Casino (1995) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

[@TBRSchmitt]

Such a great time looking behind the scenes of the Las Vegas criminal operations! If only Ace could have gotten a chance to run a legit casino! Amazing performances and expert directing made this one of our favorites! Thank you all for the support!

[@shanenolan8252]

Thanks yes its very interesting the real life history. ( must have been a different edit . ) .

[@pete_lind]

Dramatization of real life events to make the movie more interesting and to avoid possible legal issues , they did alter the names of the characters , Samuel "Ace" Rothstein is based on Frank Lawrence "Lefty" Rosenthal , Ginger McKenna is based on Geri McGee and Nicky Santoro on Anthony Spilotro . Rosenthal secretly ran the Stardust, Fremont, Marina, and Hacienda casinos , his wife Geri McGee had one kid from a previous marriage and Rosenthal and McGee had 2 kids together . Geri died in 1982 at age of 46 from a combination of Valium , cocaine and alcohol ... ruled as accidental death .

[@dcinsc]

A total Classic!

[@williamsmith5340]

I like your videos

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The real Sam Rothstein was not as likable a character as portrayed in the film. He really treated Ginger like shit.

[@jasonkyler]

I'm shocked that no one recognized Don Rickles. Talk about a comedy legend that played at all the casinos in the day. Great reaction.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The mob were huge fans of Don Rickles and he was often invited to hang out with them and bust their balls like only Rickles could.

[@StreetHierarchy]

Mr. Potatohead

[@eddavis9704]

Frank Cullotta l, part of Nickys gang, was an advisor and in the movie.

[@gratmatassa5432]

he was brilliant as "Crapgame" in Kelly's Heroes

[@petesacco3255]

Tommy Smothers was the judge

[@back2back379]

Nikki getting hit in the middle of his narration is one of the most novel, yet iconic moments in cinematic history.

[@RYMAN1321]

And it was so unexpected In most cases the one doing the narration lives But he was a truly evil and despicable person, and had it coming

[@aaroncollins6411]

Even funnier, Billy batts finally got revenge on tommy

[@theseageek]

De Niro and Pesci are always a great match on the screen. The chemistry is really something beyond greatness.

[@JordanOrlando]

They don't really have any great chances for back-and-forth exchanges in GoodFellas, mostly because Jimmy Conway is such a neanderthal compared to Ace Rothstein.

[@rabbitandcrow]

Next up should be Raging Bull! It's basically like a De Niro/Pesci trilogy.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

@@rabbitandcrow It's now a tetralogy now thanks to The Irishman, which is the movie where they have the most scenes together.

[@RYMAN1321]

@@rabbitandcrow Raging Bull I always found overrated. No one in that film is likable, everyone screams and yells over 80% of the film. Jake was just so intolerable that I was glad he got busted for handling that underage girl Granted the film is shot and acted well but that’s all I can really say about it

[@tonyking7714]

Sharon Stone was great in this film, Fun fact: She won a Golden Globe award for best actress in a drama and was nominated of an Oscar.

[@NostalgicFatts]

Fun fact: The old lady who plays Joe Pesci’s mom in “Goodfellas” & who was in the FBI wired deli scene in this movie is Martin Scorsese’s mother. She played in a lot of his movies before her passing in 1997. This was her last film role.

[@MDK2_Radio]

She was in Godfather III briefly as well. I recently saw the recut “Coda” version. I hadn’t seen Part III in a long time so I hadn’t caught her before.

[@damonmcfarland9364]

@@MDK2_Radio now a friend told me nothing was changed at all in CODA. is that true?

[@charlesderosas5577]

@@damonmcfarland9364 unfortunately no nothing has changed.

[@kaykutcher2103]

Scorsese is a character alright. His films are so violent and cynical yet watching Century of Cinema all I saw was a nerdy mama's boy.

[@jakubem.2321]

"Casino" is the best-made movie in history

[@1625MTC]

This movie was based on a true story and most of the events, including the guy whose head was put in a vise and his eye popped out, are all accurate. The character ACE which was played by Robert DeNiro, in real life was LEFTY ROSENTHAL. There are pictures online of Lefty, just moments after his car bombing, wearing that same salmon colored suit, with burn marks on his face and arm. The character of NICKY played by Joe Pesci, in real life was Chicago mobster TONY SPILOTRO. Both Tony and his brother Michael Spilotro were found in a shallow grave in their underwear in an Indiana cornfield.

[@MDK2_Radio]

They took more liberties with the adaptation of this one compared to Goodfellas. His wife wasn’t a former hooker, Rosenthal was a lot more jealous and abusive, but DeNiro and Scorsese already made a movie about a guy like that. The one underboss in KC didn’t plotz of a heart attack like they show. Still a good movie though.

