Very good movie

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2010)

I've just lately learned myself to dig Scorsese movies as much as I do. Casino is actually a very good example of what it's all about. A long movie (almost 3hours) with lots of characters, explicit violence, dark humour, beautiful cinematography and very good acting. Robert de Niro plays the jew Sam "Ace" Rothstein who's getting in charge of a casino in Las Vegas. After a good start things start messing up themselves. Rothstein falls in love with the wrong girl (Sharon Stone) and his gorilla (if you can call Joe Pesci gorilla) is getting way out of line. Casino turns out to a quite basic gangster movie.
Robert de Niro reaches one of his best performances ever as Rothstein. Sharon Stone is very good as Rothstein's girlfriend. I guess the Academy at this point understood her potential since she got nominated for Oscar. With Basic Instinct she should've gotten it. Joe Pesci is as good as he always is playing the same character. He really got his way of pronouncing the F-word. Also there are a lot of smaller roles with older actors who really gotten themselves looking like mafia bosses.
All in all a very good movie as long as you take the time to concentrate on it.