which movie is better casino or goodfellas

Both follow the conventional arc of a mob film, showing us the glory of their criminal empire before brutally dismantling it during the last act. There are even some similarities between the characters played by Robert DeNiro, with both becoming increasingly paranoid as the movie goes on. Joe Pesci plays a very similar character in both films, a hyper-aggressive tough-guy. Most obviously to casual movie-goers, they both feature the mob. To be fair, there are a bunch of similarities between Goodfellas and Casino. There’s just such an impressively epic scale to Scorsese’s film that I can’t help but admire it. Offering the social history of Las Vegas, the rise and fall of the mob’s empire, it feels like large-scale tragedy. While Goodfellas feels like a personal tale of greed and corruption, and the implosion that inevitably followed, there’s something grander to Casino.

Conventional wisdom would argue that Casino is merely a bloated and over-loaded attempt to re-tread ground Scorsese already covered in Goodfellas, but I can’t bring myself to agree with that. I, on the other hand, am probably the only guy in the room who is going to opt for Casi no. Some might even opt for the unforgettable Taxi Driver. Others will go for the superb drama of Raging Bull. Some will go for his iconic gangster tale, Goodfellas. If you ask a bunch of people to name their favourite Scorsese film, you’ll get a bunch of different answers.

Well, there’s no way to determine that, Sam. You didn’t see the scam? You didn’t see what was goin’ on?

Which movie is better casino or goodfellas