Goodfellas * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

Ray Liotta passed away and, like I do with every celebrity passing, I watch one of their top. rated films in their honor. You really can't go wrong with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
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[@grahamers]

Stacks, the black man in the "cute little undies" that gets assassinated by Pesci, is none other than Samuel L Jackson!

[@awkwardashleigh]

Ya know for a moment I thought it was him but I NEVER got a good look at his face! So I never said anything. Samuel L Jackson is literally in everything!

[@K1ng1995]

@@awkwardashleigh Pesci's character when he was killed. The reason his mother couldn't give him an open coffin was simply because there was nothing in the coffin. To this day the body was never found

[@TheSkeletor612]

R.I.P Ray Liotta 😭

[@only257]

@@awkwardashleigh agreed 🍕

[@huffwayno]

Samuel L Jackson, factually, has appeared in the most movies of any actor since 1991..

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

Side note about Ray Liotta and Ashleigh's observations about his appearance...if you look at photos of him IRL, you'll notice he had acne scaring on his face. They made him look younger in Goodfellas by covering the scars on his face with lots of makeup, which they reduced as the film went on to show him growing older. The time frame of Ray Liotta's part in the movie is from the 1960s through Henry Hill's arrest in 1980...so Ray Liotta had to portray Henry from 21 to about 40 years old.

[@caravan5557]

Hello to you from suburban Detroit.....

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

@@caravan5557 - Hello back! 👍

[@mena94x3]

Okay, my turn. Hello to you from Western Washington!

[@jwes869]

I have one of Henry Hills paintings. He started painting after he retired from the mob. 3 stars???? Beans is cute as ever ,

[@lpeterson2336]

When he was still so very young on a soap he had the same issues with his skin. He is always Joey Perinni in my head.

[@PriceFamPrime]

Martin Scorcese's actual mom plays Tommy's mom in the movie. She actually made the meal they're eating, and the painting she proudly shows off is her own actual work.

[@chrisdobbs9155]

Also, his actual Dad is the old guy cooking in the prison.

[@Curraghmore]

Mama Scorsese also appears in son Marty's later film 'Casino', and also appears in 'The Godfather Part III'.

[@metadeth578]

@@chrisdobbs9155 the onion guy

[@mikeking7710]

Wow, I knew that was Catherine Scorcese, but I didn't know she actually made the meal and did the painting. Very cool

[@mikeking7710]

@@MongoMan693 Yeah, that's pretty wild

[@ericjanssen394]

"OMG, a young Robert DeNiro!" Actually, a middle-aged one, rather than the gray-haired one from Ben Stiller comedies--If you want a YOUNG, and creepy, DeNiro, another nudge for 1976's Taxi Driver, as mentioned in last week's Albert Brooks movie. (And Chinatown was not a "Gangster movie", it was more a salute to the 40's Humphrey Bogart detective of "The Maltese Falcon". Speaking of which...)

[@nahuilegorreta6572]

It was Film Noir

[@anoukcarswell6611]

Another way out film De Niro was in Bloody Mama , Ma Barker

[@travisjulian878]

Mean Streets DeNiros 1st of many movie collaborations with Scorsese. 1973

[@Dopinders_Taxi]

Check out Cape fear if you haven't seen it

[@melissahughes4205]

Karen: ignores the parade of red flags waving down the street behind her hot rich new BF. Ashleigh: Girl, you ain't gonna ask some questions about all that? Karen's Mom: rants about same BF-now-hubby's flaws. Ashleigh: MindYourBusiness!

[@saksit247]

That's because Ashley is part of the mob. You don't interfere with a man's marriage (unless it effect business). Like that dinner table scene from the Godfather where Connie's hubby yelled at her and Sonny was going to step in but his Mom old him not to interfere.

[@robspore5046]

Re: Beans "In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods. They have not forgotten this." --Terry Pratchett

[@pamosborn1956]

I Remember that quote! 😊

[@katg109]

Also ….what happened to Bean’s diet?

[@wynnyx7071]

Love catching a Sir Pterry quote in the wild.

[@grahamers]

Ashleigh: "Awww! They got married! That's so special!!!" Everyone watching: Welllllllllllll...........................

[@Jeremy_theGent]

This is one of my all-time favorites. The famous "How am I funny?" scene came from a moment in Joe Pesci's youth, when he worked at a restaurant. He told a mobster he was funny, and the mobster got pissed.

[@Rockaria23]

That man whistling on the TV screen was real. He was Al Jolson, a Lithuanian-American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer". Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927).

[@ludovicofabris5819]

And the song he is singing (and whistling) is called "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!"

[@highstimulation2497]

oh yes, Newman mentioned him in hysterics in Seinfeld. (I haven't seen the episode, just the clip.)

[@numbersasaname2291]

As an Italian-American who grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and was a teen in the 70s, I had to keep reminding myself that there really are people like you in the world - truly innocent on how the world works. My California raised wife was just as naive - until I took her to Youngstown. To put that into perspective, my wife and I were having lunch with one of her friends from the hospital - a female therapist who grew up on the streets of Compton. During the conversation where the friend kept talking about how rough it was to grow up in Compton (and being pretty proud of being so “tough”), she asked where I was from. After I told her, she LITERALLY got ashen and said she was sorry; she knew of Youngstown and it scared the heck out of her. You said that you thought organized crime was something from the past; oh you sweet child! You are so precious. Movie wise, this is either the #1 or #2 best mob movie ever made, depending upon with whom you talk. The basic story and events are true, but for entertainment’s sake some liberties were taken. And to not have audiences vomiting or leaving the theaters, most of who and what the real Tommy and Jimmy did was ignored, glossed over or sugar coated. As for Henry, he was a living example of 💩 - by anyone’s standards.

[@Curraghmore]

When Karen is visiting Henry in prison with their two young daughters, those two girls were Lorraine Bracco's real-life daughters. One of them is Stella Keitel, whose father is Harvey Keitel, aka Winston Wolf who also enjoyed Jimmy's 'gourmet shit' coffee in 'Pulp Fiction'.