[@chrishubbuch4372]

@@MDK2_Radio And Henry Hill never came into the Copacabana through the backdoor.

[@chrishubbuch4372]

@@MDK2_Radio But I think they were referring to actual events as oppose to the characters themselves.But Henry, was very much a "character" in Goodfellas

[@danielhoehne801]

I went to high school and was good friends with Tony's niece. The cornfield incident happened, I believe, our sophomore or junior year.

[@fenix6297]

This is a fantastic movie. If you go to Las Vegas, they have a "Mob Tour" that was actually set up run by former mafia hitman (turned government informant) Frank Cullotta where they take you around and show you where certain scenes were shot. The highlight of the tour for me is they park in the exact parking spot where Lefty's car was bombed. GREAT experience and highly recommended.

[@bdog1323]

Sort of poetic justice that Billy Batts gets his revenge on Tommy Devito at the end.

[@StreetHierarchy]

Like Steve Buscemi playing a waiter at Jack Rabbit Slim's after that speech about not tipping in Reservoir Dogs.

[@ThePoorBoy]

And with bats, no less.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@ThePoorBoy There's a reason he got that name.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

I guess Tommy ain't gonna get that shine box. Billy Batts wants 'em to shine like effing mirrors!

[@MDK2_Radio]

@Maraline Kozial nobody ever remembers that. Glad you do. (The irony is that Pesci and Vincent had a comedy duo in the 70s well before Raging Bull.)

[@willgold9989]

“Be a man. Don’t be a fuckin’ pimp.” Words to live by.

[@fenix6297]

My favorite piece of trivia from this movie is that the 42 min mark (the hit in Costa Rica) - the "actor" performing the hit is Frank Cullotta, ex mafia-hitman turned government informant who served as a technical advisor on the film. *He was the guy who performed the actual real-life hit.* He joked in his autobiography he was paid better for the scene in the movie than for the actual hit.

[@brilicusgaming6922]

Wow that’s awesome, probably brought back memories during that scene.

[@brianmcgarry1632]

That's wild lol

[@gravewaxxsupercoven1980]

Right. . and Frank Vincent's character is who he was in real life also

[@fenix6297]

@@gravewaxxsupercoven1980 Yep - thank you.

[@tomking7080]

Because mobsters don’t get paid for hits,so whatever he got paid for his role in Casino was definitely more than the $0 he got in real life. Frank was the Consultant on the film. He use to sit next to Martin Scorsese while they were shooting scenes and tell him “it didn’t happen like that!” Frank also changed the slang in the movie because Marty and Nick Pileggi,who wrote the novel and co wrote the screenplay with Marty used NY slang but Frank corrected them with words like “Jack-off” which was Chicago slang and NY slang was “jerk-off”. Stolen merchandise was “shwag” in NY and in Chicago they called it “Merch”. Little things like that that added authenticity to it

[@tiogeorgeone]

"Why does everyone SUCK!?" I LMAO! Quote of the day! Casino is a CLASSIC!!!

[@tiogeorgeone]

@Scienspace732 I'd get the hammer and the money. They had at least $100 thousand, more than enough to cover medical expenses. Pain is temporary. Haha.

[@Chilipotamus]

I love the length of your guys' discussion at the end of these reactions, sometimes reactors only give some short passing thoughts at the end of their videos, but you guys will dive deep on questions, observations, and insights you had about the film. Keep it up y'all!

[@commsense1979]

Yeah I enjoy that about them as well. Great stuff.

[@ask3xd903]

I also enjoy them conversing about the movie at the end.

[@asch451]

The movie "HEAT" from 1995 is one of the best cops vs robbers movies ever with a great cast

[@stunningandbrave7475]

BUMP

[@cieslik7564]

Heat is crap.

[@TJzWayyy]

Spoilers : I wish the bad guys got away. Ruined it for me. I’m tired of good guys always winning

[@Buugzy]

Based on a True story

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

@@cieslik7564 No u

[@thepeopleschamp1776]

I love how he asks "why does everyone suck?" right before the scene where Sharon goes down. Hilarious.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Lol, aye, can't believe he said that...

[@danielfardella1622]

You folks are my favorite reviewers! Vegas at that time was about 7 major casinos like the Sands, most were La Cosa Nostra owned. The "rat pack" (Sinatra, etc) and great shows - everyone was dressed up in their best. Very different from now. The "Tangiers" was fictional and the real one it represented was the Flamingo. I opened an ad agency in Florida, but went to Vegas for trade shows. The "Nicky" character in real life came into my office when I ran an ad agency. He used an AKA and not his real name. He wanted to put on a show with vintage celebrities like Dorothy Lamour and others, using my company as a PR agency. I got the celebs and there was no monkey business as I didn't know who he was (he used the name "Mario"). The next day the FBI came into my office and asked me to wear a wire, which I refused, when I told my wife she freaked. Never saw him again. This was in the 80's. I was a writer-producer from the late 80's on, focused mainly on documentary series, and have met many of the actors and crew in this movie. Thanks for being such a sweet couple, you are wonderful people. God Bless.

