siciliano732
Member
+202|6672|New York
Godfather 1 and 2 are the best....Goodfellas is awesome but...i dont think a real portrayal of what the underworld mafia scene is really like....but def both are great!
jord
Member
+2,382|6701|The North, beyond the wall.
Once upon a time in America is decent as well,worth a mention.

Last edited by jord (2006-08-15 10:50:40)

darad0
Member
+40|6644|Centreville, VA

siciliano732 wrote:

Godfather 1 and 2 are the best....Goodfellas is awesome but...i dont think a real portrayal of what the underworld mafia scene is really like....but def both are great!
I disagree. I think Goodfellas did an outstanding job protrayed the life and risks of being a mafiso in modern times, unlike the Godfather, being set in the 50s.
siciliano732
Member
+202|6672|New York

darad0 wrote:

siciliano732 wrote:

Godfather 1 and 2 are the best....Goodfellas is awesome but...i dont think a real portrayal of what the underworld mafia scene is really like....but def both are great!
I disagree. I think Goodfellas did an outstanding job protrayed the life and risks of being a mafiso in modern times, unlike the Godfather, being set in the 50s.
yes, but goodfellas is more modernized where the mafia is alot more underground now than it was then....then you actually had the crime families and the head "Don" persay...you know what i mean.  Yes in goodfellas you had the full blood italians being "made" and the corruption....but the mafia was orginally meant as protection and to fight the corruption. I dunno...
maef
Member
+67|6706|Tulln, Austria

siciliano732 wrote:

darad0 wrote:

siciliano732 wrote:

Godfather 1 and 2 are the best....Goodfellas is awesome but...i dont think a real portrayal of what the underworld mafia scene is really like....but def both are great!
I disagree. I think Goodfellas did an outstanding job protrayed the life and risks of being a mafiso in modern times, unlike the Godfather, being set in the 50s.
yes, but goodfellas is more modernized where the mafia is alot more underground now than it was then....then you actually had the crime families and the head "Don" persay...you know what i mean.  Yes in goodfellas you had the full blood italians being "made" and the corruption....but the mafia was orginally meant as protection and to fight the corruption. I dunno...
You do know that Goodfellas is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi which is the true story of Henry Hill, right?
siciliano732
Member
+202|6672|New York
no i didnt know that...if that is true...that is interesting...
Mr. Dutchguy
Member
+0|6488|The Netherlands
I've been to Sicily two times, i also have been to the places where they shot some scenes for
The Godfather. Like the scene when Michael Corleone meets is future wife en the church where he
marries.

Shots were taken in Savoca / Sicily. I have some pictures of the church etc. Interested, let me no!
chittydog
less busy
+586|6858|Kubra, Damn it!

siciliano732 wrote:

chittydog wrote:

Chuckles wrote:

You can't be serious.  Take that back right now.
QFE.  Scarface is like a poor man's Godfather.

Siciliano, we're not going to help you cheat. If this one paper is going to make or break you, you've probably been screwing off this year and deserve to work a little. Good luck, though, and I hope you make it.
I am not asking anyone "to help me cheat" hence me saying i have 8 of 10 pgs already....i am not stupid...and dont judge me and say i have been screwing off cuz this paper isnt going to make or break my grade....if anything i will get a B in the class rather than an A....i was simply asking if anyone had a paper i could reference and site....Im not an idiot so you should stop acting like one...
I'm acting like an idiot? Perhaps you forgot what you wrote when you opened the thread:

siciliano732 wrote:

PLEASE HELP! This is the last thing i need to do for this class and if i do well on it, I graduate in May and will not have to take an extra semester and go another $15,000 in the hole.
So one of your statements is a lie. It's either the difference between an A and a B, or you going to have to take an extra semester. Which one is it?
mKmalfunction
Infamous meleeKings cult. Est. 2003 B.C.
+82|6563|The Lost Highway

alpinestar wrote:

do a paper on scareface it's more intresting
I hate when people call this movie SCAREface. It's not Scareface, it's Scarface. Wtf...

