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In Reply to: "Goodfellas" posted by rico on August 3, 2005 at 07:37:00:
One of the very best gangster movies ever made--right up there with the original "Godfather," IMO. I lived in Queens, New York, for 29 years, and I recognized a lot of the sites they used in the movie. Brought back a lot of cool memories. My dad used to run with a pretty rough crowd, and he knew quite a few wiseguys. They used to come over to the house all the time and drink and play poker. I can tell you from direct experience that Scorcese's portrayal of these people was spot-on. It was almost eerie how accurate it was.
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"I can tell you from direct experience that Scorcese's portrayal of these people was spot-on. It was almost eerie how accurate it was."Apparently, accurate portrayls of killers are not what some people want. Probably too sqeamish. Rather Samuel L. Jackson mercilessly killing defenseless people, being portrayed as a cool guy, saying witty things, then riding off into the sunset like David Carradine, holding a wad of cash, with nary a negative consequence, is a o'kay.
Well, some people just are squeamish about the truth. I don't hold it against them--there are some realities I'd rather remain blissfully ignorant of--but the fact remains that Scorcese's portrayal of the Queens mob at the time was incredibly accurate. If people don't like the so-called mythologizing of killers (which it most certainly isn't, if you watch carefully enough), then just don't watch it. There are plenty of alternatives.
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