Fun Fact: When Paulie slapped Henry, he was improvising. It wasn't in the script. That's Ray Liotta's actual shocked reaction that he just got slapped 😆
The woman playing Tommys mom is actually Martin Scorsese mom in real life. She.has played in so many Italian gangster movies. Her scene wasn't scripted she was just told to be an Italian mom
Lorraine Bracco was offered the role of Carmela Soprano. She turned it down because she already played a mob wife in this. So she took the role of the therapist.
Henry lived across the street from me, on First Hill in Seattle. He never shut up about being a gangster, and was a known drug dealer. He had a bulldog named Scarface, and the chick he lived with was an even bigger loud mouth than him. Witness protection gave up trying to keep him hidden, and he was arrested for cocaine dealing.
Fun fact: the real Tommy DeSimone stood at the height of 6'2" and just like in the movie was a complete fucking maniac, some members of his gang were actually relieved he was taken out
Not to mention the protagonist is usually meant to be someone who's ACTIVE, which means, that they're the ones who are pushing the story forward through their own independent actions. But if the plot is mostly dictated and driven by external forces, then it may lead to the protagonist being PASSIVE, if they don't do anything but serve as a "surrogate" for the audience so we (the viewers) are able to witness the story going on around them. With that said, you can use external forces, if your protagonist is REACTIVE. Which means that while everything that happens gets inflicted upon the protagonist, it's how they react to what's thrown at them, that defines their character.
Exactly. If the first "Star Wars" movie followed Darth Vader around as he tried to retrieve the stolen Death Star plans while a group of rebels tried to stop him, then Vader would be the protagonist of that story and Ben Kenobi would be his antagonist. "Protagonist" and "antagonist" don't mean "good guy" and "bad guy," they just mean the main character and the person (or thing) that's working against (or just in the way of) what the main character is trying to achieve.
Protagonists and antagonists are both essential characters in a story, but they propel the plot in different and usually opposite ways: The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.
Yes. I've gotten so frustrated with people thinking "protagonist" is equivalent to "good guy," that I've stopped using it altogether, and now use the word "subject" instead. For some reason, people understand exactly what I mean when I say "subject." This is the term they use in documentaries, btw. It makes since because in a documentary there are no "bad guys" or "good guys," and even terms like "protagonist" and "antagonist" don't really apply either. I think in modern narrative film making, this is the way it should be. Just an acted out "fictional documentary" where the "facts" are captured and presented. Any other interpretations should be left in the hands of the audience.
The crazy thing about that scene is they did that shot like 5 or 6 times over a two day shoot (the logistics of all the extras was next-level complicated,), and they ended up using the first take.
You guys are right . They lost control. They didn’t listen to Pauly who is the senior of the operation. He warned everyone to stay out of drugs from the beginning. Pauly cared about his operation and his people and they completely disrespect him.
That what was ultimately the downfall of the Wise Guys. The lost respect of the order of things. The new generation had no morals and snitched on one another.
Yeah but that's like a legit big reason that killed mafia. You wasn't supposed to be dabbling with drugs and in the end Everyone was. Was it just selling or on top recretional use or addiction. Because the margins in coke and heroine was and is soo ridiculously high compared to the work of illegal gambling, "protection" money and all of the hustling. You just sell a key and get proper big bucks, it was bound to happen that everyone dabbled in it. Even fear of death couldn't keep people away from selling and then it was like yeahyeah we "don't do that stuff" while everyone does.. Then you add how in 70's it was just suddenly pretty much too much coke to even sell. So it came thru Miami everywhere (and other places but Miami got absolutely Wreecked as a city for it).
It wasn't Paulie, in the real world it was Carlo Gambino and the other members of the commision that condoned drugs, it was a death sentence to any crew that got mixed up in drugs, it all started to really change with the heroin trade and with what is now known as The French Connection.
When Henry and Karen Hill decided to testify against the mob to save their own lives, and they were talking with the federal agent about going into witness protection ("I don't want to go anywhere that's cold."), the "actor" playing the agent was the actual, real-life federal agent who handled the Hills. And the conversation they're having on-screen is, word for word, the conversation that agent had with the Hills.
DeNiro's character didn't kill all those people because he was paranoid. He killed them because the robbery that the money came from was HUGE, the Feds were looking for them, and the one thing that gets dumb criminals caught after a big robbery is the authorities noticing them suddenly flashing a bunch of cash and huge purchases all around town. He told them all to lay low and don't spend the money until the heat dies down, but they immediately started showing up with new cars, furs, etc. They were going to be on the police's radar, get themselves questioned, and that put DeNiro's character (and the rest of them) in danger of getting caught. He killed them to keep their stupidity and lack of self control from putting him in prison.
And doesn't even show them as bad as they actually were. All of them were nightmares. Henry let his little son shoot an uzi, and he and Karen both left piles of coke around the house with their little children wandering around.
@dudermcdudeface3674 Dads let their kids shoot all the time, that's not necessarily bad parenting or dangerous You said as bad as they actually were and listed 2 things that Hunter Biden does in the white house 😂😂 also 2 of the mildest simplest things that could happen in a mobsters life
It was never mentioned in the movie, but the real "Spider" owed a sizable debt to the Lucchese family and worked it off serving drinks from the bar. That's why he kept working for them and couldn't just quit after taking a round to the foot.
Hannah, this is technically American Italian Gangster history 101! This was the unfortunate reality of the Mafia. These are real life events that actually happened. Real life people! There are always entertainment liberties with any fact based film, but, Ash’s reactions are pretty normal. No one condones the actions of these people, but, it DID happen. Love you both so much!❤
Perhaps not as much anymore, but plenty of people condone these kinds of actions. There are gangsters all over the world. Especially the Italians, it's a part of their culture to glorify blood, violence & murder. Just think of the gladiators in Roman coliseums. They're part of the outlook that might makes right, there's nothing wrong with being self-serving at the cost of others & if you don't focus on yourself, you're a weak, stupid sucker. This is at the heart of all crime.
@@believeume122She's got serious issues, telling ash that she's ashamed of him for laughing,my days ,she thinks all men will tip toe around her, she's why id rather stay single
LOL Hannah just having a mental breakdown the entire time watching a gangster movie is too funny.... Shocked she had no idea this is what this movie was like and how gangsters are.
@@winstonpeanutbutter yeah i hear ya, i've been following these 2 for a while, love their channel and chemistry. I had a bad day and lashed out. Apologies to the lovely Hannah 🙏
Yeah this is a movie about betrayal.. and in real life Henry apparently was one of the worst of them, a low gangster, but a high ranked snitch/informant
Yep, Hannah got a bit scared. She's thinking: "he identifies with these guys, what if he'd become like them if the opportunity presented itself. Probably not the crime thing, but he sure as hell could cheat on me."
“Each savage event was a catalyst for the next. And by the time the violence reached epic proportion, I couldn't see it. Blood was every color.”-John Teller
Tommy is terrifying in GoodFellas in spite of his size. In real life, Tommy was 6'4" and much younger...just 28 when he was killed. He was a young, towering, physically intimidating psychopath.
It's wild how different you both can see the same movie. Ash has the reaction most people had when they first saw it. Hannah feels she's watching a documentary
The "funny" scene was actually based on a real-life incident where Joe Pesci, who worked as a bartender, was attending to a mobster and gave him a compliment by saying he was funny but the mobster got angry. Scorsese decided to use this as an unscripted scene; Pesci and Ray Liotta were the only ones aware of this scene so they improvised it to make the other actors' nervous reactions to be genuine.
Lmfao this isn't true. Pessi has made it clear many many times that this scene was not improvised. EVERYONE in the scene was aware of what was happening. Quit spreading this false story already lol
@@johnLennon255When I say improvised, I took that to mean it was "improvised" in the eyes of the other actors who weren't aware that this scene was being filmed and whose reactions were real. It was secretly rehearsed by Pesci and Liotta. It's not false that Joe Pesci experienced an incident similar to this nor is it false that Scorsese didn't include this in the script.
