Brilliant from start to finish

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2005)

This movie was excellent in terms of what Scorese wanted his audience to see. The way the mafia world works and how different it is in terms of normal everyday life. The start of the movie was brilliant and done in a way a mafia movie should be done, with a bit of violence. The scenes in the movie were beautifully constructed and shot, like the time Henry takes Karen out to the restaurant and Henry introduces the mafia members, like Johnny 2 time because he says everything twice. During this whole scene the camera doesn't cut which is a piece of brilliance from Scorese as it makes you feel as though you are a part of the mafia family. The acting in the movie is brilliant, Ray Liotta, Robert de Niro and the brilliant and funny Joe Pesci, also Paul Sorvino should not go unnoticed for his part. What I found incredible is that the academy failed to reward Scorese for his work in this movie and they still have not today even with The Aviator. Personally I feel this is a great injustice to a great man who has opened say many doors for the future of film.