Best mafia movie?

[IassaFTots]

"girly crushy way"?!?

Sounds like a disease or the start of one helluva sinus infection.

Oh hell, I mean, not in that way that I think he is attractive, because, quite frankly I don't.  But between Fight Club, and Snatch, I decided he was pretty darn cool.

[Eupher]

Oh hell, I mean, not in that way that I think he is attractive, because, quite frankly I don't.  But between Fight Club, and Snatch, I decided he was pretty darn cool.

Oops, I forgot my smiley.

 

[njpines]

Did anyone ever understand a word Brad Pitt said in Snatch???

I HATE PIKEYS!!! 

Probably about as much as they understood what he was saying in True Romance as Floyd the stoner.

[Ralph Wiggum]

I don't necessarily want to pick nits...but I will.  Some fine movies were mentioned, but I don't think of them as "Mafia" movies.  Specifically the Tarantino ones.  Gangster movies yes, but not mafia.

[Eupher]

I don't necessarily want to pick nits...but I will.  Some fine movies were mentioned, but I don't think of them as "Mafia" movies.  Specifically the Tarantino ones.  Gangster movies yes, but not mafia.

Yeah, Scarface was definitely a gangster movie. Another film noir example of a gangster flick, The Purple Gang. And Little Caesar and who can forget some of Richard Widmark's really evil characters like Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death?

[soleil]

I don't necessarily want to pick nits...but I will.  Some fine movies were mentioned, but I don't think of them as "Mafia" movies.  Specifically the Tarantino ones.  Gangster movies yes, but not mafia.

Gangster is probably a better choice of wording. They blend together for me movie-wise.

[soleil]

You include that horrific POS Godfather 3?

To me, GF 3 was utterly pointless. While in Little Italy in NYC (right after I met and hung with Uncle Jr. during the time of Sopranos when he shot Tony---awesome, just sayin'), I was buying some prints for my husband. I bought Frank Sinatra's mugshot, some scenes from Scarface and Godfathers 1 & 2, plus a really nice shot of the skyline with the WTC, anyway... this random Italian guy and I were talking about the point of Godfather 3. He did have some interesting points, but still for me, it almost ruined the series for me. It was stupid and pointless IMO. They should've left it with just the 2 or at least came up with some better crap than what they did.


And let me add, that Uncle Jr. was the nicest guy on the planet. I made the NY trip with my mom, aunt, and grandma (we ALL watched Sopranos), but I texted my husband while we were eating at this restaurant that I was sitting right next to Uncle Jr. This was in the prime of Sopranos and he was JEALOUS!!! I loved it. I've meta few celebs, but he's been my favorite thus far. Nice guy. Really nice guy.

[njpines]

THIS show looks like it's going to be good!!:

Boardwalk Empire

[asdf2231]

Road to Perdition was pretty damn good.

However...

Once apon a time in America. I mean seriously?  Sergio Leone directing James Woods, De Niro, Pesci, Danny Aiello, Burt Young AND you got to see Elizabeth McGovern nekkid!   

[soleil]

THIS show looks like it's going to be good!!:

Boardwalk Empire

YES!! I think I will have a new show to watch!

[Godot showed up]

I'd give Prizzi's Honor, Analyze This, and Suicide Kings honorable mentions. Loved Bugsy (on your honorable list), Soleil.

The Untouchables always gets me to watch it. So does Mad Dog Time--one weird flick.


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Still in pre-production, but The Obama Administration might make the list.

[Godot showed up]

Nope, and I loved him for that!  Not like in that girly crushy way, it was just super cool. 

Sounds like Buffyspeak to me.     

[IassaFTots]

Sounds like Buffyspeak to me.     

Que es Buffyspeak?

[Godot showed up]

Que es Buffyspeak?

Oh--well then it's not. "Buffyspeak" is the way a lot of the dialogue was written in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series.

It gets defined at one of my favorite sites, tvtropes.org:


http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak



"One of the most obvious elements is a lack of relevant vocabulary, leading to both unconventional adjectival-noun structures like "shooty-gun thing", and incomplete, floundering similes that turn back on themselves in frustration: "That idea went over like... like... like a thing that doesn't go over very well."

"Buffy: All of the Hellmouth's energy is trying to escape from that one little spot, and it's getting all...
Principal Wood: Focus-ey.
Buffy: Careful! Starting to speak like me now."

 

[IassaFTots]

Well alrighty then.  Buffy speak it is.  Never watched the show.  But, I guess that fits the vernacular.

[THA HOUSTON PIMP IS IN DA HOUZ!]

Once apon a time in America. I mean seriously?  Sergio Leone directing James Woods, De Niro, Pesci, Danny Aiello, Burt Young AND you got to see Elizabeth McGovern nekkid!   

Oh man, i completely forgot about OUATIA.   The extended uncut version was better.

And the Ennio Morricone score was superb.

And don't forget a teenage Jennifer Connelly was in it too.

Very underappreciated flick when it came out in 1984 but now has grown to be highly regarded.

[asdf2231]

Oh man, i completely forgot about OUATIA.   The extended uncut version was better.

And the Ennio Morricone score was superb.

And don't forget a teenage Jennifer Connelly was in it too.

Very underappreciated flick when it came out in 1984 but now has grown to be highly regarded.

I've never seen the original cut. When I bought it ages ago I got the extended cut.

[Randy]

I don't necessarily want to pick nits...but I will.  Some fine movies were mentioned, but I don't think of them as "Mafia" movies.  Specifically the Tarantino ones.  Gangster movies yes, but not mafia.

I'm reading and got to this and have to give it a huge +1. Some excellent gang type movies listed but they're not really Mafia movies.

[Godot showed up]

Mafia:

Midnight Run, Get Shorty



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Gangster:


DOA, White Heat, The Harder They Fall, The Sting, Jackie Brown

[Splashdown]

I prefer Godfather I over Godfather II--which probably puts me in the minority. The words "mafia" or "cosa nostra" are never mentioned in the first Godfather movie.

I didn't see anyone mention my other favorite, A Bronx Tale.

[ColonialMarine0431]

Goodfellas.

I only saw a bit of The Godfather, and what I saw bored me. Sorry

Once Upon a Time in America was good too, although the version you usually see on TV has been edited to death. It's a long movie (almost 4 hours) but seeing the original on DVD is well worth it.

[crockspot]

Road to Perdition was pretty damn good.

Road to Perdition had the potential of being one of the all time greats, but it was ruined by the casting of the boy. He must have gotten the job through nepotism. Even worse casting than Sophia Coppola in Godfather 3. But it did have one of the greatest death scenes in all of movie history, when Tom Hanks takes down Paul Neuman's bodyguards, and then Paul. The silent slow motion of the goons being cut down, and the flash of the Thompson in the inky black street.. just awesome.

But back to the original topic, the best mafia movie: Of course, Godfathers 1 and 2. Nothing before them even comes close, and everything after them is influenced by them.

[crockspot]

Goodfellas.

I only saw a bit of The Godfather, and what I saw bored me. Sorry

Once Upon a Time in America was good too, although the version you usually see on TV has been edited to death. It's a long movie (almost 4 hours) but seeing the original on DVD is well worth it.

You need to sit down and spend some quality time with the Godfather DVDs. It's like someone who has never watched the Simpsons... too many pop cultural references are blowing right over your head for having not seen it.

[ColonialMarine0431]

You need to sit down and spend some quality time with the Godfather DVDs. It's like someone who has never watched the Simpsons... too many pop cultural references are blowing right over your head for having not seen it.

Probably right. I was channel surfing when I came across it. It seems like the kind of movie you have to get settled in for.