@@johnLennon255 it was rehearsed a few times but only Pesci, Liotta and Martin saw that rehearsing, none of the other crew knew how that scene was going to be. Also, Scorsese never made a script for that story, every single time they rehearse it, it was improvised, every single word, so yeah, that counts as such. You can hear more about it here: "Ray Liotta reveals the origins of that iconic 'How Am I Funny?' scene from Goodfellas"
"I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?" Iconic scene, it's just so frenetic! Goes from entertaining to intimidating to hilarious so fast.
And, it was a real-life event that happened to Joe Pesci when he was working as a waiter at a place in New Jersey When an Italian mobster put him in the same position as Henry
The scene when they eat at his mom’s was so natural, because Scorsese told them to ad lib, which is why it feels so real. I have this movie poster in my house, it’s one of my faves.
Scorsese also didn’t tell his mother that there was supposed to be a body in the trunk of the car, because Tommy’s mother wouldn’t have known. He just told her, “your son and his friends come over late at night and you make them food.”
Got it wrong Ash, these guys were all narcissist, sociopaths and psychopaths. They, including Paulie, don't give a rat's azz about each other, only what they can get from each other.
That's a reductive way to view people like that, it's easy to label em so that you pretend like they're less human or completely disconnected from humanity but its not true narcissists, sociopaths even psychopaths can have legitimate relationships & emotions with others, in fact I'd say alot of normal people are a bad year away from possibly being sociopathic, it's not good but it isn't inhuman or alien it's pretty common. Hell, Pauly gave Henry that last bit of cash just because he felt it was the right thing to do it didn't benefit him at all.
@@user-ze8yy8jg1f LOL! I never wrote that people today aren't the same way professor Einstein!!!! But not everyone then, or now, is a complete turd like these guys were!!!
Lol I guess you've never dealt with a female that was so full of rage she loses all control of her emotions. Hannahs a bit dramatic, but a female at that point will kill you 😂
It does get to be too much at times but her role here is to be the sensitive one to play off Ash's humor and silliness. A little less would go a long way. Still a good reaction, though
The irony that he's playing a character who in real life was an over 6 ft tall, 200-something pound, behemoth, with a small mustache, who was far more violent.
"A Bronx Tale" with Robert De Niro is also adored as one of the truly great Italian gangster movies. Also, not sure if you've seen it, but "The Departed" is a fantastic movie about the Irish mob. You can never go wrong with a Martin Scorcese film
Hannah appreciates that, in the end, they didn't try to manipulate audiences into empathizing with the gangsters, which is an important point, because most of the time Hollywood does try to pull at heartstrings to exploit our feelings. If they tried too hard to spin Henry as a victim and make you feel bad for him, it would be unearned, especially after all the terrible things he had done or turned a blind eye to. He is humanized only insofar as a brutal gangster could be in 2.25 hours. It keeps the movie honest and not cheesy.
The movie does a neat trick because the first half or two thirds makes the gangster lifestyle look appealing, even glamorous. It does pull in most people initially. We feel a fantasy connection. But the main characters act more and more scandalously and heinously, so at some point we are disillusioned. Maybe it’s Henry’s girlfriends, maybe it’s when spider gets killed, or maybe after the Lufthansa heist, when Eric Clapton does the piano solo of Layla. But there’s a handful of people that have bought the dream and remain fully invested.
Judt a note, Henry ended up getting kicked out of witness protection in 1987. He died in 2012 of a heart attack at 69-70 (can't remember which) years old.
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Hanna is spot on in that Jimmy didn't love Tommy as a person.
The real life version was more complicated. Paulie had an affair with Karen while Henry was locked up. Real life Tommy finds out and tries to get a piece from Karen, too. Karen fights him off and tells Paulie. Paulie is mad at the disrespect shown to him. When Paulie found out who really killed Billy Bats, he handed Tommy over to the Gambinos for execution. Word has it he was tortured to death, possibly by John Gotti, a friend of Billy Bats. The TH-cam crime docs are great.
I love you two and your reviews are freaking fantastic. This movie is riveting and very real. I grew up in NYC and this life is real. Very historic events that these guys were tied to. It’s amazing how great this cast is and how many went on to act in other mob movies/series like the Bronx Tale and the Sopranos.
Billy bats and Joe Pesci have such a great relationship in real life they were best friends growing up. Also in the movie casino, Joe Pesci asked the producer Martin Scorsese to give the role of his right hand man to Frank Vincent aka Billy Bats.
In the book Henry states Tommy would test out his new fire arms on random civilians. If he wasn’t a gangster he would’ve become a serial killer One day the pair were walking down the street when Tommy tells Henry “Hey watch this” suddenly Tommy pulls out his revolver, shooting a random man in the head. Both Henry and Tommy dash off. Upon reaching a safe hiding place Henry asks “what’s wrong with you?!” Tommy simply replied “what can I say im a cold cat.” Paulie was also crazy. Once beating a waitress with a bat to a pulp, breaking her collarbone. Because she told his wife they were fooling around. Paulie and Karen were also sleeping with each other. This wasn’t shown in the film tho Jimmy was the worse. It wasn’t rare to find ppl who wronged him chopped into tiny pieces in trunks. This struct terror into other ppl so he wasn’t messed with. An Irishman feared by the Italians. Something rare.
Sal Polosi hated the real Tommy (because Tommy murdered his best friend), but Sal's interpretation of was a deeply insecure kid who kept lashing out with violence to try to impress his Mob superiors. He didn't really view Tommy as a Psychopath as such, but rather someone deeply immature who was trying to prove himself.
@@libertatemadvocatus1797yeah this is true. Tommy’s father was in a Los Angeles Crime family if i remember correctly his father became a rat so he felt like he had something to prove since his father was a rat
@@ceevio_artyeah, and it’s terrifying because irl Tommy was 6ft+ and spent his days lifting weights. He beat a biker to death infront of his crew and the bikers did nothing to save their man due to the fear
@@ReviewCart69 Tommy's Uncle was the boss of the Los Angeles Mafia Family and had reputation of being somewhat soft and later died of heart attack. One of Tommy's brothers snitched and was murdered and that's one of the reasons why Tommy was so insecure.
@@justsomelizardwithatophat.367 it's not parasocial to say something like that isn't good for a relationship. they didn't make some deep overstepping assumptions, just a rightful observation that could apply to anyones relationship
When Paulie introduces Jimmy to Henry, he refers to him as " The kid Henry." The reason for this is because behind the scenes, Paul Sorvino ( paulie) could never remember Crhistopher Serrone's real name, so when he wanted to talk to him, he would ask "Where's the kid henry?"( meaning the younger Henry). Martin Scorsese ( the director) thought it fit, so he left it in the scene. Also, Henry has passed on since this movie. Henry was a guest on the Howard Stern show several times.
One of the greatest movies of all time! The Spider bit was 100% true. The real Tommy did kill Stacks like in the movie. And they killed him under the belief they were gonna make him. Henry Hill admitted, sad as it was to loose Tommy, he was very relieved when he died because he saw how big a psycho he was.
fun fact: one of the guys they mentioned in that bar scene, Michael Franzese, left the life and now has a successful youtube channel, as well as other things like motivational speaking. He hasn't actually directly involved with Henry's people very much because he was part of a different mob family, but he WAS around at that time in history. He's an interesting guy and definitely worth watching.
The rest are Gonefellas. He’s the only guy mentioned there who is still alive now, and one of only two who outlived Henry (the other being Frank Manzo, but only by a few months). Tommy DeSimone was actually just a year (and three days) older than Michael, but even if he hadn’t met his end back then, I don’t think he would also still be living by now.
