I really enjoyed this film. The hard cut-throat life of these gansters was quite amazing in my opinion.
"At the age of twelve, my ambition was to become a ganster. To be a wiseguy was better than being the President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." Henry Hill

Thats pretty amazing. Did anyone else watch this movie? I thought it was pretty great. Here's the summary of the movie.

"Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book WISEGUY, Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI’s witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Hill (Ray Liotta) rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's organized crime branch, and with money from the mob he begins living the good life, complete with a beautiful bride, Karen (Lorraine Brocco), a fancy home, and the best seats at the most exclusive restaurants. A botched robbery lands Henry in prison for a brief period of time, and when he gets released, his reckless infidelities and drug abuse damage his associations with his adopted family."

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This still rates as my all time favourite (American) gangster movie....a brilliant film with truly amazing performances from it's three main stars (DeNiro, Liotta and Pesci). I don't have a single bad word to say about this film.

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Completely agreed Croker what were your favorite parts of the movie?

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Yeah, it's a favorite of mine. Lots of great scenes: Escape recently mentioned the very long single take Steadicam scene where they walk into the Copa through the kitchen; then there's the scene where they go by Joe Pesci's character's mom's house to get the knife . . . oh, and in a very disturbing way the pistol-whipping scene.

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Oh definately the bit between where Henry says on the voice over "As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster" and the bit where he says "I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook "

The bit between those two lines of dialogue is just fantastic!

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My favorite part is when Joe Pesci get's whacked...cuz I can't stand Joe Pesci....

I love the part when Herny is fixing dinner and his brother is over and they are getting ready to send their 'mule' off and the helicopter is flying around and they are all coked up and paranoid...

but I'm with Charlie...the part between those two lines is the best..

I loved the sound track too...

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Bit of a cliche I know but the scene is genuinly un-nerving...

"But, I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to f*ckin' amuse you? "

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Oh I agree with you I hated Joe Pesci in that movie he was so mean. ..and when they're fixing dinner and he gets all paranoid that was intenese. What got me is when they killed that guy and then they had him in the trunk while they were eatin dinner with his mom that was intense.

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I loved Pesci in this film-I thought he really had a break-through performance it it. It was the kind of role that I could have seen being a general role played by anyone else, but I thought Pesci really owned it.

Yeah, that's a great bit. I saw Scorsese lecture not long ago: apparently that whole exchange between Pesci and Liotta was an improve.

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“It’s got good actors, and that spells good acting.”