Couple of friends recomended it and I am not so sure if they are telling the truth or just want to make me watch ass sorry movie.I need an opinion on this.

Hell yes! Casino is great, see it ASAP. Check this link: http://www.blackstar.co.uk/video/item/7000000052170

Casino is one of the best mob movies to date. It airs on USA Network tomorrow at 4PM EST.

thanks for the info I'll be sure to watch it.

I don't know if I'd call Casino great, but it's definitely a good movie and a gangster movie essential.

Here's a little trivia: Casino holds the record for the most F words said in a movie, beating out Scarface and Pulp Fiction.

and Goodfellas, which Casino shows (too) much resemblance to. Maybe that's why it isn't as classic as Goodfellas. that and the fact it is too long.


GOODFELLAS & CASINO:
Scorsese directing, three leading actors including Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci, based on a book by Nicholas Pilleggi, written by Pilleggi and Scorsese themselves, story based on real (mob) events, Pesci's character is a hothead, there's a girl with special meaning to one of the principal characters, it's about the rise in the mob, Frank Vincent is a supporting character, Scorsese's mother has a small part, it uses music from the time it is set in.

Casino also reunites DeNiro and James Woods (after Once Upon A Time In America). Sharon Stone is the femme fatale (winning many awards for her role).

Watch it, it's a mob-movie-must-see!

Excellent acting, sizzling script, awe-inspiring direction and a cracking soundtrack make this (IMO) one of the best gangster movies of all time. A great insight into how the Mafia once ruled Vegas. It's frightening, intriguing, overlong, funny, and as violent as a movie can get.

On first watch, I liked it better than Goodfellas. On all wacthes thereafter I think Goodfellas is a much superior film.

I'd give it four out of four.

Mick

I watched Casino yesterday night and I really liked it. I did get a little bored at some time, so I think it could be a little smaller.
About comparing it to GoodFellas, I believe it is unfair. GoodFellas is a classic and Casino is an attempt to make another film as good as Goodfellas. that is not bad, Scorsese and De Niro can do anything they want to, but that's how it feels for me. And it is still very very good

That's right, Tony. No real comparison between Casino and Goodfellas. Don't look for the mordant humor and bang-bang action of Goodfellas. Instead, in Casino you get a long, thoughtful, detailed view of the Mafia and Vegas. You also get DeNiro's best performance since Goodfellas and a memorable performance by Sharon Stone. Plus, Scorsese's casting genius is evident with his use of Don Rickles, Tommy Smothers, and the Sultan of Smarm, James Woods. Excellent film!

Like the members here said YES watch Casino you won't be disappointed. It's a lot better than Goodfellas. IMHO

I agree with the Iceman. Casino is better then Goodfellas. Especially Pesci... His character is so over the top but its so much fun to watch him.

quote by:Toonces the Driving Cat
Here's a little trivia: Casino holds the record for the most F words said in a movie, beating out Scarface and Pulp Fiction.

really! wouldnt be suprised. on usa at least an hour is silent because of all the f*cks and sh*ts

I don't think it's as great as Goodfellas, but it's pretty damned good, and if you liked Goodfellas you're sure to like Casino.

realy? that f**k*ng sh*t is m*th*rf**k*ng f**k*d *p!

You said you're going to check it out on USA Network. Be sure to rent it too. A lot of alterations to the tv version. But a GREAT movie. You'll get hooked within the first 30 minutes.

(possible spoilers herein)

it's the last 30 minutes that makes it fall a bit a part; the Vegas introduction(s) are brilliant. in the end it gets too long


my favorite is the "Nights in White Satin-sequence"

since we're on the topic of casino, i've got a question for all of you who've seen it SPOILER WARNING why did they strip nicky and dominick to thier underware when they whacked em off?

Good question. Maybe it was more humiliating for them, or maybe they burned them to prolong identification, or for evidence for their bosses. I'm not sure really, I'll have a think

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I'm not sure.

but I guess to leave as little evidence as possible. I would burn those clothes, and after that hope the bodies won't smell or rot that much it could be discovered.

Raymondo beat me to it with his reply

this was the first thing I thought of, but the way I remember (SPOILER!!) the are not unclothed untill after they die. They were not embarassed being naked, they were dead already

I think it was a combination of humilation & warning. The warning seemed to work: if things get out of hand, this is how you will end up. Morte.

They were not dead when they were buried...I remember someone saying that as a narrator. posibly Ace.

It's a good movie, but it covers, literally, no new ground whatsoever. It did not have critic support, Lenoard Maltin hated it for example, and it was perceived to just be a rip off. i like it for what it is, but it is too long, and it took much of the heat that Goodfellas and GFIII brought on- overexposure of the genre. Both of the other movies have also become historic as time goes by, but Casino has not. Scorcese went to the well once too often.

damn, I forgot. you are right ToMo;)

Casino is an OK movie, nothing special.

Another Rare ocasion as No Girl has posted here yet again!

I resaw Casino, and altough it's still a movie I enjoy very much (especially the first 45 minutes), I think Chilltown says it best.

What were they thinking, back in 1994/1995? Scorse, DeNiro, Pesci I mean... it's not as if it was anything revolutionary, they might as well have called it Goodfellas 2.

Casino is a very Funny movie..Joe P, is Great.

casino is fucking awesome. -Pat

Thanks Pherdy! You know you are my favorite poster, so coming from you, that is a great compliment!