@@Abcdefg-tf7cu Maybe. I guess I wouldn't know for sure, but it doesn't make a lot of sense for him to whitewash the reputation of a group he's not a part of anymore. To be fair, he was more of a racketeer than a thug, so that probably affects his perception of how things were.
Getting cheated on is NO excuse to point a gun at your husband's face, what so ever. No one would be saying that if a man pointed a gun at his wife's face for cheating... He had every right to slap her off him before she made the mistake of pulling the trigger. That's self defense. "She is not the nuts one, but did she deserve that?" (in reference to Henry slapping her and pointing gun at her face, giving her a taste of her own medicine).
Stfu. It’s a movie, and Hill was a notorious liar. It probably never took place. And if it did, as it was portrayed in the movie, it was after years of gas lighting, and mental, physical abuse.
@@miller496 If it 'probably' never took place, why are you losing your 💩 over a comment a stranger made? I am basing my comment on the movie, not the real life version of events and we only know what a movie shows and it shows he never physically abused his wife, gaslighting and lying is still no excuse to point a gun to your husband's head. Only excuse for ever using a gun is self defense.
@@Elizabeth-iv3gn I don’t think I lost my shit at all 🤷 Why do you think I lost my shit? Because I said stfu? If you had any insight into Henry Hill’s life, you would know that he was a pathological liar, drunk and drug addict, and that 80% of Goodfellas cannot be corroborated. And that the vast majority of it has been debunked by the government enacting the RICO act on organized crime. Hundreds of gangsters that knew, and interacted with Hill have said he is a liar. For you to get all bent out of shape because of a more than likely fictitious scenario portrayed in my favourite movie…..says a lot about you. No matter the gender, sticking a snub nosed .38 revolver in someone’s face….is not cool.
Believe it or not, Tommy actually did those things and was more of a psychopath in real life than depicted in the film. Also, Paul Sorvino, who played Paulie, was apparently one of the nicest people you could meet. When he got the role, he didn't know how to play someone so ruthless. One day, at home, he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. The look he saw scared him and that's the cold stare you see in the film. An incredible actor, may he rest in peace. His daughter is Mira Sorvino.
In real life, Tommy suspected one of his mistresses was an informant (she wasn't), so he and Jimmy Burke cut her head off and dumped her body in a lake. Both him and Jimmy, like many, were total pieces of shit, and Goodfellas was way toned down.
I understand Ash's criticism of the ending. However, it's based on a true story. So they couldn't just change it completely, it's not fiction like The Godfather is. Otherwise the ending could for example have been all 3 of them getting killed at the end, not just Tommy. As they all killed Billy Batts together. Would have made sense, and would have made a better ending.
What no one understands is why Tommy in the restaurant scene started trouble with the owner. The way the mob works is that Paulie would've told Tommy to do that knowing the owner would come to him for protection, which he did, and giving him a piece of the restaurant..that's how extortion works sometimes in the mafia. That's why Tommy said to Henry "your suppose to be doing this stuff too ya know" Also, Paulie wasn't a nice guy. Selling drugs is against the rules and its a death sentence..plus Paulie was sleeping with Karen behind Henry's back in real life.
The scene with Pesci's mum where you said it was so natural was completely improvised. That was actually Martin Scorcese's mother just acting like herself.
She's freaking out about the violence in the first ten min. and I'm like: "Oh God...she hasn't even met Tommy yet 😅." This is not gonna go well for her.
There's kind of a trilogy here, because of the actors involved, when they came out, who directed, the stories they tell. And there's kind of an order. This, then Casino and finally, A Bronx Tale! All 3 are fantastic. I actually like a Bronx Tale the best. It has real heart to it.
Yeah, and then Ash said the real story added stuff they didn't need to, I chuckled. The Godfather was great, but there was a lot of things they could have cut. It definitely drags for me in places.
The actor who played the gangster that was preparing the sauce in the prison cooking scene is the father of Martin Scorsese. The actor who played Paul Cicero, the late, great Paul Sorvino wrote a cookbook with his wife. The real Henry Hill wrote a cookbook and owned a restaurant after the release of the movie Joe Pesci has shared his own cooking tips and recipes on television and he released an album after the success of the film. He started out as a singer and used to know several mob figures living in New Jersey ( born and raised ) and used a conversation with a mob associate for the inspiration for the " How am I funny? Funny how? " scene. Henry Hill said 95 percent of Pesci's performance was spot on. The big difference was that the real Tommy was 6'2 and 240 pounds while Pesci was 5'4. Frank Vincent who played Billy Batts was a former mob associate and enforcer before becoming a actor. He would later star in Casino and the Sopranos. Former mob boss Michael Franzese remarked that Henry Hill never looked as good as Ray Liotta. Henry was unremarkable in looks and height while Liotta had the look of a movie star and a height of 6'2. Lorraine Bracco was discovered at 15 years old and began modeling in Europe before her first appearance in Animal House. One of Henry and Karen's daughters was played by her daughter, Stella Keitel, her father is the great actor Harvey Keitel. Frank Dileo, one of Paul's crew men was the manager of Michael Jackson for several years.
Ray Liotta, who played Henry, was grieving the recent passing of his mother when they filmed the scene where he beats down the guy who assaulted his wife, so he used a lot of his real life rage in that scene.
The real story is even crazier. The real Tommy was a monster , built like a line backer and was even more dangerous and murderous according to stories from Henry Hill. The book Wiseguys is a great read and the audiobook is also a big recommendation if you prefer audiobooks.
Henry Hill was rumoured to have been just as bad as (the real) Tommy & Jimmy, despite what he said himself about his life. So his character in this film needs to be taken with a huge pinch of salt. They were all evil, murderous, sub-human scum, Henry included.
Yeah, and even if it was true that he “wasn’t as bad”, that still makes Henry a willing accessory to a lot of bad stuff. His hands certainly weren’t clean of what that crew did, direct participant or not.
oh Hannah. you and my mom have this problem of not seeing a FILM for what it is - a piece of art. art imitates life. it already started with BASED ON A TRUE STORY. either way, you gotta roll with and recognize a masterpiece even one as violent and fucked up as this one.
The real Henry Hill used to call into the Howard Stern show. Howard got him to tell alot of gangster stories. Henry was usually drunk or high and you could tell he lived a tortured life
The brilliance of Joe Pesci's career in one scene. Can play the center of attention and funniest person in the room yet become the most intimidating 5'4" person who ever existed.
Yeah him threatening to assault Sinead O'Connor for her condemning the catholic church for abusing her was the true mark of a wonderful human. He can act, but the man's a hateful little prick.
It was really fun following the movie with you. But I like the "going down" move you made with your hand to describe how the rythm of the movie got downhill after Pesci's death. It's a rise and fall structure, it's on purpose ! You may live an exciting life as a gangster but it's inevitably going to end up for the worst someday, crime never pays.
Your're my favorite reactors!! Please react to "CASINO" (1995) a true story with Robert De Nior | Sharon Stone | Joe Pesci. It is the most accurate film about how Las Vegas works!
9:38 what’s crazy is I genuinely believe that Hannah would go to the hospital with a stranger to make sure they’re alright .. you’re built different.. you’re a legit pure soul. Don’t ever change
Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci. The real Henry Hill died of a heart attack at age 69 in 2012 due to years of alcohol and cocaine addiction.
Hannah, don't get so mad at Ash for laughing at crazy parts in the movie. Ash laughs because it's nervous laughter. It's a defense mechanism, a way to regulate other emotions underneath, deal with stress, and deal with any possible social anxiety. It's okay to laugh at over-the-top things in a movie.
@jmurdock8303... I would expect so as well... That's her man. Yet seeing how visibly angry his laughing at over-the-top situations in movies makes her, I just want her to understand why he might be doing it. No harm intended. I'll stay in my lane if that'll make you feel better.