[@kimitalwaajid1360]

Good wrap up but the Tangiers was based on the Stardust casino. Sam actually ran a couple of casinos . He ran the Fremont as well. Great movie.

[@Zack_410]

Wow what a story. That's insane.

[@reneedennis2011]

Thanks for telling us your story.

[@TTM9691]

Your smiles from the very beginning of the movie, when De Niro walks on in that suit.....right through the entire post-movie discussion, where you guys are laughing and cracking at up at all the things you had just seen....priceless! What a great time!!!!! It's like you guys were watching a comedy! This was one of my fave reactions from you two generous Geminis!!!!! I've been personally obnoxious constantly putting this title up for your consideration, I am going to repent of that attitude, especially as I"m filled with gratitude. I don't know how you managed to edit that first hour down, there's so much information! XOXOXO

[@indridcold3762]

You can't go wrong with Deniro and Pesci.

[@bfahren]

True. Now go home and get your fucking shinebox.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

@@shinrapresident7010 Yeah, they may have managed to make them look younger, but it didn't change the fact that they still _moved_ liked guys in their mid-70's. 🤷‍♂️ But, honestly, the biggest problem with it is that it just didn't warrant its 3½-hour length.

[@FrancoisDressler]

​@@shinrapresident7010 I agree that it would've been more seamless if younger actors played the younger version of the characters (the original idea was for Daniel Day-Lewis to play the younger Frank Sheeran, which would've been amazing) but I rather see more of De Niro, Pesci and Pacino on screen for one last hurrah.

[@anti0918]

Yes they need to do Raging Bull!

[@123rvr]

I don't think you guys noticed Joe Pesci killing Billy Batts in Goodfellas in the opening scene is the same guy that's with him through the whole movie of Casino and then killing him and his brother so he got his revenge in a different movie 🤣🤣

[@stsolomon618]

Oh boy, you guys are in for a ride. I can't wait for you guys to react to Taxi Driver.

[@indridcold3762]

Yyyeesssss Taxi Driver

[@josephamoraz7990]

Id say ( mean streets ) first. I dont believe any other movie reactor has seen it. But yes taxi driver will be an awesome reaction

[@stancz-5490]

... and how about 1991 Cape Fear??

[@zacpanther6364]

@@stancz-5490 I never got into Taxi Driver, however Cape Fear is brilliant

[@lewstone5430]

@Zac Panther I agree, I liked Cape Fear more than Taxi Driver although TD was still really good.

[@rasalghul1263]

“ what she needs to do is dig a hole for herself in the desert” hahahaha my thoughts also when it comes to Ginger

[@AchtungEnglander]

Praise to Sharon Stone. Masterful acting

[@landrec2]

Ive watched this movie +30 times. You two pointed out several things/themes I missed. Super awesome discussion and character analysis at the end. Great reaction/review for a great movie!

[@476429]

Epilogue: Real-life Sam died of a heart attack in 2008. After his death, it was revealed that at some point before the car bomb, both he and his wife had become FBI informants. After the car bomb, the FBI offered to put him in witness protection, but he refused. The guys who killed Niki and his brother in the cornfield were convicted of those murders in 2007. Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone do resemble their real-life counterparts, but DiNero does not look like the guy he is portraying. Other than that, the movie is very accurate.

[@michaelhall2709]

Spilotro and his brother were not killed in a cornfield, though they were buried in one. Their killing, actually in a house basement was, if anything, even more brutal than depicted in the film.

[@reneedennis2011]

Thanks for the info.

[@reneedennis2011]

​@@michaelhall2709Yup. I watched a documentary about that.

[@tucko11]

You have yet to do “Carlitos Way” . Another great movie directed by Brian de Palma. Starring Al Pacino.

[@rhysthomas5811]

Don Rickels who played the casino manager had been a comedian in las Vegas casino's at the time the movie was set and knew many of the people who the characters are based on. He had also appeared on the Frank Rosenthal tv program in Las Vegas.

[@jeffreybaker4399]

The attorney that accompanies Pesci around 25:33 is Tony Spilotro's real life attorney, Oscar Goodman. Aside from his time as a lawyer representing Spilotro, as well as other members of the mafia, Goodman was mayor of Las Vegas from 1999 into 2011. Apparently he is trusted to keep his mouth shut as he is still alive.

[@wisconsinfirenerd]

An amazing, amazing performance by Sharon Stone. Career highlight.

[@steeleye2112]

The real GInger wasn't as bad as portrayed in the film but that takes nothing away from the phenomenal performance by Stone, she is incredible in this.