[@Jasta85]

"Made men" were the only ones allowed to rise through the ranks with the possibility of possibility of become the boss one day. They have the full backing of the family so any action taken against them is the same as going against the family as a whole. It's a big deal for someone who came from outside the family to become a made man.

[@lizd2943]

"Is that a grown man that's just short or is that another child?" In the nonfiction book this is based on, Henry described first meeting Tommy "He was one of those kids who looked younger than they were because he was always trying to look older."

[@matthewhearn9910]

And of course as an adult Tommy was 6 foot 4.

[@bottlerocket3218]

Another fact about the real Tommy, IRL he wasn't short at all, but actually tall, 6 ft 2. But the film did accurately portray his personality, he was a bully in real life.

[@kevinramsey417]

Ashleigh: I'm going to watch Goodfellas to memorialize Ray Liotta Also Ashleigh: So that dude kicked the bucket.

[@lbh002]

All part of Ashleigh's down to earth persona.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

My favorite moment was in the previous video where she said she was going to be reacting to "Goodfellas" in order to honor the memory of "Roy Lioyta." I'm sure there's some hardcore Ray Liotta fan somewhere who might take offense but I love that Ash is so casual and off-the-cuff. There are a couple of tryhard reaction channels I've watched who could take a cue from the vibe here. :)

[@Augustjaz]

“Mickey the WOP” W. O. P. is an acronym for “With Out Papers”. Referring to immigration status. The term was assigned anyone who tried to enter the country legally but without documents. But the term culturally stuck to Italians due to a mass migration from Italy to the USA at the time.

[@adamadams2753]

No.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Wet Old Pussy

[@travisjulian878]

Yes. That's 100% correct.

[@mattslupek7988]

@@adamadams2753 He’s right.

[@danieljohnson2005]

That’s actually not true. It comes from the Italian word guappo, which means handsome and flashy. In Southern Italian, the “g” is silent, which gives it the sound of wop. Young Italians used to say it to each other humorously, but Americans started using it as a slur.

[@kyraspikes7542]

Ray Liota was always brilliant in everything he did; even in Old Dogs as the villain, but what solidified his versatility was the movie Corina, Corina. Its such a lovely heartwarming and hopeful film about two people coming together over the strong bond of caring for the sweetest little girl. He and Whoopie Goldberg have such great chemistry in that movie. Its still a favorite of mine to this day. RIP to an undeniable legend.

[@dnasty312]

You mean, _Wild Hogs_ 🏍

[@buddytesla]

Henry was cleaning out his trunk because they’d just used his car to transport the body that they had to dig up and move six months after they first buried it. This is why the trunk stank so bad.

[@davidthieroff9452]

Right. and the original fresh kill was wrapped up in something so no blood spillage. He probably cleaned it out anyway originally too.

[@RaefonB]

The studio wanted Scorcese to cut that scene where Spider gets shot (to reduce the amount of graphic violence), but that scene's important 'cos it's what tips us and Henry off to Tommy being a total psychopath and, like you say, a liability. Before that, Tommy was still kind of likeable for the audience despite being violent.

[@KevyNova]

The scene was necessary to show how dangerous Tommy was, that he didn’t just kill other gangsters but would kill ANYONE, even a kid, if they slightly insulted him.

[@colemannee9898]

I see the spider scenes as pivotal in the film. At the beginning of the movie when Henry is serving drinks to a bunch of gambling mobsters, it all looks glamorous and exciting because we're seeing through his youthful eyes. Spider is in the same position as Henry except we see the seedy ugly reality, just some guys in a basement playing poker and willing to kill you if you make a simple mistake. After that it's all downhill.

[@stephenolan5539]

The real life Tommy was more extreme.

[@KevyNova]

@@colemannee9898 that’s a really good point.

[@ririschannelx]

so the stabbing in the first scene to make sure he is really dead didn’t give that away lol if you can still like someone after that, you’re telling on yourself

[@grahamers]

Pesci: "What? You mean the way I talk?" Ashleigh: "Don't take it personal! Don't be sensitive!" Me: {{Grabs some Popcorn}}}

[@JustLouIt]

RIP Ray Liotta. What an amazing actor. Whenever I was driving around doing shady stuff back in college, I was always looking out for helicopters because of Ray.

[@thomasbryant6512]

Henry Hill wrote a sequel to this called "Gangsters and Goodfellas: The Mob, Witness Protection and Life on the Run." (Awesome read! A sequel that must be made!) In this book, Henry revealed that Tommy beat up Karen while Henry was in prison because Karen wouldn't have sex with him. Henry found out about this after Tommy was dead and wrote, "If I knew about this when Tommy was still alive, I would have whacked him myself."

[@Marky11694]

The Sequel was already Made Watch My Blue Heaven which is already about Henry Hill’s Life in the Witness Protection Program

[@VampEdits]

Ray Liotta (pronounced Lee-oat-uh) is one of my favorite actors of all-time. And Goodfellas is the gold-standard of cinema, in my humble opinion. Hope you enjoy it! ♥️

[@garybrockie6327]

If you liked this movie, try Casino. It stars Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci. It was directed by Martin Scorsese who directed Goodfellas. Like this move it is also based on real events.

[@cgbleak]

No, don't try Casino. If this seemed slow, Casino, another great movie, will seem glacial. You should probably stick to movies with a running time of under two hours.

[@nicholasborkowski3589]

And the Irishman... another really slow but great mob Scorsese film with Robert and Joe

[@LG123ABC]

Has she done Scarface yet? One of the all time greats!

[@attorneyrobert]

YES! Casino is so well edited and interesting.

