tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post298185467265219391..comments2024-01-08T22:23:18.482-08:00Comments on The Flick Chick: 100 Days, 100 Movies: Goodfellas (1990)Norma Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-66648108243275255652008-05-08T10:51:00.000-07:002008-05-08T10:51:00.000-07:00Thank you for your review of the greatest gangster...Thank you for your review of the greatest gangster movie and my favorite film of all time. Goodfellas is Marty having fun with the genre and using every trick in his book to tell the story.Big Mike Mendezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883097296917205119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-15036486151695277892008-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:002008-05-04T15:52:00.000-07:00I definitely agree that Scorsese has worked to dem...I definitely agree that Scorsese has worked to demythologize the gangster image, but I find the reverential tone of the voice overs by both Henry and Karen difficult to escape. <BR/><BR/>There's certainly no doubt about the fact that they're portrayed as vicious thugs, though.Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-49459865319646118152008-05-02T19:51:00.000-07:002008-05-02T19:51:00.000-07:00Nice review, Norma, of my favorite gangster film. ...Nice review, Norma, of my favorite gangster film. I think that Scorsese went a long way toward de-glamorizing the gangster film, probably moreso than you do ... in this and "Casino," which is not quite the film that "Goodfellas" is, Scorsese shows that far from being tragic, mythical characters, these wiseguys -- especially the figures of Pesci and De Niro -- are vicious thugs with very few redeeming features.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com