter vein to leave a lasting impact.

If treated as a comedy it does justice to the genre. No more!