[@zotharr]

Neah, Casino is also too slow for her

[@SuprousOxide]

The Animaniacs cartoon had a regular segment, Goodfeathers, with a trio of pidgeons based on these three. And every episode the one based on Pesci would do the "Am I here to amuse you?" bit and attack one of the other pigeons. I saw this bit over and over again long before I saw Goodfellas and really understood what they were parodying

[@phousefilms]

And the one being squinty like DeNiro and the other one constantly grinning and talking like Liotta.

[@attitudeproblem6462]

That was one of my favorite segments, and I hadn’t even seen Goodfellas at that point. Love that show❤😂😂

[@Save_One]

I'd say to check out "Blow", starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Fantastic movie and Ray Liotta has a great supporting role.

[@frazzledfishing7042]

IMDB describes Ray liotta's characters as sociopathic, a good example of this (although I know you're not crazy about planes) is "Turbulence"1997 - worth a look. And yes field of dreams

[@nightonthetiles8833]

Great film

[@attitudeproblem6462]

“John Q”, too.

[@Ivy94F]

EXCELLENT film. Saw it in the theatre.

[@Curraghmore]

When Jimmy tells Henry the two most important things in life: "Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut", those two things sound like the same thing to me.

[@SiqueScarface]

You don't rat out your friends, and you don't brag about your deeds. Those are two different things. After the Lufthansa Heist, all the people who showed off were killed. And that's what the second rule means. Pauly for instance publicly was the owner of a restaurant and nothing more. He didn't drove flashy cars. He didn't buy expensive furs for his wife. He kept his mouth shut.

[@bethanythatsme]

Lorraine Bracco is freaking amazing in just about everything & she adds so much to this movie.

[@johnfriday5169]

I love her voice

[@veryrancid3128]

she is such a talented actor!

[@Rmlohner]

The Sopranos crew initially wanted her as Carmella, but she accurately said that would be way too similar to her role here and distract people, so she played Dr. Melfi instead.

[@ririschannelx]

she’s adds nothing but a screaming stereotype. scorsese couldn’t write a nuanced female character if his life depended on it

[@BlackDiamond1967]

She's also the crying sister to the guy they threatened to feed to the lions!

[@vicjr74]

Rest in peace Ray Liotta. 💔 "He's was a good fella, he was one of us."

[@ivanholguin164]

16:17 That whole bit about the dog painting was the only scripted bit, the rest of the dinner table conversation was all improvised by the actors. Also shout out to Tommy's mom, who is actually Martin Scorsese's (the movie director) real life mother, Catherine. And his father Charles, is the cook at 20:33.

[@BillyBones-ui9ck]

She also had a small role in Casino

[@BlackDiamond1967]

@@BillyBones-ui9ck she cracks me up in that lol

[@BillyBones-ui9ck]

@@BlackDiamond1967 I know right? Lol classic Italian mama

[@jw5954]

You should watch “Wild Hogs” with Ray. It’s a comedy. PS: the mint green nails look nice

[@lordvitae]

YES!

[@shaitanlavey]

A great movie with Liotta that's very underrated is Copland starring Sylvester Stallone. Liotta's supporting role in it is one of my favorites from him.

[@ronaldh8446]

Definitely. Also his career jump-start role in Something Wild.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

also "Narc" with him and Jason Patric.

[@jackprather3471]

Goodfellas was 100% the right choice to honor Liotta. He's the freaking lead in it and it's a drop dead classic of the genre. Field of Dreams is a fun movie, but Liotta is barely in it.

[@keyman6689]

But it's a great pivotal character.

[@grahamers]

Ashleigh noticed the three minute long shot entering the Copa! (AKA, "The Copa Shot.") It is one of the most famous tracking shots in the history of cinema. A great video talking about the making of the shot: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIendGxrp9WlfNU) Terminology lesson: Shots where the camera follow the action as it moves from location to location are called "tracking shots." This shot done so smoothly because of the invention of the "Steadicam," a camera that is on a big rig, sometimes worn my a cameraman, with a bunch of counter-balanced weights so you don't get the bounces and jiggles and the camera moves to follow the action.

[@sparky6086]

Had a new potential girlfriend 25 years ago, & one of our first dates was to a club, where I was barely aquatinted with the owners, and when we drove up one of them just happened to be in the parking lot taking a smoke break. Rather than walking all the way around to the front, he called me by name and said to just come through the back which wasn't open to the public. We did, and when we got into the very crowded club, a couple of bar stools became vacant, just as we walked up, so we didn't need to stand or wait, like the "common" people. The timing was perfect. It was very similar to this scene in "Goodfellas" and made me look like a big shot, but was just a fortunate series of coincidences. Afterwards, it was "Score City"!.

[@neopagn2004]

If you've ever seen classic Animaniacs, the characters the Goodfeathers are based on this movie. One of the voice actors does a very good Pesci impersonation because for the longest time I thought Joe Pesci voiced his corresponding pigeon.

[@Bus_Driver117]

Goodfeathers was awesome!!!!!!

[@ericjanssen394]

Animaniacs, like Tiny Toons and Pinky & the Brain, one of Spielberg's Animation's obsessions with thinking that kids would laugh uproariously at the same corny 80's-LA industry-town movie/entertainment in-jokes that Spielberg and Warner boardroom execs did. No one could do a Tom Arnold & Roseanne joke like Babs and Buster!

[@lucywillis4535]

"you swarking too me?"

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

@@ericjanssen394 or Ruff and Rita doing Rainman. The ANIMANIACS are sheer brilliance

[@jwrockets]

Bobby, Pesto, and Squit.

[@spiritscar]

Newsflash… Chinatown wasn’t a mob movie. Jack Nicholson played a detective uncovering government corruption. Not a mob movie.

[@jp3813]

Expecting someone who doesn't like The Godfather to automatically dislike Goodfellas doesn't make any sense to me. The latter's pacing is way faster and is more accessible to a female audience due to Karen's POV.

[@Debbie76]

Yes. I don't understand how The Godfather is supposedly the best film ever made. I thought it dragged and felt meh about all the characters, not caring who lived or died. I do, however, love Goodfellas 🙂

[@thorguff]

@@Debbie76, I don't think anyone saying "meh" will appreciate it, or really anything other than an episode of "Family Guy."

