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[Jibult]

Was it realistic for the guy in the bar to tell deniro to go fuck himself only to get stabbed with a pen by pesci?

What I'm saying was unreal was why was the guy mad at deniro to begin. With

I'm talking when pesci used a pen to stab a guy . but why was the guy mad at deniro for asking about a pen?,was it realistic?

Also he stashes his money in LA and then ginger gets it in las Vegas with his key

Are these movie flaws? Why put the money in LA and then ginger gets it in a las Vegas bank not the LA bank where he puts it earlier in the movie? Movie flaw

Pesci played a sociopath in the film, if you didn't notice.

The dude that got stabbed, he was irritated when de Niro's character simply spoke to the woman that he was obviously trying to seduce. de Niro walked away, and then interrupted again over a trivial pen. The dude obviously either had mob connections or acted like he did, and had to be the big tough guy when some clown interrupts his pussy-gettin' speech. So, he mouthed off to the wrong guy, and that wrong guy didn't even have to say a word for his sociopathic partner to do some pen-stabbing to get the point across that you do not speak to Ace like that without getting a few holes punched in you courtesy of the nearest pointy instrument.


Realistic to me. I've never seen this kind of thing happen but it's definitely stereotypical of early-to-mid 1900's mobster behavior.


As for the money stash.... I just don't know. I don't remember that discrepancy that you do. The movie's so fucking good that little things like that won't bother me until like the 30th time I've seen it.



What bothered me the most about this movie was when they took baseball bats to the brother of Pesci's character. I saw that scene when I was pretty young.... left a strong impression with me.

 

[jpgrdnr]

Casino does "Everything Turns To Shit" really well. On par with Goodfellas, almost.

 

[Jibult]

Casino does "Everything Turns To Shit" really well. On par with Goodfellas, almost.

Both are amazing. I miss those 90's mob movies.


A Bronx Tale's one of my favorites that a lot of people don't seem to remember. I fucking love that movie.

 

[deewallace]

Yeah ur probably right about the pen scene. Its still a 4 star movie. I fucking love it

 

[deewallace]

Could he stab him in a public bar and not get caught?

 

[Jibult]

Could he stab him in a public bar and not get caught?

More likely his reputation would cause the witnesses' not to have seen a thing. One minute their buddy was there, next minute he's on the ground in a pool of blood and nobody saw a fucking thing.

Also, I think the point was moreso that he just didn't give a fuck about the consequences of his actions-- not the he was untouchable or thought that he was.

 

[Carl Landrover]

I was sort of disappointed with Casino. I didn't like the Pesci narration. It just didn't sound good.

Maybe it's actually a compliment to her acting, but this was the only movie where I was glad to see a woman (Sharon Stone) get beat up. What a bitch.

 

[sigmond]

The scene almost replicates the "Billy Batts scene" from Goodfellas.

 

[GenericMind]

Casino is the best mob movie ever made imo.

 

[sigmond]

A great mob movie people seem to forget is 'Once Upon a Time in America'

 

[ForEverAfter]

Sharon Stone is amazing in this film. That scene where she's sliding down the hallway, loaded to the gills, facing her impending doom. There are half a dozen scenes that demand the Oscar for best performing actress, IMO.

I love Scorsese, to some extent. Every film lover has to devote a bit of their cinematic heart to the man. He's a fucking heavyweight. Personally, I love Raging Bull and Taxi Driver more than his gangster films. He's got an incredible ability to translate the Italian-American gangster culture to screen (and, gangster culture in general)... but, I hate to see him type-cast.

It's weird, though. He seems to be able to produce and endless amount of films that are kind of the same, but each of them are incredible in their own right. The Departed (although not Italian) was a great gangster film.

I hope everyone who likes his films, checks out his cinematic departures, though, like The King of Comedy and (to a lesser extent) New York, New York.

Bringing out the Dead, with Nicolas Cage, is a must... even though it's a lesser Scorsese.

 

[deewallace]

Do u think pesci wouldve stabbed the guy had he been in the casino since the cops were in on iy

 

[Carl Landrover]

Goodfellas' Joe Pesci would've.

Now to start shooting at the floor by your feet. You better start dancin'! Dance!

 

[Max Power]

deewallace: Please contribute more to this topic than just continually asking inane questions.

 

[ForEverAfter]

I disagree. Ignore him.
Ask questions, if you like.
You are welcome here.

 

[Max Power]

I disagree. Ignore him.
Ask questions, if you like.
You are welcome here.

Ignoring a mods requests hasn't worked out well for people in the past.

Everyone is free to ask questions, obviously. But just asking questions (that are mostly hypothetical in nature) with no intention of creating dialogue and merely asking "just to ask" is annoying and pretty much trolling in nature. It's senseless spamming disguised as something meaningful.

I've unapproved a few posts of his in this thread. If the senseless questions continue further disciplinary action will be taken.

 

[deewallace]

performing actress, IMO.

I love Scorsese, to some extent. Every film lover has to devote a bit of their cinematic heart to the man. He's a fucking heavyweight. Personally, I love Raging Bull and Taxi Driver more than his gangster films. He's got an incredible ability to translate the Italian-American gangster culture to screen (and, gangster culture in general)... but, I hate to see him type-cast.

It's weird, though. He seems to be able to produce and endless amount of films that are kind of the same, but each of them are incredible in their own right. The Departed (although not Italian) was a great gangster film.

I hope everyone who likes his films, checks out his cinematic departures, though, like The King of Comedy and (to a lesser extent) New York, New York.

Bringing out the Dead, with Nicolas Cage, is a must... even though it's a lesser Scorsese.

 

[Jibult]

I've unapproved a few posts of his in this thread. If the senseless questions continue further disciplinary action will be taken.

....Hey, is that why all of a sudden I'm the person who started this thread and made that weak ass poll?

Lol, that confused the hell out of me for a second when I was scrolling down the forum...




's'all good, though

A great mob movie people seem to forget is 'Once Upon a Time in America'

Yeah? I've never even seen it. I had to Google it because, for some reason, I thought that title was to an Asian film.

I'm going to watch it tonight or tomorrow, though. Sounds really good from what I've read on IMDB.

 

[sigmond]

Yeah? I've never even seen it. I had to Google it because, for some reason, I thought that title was to an Asian film.

I'm going to watch it tonight or tomorrow, though. Sounds really good from what I've read on IMDB.

Yeah this one:

Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 American epic crime drama film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods.

It chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime.

The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, and the rise of mobsters in American society.

It's about 3 hours iirc.. If somehow you can get an updated blu-ray version I would think it would be worthwhile.

When I watched it a long time ago on vhs afterwards I considered it to be up there with films like The Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver...not quite as good.

Hugo is an underrated Scorcese film, I thought it was exemplary.

 

[ForEverAfter]

Max is mad with Power.

Hugo is an underrated Scorcese film,

Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
One of his more successful departures, IMO.