The Goodfellas Film Analysis

The topics I will be discussing for the week four free post blog is; the reason why I chose this film, and the comparison and difference between The Goodfellas and The Godfather, and the comparison and difference of Scorsese's The Departed and The Goodfellas. The first time I watched "The Goodfellas" was when I was probably 10. What drawled me to watching this film was because I used to always watch "The Sopranos". At first I was questionable if I would like this film because, it was released in the 1990's. At that time I didn't really care for classic movies, however after watching "The Goodfellas" my interest for classic movies grew. Soon after watching “The Goodfellas” I started to watch movies like Casino, Scarface, and The Godfather. The reason why I chose "The

Goodfellas as my film would be because it's my genre of movies. The reason why "The Goodfellas" is my favorite film is because it showed the life of gangsters back in the time period of the movie portrayed. The time period throughout the film was the 1950s-1980's. Gangster reigned this period for example; the five families of New York were in this time period. It showed the rise of the notorious gangster Henry Hill. In the beginning, Henry was some little kid nobody knew about and in the end everyone knew about him. In the beginning of the film, it showed how bad Henry desired the power to be a top gangster. Mainly it showed Henry’s rise in the criminal underworld. This movie showed why people would consider joining the mafia while, most films didn't. This movie makes the audience feel how complex and what the life of a gangster was like. Another great thing I noticed throughout the film was the editing. They transitioned through the scenes very well. One moment they would be stealing trucks filled with goods, and then they would be eating dinner with their friends and family. What made this movie beyond the top of one of the best gangster films and why I liked it; was because it's realistic. There are many differences in the comparison between "The Goodfellas" and "The Godfather". I'd like to start off by saying "The Godfather" takes place in the time period of 1945-1955 while "The Goodfellas" covers the 1950's to the 1980's.

However, I notice the styles are different in "The Godfather" it's focusing on his son following his following father’s footsteps as for, "The Goodfellas" it focuses on the life on the notorious gangster Henry Hill. The pace between these two movies were different from my perspective. Coppola's pace for "The Godfather" tended to be slower than Scorsese. The next comparison is between "The Goodfellas" and "The Departed". Both these movies are directed by the same director. A difference I noticed between these films is for "The Goodfellas" it shows the life of the Italian mafia as for "The Departed" it shows the life of the Irish mafia. Another difference is in "The Goodfellas" the sale of drugs weren't liked upon as for "The Departed" it was encouraged to sell drugs. A comparison between these two movies is both main characters believe they are above the law from my perspective. Both characters chose the path in which they wanted to take, almost considered being an outlaw. Another comparison between this two films is both characters had love

interest. In conclusion, looking back at the reason why I chose this film, I am happy I chose it for those reasons part of it being my favorite genre of movies. Another thing I never really realized were the differences between the comparisons I did. The Godfather had differences and similarities however, the same for The Departed. The Departed was also directed by the same actor that being “Martin Scorsese”.