Casino was cool but it was long. and no nowhere near as good. Every movie critic usually has goodfellas in their top 5 greatest of all times
Vivid Boy
and spyder was a in stutterin prick
srussell0018
I'm gonna go get the papers get the papers
Vivid Boy
Can you believe this guy last week he asked me to christen his in kid!
its not competition goodfellas was by far the best movie ever. like jenny said I have watched it over a thousand times and each time i watch it its like watching it for the first time
OrangestO
Goodfellas > Godfather
srussell0018
Shut your ing mouth
Zharen
What do you want from me?
SYSTEM-J
Now we're done with the obligatary spats...
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Originally posted by srussell0018
I love long tracking shots. There's a good one in Pulp Fiction that follows Bruce Willis from his car to his apartment when he's going back for his watch.
Another one in Pulp Fiction is the long take following Jules and Vincent along the corridor, to the apartment door, round the corner and then back to the door. Tarantino was massively inspired by Scorcese, of course, and being the arch cinematic postmodern magpie would probably be the first to admit it. The Copacabana scene in Goodfellas is rightfully one of the most celebrated shots in cinematic history, a moment that even people with no technical understanding of film can point to. It's a perfect example of style complementing subtext: we are visually entering into this glamorous world of back-door privilege from the outside, drawn into it and swept off our feet by it. This single shot perfectly illustrates the appeal of a life of crime.
Although, for the long take as the cinematic equivalent of the guitar solo, I have to say I prefer this one:
Redd
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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
Dude that isn't even a contest... Next to Goodfellas the only decent thing Liotta has done is Grand Theft Auto Vice City. Travis Bickle alone makes DeNiro 10x the actor Ray Liotta wishes he were.
agreed to no contest, but credit to Liotta for "Killing Them Softly", even if only a small part.
Halcyon+On+On
, I love Hard Boiled.
WittyHandle
quote:
Originally posted by Redd
agreed to no contest, but credit to Liotta for "Killing Them Softly", even if only a small part.
Liked that movie a lot.
Looney4Clooney
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
For someone who supposedly scores films, you are remarkably at understanding them.
well
i could tell you from the md's mouth that the music selection was used to narrate the change in time. The very fact that period music was uses original music is pretty ing obvious. Yes scorcese picked music from the year that was happening in gf but it was more to do with the character in question.. The usage of voice overs is also a technique over used in these types of films as it is in casino. But you seem to find robocop and judge dread the holy grail of film making so I don't think we will see eye to eye. I think perhaps you are slightly myopic when it comes to music, film and art in general. Your ability to be an ass is unquestionably impressive.
