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Darkmakaimura

Darkmakaimura

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I must have watched this movie three times in a week.

It has become one of my favorite movies of all time.

The dialogue, the acting, the cinematography, the narration, almost everything about this movie is perfect.

I thought I already made a thread about this movie here but I can't find it so maybe I did it and if I did I apologize and mods, you can delete this.

Plus, I live right here in Las Vegas and many of the locations are one short bus ride away that you see in the movie.

I bought it on sale for $5 on Vudu a couple years back so occasionally check that website for sales.

But I really just wanted to mention how great this movie is and if you haven't already seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it ASAP.
 
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EviLore

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
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Darkmakaimura

Darkmakaimura

Member
I know it's wrong but....

I actually felt bad for Lefty Rosenthal at the end. To see him lose his empire and go back to being a sports handicapper. But then again, Lefty got lucky thanks to the metal plate under the drivers seat.

This movie was so amazing. The way it was a serious movie based on actual events that managed to have quite a bit of humor as well.
 
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Darkmakaimura

Darkmakaimura

Member
EviLore said:
It's well-made and held my attention for the entire running time, which is not easy for a movie that long, but it's not up with Scorsese's best. Different director (Leone), but have you seen Once Upon a Time In America? Now that's a four hour epic.
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I haven't seen any of those. I'm actually new to Martin Scorsese films. Casino might be my first one.

I plan on watching the Irishman tomorrow.
 
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SlimySnake

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Darkmakaimura said:
I must have watched this movie three times in a week.

It has become one of my favorite movies of all time.

The dialogue, the acting, the cinematography, the narration, almost everything about this movie is perfect.

I thought I already made a thread about this movie here but I can't find it so maybe I did it and if I did I apologize and mods, you can delete this.

Plus, I live right here in Las Vegas and many of the locations are one short bus ride away that you see in the movie.

I bought it on sale for $5 on Vudu a couple years back so occasionally check that website for sales.

But I really just wanted to mention how great this movie is and if you haven't already seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it ASAP.
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Casino was unfairly overlooked because its so similar to goodfellas, but people are starting to realize that this is a masterpiece just like Goodfellas before it. No one makes movies like this anymore. Not even Scorsese who struggled to give The Irishman the same kind of energy. Maybe its the setting. Casino is set in the perfect mob town while the Irishman is more about politics and corruption.

Id even say Casino has far more memorable scenes than Goodfellas. The whole movie reminds of me that iconic helicopter scene in Goodfellas, except Casino is full of those high energy scenes thanks to Joe Pesci getting his own monologues and voice overs this time around. He's a complete animal in this movie, but the guy in real life was even worse. Look him up.

P.S Vudu has been my goto source for $5 4k UHD rentals for a while. I love their $5 sales too. Have like 40 movies on there. All in UHD.
 
M

MrA

Banned
In my opinion Casino is up there with la confidential as the movie that should have won best picture

EviLore said:
It's well-made and held my attention for the entire running time, which is not easy for a movie that long, but it's not up with Scorsese's best. Different director (Leone), but have you seen Once Upon a Time In America? Now that's a four hour epic.
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Leone must have the best track record of any director
Last days of Pompeii is Ok but how much is him
The colossus of Rhodes is a solid first effort
A fistful of dollars really defined what we want from a western, for a few dollars more delivered again but with a hell of a lot of heart and soul, the good the bad and the ugly did everything perfectly and once upon a time in the west closed the book on the western genre ,
Once upon a time in America competes head to head with America's best mafia films
And duck you sucker ...is ... a ...serviceable I guess, still a good movie but it has to be compared to his other 5 its good but I want more than good from ol'sergio
 
nush

nush

Gold Member
I remember going to see this on release in the theater, I thought it was great but I remember the press at the time was middling. Sharon Stone was awesome and the only movie she made off the back of Basic Instinct that was ever good.
 
