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the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no #609703
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in my view it was,it had everything,action,classic cast,best director,in brian de palma,not to mention,the classic on screen performance of all pacino.i can still remember seen it in the cinema in 83,i was so blown away,i watched it 3 times in different cinemas on the same day.ive watched it hundreds of times on video/dvd...an all time classic..do u on here share my views...cheers...say hello to my little friend......i allways tell the truth,even when i lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #609717
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Was a great film yes though I preferred Goodfellas... Hope I don't offend you LOL

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: NickyScarfo] #609727
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yes good fellas,was a classic as well!!!!!!!!!!!


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #609781
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Why youse being so nosy?
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Why youse being so nosy?
Not even close.

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #609975
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No.
To me there is a difference between Gangster and Mafia films.
GF I & II are the greatest "Mafia" movies ever, with Goodfellas a close runner up.

As far as the greatest "Gangster" movie, I think that distinction goes to "Once Upon A Time In America"


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"Business bad? Fuck you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? Fuck you
pay me. Place got hit by lightning huh? Fuck you, pay me. It was
beautiful!". ---Henry Hill in "Goodfellas"
Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #610923
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Good film yes but certainly not the best..


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It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #612078
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I would agree that, despite its faults (caused mostly by production woes and shortcomings)OUaTiA is the greatest gangster film - a true epic, imo. It transcends the genre. As a study of an individual psychopath involved in the gangster life, Scarface and White Heat are tops for me.


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #614852
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Scarface is a punk movie, compared to the real mafia movies like Godfather, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas. Scarface is good within its own genre.


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: Mukremin] #614853
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Bronx Tale and Casino for me!

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #622365
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For a fast action ass kicken in your seat movie Goodfella's !

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #622411
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But I don't like that Henry Hill a Rat. But he sure wasn't the first and he won't be the last.

Just Sayen.

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #659530
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1. Goodfellas
2. Godfather
3. Scarface

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #659996
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1. Godfather
2. Godfather 2
3. Goodfellas
4. Casino
5. Donnie Brasco
6. A Bronx Tale
7. Godfather 3
8. Gotti
9. Scarface

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #661154
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1. Donnie Brasco
2. Goodfellas
3. Casino
4. Godfather
5. Godfather 2
6. Gotti
7. Scarface


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #680610
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i never liked it actually. to be honest i dont even like scorcese.hes overrated and his films are products of the ability of the actors. look at meanstreets. fantastic. the departed? give me a fucking break.look at the talent he has. the two worst films dixaprio has ever been in have been scorceses. where by the way he played basically the same character. all his films are made just to appeal to whitecollar men and sheltered teenagers who think hitmen and pints of fake blood are sexy. if youve ever had to sit next to a friend and tell him hes going to be alright while your trying to plug a knife wound in his stomach with your shirt,you start to appreciate the more 'tv friendly' movies.

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #763145
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1. GoodFellas "by far the best Italian mob flick ever made"
2. Donnie Brasco
3. Untouchables
4. Godfather
5. Bronx Tale
6. Casino
7. Godfather 3
8. Godfather 2
9. Gotti
10. Mean Streets

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #763208
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1)Godfather
2)Godfather2
3)The Public Enemy (1931 version)
4)Scarface (1932 version)
5)Goodfellas and Mean Streets (tied)

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: Dago_From_Chicago] #763209
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Godfather 3 is ahead of Godfather 2?

How is that even possible?

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #763342
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The information provided here is accurate & makes us clear our doubts if any. Thanks always to you for providing us information.


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Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #764608
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I hate Scarface, they took Linda Mastrantonio "who played Tony Montana's sister" and Al Pacino "both whom are 100% Italian" and made them be Cuban...wtf. Same thing in Carlito's Way, Al Pacino plays a Puerto Rican. Thats just stupid to me, I don't know why, just erks me. Godfather 3 they take Andy Garcia and make him play an Italian its just like wtf.

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: Dago_From_Chicago] #764636
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Originally Posted By: Dago_From_Chicago
I hate Scarface, they took Linda Mastrantonio "who played Tony Montana's sister" and Al Pacino "both whom are 100% Italian" and made them be Cuban...wtf. Same thing in Carlito's Way, Al Pacino plays a Puerto Rican. Thats just stupid to me, I don't know why, just erks me. Godfather 3 they take Andy Garcia and make him play an Italian its just like wtf.
Haha I'm Cuban and I think the same thing

Pacino did a good job with the accent though, but he looks Italian. White Cubans are Spaniards and they just have a different phenotype. Andy Garcia and Stephen Bauer are good examples

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Hey ChiSox74 maybe you can answer this question. I always been confused as to Cubans "white Cubans" and "White Ricans" like Benicio Del Torro, Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, etc etc. Most White Cubans and Ricans are of Spaniard and French decent and both of those country's are white country's so lets say a white Cuban etc fills out a application for a job at lets say Dunbar armored security on Chicago ave. Are they going to put down Hispanic or white? If not white, why not?

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: Dago_From_Chicago] #764687
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These days more and more applications are putting hispanic(white) or hipanic (other), but a lot of them still just have hispanic.

Hispanic is a misused term. They called hispanic a race when they really just meant from Spanish speaking countries. They confused a linguistic category with a racial one.

The worst is Latin. I'm considered a Latin even though your ancestors are the true Latins. You're not considered a Latin even though your ancestors gave my ancestors the Latin language and culture.

How does that make any sense?

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@ChiSox74. HA makes about as much sense as tits on a mule. That's cool that you know about that whole Latin thing. Most people don't know that Southern Italians and Sicilians are actually the original Latins and what not.

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Not even close.

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My favorite movie was Public Enemy with James Cagney. A lot of little things in it made it great. Have to see it a number of times to see it all.


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Originally Posted By: ChiSox74
Originally Posted By: Dago_From_Chicago
I hate Scarface, they took Linda Mastrantonio "who played Tony Montana's sister" and Al Pacino "both whom are 100% Italian" and made them be Cuban...wtf. Same thing in Carlito's Way, Al Pacino plays a Puerto Rican. Thats just stupid to me, I don't know why, just erks me. Godfather 3 they take Andy Garcia and make him play an Italian its just like wtf.
Haha I'm Cuban and I think the same thing

Pacino did a good job with the accent though, but he looks Italian. White Cubans are Spaniards and they just have a different phenotype. Andy Garcia and Stephen Bauer are good examples
http://womanandhome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/21348/00000b296/e99d_orh100000w570/Andy-Garcia.jpg I think Andy Garcia looks very Italian in the godfather.

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Eli Walach a Jew played a great Latino bandits in many movies. Magnificent 7 among them.

Robert DeNiro will play an Irish guy in the movie the irishman. He played another Irishman in Goodfellas.

People are complaining about that as well. Also the Irishman the real guy is 6'4". Bob is under 6 feet people are even complaint about that


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I think its great, it really is. But its the best drug trade movie I've seen. The main focus of the movie is cocaine, which qualifies it as a drug trade movie. My favorite mafia movie is The Departed, favorite gangster movie is The Public Enemy. The best mafia movies are The Godfather 1 and 2, GoodFellas and The Departed

Re: the greatest gangster film ever made..yes/no [Re: karlyquo] #787207
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French connection an seven ups for a change,mean streets also..just watched killing me softly few days ago its ok..i like state of grace with shawn pen,and sleepers..they are not really mafia movies but are related..if your talking about real mafia movies i would have to say goodfellas...ive seen the icemen about richard kuklinski is so bad and boaring,cant belive you can screw up roy demeo like that,but i seems it can be done wink

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