[@Debbie76]

So to appreciate it, you have to be a patronising arse who thinks their taste in films somehow makes them superior to others. Got it 😏

[@jessewright2319]

I expect it, because she's a moron with terrible tastes.

[@allantidgwell5624]

"The mob was around in the 80s?" The mafia is still around today. The reason it's mostly associated with prohibition is because the mob boss Al Capone believed it was good business practice to be seen benefitting his community so the average person wouldn't see him as a threat to the average citizen. (If two soldiers are filmed killing each other that's just war. If a soldier is filmed killing civilians that's a war crime.) So it was all PR. The reason the mob doesn't do this today is because it puts too much attention on you Fun fact; Al Capone was one of the first people to lobby for quality regulation on milk production because his mother died from drinking tainted milk Also the word is "Wop" not "Wap". It's a slur for a person who is Italian (please don't censor me KZbin. I'm just posting the meaning) Also the names end with an -ie/y because it's generally a hypocorism (pet name) used to show affection, the suffix making the name diminutive and feeling less formal So Vincent becomes Vinny, Edward becomes Eddie, Victoria becomes Vicky The shortening of names without -ie/y is done to be informal without being diminutive. So a Kenneth as a child may be called Kenny, but as an adult would go by Ken. The same applies to William/Willy/Will/Billy/Bill Ashleigh "Mama Beans" Burton is an entirely legit gangster name if you're from Tennessee. You're not likely to see it in an urban area, but a lot of moonshiners weren't living in the cities "What drug comes in the shape of a ball?" It's called an 8-ball and it's a quantity of cocaine

[@kathyastrom1315]

Back in the late ‘80s, my sister and I had an apartment in River Forest, a Chicago suburb known for its huge mansions, several of them designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (we lived on the poorer side of town, near the El station). When I told a coworker where we lived, he told me to keep an eye out for American-made sedans parked on the street with men in suits holding binoculars inside. They’d be the FBI keeping an eye on the Chicago mobsters whose houses they were staking out. One Saturday, the Catholic Church down the street had media there covering a wedding, but it wasn’t the society reporters there, it was the mob beat reporters to get a rarely-seen mobster on film at his granddaughter’s wedding.

[@allantidgwell5624]

@@kathyastrom1315 that's why I'd like to name my WiFi "FBISurveillanceVan3" lol

[@chrisleebowers]

The Mafia still exists but at nowhere near the level of power and influence before the passing of federal racketeering laws. For decades, Mafia leadership avoided prosecution by never *technically* committing crimes, only giving orders. Racketeering laws basically say that if you accept money from a known criminal source, you are also a criminal. This enabled authorities to put away the heads of the notorious "Five Families" and various successors who filled that power vaccum, culminating with John Gotti in 1992. After that, the families splintered and shrank and their stranglehold on various institutions like the police and the courts diminished. Currently, biker gangs are the largest criminal organizations in the US, running Meth, opiates, and guns.

[@allantidgwell5624]

@@chrisleebowers I think you've proved my point about attention not being good for business. You claim the mob is nowhere near the level it once was. But because it's clandestine precisely how are you judging that? It seems you are simply arguing if you can't see it then it's not a problem "Racketeering" It appears you've never heard of money laundering. You can't argue dirty money if you can't prove it's dirty. This is why they refer to themselves as "legitimate businessmen" If you think the mob doesn't still control the police and courts then you really need to look into the current practices of the Organized Crime Division. My cousin worked for the Federal Police in my country and he was brought into another country to help try and catch a guy because he had no local ties and so he was an untouchable Where do you think the biker gangs get their drug supply and weapons? The drug cartels are a part of the mob Also the "five families" are still active in New York. A business doesn't go under just because the CEO takes a vacation

[@keithmays8076]

Al Capone was an okay boss, but the problem was he couldn't keep a low profile. Those that wind up not keeping a low profile didn't live to a ripe old age. Capone, Bugsy Spiegel, Joe Colombo, Crazy Joe Gallo, Mad Dog Cole, Dutch Schultz, John Gotti. These guys couldn't keep quiet and keep a low profile, and they wound up dead. People like Myer Lansky, Carlo Gambino, and Joe Bonanno knew how to avoid attention. Those guys lived to never die from violence, or in prison.

[@daddynitro199]

Ashleigh: “Beans, you yellin’?” Beans: [meow] “I love Ray Liotta, let me in!”

[@shainewhite2781]

RIP, Ray Liotta. 1954-2022. He was one hell of a Goodfella.

[@MrDevintcoleman]

16:04 there’s actually term for that. “Mob wife.” It’s become a stand-in term for people who turn a blind eye to horrible actions committed by organizations they belong to, but that they benefit from.

[@bobcobb3654]

Fun facts: the guy working the pot in the prison “tomato sauce” scene was Martin Scorsese’s late father. The woman who played Tommy’s mom who gave them a late supper was Scorsese’s mom.

[@ExUSSailor]

That whole "How am I funny" scene was improvised by Pesci. The look of confusion & fear on Liotta's face was genuine. Scorsese loved the result so much, it stayed in the final film.

[@sharonstratis2846]

wow yeah I can see why. That is the most anxiety producing scene I've ever seen. I can't even watch it anymore.

[@caitthecat]

I saw the Family Guy take on this before I saw the movie. It did not prepare me for the anxiety.

[@ThreadBomb]

"The look of confusion & fear on Liotta's face was genuine" -- well, not exactly. He knew he wasn't going to get shot!

[@deke76]

The one "really long shot" is pretty famous for that reason. Scorcese is a great film maker.

[@alexistrebexis3195]

Ashley, the scene with Tommy shooting spider is necessary for character development. They’re not only showing who Tommy is. But who everyone else is in the way they react to Tommy. The dynamic of everyone and their lifestyle. That someone could get killed over a comment during a friendly card game in their world, and get away with it too.

