Classic

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2016)

Goodfellas or Gangsters Forget The Godfather, it pales in comparison to this original, first-rate, classic Martin Scorsese film that is Goodfellas. Martin Scorsese delivers yet another marvelous masterpiece that has withstood the tests of timeâ€”we expected nothing less. You don't have to believe me that Goodfellas is better than The Godfather the facts will prove that for me; Goodfellas was nominated for: six Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and one National Society of Film Critic's Award. The film was also nominated for an additional 32 awards and won 37. In the film Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta, grows up in a rough part of Brownsville, Brooklyn; where he drops out of high school and finds himself under the wing of Paul Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino. Right before the climax of the film Jimmy Conway, majestically played by Robert De Niro, introduces Hill to Tommy DeVito, played by no other than Joe Pesci, this holy trinity of gangsters pull of some of the most superb heists that Brooklyn has ever seen. Shortly after the heists is where everything starts to go south for Henry, while Henry is fine where he is on the totem poll his two partners in crime are not. A series of unpleasant events unfold that end up ruining Henry's relationship with the mob and puts his life in danger. The script is absolutely fabulous as it makes you pick a side Henry and his partners or the mob.