Toots

Toots

Gold Member
Great Scorsese movie but I like Goodfellas better too.
I remember the scene where Sharon Stone makes a scene to De niro because he forces her to carry a portable phone at all time so he can track her, and she says "I was at a dinner and the thing kept ringing i was mortified". Like this huge meth addicted whore was ashamed of all the noise she made and of being an annoyance to people around her (at least that's how i understood it).
Everytime i hear a moron having a phone convo on headspeaker nowdays i can't help but think that this human being has less manners than a meth head whore.
 
jufonuk

jufonuk

not tag worthy
Soodanim said:
That's the calibre of film I've been missing out on? I need to pull my finger out and watch it
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You haven’t seen goodfellas?

Ok goodfellas
Raging bull
Taxi driver
The departed
The King of comedy
Gangs of new york
Wolf of Wall Street
Mean streets.
Cape fear

The Irishman after. Its good but it’s not his best.

Just don’t think do it.
If you want his other stuff
Shutter island
Hugo

I wanna say the deer Hunter but not sure that’s one of his movies. Checking IMDb No it’s not but still worth watching.

Also in case you haven’t seen
Godfather 1 and 2 you don’t really need 3

Other stuff in case you haven’t seen it.
Once upon a time in newyork
once upon a time in the west

Back to the future trilogy.
Blade runner
Gladiator
Alien and aliens
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator 1 and 2 (also prey)
Cop land
LA confidential.
Zulu
The longest day
The thing
They live

Then after all that.
Toy Story or my neighbour Totoro or cinema paradiso to cleanse your palate from all the violence.
 
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Toots

Toots

Gold Member
jufonuk said:
I wanna say the deer Hunter but not sure that’s one of his movies. Checking IMDb No it’s not but still worth watching.
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It's Cimino !
(And you can watch John Woo's Bullet in The Head if you want the asian version)
 
jufonuk

jufonuk

not tag worthy
Oh and scar face.

This isn’t me being pretentious this is just cinema certified classics.

Random thought.
I don’t know where you are based but if you can find the schedule for a U.K. movie Channel called Film4. See what they are showing and if a film takes your fancy. Stream rent etc the movie.
 
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nightmare-slain

nightmare-slain

Member
i remember buying it on dvd years ago but can't remember if i ever watched it. i might have watched only some of it.

i'm on a movie binge right now so i'll put it on my list.
 
Porcile

Porcile

Member
Different subject matter but Casino and The Aviator are pretty good companion films, I think.

FYI Once Upon a Time in America might well be the greatest American film, however. It's crazy that a film like that would ever get made but it was a different time.
 
Toots

Toots

Gold Member
jufonuk said:
Oh yeah also hard boiled and the killer
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Dude i watch Hard Boiled last night :messenger_tears_of_joy:
I didn't remember how much Tequila drank throughout the movie, Chow Yun Fat must have been having a pretty good time filming this :messenger_grinning_sweat:
I'm on a John Woo binge that started 2 days ago with Hard Target. I wanted to watch a Van Damme movie, but it just made me want to see more of Woo's crazy style.
So far Hard target, Bullet in the Head, a better tomorrow 1 and 2, and Hard Boiled.
All goddam classics, all aged really poorly (those slow motion and still shots omg), but what a genius... He invented the 90s actionner single handedly
 
jufonuk

jufonuk

not tag worthy
Toots said:
Dude i watch Hard Boiled last night :messenger_tears_of_joy:
I didn't remember how much Tequila drank throughout the movie, Chow Yun Fat must have been having a pretty good time filming this :messenger_grinning_sweat:
I'm on a John Woo binge that started 2 days ago with Hard Target. I wanted to watch a Van Damme movie, but it just made me want to see more of Woo's crazy style.
So far Hard target, Bullet in the Head, a better tomorrow 1 and 2, and Hard Boiled.
All goddam classics, all aged really poorly (those slow motion and still shots omg), but what a genius... He invented the 90s actionner single handedly
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Go Ahead Yes GIF


