My Favorite Movie

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2008)

Casino is my favorite movie of all time. It captures the glamor of Las Vegas and its films like these that I yearn to go. The film is about how the mob controlled Las Vegas and how at the end it brought them down at the end. This movie is in a way like Goodfellas in that is was directed by Martin Scorsese, based on a book by Nicholas Pileggi who also wrote the screenplay, has Robert De Niro,Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent and is about rise and fall in the mob. I think its better than Goodfellas even though Goodfellas is also amazing and would be my 2nd favorite film. Casino is so great. It has a colorful feel to it and shows the wealth in it. The performances are unbelievable. Robert De Niro is great as Sam "Ace" Rothstein the head of the casino. Joe Pesci is absolutely amazing as Nicky Santoro the psychopath who is sent to protect Sam. Sharon Stone is in a career best performance as Rothsteins wife. The soundtrack is absolutely amazing and Scorsese's best. Casino is my favorite movie and Scorese's best.