[@maximillianosaben]

This is the perfect sibling piece to Goodfellas.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

This is significantly better than "GoodFellas" for me. I was actually _interested_ in the characters in this one.

[@GiacomoJimmi]

@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy How do you do italics in a KZbin comment?

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

@@GiacomoJimmi Put an underscore (_) at the beginning and end of the word(s) you want to italicize. You can also use asterisks instead for bold lettering.

[@GiacomoJimmi]

@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy Cheers. :)

[@that.ll_do_pig]

@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy thanks for the info. 😊

[@FrancoisDressler]

I grew up on horror films and have watched a lot of what is considered "Extreme Cinema", but Nicky's death is one of the few death scene to have a real visceral effect on me even to this day. It's genuinely brutal. Kudos to Scorsese and Schoonmaker.

[@FilthTribeFTP]

Sometimes the least gory of scenes can be the most effective at invoking a disturbing emotional response. As an example, when it comes to disturbing real life videos, I've seen all the top gnarly ones. The beheadings, the Bowie knife to the middle neck behind the trachea and sawing outwards video, the BME pain Olympics (debated if real), etc., None of those videos will ever come close to comparing to the sick feeling I got and how emotionally disturbed I was, than the video I saw of a front dash cam of a car driving down a one lane two way highway, and opposite the car that is driving is a big truck carrying bricks and one of the bricks comes loose and just flies right through the windshield. Then, for just a second or two, you don't hear anything, until throat horrifying screams you ever ever heard coming from someone off camera, as the car pulls over and stops. The person screaming was the husband who was driving, along with his child.in the backseat, and his now extremely dead wife in the front passenger seat, who just took a 90 mph brick to the face, instantly killing her by obliterating her face. Now, you don't see anything except the view of the outside from where the camera is positioned on the dashboard behind the windshield, but you don't need to. The man's terrifying screams and anguish is all you need to hear to just ruin your entire week and contemplate your own fragile existence and never wanting to go outside, let alone drive, again. Plus, the fact you don't see the gore of the wife's caved in head, is probably even worse because now you get to imagine it, and the brain is pretty scummy at making sure you picture the worse thing you could ever imagine. That video scarred me for a good bit and I wished I hadn't watched it right after doing so. That poor man, and poor kid. His soulmate, just instantly ripped away in a heartbeat. This world sucks....

[@Tony_Spilatro]

​@@FilthTribeFTP I watched same shit as you when I was a child and it destroyed me and made me cynical. It was very hard to recover

[@FilthTribeFTP]

@@Tony_Spilatro probably wasn't the brightest idea you and I ever had, lol, but then again, neither were many of the other ones I had in my teens 😅. When you're young and the brain is still forming and maturing, you don't truly understand or comprehend the repercussions of watching videos like that. It's all funny and games watching and showing your friends and seeing who is able to not turn away, but that stuff does actually traumatize you without even knowing it right away, or even for years...

[@Tony_Spilatro]

@@FilthTribeFTP exactly my situation, shrooms helped me and erased it from my mind. I was so destroyed by it that I couldn't feel disgusted from anything. I saw disturbing SpongeBob animation that is nothing compared to what I used to watch as kid, it's really nothing it's on KZbin. But it made me sick after the shrooms. They somehow reversed this process and gave me second chance to not see this crap and get back to cynicism

[@Tony_Spilatro]

@@FilthTribeFTP it's tought when you realize that those who turned away actually won

[@TampaCEO]

Casino is one of my all time favorite films - one of Martin Scorsese's masterpieces. I could watch it 100 more times. I'm glad you got to enjoy this classic.

[@el34glo59]

Deniros acting in this along with Stones obviously is just brilliant

[@1dbanner]

The first Scorsese film I saw, and I've never been the same. Watching it was like breathing pure oxygen.

[@DanielFrost21]

I think Samantha set the all time record for touching her face in horror.

[@edar1283]

This is one of my favorite movies and I never noticed that it was Voice Over Nicky who screamed when they hit him. That's on of the reasons I love your channel, you notice every detail

[@antoniobrooks1113]

My favorite Scorsese film. Sharon Stone definitely deserved an Oscar for her performance. DeNiro and Pesci were beyond great as usual. Don Rickles was a great supporting character too.

[@monsterkhan3414]

This has always been my favorite Martin Scorsese film. The characters and the performances are so amazing that this film always entertains me every time I watch it.

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Great reaction! I remember the old Vegas from the late 70's - early 80's, so this movie has a warm place in my heart. As far as how close to reality the movie was, they actually toned the facts down. For instance, when the Ginger character returned home to steal the key to the vault, she was actually armed with a handgun. Nicky's wife found out about the affair, drove to Ace's house to confront Ginger, and ended up disarming her after a brief fight. I guess Scorsese though people wouldn't buy this.

