casino may be the perfect movie/ person you identify with in film

[patsopinion]

the roman/greek ness of the tradgedy
the fall of the empire
the best friend with the sharon stone
the child
don rickles
james woods
and the central cast

that or raging bull


remember when denero was the best?
and now he has that fucking monstrosity out with pachino that we all forced to forget before it even premires?

:wallbash:if there is any person in film i identify with is denero's character in casino

[Ritalin]

Casino is a great movie, but it suffers because no matter how hard you try not to you can't help but compare it to Goodfellas.

And Casino is no Goodfellas.

[CousinDave]

James Woods kicked ass in Casino!

[grlNIN]

Somebody has been watching Bravo.

[KatPw]

Casino is a great movie, but it suffers because no matter how hard you try not to you can't help but compare it to Goodfellas.

And Casino is no Goodfellas.QFT. I love them both, but Goodfellas trumps Casino.

[smiler grogan]

Casino felt like Goodfellas part deux. but lacked something. Now that time has passed it is def. an amazing movie .Sharon Stone's best role ever.

[KnoxHarrington]

Casino felt like Goodfellas part deux. but lacked something. Now that time has passed it is def. an amazing movie .Sharon Stone's best role ever.

Scorsese seems to be trying way too hard in Casino. All that music, all those camera tricks, everyone playing their role turned up to 11. Which is not to say that it's a bad film, it's just that Goodfellas has a naturalistic feel that Casino lacks.

[cougarjake13]

Casino felt like Goodfellas part deux. but lacked something. Now that time has passed it is def. an amazing movie .Sharon Stone's best role ever.



exactly how ive felt about casino



but i disagree with the stone comment

her greatest role is in basic instinct

[realmenhatelife]

I actually might prefer Casino to Goodfellas. I just don't enjoy the really coked out last act and Lorraine Bracco is such a shrew.


The Godfather makes both of these movies look like Weekend at Party Pier.

[GreatAmericanZero]

to tell you the truth, awhile ago I made a list where I ranked all of Martin Scorsese movies, and "Casino" was waaaaaaay down on the list. I think it was in the bottom 5. I put it lower than "The Departed"

I just feel that "Casino" relies way too much on voice over narration. In "Goodfellas" it worked because it complimented the plot and the narration was a character in its own. In "Casino" I felt it was too much, I think it would've been more effective if they just let some scenes play out without the constant over-explanation

[TheMojoPin]

I actually might prefer Casino to Goodfellas.

Same here.

[frye hole]

Originally Posted by realmenhatelife -
I actually might prefer Casino to Goodfellas.

Same here.

You're both dead to me . . . .

[drjoek]

the roman/greek ness of the tradgedy
the fall of the empire
the best friend with the sharon stone
the child
don rickles
james woods
and the central cast

that or raging bull


remember when denero was the best?
and now he has that fucking monstrosity out with pachino that we all forced to forget before it even premires?

:wallbash:if there is any person in film i identify with is denero's character in casino

Robert De Niro
Al Pacino

[Enabler]

Somebody has been watching Bravo.


"Freak You, Sam Rothstein! Freak You!"

[cougarjake13]

the roman/greek ness of the tradgedy
the fall of the empire
the best friend with the sharon stone
the child
don rickles
james woods
and the central cast

that or raging bull


remember when denero was the best?
and now he has that fucking monstrosity out with pachino that we all forced to forget before it even premires?

:wallbash:if there is any person in film i identify with is denero's character in casino

Robert De Niro
Al Pacino


but its his opinion and maybe his opinion is that they spell it that way

[RingWraith]

I actually might prefer Casino to Goodfellas. I just don't enjoy the really coked out last act and Lorraine Bracco is such a shrew.


The Godfather makes both of these movies look like Weekend at Party Pier.


Same here as well. I do prefer Casino over Goodfellas.

Don't get me wrong, I do like Goodfellas. I just thought Casino was amazing.

[hedges]

the roman/greek ness of the tradgedy
the fall of the empire
the best friend with the sharon stone
the child
don rickles
james woods
and the central cast

that or raging bull


What about Raging Bull? Was it a better movie than Casino? Yes.

[grlNIN]

"Freak You, Sam Rothstein! Freak You!"

"Oh so what? Who knew you in the parking lot?"


While i think Goodfellas is the better of the two films but i would say that i end up watching Casino more. I think only because there are a lot more arches in the storyline and there's better character development.

With Goodfellas it's just kind of like i was a boy, now im a man. I was banging Karen now i'm banging the girl with the mustache and the chick from Empire Records, jail time, drug deals bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh Tommy is dead and im in hiding.

[PapaBear]

Somebody has been watching Bravo.

"Freak You, Sam Rothstein! Freak You!"
Ha!!! I was watching it last night, too. I almost decided not to, because of the edits, but there wasn't anything else on, and it's a good one to have on when you're doing other stuff.

[ChimneyFish]

Casino is a great movie, but it suffers because no matter how hard you try not to you can't help but compare it to Goodfellas.

And Casino is no Goodfellas.

But it's no "Dunston Checks In", either.:tongue: