Posted by sean at 170.148.92.44 on February 27, 2003 at 14:27:30:
In Reply to: Hmmmm... posted by jthecamb on February 27, 2003 at 14:14:07:
: Tell me if this plot sounds unique...
So, just to repeat Vincent's question, what movies have the same plot? To elaborate slightly, what movies *before* Goodfellas have the same plot?
Also, you're ignoring a pretty major segment of the film, ie the biggest robbery in history or whatever it is, exactly, that they do in the middle. It's a pretty big difference, since most mob movies do, indeed, have the cops somewhat randomly start cracking down on the mob, or they've finally gotten "too big" or whatever, whereas in 'Goodfellas', you have non-Mafia people [please, tell me if you can think of any other mob movie where none of the main characters are Mafia, or could be] who pull off a job that's too big for them and get busted, eventually, because of it.
Also, they're busted much earlier in the film also, which is pretty rare for the mob movies.
Still, this is making me want to watch 'Goodfellas' again. Too bad the DVD sucks.