GoodFellas

Watched while making more progress on an eight page website I have to code for a final, which could be seen as a very smart or very dumb decision. I’ve gathered a team of scientists, and they did the math. Their findings was that, compared to if I did the work without Goodfellas, productivity was down 45%, happiness was up 65%, and hunger for cured meats and as up 90%. The more you know I suppose. One of my favorites forever. Perfect from head to toe. As smooth as melted butter and flawlessly paced. I hope to create anything that is a fraction of this quality and this memorable within my lifetime. If someone put a gun to my head and said I have to recite a movie to 80% accuracy or he pulls the trigger, I’d choose Goodfellas without a doubt. It’s been so permanently engrained in my lexicon I can’t even imagine a point in my life where it wasn’t omnipresent in my head.  Also, not sure if this is a hot take, but I think I can confidently say Ray Liotta in this is my favorite Scorsese performance ever. Incredibly underrated in the grand scheme of things. He does some things with his face here that are just insane. The look on his face after he beats the shit out of Karen’s neighbor. The look on his face after Tommy says “I didn’t want to get blood on your floor”. The look on his face after Tommy kills Spider. The look on his face when the officer is mocking him post-arrest. These remain in my mind constantly.