[@brocklanders796]

I saw an interview with Oscar Goodman( he is in the movie) the lawyer of Nicky/Tony and Ace's/Lefty's and he said that they had to water down the Nicky/Tony character for the movie. He stabbed some guy with a pen, put another guy's head in a vice till his eye popped, killed and gave the order to have lots of other people killed. How crazy was this Nicky/Tony in real life if this is the watered down version?

[@SPEEDPAINTER1]

A LITTLE TRIVIA: The hit man shooter in Costa Rica at the end was real-life Chicago Mobster Frank Cullota. He died from Covid in 2020 in Nevada.

[@rhysthomas5811]

Joe pesci 's character was based on Tony "The Ant" Spilotro . The brothers were killed in a Bensenville, Illinois, basement first, where the Spilotros believed Michael would be inducted into The Outfit, then their bodies were transported to the cornfield.

[@dreedmonroe]

Love the channel! You're my new fav!

[@TBRSchmitt]

Thank you!

[@thetandfpodcast]

The guy he fired was Joe Bob Briggs, host of "The Last Drive-In" on Shudder.

[@BigMac7629]

The man who shut down a streaming service. I remember people were commenting so much and logging in so much it shut Shudder down 🤣

[@newspooiechannel]

Also the host of The Movie Channel and TNT's "Monstervision" in the late 90s. He also hosted the "God Stuff" segments on the original The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn.

[@JordanOrlando]

His real name is John Bloom (that's how he's credited in Casino).

[@MDK2_Radio]

I remember his column from the 80s. His review of The Terminator was priceless.

[@JordanOrlando]

@@grayhudson1095 My favorite part of his schtick on Monstervision was when he'd pretend he was done with his sardonic remarks and say "Okay, roll film"...but then he'd keep talking (with the offscreen guys cracking up). Sometimes he would do this three or four times in a row - it was very funny.

[@dashriprock9014]

The casino floor "cheat scene"(to the tune of the Jeff Beck Group's version of "Superstition") is still one of my all time favorite movie scenes. EPIC.

[@supastar25]

Such a classic...what I love is you guys' commentary is exactly my thoughts whenever I watch this film. Scorsese's such a treasure.

[@cameron0002]

Best movie reactors on KZbin

[@mikemck4796]

I’ve always considered this the best movie I’ve seen. Not because it’s my favorite, but because it has everything in a movie you possibly can, at an extremely high level.

[@ActionJackson1982]

I really live the ending, from the whacking/house of the rising sun scenes to the casinos being torn down. The music, editing gives me chills and teary eyed. SO GOOD! and thats that.

[@thetandfpodcast]

Sharon Stone really gives a fantastic performance in this-- not to mention she is so damn beautiful.

[@Doutsoldome]

Yep.

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

Not a fan of her descending Karen look

[@JamesSmith-hw6tl]

Oscar nominated performance by Sharon Stone.

[@JordanOrlando]

I love how she SCREAMS when Lester is being hurt.

[@thetandfpodcast]

@@exquisitelemonade3039 "I want to speak to your manager-- to get my two million dollars!"

[@supastar25]

43:09 I've watched this film a lot of times but have never noticed he screams right in the middle of his narration haha...such a good detail

[@acjohn6995]

People always compare this film to Goodfellas, but I think Casino is better. It has the typical gangster and human relationship/betrayal stuff, but also the cinematography, wardrobe, lighting, set design, music, the opening titles by Saul Bass, the history of Vegas as an intriguing American city full of illusion, excess and indulgence, it's just a beautiful, epic film.

[@Icemann383]

I’ve always kind of liked Casino more then Goodfellas

[@cgbleak]

Arguably, Dark Side of the Moon is "better" than Wish You Were Here. And yet, I tend to listen to Wish You Were Here more often. Same thing with GoodFellas and Casino.

[@JordanOrlando]

It's nastier, and more tragic - the "Contempt" theme over the ending credits always gets me; the sense of how sad it all is, in the end; how much was lost. And it's the only Scorsese film photographed by Robert Richardson, who more recently has been shooting all the Tarantino movies, and has a very modern style that seemed very anachronistic in the early 90s (when he did "Casino" as well as one or two Oliver Stone movies).

[@JordanOrlando]

@@cgbleak It's like Se7en and Fight Club. Se7en is the important one - the one you'd put in the encyclopedia, in the "David Fincher" entry - but Fight Club is stranger and more ambitious and ultimately more interesting.

[@JordanOrlando]

@@RumourdProd Of course you're right. Thanks for the correction! That was a period of Scorsese that I'm less familiar with.

[@anthonyklybish9417]

Same but both are one my favorite movies of all time

[@brightize2651]

Quality movie from the Scorsese/De Niro/Pesci vault. I cannot put in the same tier as Goodfellas and Raging Bull, but not far off. Have to say, TBR Schmitt is my reaction channel of choice.

