They're not all mafioso gods above reproach as in The Godfather you got to admit, Jimmy Conway aside, the Goodfellas are actually pretty reckless/careless and do stupid things- they don't always follow orders, and, as a result, pay the price.

Goodfellas plays it absolutely straight (as far as I'm concerned it is Scorsese's masterpiece), and, as others have pointed out, you actually give a damn about the characters. Personally I don't think there's any question that Goodfellas is the superior film. To answer the topic question, though (and forgive the long post): give me Goodfellas over Scarface any day. Henry Hill of course died not too long ago. As did Big Paulie (Paul Sorvino's character). If memory serves -I read the Nick Pillegi book Goodfellas was based on years ago, all the names were changed to protect the guilty (as was the case in Casino)- 'Jimmy Conway' eventually got busted and died in prison.

Pesci gets whacked, but DeNiro pays no price.why not? Because they weren't 'made men'? They were part of the gang. You know, Carbone frozen in the meat truck, etc. Why no consequences for DeNiro after he starts killing all his homies. To sum up my little diatribe, which of these movies do you think is better? Remember, this is just a question and any answers are cool with me.Īfter seeing it many times, something's starting to bug me, though. What I want to know, is which of these two Great Movies do You prefer? Any and all answers, opinions, likes, dislikes, objectives, etc. I realize that one is based on fact and the other is based on a screenplay (written by Oliver Stone that was based on fact). 'Scarface' with Tony Montana and Manny Ribera and the massive Cocaine business that flooded Miami and the rest of the United States of America in the early 1980's (and still persists to this day). 'Goodfellas' with Henry Hill and Jimmy Conway and the Lucchese crime Family in NYC involved with almost any criminal activity that made them all monies. Both are Crime dramas that deal with Organized Crime.

This new topic has more similarities than the other. Of course, the 'Star Wars' trilogy was the very opposite of the 'Godfather' saga, but that is why I think that made it more interesting. Since I started the 'Star Wars or the 'Godfather' topic and it did fairly well in terms of replies, opinions and the like, I thought I would try once more about Your preference to two other 'classic' movies.

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