[@cayminlast]

Great movie, based on a true story. Henry Hill is a real character, his interviews and story are worth checking out. Ray almost always played a bad ass or psycho is his roles, RIP.

[@culcune]

All these characters have interesting stories. Tommy was quite crazy in real life, and pretty much earned his early grave. They never did know what ultimately happened, but I recall a guest on the Howard Stern Show, a mobster whose name I forget, suggested that he didn't die as easy as was portrayed in this film. It was even suggested that John Gotti personally killed him.

[@darrellwhitman2484]

It was Henry that used to go on Stern's show.

[@graham974]

@@darrellwhitman2484 You’re right Henry Hill called into Howard Stern all the time

[@scottmacalino656]

You need to watch "my blue heaven" starting Steve Martin and Rick Moranis. It is a comedy version of Henry Hills life in witness protection.

[@tracyhale8336]

"Arugula...it's a veg-e-ta-bull." I quote this movie all the time! 😂

[@onemangang2010]

YES! My favorite movie 🤘😝🤘 "Why do you need 25 copies of it" "In case I want to read it more than once" classic 🤣

[@e.t.calledme]

"When I say I'm wichu, that means I AM WITH YOU."

[@CraigKostelecky]

It’s so interesting how this movie and My Blue Heaven were adapted from the same book.

[@zmarko]

Shit, I just suggested this movie to her too. I hope she watches it.

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

"What am I? Some clown here to amuse you?". That entire scene in the restaurant was an addition to the script, based on a real life experience by Joe Pesci. Martin Scorsese loved the story so much, he added it to the movie. Classic film, classic scene.

[@JoeCool7835]

It even won Joe Pesci an Oscar!

[@shawnjohnson9763]

Nobody told Ray Liotta that he was going to do that, so his reaction was genuine.

[@Kwekwe]

@@shawnjohnson9763 I heard that it was a genuine reaction at the time the movie was first released and believed it for years. Imagine my disappointment years later when l saw Liotta interviewed and he said Pesci suggested it in rehearsal, it was based on a real life experience he had with a real mobster.

[@jckmisha]

I heard that only Pesci, Liotta and Scorsese knew what the scene was, so Ray could flow with the story while you watched all the other goodfellas who knew absolutely nothing about what was going on get more and more uncomfortable.

[@LucasVigor]

1. The mob lasted pretty much through the early 90s and then was phased out by other ethnic organizations. The sopranos shows the last days of the mafia pretty good 2. Check out Casino., 3. The long uninterrupted tracking shot at the night club was copied for the opening shot of Boogie Nights. ( highly recommend!)

[@thomashiggins9320]

I thought this was a very well done film, and I had forgotten that Samuel L. Jackson was in it for a small part. Still, I struggle with gangster films because the sheer lack of impulse control and disregard for other people, just grates on me. Basically, gangsters are scum, and there's only so much time I'm willing to spend with scum, and that amount is pretty low. I sometimes have a tough time identifying with any of the characters in a gangster flick, except for the private investigator who tries to do the right thing, and this film didn't have one of those.

[@Vertigotheatre1]

RIP Ray. He even made middling mindless movies like Turbulence be so much fun because of his performance

[@jculver1674]

I saw Turbulence in an empty theater and it was so much fun!

[@Vertigotheatre1]

@@jculver1674 hahaha, it's such a bonkers movie.

[@alisong4667]

I saw Turbulence on one of the worst days I ever went on, lol. I should watch it again, I haven't seen it since.

[@shawnmiller4781]

I see that and raise you operation Dumbo Drop

[@Vertigotheatre1]

@@shawnmiller4781 Now you are just pulling out the classics haha

[@Bama_Red]

Casino is a great movie if you want to see more DeNiro and Pesci. Another great movie IMHO. I don't think you have watched it on the channel. This one is a classic and still holds up. Gets kind of cheezy towards the end, but still pretty good.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

Also Raging Bull.

[@jamedraa8472]

Yes, please!

[@TTM9691]

"Goodfellas Goes To Vegas", practically a sequel, and a damn good one!

[@sharonstratis2846]

SO agree. Casino.

[@greggburke7796]

And no Ash, he didn't wait 6 months to clean his trunk. They had to move the body, which means that AFTER they dug it up, they had to put the rotted corpse in his car, which is why it smelled so bad. It's not from the night they stabbed him and shot him. Next, Field of Dreams is very much overrated and is a movie that men will enjoy more than women because it's essentially about the relationship between father and son. I donk think mob movies are really your cup of tea. This is about as good as it gets, and if you only gave this 3 out of 5 stars, you probably won't like the other huge mob movies like The Godfather Part 2, Donnie Brasco, The Departed, Once Upon a Time in America or Scarface. You don't seem to be a fan of the violence, and that's fine. The genre is not for everyone. Perhaps Mafia comedies might be more your speed? My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis is pretty funny. Analyze this with Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal is really funny, and The Freshman with Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick is great too.

[@davidking498]

Agreed. lol...Goodfellas is the top of the mob heap.. hell it might be one of the top 100 films ever made

[@brandimurray1984]

I have to disagree with you on Field of Dreams, it is one of my favorite movies ever!

[@jenniferrussellstudio]

"Something Wild" is the first movie I saw with Ray Liotta, and he great in it. That movie is a 1980's, quirky film that just screams the 80's. I loved it at the time...

[@paulaanderson2339]

Yeah, you never see or hear anything about that one. Of course you rarely see anything about Melanie Griffith these days. That's the movie that made me a Jeff Daniels fan.

[@notabritperse]

The way Ray (the actor AND the character) makes his entrance in Something Wild is so effective. I was already loving the film and *BOOM* pure magnetic malevolence dances into view and I'm saying, "Who the hell is that? It's HIS movie, now ... right?"