[@blackjohnny9570]

Joe pesci performance was better in this film💯

[@drewdownproductions3658]

It’s above Goodfellas and Raging Bull. It is Scorsese's best project.

[@MDK2_Radio]

I agree, the main problem with Casino is that it drags a bit, very rare for Scorsese and his awesome editor Thelma Schoonmaker, but it happens here where it doesn’t happen in most of their films.

[@leob4403]

@@MDK2_Radio nah it doesn't happen here, it happens in Goodfellas though because the characters are so unlikeable

[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

Ace's character was based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. Ace's mid century modern house on the golf course was Lefty's actual house. It still has bullet proof windows and interior vaults/safe rooms. Lefty's lawyer Oscar Goodman became the mayor of Las Vegas in 1999.

[@zachhoward9099]

That’s badass, I could only imagine how much that house is worth today, it was probably a few million dollar plus home in the 1970s

[@nealnoir]

Samanthas reaction to the plane landing 😂

[@Fardawg]

Nicholas Pileggi wrote the nonfiction book this was "inspired by" and co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. He also wrote the nonfiction book that Goodfellas was based on and co-wrote that screenplay with Scorsese. The guy that De Niro's character was based on, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, lived until 2008, and really did have a talk show in real life. You can find some clips of it on KZbin. He even had Frank Sinatra on his show. He also did survive a car bombing thanks to a thick metal plate that was added to the bottom of his model of car by the manufacturer to fix a balancing problem they had.

[@thebigmazz]

Check out No Country for Old Men, 2007 Best Picture, Best director for The Coen Brothers at the Oscars. Great film!!

[@systerkeno]

This was a very fun reaction to one of my favorite movies. Always a chill time to sit down and watch your reactions and I love your talk after the movies. Keep it up! 👍🏻

[@TedBrogan]

Craziest movie ever. The angst that builds up between DeNiro, Pesci, and Stone was so perfect. This is one of Scorsese's most underrated ones.

[@Masky5150]

Such a great movie! Dare I say I enjoy it more than Goodfellas. Sharon Stone absolutely kills it in her award winning role. She definitely proved she’s much more than just a pretty face. It’s insane the ups and downs, and how easily an empire can crumble with the actions of some.

[@d2heffz231]

I highly recommend A Bronx Tale if you haven't watched it already, its about the mafia but it actually has a happy ending to say the least. Pesci is in it as well very briefly.

[@TheM750]

A Bronx Tale is an excellent 'lighter' mob movie. Definitely another recommendation here to watch it.

[@d2heffz231]

@@RumourdProd No to your no.

[@TheM750]

@@RumourdProd Minor? Have you seen the cast? It's a pretty popular film. Also, if they watch a film you don't care about...don't watch the video? Not everything needs to be tailored to you and your likes, ffs.

[@d2heffz231]

@@TheM750 yeah I've never heard anyone say a Bronx tale is not renowned, it's funny he puts taxi driver as an example because de Niro kills it in both films.

[@d2heffz231]

@DEREK O’NEIL false

[@RYMAN1321]

Love how Scorsese did the twist with the narration

[@nicktube1857]

I laughed so hard at the James woods/Family guy reference in the intro. Ooh, piece of candy! Seems like I remember most of him in there too.

[@lewstone5430]

New sub here. I love how you show a lot of these movies. There’s definitely an art to editing (I have a little experience editing myself) and some reactors don’t get it. They show such short snippets that viewers aren’t allowed to get into the groove of the film. Good going you two, keep it up!

[@jramostt86]

Bro for real, that's my number one thing, how a reactor edits their videos.

[@Buugzy]

Yea I hate how some reactors edit. But theirs is also good

[@nightmaster5593]

This movie is spectacular. Honestly, my favorite Scorsese film. And Sharon Stone is absolutely outstanding. It's crazy how realistic she is at playing a drugged up ex-wife. Her performance is stupendous!

[@KRX01]

this movie is almost 3 hours but looks like 1 hour to me. It's one of the best gangster movies of all time.

[@daxhogno9595]

Some of the best acting ever in this movie. One of the all time greats. Glad you guys checked it out 👍

[@shugamouth]

Great overall edit! A movie of this magnitude needs at least a 50 minute review. Job well done!

[@TTM9691]

Completely agree, this must have been hard to edit since there's so much information and short scenes and fast pace, especially the first hour.

[@rare6499]

Such an brilliant film. Crafted to perfection. I like watching films with you guys, not quite so lonely as watching them alone!

