An Inferior Reworking Of GOODFELLAS

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2002)

CASINO is by no means a bad film but I`m left with with the distinct impression that I`d seen it all before , and it`s not the first time director Martin Scorsese has done this , remember THE KING OF COMEDY is an inferior remake of TAXI DRIVER . Robert De Niro plays a very similar role as he did in GOODFELLAS , Joe Pesci plays more or less the same role that earned him an oscar with GOODFELLAS while Scorsese uses the same directorial techniques as he used in GOODFELLAS , but GOODFELLAS is by far the superior film .
Taken on it`s own CASINO is good . On first seeing it I could remember all the great scenes like the choice between getting the money or the hammer , the cowboy with his feet on the chair , the " Enjoy your meal officers " the scenes of extreme violence and the extremely witty caption of " A few years back " . However seeing it again a couple of years later I realised this film is about an hour too long and became very irritated by myriad of scenes composed of flashy camera work and voice overs ***** SPOILER ****** Most irritating of all if Joe Pesci`s character gets killed at the end how is able to do voice overs in the flashbacks ?