A close friend of mine's uncle joined us on a drinking binge in Ft. Lauderdale and shared some insane stories about his "alleged" connections. You know how some people make shit up when their drunk; I dont know if any of it was true, but it was the most entertaining collection of stories I've ever heard. Been hooked ever since.

Goodfellas,I probbaly saw that movie 30 times before I saw The Godfather once.

The Godfather 1&2, and the library books i've read on organized crime.

i started playing games like GTA:3 and Vice City and all of that kinda got me into crime and stuff. so i had seen Scarface before but i wasnt really paying attention (it was my friends and i, we were mostly just talking). so i rented Scarface and i loved it after watching it alone and paying attention. so i rented The Godfather and i loved that also and thats about it.

i had heard about these great movies, that were classics so i decided to rent them and watch them. first i saw goodfellas, then scarface, and then the godfather. after that i was hooked and wanted to learn everything about the mafia. i watched more movies like donnie brasco, casino, gotti and more. then i found this site and learned even more. then i started getting into mafia books. i don't know what it was but the mafia just interested me so much, i guess it was the fact that people actually lived a life of crime that fascinated me. especially after i saw goodfellas i was like "wow i can't believe this is a true story!"

Scarface. I watched it and was impressed! That's what hooked me. Then, I read Omerta and got into the Godfather and that showed me the Italian mob and then from then on, anything about the mafia and organized crime has got my full attention! This 'phase' has lasted about a year!

For me .... it was Al Pacino I had always seen the Godfather films. My Father had them on all the time. But I never paid close attention to it, that is until three years ago my dad had it on again and I saw Al Pacino !And then a year after that I realized that over half my family is involved so then I got serious about it. But at first it was all about the Pacino.

GTA: Vice City

For me, it must have been Scarface... I played lots of GTA before, but never got really involved... After i saw Scarface i started wtching them others big gangster films

I myself have always been interested in high crime. Not the pathetic little shootings that happen on the street. The mafia has always been a true source of crime, passion, loyalty, and honor; a mix that you can find no where else in the world of crime. Fictionally, the Godfather really got me hooked. I also found the auto-bio of Bill Bonnano--the model for Micheal, and although I havent had a chance to read it, im sure that it will give me a great insight into the world of the Mafia.

That's easy - growing up Italian !

Well, I as many Saw The Godfahter and Was HOOKED!

Its my Coffie

scarface. what a movie. that's why i didn't like the godfather as much. it didn't have as much action and swearing.

um its kind of embarrising because a soap opera got me into it. my mom watches this soap opera called general hospitle.she told me there was this guy who was a mobster(get the name:sonny carenthos) on it so i started watching it. apperentally its just known that he's a mobster, he never proves it. So i went in search of some more violent mobsters,heard about the godfather,researched al capone and it got me where i am today.

First i got into gangster movies like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Then started watching Casino and Goodfellas. After that I saw the first 2 godfathers and that did the job for me. I still havent seen the third one though, apparently its not all its cracked up to be........

Haha, look at that post up there. That was my first one! I was reading some of my oldest posts for the hell of it and I came upon this one. I am usually against bumping threads, but this one was really interesting to me and we have a lot of new members.

Goodfellas

At first, I was totally uninterested in the Mafia, and anything that had to do with it. I then decided to take Criminal Justice classes in college, and we had to do a section on the mafia, the begining of a lack thereof. That's when I started getting more interested in it.

I had always been pretty interested in crime, never petty stuff or "gangsta garbage" butorganized crim and corruption. And yes, I knew of the mafia and knew a little abou it. But it wasn't until I saw the Godfather that I was a mafia fanatic. When I am into something, I have to find every little bit of info there is, and thats why Ive joined this BB.

The Godfather also made me realize Al Pacino, the greatest actor Ive ever seen on screen. I am a struggling actor and Pacino has really inspired me to work hard. Of course The Godfather is home to many other wonderful actors, Brando, Cazale, Keaton, De Niro, and many others.

My Italian family is also very, mafia-ish, though they are legit people, the opening wedding scene in GF is a perfect representation of my family, of course without the FBI checking license plates.

The Godfather films introduced me to the mafia and now I'm always interested in reading any information I can get on the mob.

what got me hook on the mafia was the Godfather after that I start finding books about the mob wacthing t.v. about the history of the mob then finding movies on crimes.

The godfather
Goodfellas
Mafia the game
books about the new york mafia

I don't remember how it happened but I believe this is it...
My pop's was watching the godfather (this ws probably 10 years ago) and I was mocking the dialogue with my little bro and sis. We'd play Mafia games (it was better thn cops and robbers) and as I got older I was fasinated. True Story. So it was The Godfather...

I can't really recall an exact moment when I got interested in th Mafia. I remember, a couple years ago, I was always on crimelibrary.com, reading stories on serial killers and outlaws. Then I saw a picture of this guy, in a white fedora, who looked strangely familiar. I clicked it, and it was the biography on Al Capone. I read it, and found it vaguely interesting. I remembered some of the names mentioned in the story, and I did some research on them. Now my grandfather had always had the Godfather videotapes, and I always asked him what it was about, and he'd tell me not to worry about, its not something I would like. Well years later, I kept asking my mom and dad to buy me the DVD boxset of The Godfather films, but they told me they weren't gonna spend $120 on something that I probably won't like. Now you have to understand, up to this point, I hadn't seen them, but I knew that they had to do with the Mafia. So one day, I was at my aunt's house, and we went out to rent some movies, and I asked her if we could rent The Godfather, cuz I had never seen it, and I heard how good it was. Well it was her favorite movie, so we rented it, and I watched it. I was completely mesmerized. Marlon Brando completely floored me as Don Vito Corleone, Pacino, Duvall, Cazale, and Jimmy Caan had a similar impact on me. From there, I was completely hooked. Since then, I've seen every Brando film I can find, I've seen Goodfellas, Casino, etc. I've read The Godfather Legacy, every Puzo book, I've got a book called American Mafia, I've read Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, and so many more. And I've read every story there is to read on crimelibrary.com about the Mob. It's a very fascinating topic, and while not the ideal lifestyle, you gotta admit, there's something about mobsters that makes you wanna be one.

...location, location, location...

tony b.

What got me into it was me being italian. My father used to tell me storys about LaCosa Nostra.
Then i started going to the library and readin g books about it. Then watching the movies just help cement it all.

well my my grandmothers family(i am 4th generation italian) and my grandmother spoke of the "Black Hand" which it was what the italians called the mafia in italy. I heard about it then wacthed goodfellas then read WiseGuy and so on.....

probably the fact that a family friend is italian who came over from italy and being around him and his family learning of italy's hsitory including the mafia which was the most interesting then having the godfather part 2 on tape and part 1 on dvd helps

One word, Goodfellas. Had me by the balls ever since...

I was watching a movie called little Little Nicky, and it had a scene from scarface in it. It looked really cool so i rented it out and i loved it. Then I got into gangsters and stuff, then my grandma told me about The Godfather. I watched that and got into the Mafia.