Thank you so much for this reaction! As for the ending, I think Ebert really summed it up best when he talked about how it’s a film about a criminal’s guilt, but it’s the worst kind of guilt - he doesn’t regret doing all this horrible stuff at the end, he only regrets that he can’t do it anymore.
Little known fact: the comedy film My Blue Heaven is an unofficial sequel to this movie. Steve Martin plays Henry Hill in witness protection. Rick Moranis plays Hill's FBI handler. It's a ridiculous film, but it's funny.
Yes. Nora Ephron made "My Blue Heaven". She was married to Nicholas Pelligi who wrote the book "Goodfellas" is based on. She of course saw Henry Hill being in witness protection as a comedy. Not her best movie, but pretty funny.
There is a great story from Michael Franzese where he took his wife to the cinema to watch this and then was introduced in one of the sequences and then had to leave because his wife didnt think he was a mobster. Also the wig guy was the actual landlord of Robert DeNiro
Goodfellas is scorsese's best film and one of the all time greats. Please watch Once Upon a Time in America, I know its 4 hours long but it's defo worth it. Very sad but beautiful at the same time and a true perfect film.
@@Enochelias007the first half of once upon a time in America was pretty classic, but the second half though? What was up with all this weird sexual stuff, they showed their weiners to the secretary, and then the robbery, and de Niros character went on that date and he assaulted the girl
Once upon a time in America is a flawed, but still great, movie. Some bits don't make sense, but others are so impactful- I'm thinking of the kid being shot, Jennifer Connelly dancing (had a childhood crush on her- she's about my age), and James Woods being a general asshole (some things don't change 😂). Worth a watch, just have to be patient.
Ash saying fumes are the reason he can't paint is sending me. 😂 You could always use a painter's mask, you know 😷. With them soft hands... tell the truth, your ass just don't want to paint 🤣
I once got a free dinner from the real Henry Hill when he opened up a restaurant later in life. Not long after that it closed down when there was a fire there. Hmm.
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Fun Fact: When Paulie slapped Henry, he was improvising. It wasn't in the script. That's Ray Liotta's actual shocked reaction that he just got slapped 😆
Truly appreciate yav earned ya money that day 😂😂
@@dandybanana twas a good schlapp indeed! I felt that shmack thru the screen! Lol
@@HughJainus a ballsey move 😄
The woman playing Tommys mom is actually Martin Scorsese mom in real life. She.has played in so many Italian gangster movies. Her scene wasn't scripted she was just told to be an Italian mom
RIP mama Scorsese.
@Reaction-Addict @ carol Hart she sure is ,
OH! I always thought that scene shined in this movie. The love was so natural. Felt like a family movie short.
She was Carmella's Mom in the Sopranos
Not only that but she also cooked meals for the cast during filming which definitely added to this feeling natural.
Lorraine Bracco was offered the role of Carmela Soprano. She turned it down because she already played a mob wife in this. So she took the role of the therapist.
@@billthomas478 wahaat
Still super hot tho
@@jian5568No. He was engaged three times and married twice. None of that was to Lorraine Bracco.
@@billthomas478 no, she was married to Harvey Keitel (Mr. Wolf from "Pulp Fiction"). She was never in a relationship with James Gandolfini.
I had NO IDEA that was her! I've watched both more times than I can count and I had no idea 😵💫
Henry lived across the street from me, on First Hill in Seattle. He never shut up about being a gangster, and was a known drug dealer. He had a bulldog named Scarface, and the chick he lived with was an even bigger loud mouth than him. Witness protection gave up trying to keep him hidden, and he was arrested for cocaine dealing.
Awesome!
a born loser
That’s amazing 😂
That would've been fkn annoying. I'm sure you were glad he got pinched.
So they did actually end up sending him somewhere cold 😂
Fun fact: the real Tommy DeSimone stood at the height of 6'2" and just like in the movie was a complete fucking maniac, some members of his gang were actually relieved he was taken out
He was far more crazy in real life
but man he was FINE 😍😍😍
In his mugshot, he looks eerily like Ted Bundy (it’s the eyes).
@@sarahbeatles420 Joe Pecsi ? Or Tommy DeSimone ?
@@sarahbeatles420 If you like dating psychopaths. Some women did date him though from what I understand. Some truly beautiful women.
Please understand that PROTAGONIST doesn't mean HERO or VIRTUOUS or RELATABLE, protagonist just means the center figure of the story we are following.
Not to mention the protagonist is usually meant to be someone who's ACTIVE, which means, that they're the ones who are pushing the story forward through their own independent actions.
But if the plot is mostly dictated and driven by external forces, then it may lead to the protagonist being PASSIVE, if they don't do anything but serve as a "surrogate" for the audience so we (the viewers) are able to witness the story going on around them.
With that said, you can use external forces, if your protagonist is REACTIVE. Which means that while everything that happens gets inflicted upon the protagonist, it's how they react to what's thrown at them, that defines their character.
Exactly. If the first "Star Wars" movie followed Darth Vader around as he tried to retrieve the stolen Death Star plans while a group of rebels tried to stop him, then Vader would be the protagonist of that story and Ben Kenobi would be his antagonist. "Protagonist" and "antagonist" don't mean "good guy" and "bad guy," they just mean the main character and the person (or thing) that's working against (or just in the way of) what the main character is trying to achieve.
Protagonists and antagonists are both essential characters in a story, but they propel the plot in different and usually opposite ways: The protagonist works toward the central story goals, while the antagonist works against the goals.
Yes. I've gotten so frustrated with people thinking "protagonist" is equivalent to "good guy," that I've stopped using it altogether, and now use the word "subject" instead.
For some reason, people understand exactly what I mean when I say "subject."
This is the term they use in documentaries, btw. It makes since because in a documentary there are no "bad guys" or "good guys," and even terms like "protagonist" and "antagonist" don't really apply either. I think in modern narrative film making, this is the way it should be. Just an acted out "fictional documentary" where the "facts" are captured and presented. Any other interpretations should be left in the hands of the audience.
yeah they said that exactly in the reaction lol
One of the best scenes in movie history, when Henry takes Karen to dinner at the fancy night club, that entire scene, shot all in one take.
Exactly and they didn’t even show it
The crazy thing about that scene is they did that shot like 5 or 6 times over a two day shoot (the logistics of all the extras was next-level complicated,), and they ended up using the first take.
yeah great shot
@user-ul4uz6vo9o oh he's not all that bad, just an urker once in a while.
@@Kronicdice23yeah cuz they talked over the entire scene 🤦♂️
You guys are right . They lost control. They didn’t listen to Pauly who is the senior of the operation. He warned everyone to stay out of drugs from the beginning. Pauly cared about his operation and his people and they completely disrespect him.
That what was ultimately the downfall of the Wise Guys. The lost respect of the order of things. The new generation had no morals and snitched on one another.
Paulie was the Capo
Even Jimmy Warn to Henry about using Drugs as well
Yeah but that's like a legit big reason that killed mafia. You wasn't supposed to be dabbling with drugs and in the end Everyone was. Was it just selling or on top recretional use or addiction. Because the margins in coke and heroine was and is soo ridiculously high compared to the work of illegal gambling, "protection" money and all of the hustling. You just sell a key and get proper big bucks, it was bound to happen that everyone dabbled in it. Even fear of death couldn't keep people away from selling and then it was like yeahyeah we "don't do that stuff" while everyone does..
Then you add how in 70's it was just suddenly pretty much too much coke to even sell. So it came thru Miami everywhere (and other places but Miami got absolutely Wreecked as a city for it).
It wasn't Paulie, in the real world it was Carlo Gambino and the other members of the commision that condoned drugs, it was a death sentence to any crew that got mixed up in drugs, it all started to really change with the heroin trade and with what is now known as The French Connection.
