A masterpiece.

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 2002)

When a movie this good comes along, I break down like a little child and weep. What can I say, Martin Scorsesse is God. The way he employs the visual medium to spill his heart and soul is breathtaking. Goodfellas is THE movie about the Mafia,and criminals in general. As good as The Godfather trilogy is, this movie, in my opinion, is much better.
It's the little things in the film, like the way the characters banter and joke with one another, the way they hang out in bars and restaurants, the paroxysm of violence that occasionally mark their days, the way they celebrate eachothers birthdays and weddings, etc..., that help place this film way ahead of othersin its genre, including The Godfather 1 and 2.

Martin Scorsesse does an excellent job of conveying the daily routine and lives of these mobsters, portraying them as basically sad hoodlums, no more and no less. Their spiral downward seems all but inevitable.

All of the cast in this film are excellent, especially Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta. Fluid camerawork, masterful direction and great music are added to the mix to bring one, exhilarating piece of modern cinematic masterpiece. 'Nuff said.