[@ApolloCDR]

YES!!! I was editing to see if someone in the comments had mentioned Ray's part in this film. It was also the first times that I saw him on camera and I was blown away by his role and presence in the movie! I knew from this small role he was going to be an an actor to keep an eye out for in the future, and I was not disappointed!

[@juandesalgado]

You need to balance this with a good comedy: "Dirty rotten scoundrels", Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly.

[@drakocarrion]

Field of Dreams is a beautiful movie, Ashleigh. You should skip polls & just put it on the list of upcomings. You won't regret it

[@paolov73]

Absolutely. An incredible film.

[@scottwilson8039]

but NOT a "Ray Liotta movie"..

[@drakocarrion]

@@scottwilson8039 Ray Liotta is absolutely a vital character in that movie.

[@scottwilson8039]

@@drakocarrion no doubt but he's a supporting character that's on the screen for under 10 minutes. She was looking for a Ray Liotta movie, which is Goodfellas. Field of Dreams is a Kevin Costner movie

[@girlyghoul]

My favorite thing about Goodfellas is that is spawned Goodfeathers, the Animaniacs parody where they were all pigeons who perched on a statue of Martin Scorsesse (Yeah, the 90's were weird)

[@shannonbryan2191]

Oh my god, I forgot about that! 😆

[@thewizeguide9128]

The shooting spider scene is there to show us, after mostly enjoying their company, that these are not good guys and there is a price to pay for liking them.

[@TSIRKLAND]

"My Blue Heaven" (1990) starring: one of your future ex-husbands Steve Martin, and Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. A pure comedy, also inspired by the very same true story of this mob guy who entered witness protection! The same tell-all book inspired both films!

[@PickSurprise]

Got a genuine question, do you edit your own videos? or do you hire someone?

[@awhartig5847]

Suggestion for a somewhat forgotten (VERY) 80s comedy: Ruthless People. It's hilarious; starring Bette Midler, Danny Devito, Judge Rienhold & Helen Slater. I think you'd enjoy it :)

[@Anubisblack]

Oh she’ll love that one.

[@jwrockets]

"No, Karen can't talk on the phone right now because I've got my dick in her mouth." (Hangs up) "I love wrong numbers."

[@BolofromAvlis]

He was also great playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in the wonderful film " Field Of Dreams". It's a beautiful film, that's not really about sports.It also stars Kevin Costner and the great James Earl Jones.

[@maximillianosaben]

Oh, what a tear-jerker. Every time.

[@MrDuneedon]

Great film and, interestingly enough, I believe that Ray Liotta NEVER watched it himself.

[@jasonscottjenkins]

Yeah he's in it but for what like 2 minutes?

[@alisong4667]

That is a gorgeous movie.

[@stephenolan5539]

I want to make an edit where Shoeless says, "he's your father" then cut to a scene with Terrance Man with a voice clip of Darth Vader saying, "no, I'm your father".

[@donaldb1]

I have to say, I think the things you didn't like about this, and _The Godfather,_ all the stuff about the relationships and the gang politics, are, I'm afraid, the essence of the gangster movie. They are always about family of some kind or another, and about family values of loyalty and sticking to your own, and what happens when that breaks apart, and rival factions go to war, and society breaks down. Sometimes they are also allegories of capitalism. There's a lot of that in _The Untouchables,_ for instance.

[@Wiley_Coyote]

You gotta go to like... Dick Tracy (actually more of a comic book movie) to not get mafia = family.

[@TSIRKLAND]

A big part of the irony is that- as I interpret it- if his "friends" had trusted him more, he would not have turned to witness protection. It was because they were so paranoid that he would squeal, that they were moving to take him out, which was what pushed him to squeal to save his own life. If they had trusted that he would not rat them out, and had not threatened him but protected him, then he would not have turned to the police. At least, that's how it seems to be presented here; I don't know how the true story was in real life, if that was the case or not. The world of gangsters claims to be all about "family" and "trust," but in reality is steeped in suspicion, back-stabbing, ambition, and violence. From The Mob to street gangs, to any other kind of gang situation, the lure of "belonging" and the power of easy money lead to distrust and the unhealthiest of situations. -My 2¢

[@hgb0005]

Funny how the time she finally says Liotta correctly, she calls him Roy.

[@chetcarman3530]

I'm pretty sure any movie requiring an attention span longer than that of a gerbil is gonna be "too slow" for your age group. & that saddens me.

[@zmarko]

If you enjoyed this, there's a movie that's a comedy that 'sort of' picks up where this movie leaves off. It's called My Blue Heaven. The character names have changed, but they're based on Henry Hill being in WitSec. Steve Martin plays the Henry Hill character, and it's a fun movie.

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

Those are two completely different movies. The only similarity is. Witnesses protecion

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

But it is one of my favorite movies

[@zmarko]

@@roryschweinfurter4111 yes, they're two totally separate movies. I think it's fun to say MBH picks up where Goodfellas leaves off because they're both based on Henry Hill (even though they changed the name of the character in MBH). GF ends with Henry going into WP, and MBH begins with Vinny/Henry going into WP. It's just a totally different style of storytelling (comedy/silly as opposed to drama/realistic). Oh, also, MBH can't be a real successor to GF because MBH came out a month or two before GF.

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

@@zmarko My points exactly

[@roryschweinfurter4111]

@@zmarko Just an aside but wouldn't it be great if Mel Brooks made a gangster movie

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"It insists upon itself." Quoting Peter Griffin's unpopular sentiment only endears you more to me, Ashleigh. Not that I agree with either of you, it still remains one of the funniest lines from that show. Best. Leo.

[@themoviedealers]

I always looked at that as a compliment to The Godfather, actually.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@themoviedealers Robert Duvall...! Best. Mike.

[@philliplozano7587]

Seth MacFarlane insists upon itself.

[@Fryinberg]

I also did not care for the godfather

[@goldilox369]

@@Fryinberg I laughed so loud at that Family Guy moment. Mainly because I agreed with it! I enjoyed the movie. I just don't worship it. I agree with Ashleigh, it moved too slow for me. I enjoyed Godfather 2 much better.

