Among the greatest gangster movies of all time, I have to give Goodfellas a slight edge over The Godfather, which are two of my favorite movies. Very violent, but that was truly the life of a gangster. Joe Pesci's portayal of Tommy D makes you love him, and hate him. He cracked me up in the scene in the restaurant("What do you mean I'm funny?"), the scene where he and Henry are purposely setting fire to the restaurant("You look like you're decorating a Christmas tree, you don't know what you're doin'!), and the scene after he killed "Spider("He woulda grown up to be a rat anyway..his family are all rats!"), but the scene where he kills "Stax," and Morie in cold blood, and just his overall nastiness could make you glad he met the end that he did. The movie somewhat made the boss Paulie Vario to be some kind of affectionate teddy bear type, which wasn't the case with the real Paulie, but it was well-acted. I've lost count on how many times I've seen this movie, and I'm sure I'll see it many more times.