Don’t watch MI2 that’s just him dialled up to 11

Broken Arrow yes
 
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Winter John

Winter John

Gold Member
I can't watch Casino. I've tried to a couple of times but the soundtrack is so overbearing with the songs changing every 20 seconds. Scorsese did the same thing in Goodfellas but he really turned that shit up to 11 in Casino. I wish they'd edit it all out and just have a normal soundtrack. Anyways, my mafia recommendation is The King Of New York. It's my favorite Christopher Walken movie. The scene where he puts on Tito's gloves is amazing. It's got a great cast - Steve Buscemi, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and a killer soundtrack with Schoolly D
 
thefool

thefool

Member
From a young age I was very into movies. I watched a ton of stuff but the first film that made me realize, by myself, that there was more to cinema than telling a story (and provoking emotions in the process) was Casino. I knew jack shit about technique but it was clear to me this was more dynamic than anything I had ever seen.

This is Scorsese going full virtuoso, harsh cuts, music timing, multiple narrators, transitions, all kinds of crazy camerawork (dynamic crane shots, tons of steadicam, freezes, speed ramps, whip-pans, etc.). It's so rich and works perfectly to display the opulence (and some corniness) of Vegas and their lives.

On the other hand, seeing Casino before Goodfellas made me to never fully appreciate the latter.
 
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Soodanim

Soodanim

Gold Member
jufonuk said:
You haven’t seen goodfellas?

Ok goodfellas
Raging bull
Taxi driver
The departed
The King of comedy
Gangs of new york
Wolf of Wall Street
Mean streets.
Cape fear

The Irishman after. Its good but it’s not his best.

Just don’t think do it.
If you want his other stuff
Shutter island
Hugo

I wanna say the deer Hunter but not sure that’s one of his movies. Checking IMDb No it’s not but still worth watching.

Also in case you haven’t seen
Godfather 1 and 2 you don’t really need 3

Other stuff in case you haven’t seen it.
Once upon a time in newyork
once upon a time in the west

Back to the future trilogy.
Blade runner
Gladiator
Alien and aliens
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator 1 and 2 (also prey)
Cop land
LA confidential.
Zulu
The longest day
The thing
They live

Then after all that.
Toy Story or my neighbour Totoro or cinema paradiso to cleanse your palate from all the violence.
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Strong list, and a few of those are on my "To watch" list, but I have seen Goodfellas. That's what I mean, if Casino rivals it in terms of quality then I'm in for a treat!
 
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jufonuk

jufonuk

not tag worthy
Soodanim said:
Strong list, and a few of those are on my "To watch" list, but I have seen Goodfellas. That's what I mean, if Casino rivals it in terms of quality then I'm in for a treat!
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I think it does but to me it felt like a retread of goodfellas but not in a bad way.
 
Grildon Tundy

Grildon Tundy

Gold Member
Porcile said:
Different subject matter but Casino and The Aviator are pretty good companion films, I think.

FYI Once Upon a Time in America might well be the greatest American film, however. It's crazy that a film like that would ever get made but it was a different time.
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What makes the fact it got made crazy or surprising? I'm just curious
 
Porcile

Porcile

Member
Grildon Tundy said:
What makes the fact it got made crazy or surprising? I'm just curious
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It's four hour long epic art Hollwood film, made by Sergio Leone, a legendary auteur who would never make another film. These kinds of films simply don't get made anymore. Even at that time the studio butchered the original cut of the film because it was considered unreleasable. It wasn't until years later later we got the better cut.
 
PaddyOCanager

PaddyOCanager

Member
Porcile said:
It's four hour long epic art Hollwood film, made by Sergio Leone, a legendary auteur who would never make another film. These kinds of films simply don't get made anymore. Even at that time the studio butchered the original cut of the film because it was considered unreleasable. It wasn't until years later later we got the better cut.
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I finally saw Once Upon A Time In America this year and I have to say - I didn't enjoy it. I made sure to watch the best cut too. I couldn't get invested in the story or the characters.

My favorite Leone film I've seen so far is A Fistful of Dollars.
 
BadBurger

BadBurger

Is 'That Pure Potato'
I always thought the first half was a very strong movie with a compelling story and all, but in the second half it kind of devolves into typical mob schlock. But this may be because I saw it many years after its release when like 30 other movies tried to ape it.
 
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