Goodfellas

This movie was set in New York. This movie resembles the Godfather. This movie is about a family that sticks together to get anything they want in life. They pay off everyone to avoid trouble. The main character Henry ever since a young kid knew everyone and was always up to something. This started with breaking out windows to stealing, jail time, murders, and cocaine deals. His two right hand men were Jimmy (Robert Dinero) and Tommy from home alone. Henry's wife Karen came from a jewish family and gets involved with the crime scene. The main problem in the movie is when someone rats out Henry in a heist. He is sent to jail for 10 years with a family left with no money for support. When he gets out he believes selling cocaine will solve all his financial problems. This ingenious plan works for a while and Henry and his family enjoy the riches in life. The only problem is no good thing lasts forever.

This way of life these "goodfellas" live is highly unlikely. There is so much stealing and mudering going on it would be hard to get away with. Only a very structered and organized family could live this way, but it is possible. The dialougue in this movie represented those of outlaws. There was lots of swearing and very funny drunken scenes where you could not tell if the characters were serious or not. One theme that hits me very strongly from this movie is how important family is in life. The actors in this movie were very convincing as far as their roles are played out in the movie. They do a very good job of acting as if they were truly insane murderers, or in Henry's case, coked out. One thing i noticed is in many of the murders there was a low key lighting used. It was very dark and spooky in the woods as they buried a main guy from Gambini's crew. The make up of blood was very prevalent throughout the movie. Their are a lot of close up shots of the actors as they dialougue back and forth to eachother. This was an important technique to use because it brought out the deeper emotions of the characters and there were many things to be discussed in this family. This movie had many lengthy cuts because many of the characters are drunk in the movie and cannot stop talking. Another thing i noticed was the freeze frames used. One example is when Henry blows up the cars at the beginning of the movie. The music in this movie really set the right emotions with what was happenning in the movie. As time progresses throughout the movie so does the music. I think the music really adds positively to this music and i think the music is very nice to listen too.