When Henry and Karen Hill decided to testify against the mob to save their own lives, and they were talking with the federal agent about going into witness protection ("I don't want to go anywhere that's cold."), the "actor" playing the agent was the actual, real-life federal agent who handled the Hills. And the conversation they're having on-screen is, word for word, the conversation that agent had with the Hills.
DeNiro's character didn't kill all those people because he was paranoid. He killed them because the robbery that the money came from was HUGE, the Feds were looking for them, and the one thing that gets dumb criminals caught after a big robbery is the authorities noticing them suddenly flashing a bunch of cash and huge purchases all around town. He told them all to lay low and don't spend the money until the heat dies down, but they immediately started showing up with new cars, furs, etc. They were going to be on the police's radar, get themselves questioned, and that put DeNiro's character (and the rest of them) in danger of getting caught. He killed them to keep their stupidity and lack of self control from putting him in prison.
And b/c he didn’t want to share the money.
@@attitudeproblem6462Bingo
You're right but they were talking during crucial dialogue and Ash just assumed they were all on coke.
Goodfellas was iconic because it showed gangsters as they truly were; violent, sadistic thugs
And doesn't even show them as bad as they actually were. All of them were nightmares. Henry let his little son shoot an uzi, and he and Karen both left piles of coke around the house with their little children wandering around.
Awesome movie I still have on DVD
@dudermcdudeface3674 Dads let their kids shoot all the time, that's not necessarily bad parenting or dangerous
You said as bad as they actually were and listed 2 things that Hunter Biden does in the white house 😂😂 also 2 of the mildest simplest things that could happen in a mobsters life
Violent, sadistic thugs. But likeable violent, sadistic thugs.
In short: Flawed human beings. Yet, they have less blood on their hands than many white-shirt wearing politicians.
It was never mentioned in the movie, but the real "Spider" owed a sizable debt to the Lucchese family and worked it off serving drinks from the bar. That's why he kept working for them and couldn't just quit after taking a round to the foot.
Hannah, this is technically American Italian Gangster history 101! This was the unfortunate reality of the Mafia. These are real life events that actually happened. Real life people! There are always entertainment liberties with any fact based film, but, Ash’s reactions are pretty normal. No one condones the actions of these people, but, it DID happen. Love you both so much!❤
Perhaps not as much anymore, but plenty of people condone these kinds of actions. There are gangsters all over the world. Especially the Italians, it's a part of their culture to glorify blood, violence & murder. Just think of the gladiators in Roman coliseums. They're part of the outlook that might makes right, there's nothing wrong with being self-serving at the cost of others & if you don't focus on yourself, you're a weak, stupid sucker. This is at the heart of all crime.
My mistake... didn't add the American, but see above.
It's ruining the reaction to be honest.
@@believeume122 How can her honest reaction be "ruining a reaction"?? Can't cope with a perspective different than yours?
@@believeume122She's got serious issues, telling ash that she's ashamed of him for laughing,my days ,she thinks all men will tip toe around her, she's why id rather stay single
RIP Ray Liotta.
LOL Hannah just having a mental breakdown the entire time watching a gangster movie is too funny.... Shocked she had no idea this is what this movie was like and how gangsters are.
No one reacts like this naturally watching a gangster movie. Unless they're either acting or mentally unstable...
@@joelbarishYou're deeping this way too hard, some people just don't enjoy graphic films.
@@winstonpeanutbutter yeah i hear ya, i've been following these 2 for a while, love their channel and chemistry. I had a bad day and lashed out. Apologies to the lovely Hannah 🙏
@@joelbarishI actually agree with you, and remember, she Is an actress. That's my opinion yet, I still enjoyed the reaction. No apologies
"You can tell [paulie's] chest smells good"
*jots down in notebook* Ash... Is into bears.
He's a furry.
Big Beautiful Bears
Ash's life flashed before his eyes when he told Hanna it was cool that henry was cheating lol
He's gonna wake up with Hanna looming over him like Karen did Henry.
Ash was living his best life and then Hannah shot him a glance. 😅
Hannah doesn't under gangstas need side pieces
Yeah this is a movie about betrayal.. and in real life Henry apparently was one of the worst of them, a low gangster, but a high ranked snitch/informant
Yep, Hannah got a bit scared. She's thinking: "he identifies with these guys, what if he'd become like them if the opportunity presented itself. Probably not the crime thing, but he sure as hell could cheat on me."
“Each savage event was a catalyst for the next. And by the time the violence reached epic proportion, I couldn't see it. Blood was every color.”-John Teller
Tommy is terrifying in GoodFellas in spite of his size. In real life, Tommy was 6'4" and much younger...just 28 when he was killed. He was a young, towering, physically intimidating psychopath.
It's wild how different you both can see the same movie. Ash has the reaction most people had when they first saw it. Hannah feels she's watching a documentary
The "funny" scene was actually based on a real-life incident where Joe Pesci, who worked as a bartender, was attending to a mobster and gave him a compliment by saying he was funny but the mobster got angry. Scorsese decided to use this as an unscripted scene; Pesci and Ray Liotta were the only ones aware of this scene so they improvised it to make the other actors' nervous reactions to be genuine.
Lmfao this isn't true. Pessi has made it clear many many times that this scene was not improvised. EVERYONE in the scene was aware of what was happening. Quit spreading this false story already lol
@@johnLennon255When I say improvised, I took that to mean it was "improvised" in the eyes of the other actors who weren't aware that this scene was being filmed and whose reactions were real. It was secretly rehearsed by Pesci and Liotta.
It's not false that Joe Pesci experienced an incident similar to this nor is it false that Scorsese didn't include this in the script.
@@johnLennon255 it was rehearsed a few times but only Pesci, Liotta and Martin saw that rehearsing, none of the other crew knew how that scene was going to be. Also, Scorsese never made a script for that story, every single time they rehearse it, it was improvised, every single word, so yeah, that counts as such. You can hear more about it here: "Ray Liotta reveals the origins of that iconic 'How Am I Funny?' scene from Goodfellas"
"I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?" Iconic scene, it's just so frenetic! Goes from entertaining to intimidating to hilarious so fast.
And, it was a real-life event that happened to Joe Pesci when he was working as a waiter at a place in New Jersey
When an Italian mobster put him in the same position as Henry
Lol, thanks to "Animaniacs", I think of the Goodfeathers and Pesto every time.
Hanna's reaction to this shows the need for a Sopranos reaction.
GABAGOOL?!
OVAH HERE!!
Oh that would be heaven
Seems like they've seen it. Ash recognized Lorraine Bracco from the Sopranos.
@@normie2716 Ash saw it. no way she watched it, she has her own tv reaction channel.
@@normie2716 So what, no fuckin' ziti now?
You guys are legitimately the funniest reactors on youtube.
That leather car seat conversation was gold
The best part of the video is when your wife gets mad at you for your comments🤣🤣🤣 you are a genius
"It's old school Italian banter, you've just got to get used to it." Lmao!!!
The scene when they eat at his mom’s was so natural, because Scorsese told them to ad lib, which is why it feels so real. I have this movie poster in my house, it’s one of my faves.
It also helped that Scorsese's actual mother played Tommy's mom.
That's awesome!
Scorsese also didn’t tell his mother that there was supposed to be a body in the trunk of the car, because Tommy’s mother wouldn’t have known. He just told her, “your son and his friends come over late at night and you make them food.”
Hannah: I'm so ashamed of you right now!
Ash: 😂😂😂
Crying watching GoodFellas is crazy 😂
I sooo appreciate it though lol because if I wasn’t desensitized, I can get feeling such emotions. It should anger your average person.
Got it wrong Ash, these guys were all narcissist, sociopaths and psychopaths. They, including Paulie, don't give a rat's azz about each other, only what they can get from each other.