[@papasqualo9178]

Hello TBR and Samantha, I really like your reaction videos. I have, for the last five or six months, been watching reaction videos (I guess we all fall into strange KZbin habits!). I am not really sure why I have been watching these reaction videos. Maybe it is because I love the movies in question, and then like to see other people fall in love with them too (that’s my best explanation to date). Anyway, I must say that I think your reactions are the best of all the ones I have seen. You are both perceptive! Much more so than me. I mean, I have seen these movies, and loved them (probably for reason’s unknown to me at the time), but then I had to go back and look at critical analysis of them in order to see or understand more clearly the true stories being told (little details like when/how sometimes there is music and other times not, or when the “mood” of a movie changes after some significant plot event) which all tells us a message from the director. You, however, have picked up a great deal of that significance from your very first viewing, which is amazing to me. Well done to you both. You have already covered some of my favorite movies of all time (The Good the Bad and The Ugly, Goodfellas, The Godfather 1, 2 and 3, and Casino). I see you have also covered Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Scarface, Blade Runner, The Thing and Deerhunter (all of which I have yet to see, and am looking forward to seeing- your reactions I mean). Can I also suggest a few really old ones? I am thinking of The Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Nosferatu (1922) and a modern “retelling” of how that movie, Nosferatu, was made (“Shadow of the Vampire”, 2000, with John Malkovich and Willem Defoe). Also, a few more modern ones, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Jack Nicholson), Driver (2011, Ryan Gosling), and Nightmare Alley (2021, Bradley Cooper)? All the best to you both.

[@elbeto7750]

Greetings and hugs from Costa Rica. Here enjoying this tremendous movie with you. 👏👏

[@TheTrashStash]

i love casino, even more than goodfellas! it is a true story. a few of my uncles in chicago knew the real life guy that pesci's character was based on, his name was tony the ant spilotro, and they said pesci played him almost exactly how he was in real life.

[@marcuscato9083]

I don’t know how I got addicted to the reactions corner of KZbin, but I ‘ve been watching a lot of these lately, especially when my favorite movies come up (I assume alot of it has to do with Covid). TBR and Samantha are definitely my favorites so far.

[@TTM9691]

I have had the same exact experience, Marcus, I've gotten addicted to these reaction videos only recently, and I agree, TBR and Sam are the gold standard.

[@bikingchupei2447]

if you are into reactions that actually give their thoughts after the movie, i recommend "Shan Watches Movies" and "Brandon Likes Movies"

[@TTM9691]

@@bikingchupei2447 Both of those are excellent as well. James Vs. Cinema is great also. There are lots of channels and reactors I love, and different styles but this is my fave, for a variety of reasons. There are lots of great reactors that don't do that many good movies, or have as big of a variety. This channel - as well as the others we've mentioned - have great variety, and hit the classics with regularity.

[@marcuscato9083]

@Mc G I agree with your analysis. I can’t even describe how bored I am with movies that have been made over the last couple decades. There are some rare exceptions like No Country for Old Men and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but as you point out, even those those are remakes or adaptations of things that originated last century. It seems like when mainstream institutions go stale, someone from an indie background needs to come along and shake things up again. Hopefully that will happen again soon. And one trend that needs to die a quick death is the trend of repurposing established characters to suit a modern political agenda.

[@TTM9691]

@@bikingchupei2447 Cinema Rules is great, also.

[@TheLORDofTOXICITY]

Goddamn your wife is so smart. She figured the movie in the first five minutes 😁

[@bbwng54]

I really like Samantha- she has very good comments

[@victorsixtythree]

Both this and Goodfellas had screenplays by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi based on books by Pileggi. Fun fact - Pileggi's wife was writer Nora Ephron who has written screenplays for movies like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. She also wrote the screenplay for a movie called My Blue Heaven which was a Steve Martin comedy about a mobster trying to live in the suburbs while in the witness protection program. It was based on some of the very same research and interviews with Henry Hill that Pileggi did while working on the book that became Good Fellas.

[@alchemist.73.74]

Great reaction, Great way of breaking the movie down after ! Casino's a classic with Goodfellas amongst my many favourite movies. Great job guys.

[@Frank_San_Nicolas]

I must have rewatched this reaction like ten times.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Ace and Ginger have the same problem: Their intelligence and talent goes totally out the window in their personal lives. Ace simps for Ginger, even knowing what she is. Ginger simps for Lester, even knowing what he is.

[@michaelccozens]

@Scienspace732 Lol, wut? She was clearly groomed and twisted by child-molester Lester from a young age. Dismissing someone with labels is just you admitting that you're too lazy and/or stupid to understand them.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

@Scienspace732 In fairness, she was as much a pro as Ace. She becomes a junkie only when he stops her from doing what she does best. Imagine what kind of nutcase he would become if she had forced him to stop being involved in the gambling industry.

[@andrewcharles459]

I forgot how awesome this movie is. I need to watch it again soon.

[@JKM395]

Another great movie guys. I enjoyed watching it with you. Keep up the good work.

