goodfellas should rate much higher

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2006)

although the godfather trilogy has been more critically acclaimed (at least the first two films in the trilogy) goodfellas showed a humorous side that made its non-stop, hard edged portrayal of mafia life and the violence that accompanies that life even more engrossing as the film plays out and the main character shows us how what was once a glamorous lifestyle became his downfall. in addition it does an excellent job of portraying how its easy allure traps not only Henry (Ray Liotta)but Karen (Lorraine Bracco)and how when someone is no longer an asset to the family, just how disposible they are. the film also introduced the mass film audience to two talented people in Ray Liotta and the beautiful Lorraine Brocco. Its also a crime that Martin Scorcaise did not win an acadamy award as best director.