That's a reductive way to view people like that, it's easy to label em so that you pretend like they're less human or completely disconnected from humanity but its not true narcissists, sociopaths even psychopaths can have legitimate relationships & emotions with others, in fact I'd say alot of normal people are a bad year away from possibly being sociopathic, it's not good but it isn't inhuman or alien it's pretty common. Hell, Pauly gave Henry that last bit of cash just because he felt it was the right thing to do it didn't benefit him at all.
You act as if that's any different to what's outside your door right now.
@@user-ze8yy8jg1f facts
@@user-ze8yy8jg1f LOL! I never wrote that people today aren't the same way professor Einstein!!!! But not everyone then, or now, is a complete turd like these guys were!!!
@@user-ze8yy8jg1f Id still rather be stabbed in the back by a stranger than by someone I spent decades with and truly believed were my brother.
Hannah acting like she’s watching Schindlers List
Lol I guess you've never dealt with a female that was so full of rage she loses all control of her emotions. Hannahs a bit dramatic, but a female at that point will kill you 😂
It does get to be too much at times but her role here is to be the sensitive one to play off Ash's humor and silliness.
A little less would go a long way. Still a good reaction, though
Agreed
No she was just acting like a woman. Crazy iz what crazy duz
Fun fact - when Pesci won his Oscar for this film, he gave one of shortest acceptance speeches in Oscars history:
"This my privilege - thank you."
Because he's one of the shortest Oscar winners in history
To be fair, he probably wanted to avoid too much talking, as he'd probably be cracking jokes or start swearing.
The irony that he's playing a character who in real life was an over 6 ft tall, 200-something pound, behemoth, with a small mustache, who was far more violent.
If he had said something funny then... "I'm a clown? I amuse you?"
A short speech from a short guy. 👍
Joe pesci literally played one of the most terrifying bad guys ever in this movie...so good
And then he played in Home Alone as a goofy burglar that got his ass handed to him but a little kid.
He was also great in Casino.
My Cousin Vinny and the Lethal Weapon series
"A Bronx Tale" with Robert De Niro is also adored as one of the truly great Italian gangster movies. Also, not sure if you've seen it, but "The Departed" is a fantastic movie about the Irish mob. You can never go wrong with a Martin Scorcese film
Hannah appreciates that, in the end, they didn't try to manipulate audiences into empathizing with the gangsters, which is an important point, because most of the time Hollywood does try to pull at heartstrings to exploit our feelings. If they tried too hard to spin Henry as a victim and make you feel bad for him, it would be unearned, especially after all the terrible things he had done or turned a blind eye to. He is humanized only insofar as a brutal gangster could be in 2.25 hours. It keeps the movie honest and not cheesy.
That was the point of the movie
The movie does a neat trick because the first half or two thirds makes the gangster lifestyle look appealing, even glamorous. It does pull in most people initially. We feel a fantasy connection. But the main characters act more and more scandalously and heinously, so at some point we are disillusioned. Maybe it’s Henry’s girlfriends, maybe it’s when spider gets killed, or maybe after the Lufthansa heist, when Eric Clapton does the piano solo of Layla.
But there’s a handful of people that have bought the dream and remain fully invested.
This movie along with The Godfather 1 & 2 and Scarface are undoubtedly the pinnacle of gangster movies. Now watch Casino
Goodfellas and both Godfathers are on a different level to Scarface if we’re being honest.
That’s common knowledge
@@pleaseshush9800Scarface is definitely not on this level of filmmaking. Agreed!
@@pleaseshush9800 facts
Don’t also forget “Donnie Brasco”, “Mean Streets”, “Gotti”, “State of Grace” and “Mobsters” as well
Judt a note, Henry ended up getting kicked out of witness protection in 1987. He died in 2012 of a heart attack at 69-70 (can't remember which) years old.
Hanna is spot on in that Jimmy didn't love Tommy as a person.
I disagree. The guy actually freaking cried! lol
@@johnnyskinwalker4095He cried about his muscle being gone. All the plans he had, especially ones in the belief that they were moving up, POOF!
Well for one, the real Tommy was like 28 so it wasn't like they worked together for decades
The real life version was more complicated. Paulie had an affair with Karen while Henry was locked up. Real life Tommy finds out and tries to get a piece from Karen, too. Karen fights him off and tells Paulie. Paulie is mad at the disrespect shown to him. When Paulie found out who really killed Billy Bats, he handed Tommy over to the Gambinos for execution. Word has it he was tortured to death, possibly by John Gotti, a friend of Billy Bats. The TH-cam crime docs are great.
Nope. He probably didn't even like him,,,but he had a use for him.
I love you two and your reviews are freaking fantastic. This movie is riveting and very real. I grew up in NYC and this life is real. Very historic events that these guys were tied to. It’s amazing how great this cast is and how many went on to act in other mob movies/series like the Bronx Tale and the Sopranos.
Billy bats and Joe Pesci have such a great relationship in real life they were best friends growing up. Also in the movie casino, Joe Pesci asked the producer Martin Scorsese to give the role of his right hand man to Frank Vincent aka Billy Bats.
In the book Henry states Tommy would test out his new fire arms on random civilians. If he wasn’t a gangster he would’ve become a serial killer
One day the pair were walking down the street when Tommy tells Henry “Hey watch this” suddenly Tommy pulls out his revolver, shooting a random man in the head. Both Henry and Tommy dash off. Upon reaching a safe hiding place Henry asks “what’s wrong with you?!” Tommy simply replied “what can I say im a cold cat.”
Paulie was also crazy. Once beating a waitress with a bat to a pulp, breaking her collarbone. Because she told his wife they were fooling around. Paulie and Karen were also sleeping with each other. This wasn’t shown in the film tho
Jimmy was the worse. It wasn’t rare to find ppl who wronged him chopped into tiny pieces in trunks. This struct terror into other ppl so he wasn’t messed with. An Irishman feared by the Italians. Something rare.
He was both. Definitely a psychopath.
Sal Polosi hated the real Tommy (because Tommy murdered his best friend), but Sal's interpretation of was a deeply insecure kid who kept lashing out with violence to try to impress his Mob superiors. He didn't really view Tommy as a Psychopath as such, but rather someone deeply immature who was trying to prove himself.
@@libertatemadvocatus1797yeah this is true. Tommy’s father was in a Los Angeles Crime family if i remember correctly his father became a rat so he felt like he had something to prove since his father was a rat
@@ceevio_artyeah, and it’s terrifying because irl Tommy was 6ft+ and spent his days lifting weights. He beat a biker to death infront of his crew and the bikers did nothing to save their man due to the fear
@@ReviewCart69
Tommy's Uncle was the boss of the Los Angeles Mafia Family and had reputation of being somewhat soft and later died of heart attack.
One of Tommy's brothers snitched and was murdered and that's one of the reasons why Tommy was so insecure.
Tommy: (shot in the face)
Hannah: OMG that floor is beautiful
It was a nice floor, especially with all of that blood covering it.
Kiryu Chan!
Ash laughing his ass off while Hannah cries from anger is just one example of why this is the best reaction channel. Their dynamic is unmatched
Good for the channel, not so much for the relationship
@@zedwpdI’m sure they’re fine. They’re watching a movie ffs.
@@zedwpdlet’s not make assumptions like that, it’s kinda parasocial and keep in mind there job is to be entertaining.
@@justsomelizardwithatophat.367 it's not parasocial to say something like that isn't good for a relationship. they didn't make some deep overstepping assumptions, just a rightful observation that could apply to anyones relationship
@@zedwpdm8 you don't know them personally
I've never seen someone get so mad at someone for laughing during a movie lol.