[@jahrolo]

I almost forgot that Don Rickles is in this movie... Made me watch almost 2 hours of his material :D a true legend

[@brock3010]

Casino is one of my top favorite movies. 1. Because I love mob movies... 2. This movie is highly accurate... 3. The actors are all grade A++... 4. The music is wonderful... 5. Martin Scorsese is one of the best filmmakers of all time...🎬

[@h4ll1k]

finally someone reacts to casino, hopefully that will inspire others. and hopefully a few more classics like blow or donnie brasco arent far behind

[@clickonmike]

Or a bronx tale.

[@rogerg4269]

or Carlitos Way

[@ghostofyourmom]

They really need to react to Donnie Brasco. They'll love it!!!

[@brandonb.5304]

I hope you guys eventually react to The Irishman, considering how much you love DeNiro and Pesci together. Imagine those two combined with Al Pacino in a Martin Scorsese gangster movie. I hope it finds its way to a poll soon. Fingers crossed.

[@BlueSummers101]

@33:40 "Yeah but she wants the jewels" lol said during a scene where she got the 'pearls' ;) XD

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

25:32 - The Lawyer with Joe Pesci here (tall guy to his right) is actually a real Lawyer who represented the real life "Nicky" who Joe Pesci's character is based on

[@roywilson4514]

He is Mayor of Vegas now

[@markgorenshtein1946]

@@roywilson4514 He’s not. He used to be. His wife is Mayor I believe

[@ActionJackson1982]

In the whacking montage the guy that kills Stoney in the parking lot and the guy in Costa Rica “where are you goin jagof” is a real life mobster and played by Frank Vincent. I just found out that fact now, and I grew up with this movie, Im 38

[@MontagZoso]

Aside from being the BEST reaction videos on KZbin, you two are the cutest couple ever. ❤️👍

[@jeffg.8964]

Just subscribed. Awesome channel, love your reactions for the first time to movies I’ve seen decades ago.

[@raminybhatti5740]

I genuinely can't decide between Casino and Goodfellas as my favourite Scorcese / DeNiro / Pesci mafia film. My head says Goodfellas but my heart errs towards Casino mostly due to the central relationship between Ace and Ginger.

[@cgmat7804]

Have to say Sharon Stone was fabulous in this as a lush, the time she was thrown out on the street, Jesus so well done, heart in mouth watching this

[@deckofcards87]

You guys have gotta see Scorsese's 70s masterpieces: Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull...The last two are what put DeNiro and Scorsese in legendary status. Then there's his historical epics like The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun and Silence I personally recommend.

[@MrTone71]

Love Casino, and great reaction to it. Appreciate the extra long reaction video!

[@bottlerocket3218]

Fun fact for you: this movie holds the record for the most times the word 'f-ck' was said in a film.

[@demiopeseitan6965]

It used to be. It’s not anymore.

[@Halo1138]

Scorsese beat his own record with the Departed!

[@EdithCardellini]

According to imdb, the record was broken by The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) with "close to 600 uses" of the f-word.

[@BigSy19]

If you loved this movie you are going to love 1993 “Carlito’sWay”!

[@thaistomp]

DeNiro over Pacino 😎

[@thegirlinquestion]

OMG YES PLEASE

[@kaikell7541]

Once Upon A Time in America also stars Robert DeNiro, James Woods and, in a minor role, Joe Pesci. It is Sergio Leone's magnum opus and a gangster film on a par with The Godfather. You guys have to put it on your list. It's also like Pulp Fiction in the way it presents a fractured timeline. An absolute epic masterpiece. ...And I haven't even mentioned the brilliant score by Ennio Morricone yet...

[@carleakins2153]

John Bloom-aka drive-in film critic Joe Bob Briggs-played Don Ward, the guy who got fired from the casino which started the gaming commission investigation into Ace.

[@juanprc10]

I recommend The Departed for your next Scorsese’s film.

[@michaelriddick7116]

Friend of mine described this as "Robocop was the most violent movie I had ever seen in the theatres... until I saw Casino" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Scallycowell]

The lighting in this movie always seemed so strange to me. Usually you have three lights: The key light, which is usually the brightest, the fill light, which cuts out harsh shadows, and the back light, which visually separates the actors from the background. This film likes to use two key lights, one on the actors from an angle and one directly above them like a spot light, and it creates this combination of harsh shadows, but also this bright angelic-like glow on top of their heads. It's bizarre, but it works considering Scorsese. Sometimes he likes his realism, often times he likes his hyper-cinematic visuals where you know it's a movie because of how much artifice exists. It's both real and unreal, like a dream.

[@LiTTleGaBi21]

great observation, now I can’t unsee it

[@darylmchugh4407]

I wouldn't give ginger the key to my garden shed, great reaction guys 👍