It all gets worse and worse until the end, when the “clean up” happens. Then bring in an element that shakes things up. Establish the character’s beginnings, his rise to fame, explain in detail how much money is made, laundered, and passed around.
is because it’s practically the same roadmap as Goodfellas. I think a big part of why this just doesn’t work for the movie overall. There wasn’t anything truly compelling happening onscreen (besides the Nicky/his brother murder scene, that was fucking rough). But when it feels like the movie is stuck in that one way of presentation for nearly THREE SOLID HOURS, I start checking out. This mode is with constant, non-stop period music in the background, narration, a constant feeling of movement, and not giving the audience a chance to breathe and really learn about the characters.Īnd you know what? I love this aspect of Scorsese. This is where her and my opinions converge.Ĭasino felt like Scorsese got stuck in one of his “modes” right after the opening credits and barely ever got out of it. She’d seen Casino like 5 or 6 times prior, but on this viewing, her opinion completely changed on it. My wife loves both movies.until yesterday. So, I watched Casino yesterday for only the second time ever, yet I’ve seen Goodfellas countless times.
