Lessons learned from watching "Goodfellas" for the 30th time (give or take)
"Goodfellas" is one of my all-time favorite movies. Heck, it may be my number one favorite movie. Last night, it made an appearance in its uncut glory on the cable station, Encore. I caught about the last 2/3 of it, and I have to say it's a movie I never tire of seeing. I suppose part, if not most, of its appeal is that the gangster life is a side of life I will NEVER see and, quite frankly, hope to never see. Still, it's extremely fun to live vicariously through a gangster, and imagine what that existence might be like. Mainly, though, "Goodfellas" is just a hell of a great movie with brilliant acting, glorious direction from Martin Scorsese, and some of the best dialogue ever written for film. Just for kicks, I compiled a few lessons learned from my 30th (give or take) viewing of “Goodfellas”: 1. Don’t “bust a guy’s balls” asking for money you think is owed you. You will probably end up dead. ...