Everytime they'd throw in that "chill daddy" dude, i would bust out laughing 😂😂 cause it would fit in perfect to what he was saying lol
"Daddy chill" is Ash's go-to. When the two of them are extra Randy for whatever reason, "daddy chill" almost plays more than the movie. Hahaha
When Paulie introduces Jimmy to Henry, he refers to him as " The kid Henry." The reason for this is because behind the scenes, Paul Sorvino ( paulie) could never remember Crhistopher Serrone's real name, so when he wanted to talk to him, he would ask "Where's the kid henry?"( meaning the younger Henry). Martin Scorsese ( the director) thought it fit, so he left it in the scene. Also, Henry has passed on since this movie. Henry was a guest on the Howard Stern show several times.
Now that's a fun fact comment if ever ther was 1 ❤
Not to mention Ray Liotta passing....
One of the greatest movies of all time! The Spider bit was 100% true. The real Tommy did kill Stacks like in the movie. And they killed him under the belief they were gonna make him. Henry Hill admitted, sad as it was to loose Tommy, he was very relieved when he died because he saw how big a psycho he was.
Absolutely agree my top ten not that it means f,all
lose*
Correct. Hill said he realized what a psycho Tommy was after he killed Spider...
The only thing that wasn't fact was the whole "shot Tommy in the face so no open coffin" bit. He was never found.
@@Burning_Saints correct
fun fact: one of the guys they mentioned in that bar scene, Michael Franzese, left the life and now has a successful youtube channel, as well as other things like motivational speaking. He hasn't actually directly involved with Henry's people very much because he was part of a different mob family, but he WAS around at that time in history. He's an interesting guy and definitely worth watching.
rat
Michael hasn't posted anything worth watching in years. Most of his stuff now is just him lying to whitewash the mafia's reputation.
The rest are Gonefellas. He’s the only guy mentioned there who is still alive now, and one of only two who outlived Henry (the other being Frank Manzo, but only by a few months).
Tommy DeSimone was actually just a year (and three days) older than Michael, but even if he hadn’t met his end back then, I don’t think he would also still be living by now.
@@Abcdefg-tf7cu Maybe. I guess I wouldn't know for sure, but it doesn't make a lot of sense for him to whitewash the reputation of a group he's not a part of anymore.
To be fair, he was more of a racketeer than a thug, so that probably affects his perception of how things were.
@@0okamino I agree. Tommy would've either been killed on the streets or died in prison, considering the kind of guy he was.
bruh just because he enjoys the movie doesnt mean he condones their actions. LOL
Getting cheated on is NO excuse to point a gun at your husband's face, what so ever. No one would be saying that if a man pointed a gun at his wife's face for cheating... He had every right to slap her off him before she made the mistake of pulling the trigger. That's self defense. "She is not the nuts one, but did she deserve that?" (in reference to Henry slapping her and pointing gun at her face, giving her a taste of her own medicine).
Stfu. It’s a movie, and Hill was a notorious liar. It probably never took place. And if it did, as it was portrayed in the movie, it was after years of gas lighting, and mental, physical abuse.
@@miller496 If it 'probably' never took place, why are you losing your 💩 over a comment a stranger made? I am basing my comment on the movie, not the real life version of events and we only know what a movie shows and it shows he never physically abused his wife, gaslighting and lying is still no excuse to point a gun to your husband's head. Only excuse for ever using a gun is self defense.
@@Elizabeth-iv3gn I don’t think I lost my shit at all 🤷 Why do you think I lost my shit? Because I said stfu? If you had any insight into Henry Hill’s life, you would know that he was a pathological liar, drunk and drug addict, and that 80% of Goodfellas cannot be corroborated. And that the vast majority of it has been debunked by the government enacting the RICO act on organized crime. Hundreds of gangsters that knew, and interacted with Hill have said he is a liar. For you to get all bent out of shape because of a more than likely fictitious scenario portrayed in my favourite movie…..says a lot about you. No matter the gender, sticking a snub nosed .38 revolver in someone’s face….is not cool.
Believe it or not, Tommy actually did those things and was more of a psychopath in real life than depicted in the film.
Also, Paul Sorvino, who played Paulie, was apparently one of the nicest people you could meet. When he got the role, he didn't know how to play someone so ruthless. One day, at home, he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. The look he saw scared him and that's the cold stare you see in the film. An incredible actor, may he rest in peace. His daughter is Mira Sorvino.
Mira was great in "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion".
Funny guy though
Yes they had to tone Tommy down a bit in the movie, he was 100% psycho
@@TheNeonRabbit Funny in what way! Does he amuse you!
In real life, Tommy suspected one of his mistresses was an informant (she wasn't), so he and Jimmy Burke cut her head off and dumped her body in a lake.
Both him and Jimmy, like many, were total pieces of shit, and Goodfellas was way toned down.
I understand Ash's criticism of the ending. However, it's based on a true story. So they couldn't just change it completely, it's not fiction like The Godfather is. Otherwise the ending could for example have been all 3 of them getting killed at the end, not just Tommy. As they all killed Billy Batts together. Would have made sense, and would have made a better ending.
What no one understands is why Tommy in the restaurant scene started trouble with the owner. The way the mob works is that Paulie would've told Tommy to do that knowing the owner would come to him for protection, which he did, and giving him a piece of the restaurant..that's how extortion works sometimes in the mafia. That's why Tommy said to Henry "your suppose to be doing this stuff too ya know"
Also, Paulie wasn't a nice guy. Selling drugs is against the rules and its a death sentence..plus Paulie was sleeping with Karen behind Henry's back in real life.
Is that really true
@mersaedesbarkley3059 Yes. If you read the book Wise Guy that this movie is based on there is way more to this story. I highly recommend it.
And tommy desimone supposedly tried rape Karen
BINGO
@@gravewaxxsupercoven1980The book and the documentaries are very interesting
Tommy in real life (Thomas DeSimone), believe it or not, was even more ruthless and unpredictable than Tommy DeVito in the movie.
Hannah trying to shut down Ash’s laugh was so damn annoying. I usually like Hannah too I’m not hating
Joe Pesci won Best supporting actor in this film. Also watch him again in Lethal Weapon series. He's hilarious in those movies.
The scene with Pesci's mum where you said it was so natural was completely improvised. That was actually Martin Scorcese's mother just acting like herself.
Guys, watch Robert De Niro & Ray Lotia again in Cop Land. Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) & Robert Patrick (T1000). Incredible cast in that movie.
Cop land is FUCKING AWESOME
She's freaking out about the violence in the first ten min. and I'm like: "Oh God...she hasn't even met Tommy yet 😅."
This is not gonna go well for her.
Now you need to see De Niro and Pesci team up again in "Casino." Pesci is off the rails again. Loved it!!
Casino AND The Irishman !!
Bro!! Not gonna lie , 33:35 was one of the best things I saw this year.!! Great reaction as always!!
Facts! I’m dying right now🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@DaRealestEver 😅😂😂
Lmao was gonna comment the same
There's kind of a trilogy here, because of the actors involved, when they came out, who directed, the stories they tell. And there's kind of an order. This, then Casino and finally, A Bronx Tale! All 3 are fantastic. I actually like a Bronx Tale the best. It has real heart to it.
The real trilogy would be this, Casino and The Irishman. De Niro directed Bronx Tale. Great movie though.
@@TheBeatKeepsBeatingAlot of people didn't like the Irishman tho. Even real gangsters like that one dude on TH-cam.
The Departed
The Irishman
That's not trilogy in no way
The difference between Godfather & Goodfellas is that Godfather is a fiction novel & Goodfellas is a true story.
Yeah, and then Ash said the real story added stuff they didn't need to, I chuckled. The Godfather was great, but there was a lot of things they could have cut. It definitely drags for me in places.
Godfather is a collection of different actual stories.
The actor who played the gangster that was preparing the sauce in the prison cooking scene is the father of Martin Scorsese.
The actor who played Paul Cicero, the late, great Paul Sorvino wrote a cookbook with his wife.
