Scorsese At His best

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2003)

I overreacted in saying that Casino was better than Goodfellas, that is not true. I just said that cause I heard people writing bad stuff about Casino and I didnt like that. They are both equally excellent. now I know why people say they are similar because they are both adapted screenplays from books with the same author. But it is two completely different places that they take place in.
Goodfellas has a bunch of excellent performances. Joe Pesci is fantastic as a bad ass. Robert De Niro was also great, Liotta wasnt bad but he was overshadowed by the other two. Lorraine Braccos performance I think is overrated. This movie has a very well written script and deserved to win. Scorseses Direction is very well down in this movie.
Now I think Scorsese should have won Best Director for this but the academy thought different. Now hes gonna win for Gangs of New York which is crap compared to Goodfellas. He will win for GONY cause they passed up the oppurtunity on Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Scorsese should have also at least be nominated for Best Director for Casino. Now he will win for a movie that doesnt deserve it.