But yeah, Godfather slays Scarface. Scarface is still a bad ass movie though.
mKmalfunction
Infamous meleeKings cult. Est. 2003 B.C.
+82|6563|The Lost Highway

maef wrote:

siciliano732 wrote:

darad0 wrote:


I disagree. I think Goodfellas did an outstanding job protrayed the life and risks of being a mafiso in modern times, unlike the Godfather, being set in the 50s.
yes, but goodfellas is more modernized where the mafia is alot more underground now than it was then....then you actually had the crime families and the head "Don" persay...you know what i mean.  Yes in goodfellas you had the full blood italians being "made" and the corruption....but the mafia was orginally meant as protection and to fight the corruption. I dunno...
You do know that Goodfellas is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi which is the true story of Henry Hill, right?
And Goodfellas wasn't exactly modern.
darad0
Member
+40|6644|Centreville, VA

mKmalfunction wrote:

maef wrote:

siciliano732 wrote:


yes, but goodfellas is more modernized where the mafia is alot more underground now than it was then....then you actually had the crime families and the head "Don" persay...you know what i mean.  Yes in goodfellas you had the full blood italians being "made" and the corruption....but the mafia was orginally meant as protection and to fight the corruption. I dunno...
You do know that Goodfellas is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi which is the true story of Henry Hill, right?
And Goodfellas wasn't exactly modern.
read my post before you comment. Goodfellas timeline is from the late 50s/early 60s to the mid 80s. thats pretty fucking modern.
mKmalfunction
Infamous meleeKings cult. Est. 2003 B.C.
+82|6563|The Lost Highway

darad0 wrote:

mKmalfunction wrote:

maef wrote:

You do know that Goodfellas is based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi which is the true story of Henry Hill, right?
And Goodfellas wasn't exactly modern.
read my post before you comment. Goodfellas timeline is from the late 50s/early 60s to the mid 80s. thats pretty fucking modern.
Yeah bro, 25 years ago really is "pretty fucking modern."

Last edited by mKmalfunction (2006-08-15 15:58:41)

darad0
Member
+40|6644|Centreville, VA
Definitions of modern on the Web:

    * belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;

http://www.google.com/search?client=fir … gle+Search
siciliano732
Member
+202|6672|New York
does it matter....they are both great mafia films....what does it matter...they are two totally different films though at that.
-Gunsmoke-
Member
+165|6658|South Jersey
You need to fill in those last 2 pages?  Make the text one size bigger
Don't worry any school that assigns the Godfather for a paper barely requires literacy. I'm sure youll get a C if you can spell Godfather right.
Marconius
One-eyed Wonder Mod
+368|6717|San Francisco
The Godfather and Goodfellas are both amazing mafia films in ther own right.  I'm wondering why no one has brought up Casino or Donnie Brasco yet...also fantastic mafia films.

(My family on my mother's side helped out the Gambino's back in the day, so I take any mafia media to heart)
siciliano732
Member
+202|6672|New York
i finished with enough for my paper everyone....i bsed that much more...and i changed the spacing by .2% between each character....lol....oh the things you learn in school...
darad0
Member
+40|6644|Centreville, VA

Marconius wrote:

The Godfather and Goodfellas are both amazing mafia films in ther own right.  I'm wondering why no one has brought up Casino or Donnie Brasco yet...also fantastic mafia films.

(My family on my mother's side helped out the Gambino's back in the day, so I take any mafia media to heart)
I also take the mafia to heart, studying mafiso figures is a passion of mine. There is something so cool about these men of power. They command total respect and loyality.. talk about a leader..

Casino is good, just not as good as the others. Sharon Stone really really pisses me off in Casino.
mKmalfunction
Infamous meleeKings cult. Est. 2003 B.C.
+82|6563|The Lost Highway

darad0 wrote:

Definitions of modern on the Web:

    * belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;

http://www.google.com/search?client=fir … gle+Search
You were implying that The Godfather wasn't in modern time, and that Goodfellas was. According to this definition, both are modern.

You still look stupid.

Last edited by mKmalfunction (2006-08-15 21:54:41)

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