Finally won me over

Rating: Null/10 (25 November 2002)

After seeing Casino on Starz for the umpteenth time, I find myself preferring it over Goodfellas, which is quite a switch, since I initially considered Casino a redo of Goodfellas.
But the plot is much more complex and layered than Goodfellas, and the mournful ending has a certain strength. I loved the Sid Vicious "My Way" at the end of Goodfellas, but Sam Rothstein bemoaning how Las Vegas has become a faceless Disneyland built on junk bonds is touching ("now when a whale comes in with a suitcase packed with millions, some high school student wants to check his social security number..."), especially when he takes off his shades at the end, and gazes sadly into space, reminiscing.