[@yournamehere6002]

Chinatown is completely different from Goodfellas. Chinatown is a fictional Noir, while Goodfellas is a true story about the mob. Slow it is not, but when you're used to so many distractions, anything that requires three hours attention without checking your phone or Ipad, it's gonna feel long.

[@kharma7755]

I'm not a mob movie person in general, but I LOVE "Goodfellas"... Another Ray Liotta (lee-OH-tah) film that I think you'll really love is "Identity".. You'll likely recognize several of the cast members

[@Stevilicious1331]

You didn't recognize Samuel L. Jackson as Stacks.

[@weray7605]

Your expectations of 'The Godfather' are what got you. If you look back at your intro to that movie you were clearly not in the mood for a dramatic, old-school movie. It's like being in the mood for a party telling jokes and then 'Schindler's List' is what you sit down to instead of 'Dumb and Dumber.'

[@scottboswell6406]

This might sound too technical, but "Chinatown" is considered 'film noir', not a mob film. The main villain is a scheming rich guy, so he's more legitimate. Mob movies are about gangs and are more street level. Film noir is a French term for a type of film that's morally gray, frequently involves private eyes like Jake in "Chinatown" (but not necessarily), and often has a mystery to solve. "Chinatown" is a perfect example!

[@johnfriday5169]

I would call it detective noir but yeah, not a mafia/mob movie.

[@TTM9691]

I know what you mean and totally agree HOWEVER: I absolutely LOVE that of all the movies she has done on the channel, the one movie she associates it with is "Chinatown"! Not same genre, true, but same generation of actors and film-makers, even though one film is 1974 and the other is 1990. They're both period pieces, also. I like that she sort of pit them against each other at the end, and likes both for different reasons. Love it. I hope she hits more Jack and Bobby D (and lots more from that incredible era! Network! Bonnie And Clyde! The King Of Comedy! Paper Moon! Deliverance! American Graffiti! etc etc etc!)

[@johnbrewer8024]

Yeah, those 2 movies are not really equatable. And the fact that she gives it 3 stars out of 5 just blows my mind.

[@dadoctah]

Anybody want to see Ashleigh check out some old-school noir? Like "Double Indemnity", "The Big Sleep" or (the gold standard, and confusing as hell) "The Maltese Falcon"?

[@ThreadBomb]

@@dadoctah Touch of Evil. Kiss of Death. And I'd love Ashleigh to watch The Third Man, if for no other reason than to see what she makes of the music.

[@SaraBanartist]

"Why are gangsters so aggressive?" It's a mystery

[@spackle9999]

The genius of "Chinatown" is that it made you the detective. You felt like a dime-store crime solver watching it.

[@crimsonknight7011]

Ray was also in “Blow” with Johnny Depp which is a great movie. Robert DeNiro is in tons of movies, should check out Casino. He also was in Joker, The Irishman, and tons and tons of movies.

[@jrobwoo688]

Raging Bull and Taxi Driver are excellent films.

[@lbh002]

He was scary good in Cape Fear (1991).

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

And let's not forget Heat with Al Pacino.

[@grahamers]

Re: Frankie the Wop... "Wop" is a racist slur to mean someone of Italian descent. It originates from the Southern Italian dialectal term "guappo," roughly meaning "dandy", or "swaggerer." Jut letting you know so you don't repeat it the wrong context.

[@12floz67]

Billy Batts was killed because Jimmy was running Billy’s racquets and billy wanted them back since he was out of prison. His death was two fold, Jimmy kept the racquet for himself and Tommy got his revenge.

[@Col_Fragg]

It's "rackets."

[@amosglitterz2649]

Maybe he was a big tennis guy ...

[@12floz67]

@@Col_Fragg I’ll sleep so much better knowing you caught my mistake.

[@mateofernandez4398]

Ashleigh first of all You are awesome. cool vídeo very funny reaction. Second How about a video reaction but with This movies. Casino (1995) Pan's labyrinth (2007) The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and last but not least City of God (2000)

[@KDeCesare]

As a movie reactor, you really should be more familiar with Robert Dinero, just sayin' lol. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, Midnight Run, Awakenings, Cape Fear, A Bronx Tale, Casino, Meet the Parents...

[@jvondd]

This was released the same year as Home Alone, so 1990 was an interesting year for Joe Pesci.

[@sandramiller1988]

That Samuel Jackson quote you mentioned wasn’t in “Kill Bill”, it was in “Pulp fiction”. 🙃

[@hippiechic6772]

Hey Ashleigh , I really enjoyed this reaction and your comments for "Goodfellas" very much. There was a movie with Ray and Johnny Depp titled "BLOW" I had put off watching that movie for years but when I heard that Ray died I picked that movie to see.... since I have seen "Goodfellas" many times . For me my favorite Ray Liotta movie is "BLOW".... that movie is also based on a True Story . Thank you so much for your reactions here.... and as always I love Beans special cameo's 😻

[@movieholic-92]

I haven't seen Blow yet, but Narc and Corrina, Corrina (two wildly different movies) are also great to see Ray's remarkable breadth of talent.

[@nrrork]

":GASP!: .... what did he do wrong?" He did.... everything in the movie up until that point. You'll notice Henry doesn't look very upset in that scene. Jimmy is going to pieces, but Henry gets it.

[@jiovanna4136]

The mob was strong from the 1920's through the 1980's and early 90's. Some are still alive and some have spent years in prison and came out and now they have popular KZbin channels talking about their experiences in the Mob.

[@sleeper-cassie]

The comedian performing at the end of the single-take is Henny Youngman. He started off as a vaudeville performer, and became a household name for much of the twentieth century, earning the nickname ”King of the One-Liners“. Henry getting prime seating to see Henny Youngman perform live with no notice is part of what makes the whole thing such an incredible flex.

[@dadoctah]

And later, the guy in the old black-and-white movie on the TV (where Ashleigh says "that's not real") is Al Jolson. And yeah, Jolson was real, but he was pretty over the top even for his era.