The real Henry Hill wrote a cookbook and owned a restaurant after the release of the movie
Joe Pesci has shared his own cooking tips and recipes on television and he released an album after the success of the film. He started out as a singer and used to know several mob figures living in New Jersey ( born and raised ) and used a conversation with a mob associate for the inspiration for the " How am I funny? Funny how? " scene.
Henry Hill said 95 percent of Pesci's performance was spot on. The big difference was that the real Tommy was 6'2 and 240 pounds while Pesci was 5'4.
Frank Vincent who played Billy Batts was a former mob associate and enforcer before becoming a actor. He would later star in Casino and the Sopranos.
Former mob boss Michael Franzese remarked that Henry Hill never looked as good as Ray Liotta. Henry was unremarkable in looks and height while Liotta had the look of a movie star and a height of 6'2.
Lorraine Bracco was discovered at 15 years old and began modeling in Europe before her first appearance in Animal House.
One of Henry and Karen's daughters was played by her daughter, Stella Keitel, her father is the great actor Harvey Keitel.
Frank Dileo, one of Paul's crew men was the manager of Michael Jackson for several years.
Ray Liotta, who played Henry, was grieving the recent passing of his mother when they filmed the scene where he beats down the guy who assaulted his wife, so he used a lot of his real life rage in that scene.
You HAVE to watch Casino and A Bronx Tale!
Can’t wait for this. 😂 now go home and get your shine box
Hahaha 😂
The real story is even crazier. The real Tommy was a monster , built like a line backer and was even more dangerous and murderous according to stories from Henry Hill. The book Wiseguys is a great read and the audiobook is also a big recommendation if you prefer audiobooks.
“She can’t be dating a normal guy named Jeff.” I feel attacked.
😂😂😂😂 love you mate
Henry Hill was rumoured to have been just as bad as (the real) Tommy & Jimmy, despite what he said himself about his life. So his character in this film needs to be taken with a huge pinch of salt. They were all evil, murderous, sub-human scum, Henry included.
Yeah, and even if it was true that he “wasn’t as bad”, that still makes Henry a willing accessory to a lot of bad stuff. His hands certainly weren’t clean of what that crew did, direct participant or not.
The fact that she got this upset over a movie shows that it’s a great movie
lol I love how Hannah is getting hella mad at the gangsters...doing gangster things...in a gangster movie.
oh Hannah. you and my mom have this problem of not seeing a FILM for what it is - a piece of art. art imitates life. it already started with BASED ON A TRUE STORY. either way, you gotta roll with and recognize a masterpiece even one as violent and fucked up as this one.
The real Henry Hill used to call into the Howard Stern show. Howard got him to tell alot of gangster stories. Henry was usually drunk or high and you could tell he lived a tortured life
Hannah is such a kind soul, you guys are the best reactors genuinely ❤
The brilliance of Joe Pesci's career in one scene. Can play the center of attention and funniest person in the room yet become the most intimidating 5'4" person who ever existed.
Yeah him threatening to assault Sinead O'Connor for her condemning the catholic church for abusing her was the true mark of a wonderful human. He can act, but the man's a hateful little prick.
18:04 - “small town”?! It’s NYC, dude.
It was really fun following the movie with you. But I like the "going down" move you made with your hand to describe how the rythm of the movie got downhill after Pesci's death. It's a rise and fall structure, it's on purpose ! You may live an exciting life as a gangster but it's inevitably going to end up for the worst someday, crime never pays.
Dude having Hannah get so angry at you laughing & pulling for the fellas is hilarious & terrifying. Haha
You guys didn't recognize that Spider was played by Michael Imperioli of the Sapranos( Christopher Moltisanti ) Tony Saprano's cousin.
Also Tony who plays paulie walnuts is in the beginning of the movie. He’s one of the guys that roughs up the mailman
Your're my favorite reactors!! Please react to "CASINO" (1995) a true story with Robert De Nior | Sharon Stone | Joe Pesci. It is the most accurate film about how Las Vegas works!
*worked
@@leob4403 Yes, I stand corrected: worked back then.
Laughter is how we cope with the absurdity in life. He's normal and not crazy i promise 😂
9:38 what’s crazy is I genuinely believe that Hannah would go to the hospital with a stranger to make sure they’re alright .. you’re built different.. you’re a legit pure soul. Don’t ever change
Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci.
The real Henry Hill died of a heart attack at age 69 in 2012 due to years of alcohol and cocaine addiction.
Hannah, don't get so mad at Ash for laughing at crazy parts in the movie. Ash laughs because it's nervous laughter. It's a defense mechanism, a way to regulate other emotions underneath, deal with stress, and deal with any possible social anxiety. It's okay to laugh at over-the-top things in a movie.
I think she knows him more than you mate
@ButchyCantYouSee right
@jmurdock8303... I would expect so as well... That's her man. Yet seeing how visibly angry his laughing at over-the-top situations in movies makes her, I just want her to understand why he might be doing it. No harm intended. I'll stay in my lane if that'll make you feel better.
Or just laugh at a film because you know it's actors? Lol.
@MrZeek1519 don't stay on your lane. When you're right, you're right!
The “funny” scene is honestly one of the most tense scenes ever filmed, in my opinion.
Thank you so much for this reaction!
As for the ending, I think Ebert really summed it up best when he talked about how it’s a film about a criminal’s guilt, but it’s the worst kind of guilt - he doesn’t regret doing all this horrible stuff at the end, he only regrets that he can’t do it anymore.
Hannah having a breakdown is what makes these reactions interesting
Han: They're going out every night Ash....
*Ash stares into space*
Gotta love how he can’t watch and enjoy one of the greatest films ever without catching hell from the Mrs.
Little known fact: the comedy film My Blue Heaven is an unofficial sequel to this movie. Steve Martin plays Henry Hill in witness protection. Rick Moranis plays Hill's FBI handler. It's a ridiculous film, but it's funny.
Yes. Nora Ephron made "My Blue Heaven". She was married to Nicholas Pelligi who wrote the book "Goodfellas" is based on. She of course saw Henry Hill being in witness protection as a comedy. Not her best movie, but pretty funny.
7:34 That catches everyone off guard!
There is a great story from Michael Franzese where he took his wife to the cinema to watch this and then was introduced in one of the sequences and then had to leave because his wife didnt think he was a mobster. Also the wig guy was the actual landlord of Robert DeNiro
Goodfellas is scorsese's best film and one of the all time greats. Please watch Once Upon a Time in America, I know its 4 hours long but it's defo worth it. Very sad but beautiful at the same time and a true perfect film.
Nah I turned it off after 15 min. Scorcese made it tooooo daaaamn long
@@shawnshawnmoviereviewsScorcese didn't direct Once Upon a time in america Sergio Leone did
@@Enochelias007the first half of once upon a time in America was pretty classic, but the second half though? What was up with all this weird sexual stuff, they showed their weiners to the secretary, and then the robbery, and de Niros character went on that date and he assaulted the girl
Once upon a time in America is a flawed, but still great, movie. Some bits don't make sense, but others are so impactful- I'm thinking of the kid being shot, Jennifer Connelly dancing (had a childhood crush on her- she's about my age), and James Woods being a general asshole (some things don't change 😂). Worth a watch, just have to be patient.
Hannah really took the piss out of this one didn't she?
this woman married a gay apparently.
Ash saying fumes are the reason he can't paint is sending me. 😂 You could always use a painter's mask, you know 😷. With them soft hands... tell the truth, your ass just don't want to paint 🤣
That moment when you put your foot in your mouth was class. 😂
"Why are you so happy about it?" - Hannah
Also, how did you miss Imperioli? #Sopranos
I once got a free dinner from the real Henry Hill when he opened up a restaurant later in life. Not long after that it closed down when there was a fire there. Hmm.
I have been waiting for this since the community post i love you two ❤😊