The Goodfellas Film Analysis

The topics I will be discussing for the week four free post blog is; the reason why I chose this film, and the comparison and difference between The Goodfellas and The Godfather, and the comparison and difference of Scorsese's The Departed and The Goodfellas. The first time I watched "The Goodfellas" was when I was probably 10. What drawled me to watching this film was because I used to always watch "The Sopranos". At first I was questionable if I would like this film because, it was released in the 1990's. At that time I didn't really care for classic movies, however after watching "The Goodfellas" my interest for classic movies grew. Soon after watching “The Goodfellas” I started to watch movies like Casino, Scarface, and The Godfather. The reason why I chose "The

However, I notice the styles are different in "The Godfather" it's focusing on his son following his following father’s footsteps as for, "The Goodfellas" it focuses on the life on the notorious gangster Henry Hill. The pace between these two movies were different from my perspective. Coppola's pace for "The Godfather" tended to be slower than Scorsese. The next comparison is between "The Goodfellas" and "The Departed". Both these movies are directed by the same director. A difference I noticed between these films is for "The Goodfellas" it shows the life of the Italian mafia as for "The Departed" it shows the life of the Irish mafia. Another difference is in "The Goodfellas" the sale of drugs weren't liked upon as for "The Departed" it was encouraged to sell drugs. A comparison between these two movies is both main characters believe they are above the law from my perspective. Both characters chose the path in which they wanted to take, almost considered being an outlaw. Another comparison between this two films is both characters had love