[@trekkiejunk]

When i was 16 years old, i went to a taping of the then-new Jerry Springer Show, in Chicago. (This was before his producers convinced him to go trashy because his ratings were terrible.) Anyway, he had Henny Youngman on for the entire hour. At the time, i couldn't appreciate who he was, but still enjoyed seeing him, and meeting him after the show. After performing stand-up myself years later, i reflected on the legend i had met in my adolescence.

[@ronaldbrush4373]

Take my wife, please!

[@culcune]

It was crazy having a living legend for a part in a 'modern' movie; reminded me of all the massive talent legends they had in 'Blues Brothers'.

[@timothymorris157]

I’m glad you finally got around to watching what is arguably Martin Scorsese’s best film circa 1990. Also this marked one of Ray Liotta’s performances of his entire career. I still can’t believe that Joe Pesci managed to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. #Goodfellas #RayLiotta #HowAmIFunny 🎥🎬🏆 Rest In Peace Ray Liotta! 😢👏🏻

[@creech54]

Don't you think Pesci was good enough to win the Oscar? Do you think they put him in the movie just to amuse you?

[@timothymorris157]

@@creech54 Definitely. I love that you went there with that Tommy nuance just like in that scene where he asked that famous line Funny How!? To think that this was his role right before Harry from Home Alone that was released within the same year in 1990.

[@creech54]

@@timothymorris157 Yeah, Tommy and Harry weren't all that different, except that Harry definitely amused us.

[@timothymorris157]

@@creech54 He sure did, especially in Home Alone 2 Lost In New York which also features one of my all time favorite actors Tim Curry. I’m particularly fond of Clue (1985), Rocky Horror Picture Show (1977), and IT (1990 mini series).

[@jfilesgraphics]

Pesci stole the show in this one.

[@jamedraa8472]

"I don't know if it's comedic timing or if Beans is just being a bytch...." and that's why I love your channel. The commentary is frickin hilarious. Goodfellas is one of my faves. They made a cartoon spoof of this about a group of pigeons called "Goodfeathers".

[@Kwekwe]

Animaniacs!

[@jamedraa8472]

@@Kwekwe I STILL know every word of that intro song. Lol

[@gordonhaire9206]

"Chinatown" was not a mob movie

[@ronweber1402]

Ashleigh: Why are gangsters so aggressive? Me: Blink. Blink. Me: Probably something to do with beating people up and murder as part of the job.

[@gutz1981]

Ha ha, the trunk stunk cause they used his car to move the ripe 6 month dead body. Ha ha, gotta love you Ash.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I came way too far down in the comments to see this🤣

[@johntnguyen1976]

The "one-shot" of them going into the copa cabana is LEGENDARY!!

[@jonisilk]

IRL, There was more to Billy Bats getting whacked than telling Tommy to "go get your shine-box". Jimmy had actually taken over some of Billy's street rackets while he'd been in prison, and now he was out, Billy wanted them back. Jimmy didn't want to give them back, so one of them had to go.

[@shallowgal462]

Botox didn't exist back then. Since you've already seen The Godfather and Misery, might you honor the passing of James Caan by watching Alien Nation?

[@rickjr37]

Ray Liotta(pronounced Lee-Oh-Ta)was on the soap opera “Another World” as Joey Piretti from 1978-81. It was his first acting role.

[@jculver1674]

The Special Edition DVD has a commentary track by the real Henry Hill and the FBI Agent that caught him. Really interesting stuff.

[@LeighMet]

You must watch Field of Dreams before baseball seasons ends. Derniro was in godfather II as younger version of Brando charecter. No a young deniro is godfather II or Taxi Driver. The mob is up untill today. Wop is an slur for Italian Americans. It stands for WithOut Papers meaning they were probably illegle. After Goodfellas you need to see Casino. Vinny and Jimmy end in Y. If you talking about the movie she was watching yes that real. Its one of the most famous movies ever The Jazz Singer. What they don't show is that Karen was while Henry was in Prison having an affair with Paulie.

[@TTM9691]

She did not like "The Godfather" so I doubt she'll be watching "Godfather Part 2".

[@codyhoney9101]

Michael Franzese was one of the guys that he mentioned in the bar. He actually has a KZbin channel where he talks about life in the mob and reviews mob movies. You should check out his review of this movie.

[@hoagsmash4188]

Dude his channel is SO cool! Good call

[@codyhoney9101]

@@hoagsmash4188 yeah, I'm kinda obsessed with him.

[@hoagsmash4188]

@@codyhoney9101 Me too!! lol Awesome

[@BlackDiamond1967]

Amen! So many good stories!

[@paolov73]

Yeah. His name is said differently in the film compared to real life but I’ve only just started watching his KZbin videos and they are sooo good. He knows so much but can’t say too much.

[@mr.garfieldman9797]

This story is true it really did happen. But the police did not know what really happened. Until the movie came out and about 20 or 30 years later the crime was solved for real. And the reason why they solved the case and this movie's crimes was because of the movie. That is how they solved the case. And Ray Liotta's Character he played was a real guy named Henry Lee Lucas. The Real Henry Lee Lucas was missing an eye his mom or grandmother poked it out when he was a child. But years later Henry Lee Lucas went to prison and died in prison I think of cancer.

[@wheresatari668]

The next logical step is watching Casino. It's a little bit of the same, but a fantastic movie regardless. For more Liotta, Unlawful Entry is a great one. Unforgettable is an underrated performance by Ray.

[@ThomasCorp]

One of the best movies of all time. I saw that Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci paid tribute to Ray Liotta upon learning of his death. Joe’s tribute in particular made me cry. He said, “God is a Goodfella, and so is Ray.”

[@scalefree]

Besides being in Goodfellas Henry Hill is best known for his many drunken phone calls to Howard Stern, telling stories about the Mob & being in WITSEC. He died several years ago.