1. Goodfellas
There is a surplus of ways one could analyze the hit gangsta flick Goodfellas. Two correlating approaches can be examined through the explicit and implicit meanings of the movie. Probing the general summary of the movie, people can produce deeper meanings that are implied in the film. After using these two forms of analysis one could come to the conclusion that being a gangster is glamorized. However it is implied that in the end, being a "goodfella- will eventually cause the gangster to endure a downward spiral. Thus by the hands of the judicial system, the "goodfellas- may be locked up or even worse meet a violent death.
The movie starts off by informing the viewer that it is based on a true story. This can allow the viewer to assume that all the major points of the film are true. One must take into the consideration that filmmakers will add or change things to the movie for various reasons. However, Henry's character played by Ray Liota is a real one, which allows one to give merit to opinions on the implicit meaning of the film. Life is about learning based on past experiences. By looking at the life of the protagonist Henry, one can use this movie to come up with realistic opinions about living life based on how the viewer interprets the implied meanings of the film.
Through the opening scene of the movie one see's the protagonist standing outside of a car, while two men (Joe Pesci and Robert De Neiro) stab and then shoot a man in the trunk of the automobile. Then the protagonist Henry tells the viewer that, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster-. Then the movie goes on to inform the audience about how he started his life of crime as a teenager. Explicitly, the viewer is told through Henry's narration, about his life and all the perks of being involved with organized crime. Neighbors will not park in Henry's driveway even though his family did not own a car.
Comparison between Characters, Settings and Resolutions in Little Caesar and Goodfellas All movies can be divided into genres. ... The characters used in Little Caesar and Goodfellas are typical of the gangster genre. ... Though in both Little Caesar and Goodfellas, women are used as an aid as well as an object. ... Goodfellas demonstrates the evolution of gangster hideouts that are used in the gangster genre. ... Resolutions for the gangster genre are used correspondingly in both Goodfellas and Little Caesar. ...
The two films I shall be focusing on are "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" (1998, Guy Ritchie) and "GoodFellas" (1990, Martin Scorsese). ... GoodFellas describes the life of one man as travels up a mafia hierarchy. ... In Lock, Stock it is the flogging of stolen goods, in GoodFellas; it is the hijacking of cigarette lorries. ... In GoodFellas, there is the scene where a man is beaten to death by two of the gang because of an argument. ... GoodFellas has strong connections with Mafia, although it never directly states that. ...
In order to do this we will focus on The Godfather (1972) and Goodfellas (1990). ... This is particularly evident in Goodfellas where many of the scenes take place in the Bamboo Lounge and the Copacabana Club. ... Again, this is apparent in Goodfellas when Henry appears at home one day dressed in a beige double-breasted suit, silk shirt and tie, and black lizard shoes. ... The directors of both Goodfellas and The Godfather have adopted the attitudes of the code (despite the fact in 1968 it was scrapped and the industry adopted the present day rating system), particularly in the portrayal of...
Outsider vs. Insider One of the more prevalent themes in Goodfellas is the idea of outsider vs. insider. The mafia was always considered to be a very tight group, and the gangsters" mob family was just as important as their own family. Occasionally, there were outsiders who tried to get in on t...
In this essay I will be considering how Martin Scorsese's, Goodfellas (1990) presents a naive attitude towards crime and its relation to violence through the main character, Henry Hill's view on the mafia. ... The ideological awareness of American gangsters is challenged in Goodfellas. ...
Two films which convey some of these stereotypes are Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. ... Tommy DeVito, played by Joe Pesci in Goodfellas is a hot-headed character who has very little regard for anyone outside of his circle of friends. ... For example in Goodfellas, food preparation in prison is a big deal, as explained by Paulie, as he slices the garlic thin enough to melt on the pan. ... The Godfather stresses the family's roots to Sicilian customs much more than Scorsese portrays in Goodfellas. ... Scorsese's Goodfellas strays from t...