Watchability: 4
This is a classic everyone should see which bumps it from a 3/3.5 to a 4 despite the fact that Hubby kind of loses interest during the heavy drug part in the 70's and Wifey can't handle the opening scene and the scene that revisits it later.
Family Guy: 4
The episode "There's Something about Paulie" and The Simpsons character inspired by Johnny Carbone give this film one of the higher rankings.
Relevance: 5
"How am I funny?"
How many times has this one, tiny scene been referenced to in our lifetime? Let us count the ways...
Or, rather, let us say that there are so many references, spoofs and impersonations inspired by Goodfellas that it is one of the most relevant films we've watched so far. Even a cartoon (Animaniacs, granted one of the best cartoons of our childhood) has a take:
http://youtu.be/Az3iAuKC1qY
One special note: when Henry takes his future wife on a date, there is a continuously filmed scene following the two of them into the back entrance, down stairs, through a busy kitchen, and into a busy dining room where a table gets set for them up front. It is a classic and AMAZING scene. Remember the car chase in The French Connection everyone raves about? This one trumps that because it involves so many more people rather than a camera on a car following a car down a street. It is filmography at its best.
We wanted to write more, but, what else can we say? It's GOODFELLAS. Come ooooon!
This is a really good movie but it is loooooong. I mean, The Godfather is long but didn't feel long. This one took forever. I could see the argument of it winning best picture. It lost to Dances With Wolves that year. Certainly a good example of how two totally different genres go head to head at the Oscars. 1998's Shakespear in love topping Saving Private Ryan is another.I don't know. I'm a horror fan and love the gory violence. But gun and beating violence kind of lose me. A lot of it going on here but it was still very solid.
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