tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post1815002540482732129..comments2023-10-04T20:07:18.451-06:00Comments on Television Lady: CasinoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-4073116037361838582011-03-31T15:12:45.658-06:002011-03-31T15:12:45.658-06:00Isn't Pesci's character still alive, even,...Isn't Pesci's character still alive, even, when they start shoveling dirt on top of him? Man...that's fucked up.<br /><br />I guess one of the reasons I like Martin Scorsese so much is that he can show you something that god-awful and it doesn't feel indulgent, the way it might if another director did it.Justin Garrett Blumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137911263603130588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-86307393988402607212011-03-31T12:50:35.311-06:002011-03-31T12:50:35.311-06:00it was. the only time I've ever felt like that...it was. the only time I've ever felt like that before was in the chainsaw scene in the pacino Scarface, and this was after my parents absolutely *forbade* me from watching it, of course, what did i do as soon as I got the chance but go and get it secretly---i felt the same way but almost worse in Casino because Nicky Santoro and his brother were characters I had just spend over 2 hours watching instead of whoever the random hood is in Scarface whose face gets sawed off. . . just this really scared, disturbing feeling. and the way they make him WATCH while they do Dominic with the bats? jeez. <br /><br />For me that scene was powerful because 1. it was so incredibly violent and harsh, but 2. that music together with all the others getting killed really just drove back the point that these guys, the mob from back home, were all sitting in their wheelchairs ON OXYGEN for Christ's sake, and *still* they got the job done; why would you fuck with guys like that? i love the "don't fuck with me" theme.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-91239658994590989602011-03-31T10:30:32.444-06:002011-03-31T10:30:32.444-06:00James Woods is the best douche in the history of c...James Woods is the best douche in the history of cinema douches. I love him. I kind of remember him just disappearing from this film, though. <br /><br />I watched a little bit of Casino on television a few months back, and was reminded how painful certain parts are to watch. I mean, when Joe Pesci's character gets whacked? That's insane and just terrible.Justin Garrett Blumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137911263603130588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-22154592642828611262011-03-31T09:42:34.707-06:002011-03-31T09:42:34.707-06:00I do like it. there are some really good scenes, a...I do like it. there are some really good scenes, and some of the music he used really resonates. and even though I really can't stand her, that scene where he first sees ginger on the monitor---he's just standing there staring at her, that was killer. <br /><br />i saw this even before I saw Godfather, and so I didn't really get that the whacking everyone in the end was not just a bad ass way to end it but something that was a common theme in the genre . . . i was 19 i think and i probably rewound that House of Rising Sun scene 4 times.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-70671013654429994042011-03-31T08:24:19.806-06:002011-03-31T08:24:19.806-06:00I think I liked this one more than you did. Along ...I think I liked this one more than you did. Along with Goodfellas, this is one of my favorite Scorsese films. I can't disagree with any of your criticisms, however. There really weren't any likable characters, nor was there any real story arc that made you care about what was happening.<br /><br />But I still thought it was an incredibly inventive, entertaining movie. Scorsese's direction was the real star, and maybe the only reason to watch it.Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440887464519504193noreply@blogger.com