For me, picking a G movie is like Tiger Woods picking from any number of certified dime pieces to cheat on his wife with. Not easy when you have access to so many great choices. Even with a loaded letter like this, the pick was an easy one. My apologies to the following strong candidates that just didn't cut it:
Gladiator
Gangs of New York
Good Will Hunting
Groundhog Day
Gran Torino
The Godfather
Who wants a mustache ride?
As much as I love watching those other "G" movies, the pick today is a relatively simple one. It is arguably the greatest work from the greatest living director. When you put it that way it's not so hard, is it (that's what she said)?
The greatest gangster movie ever made - hands down. This movie has so much, it really does. Joe Pesci terrifies me in this movie (mostly because my main image of him growing up was in PG rated Macaulay Culkin family flicks).
He makes Stat look like Brad Pitt
My apologies for the horrifying Culkin picture. All I wanted to do was google his name to confirm the spelling and google subjected me to that atrocity. So naturally I had to share it with you.
As for Goodfellas, there are very few flawless films, and this is one of them. Ray Liotta's rise to gangster street cred is captivating (if entirely unimpressive compared to my own). Martin Scorsese has never been better, nor has he ever been more snubbed than with this film, and he got snubbed plenty of times. Dances with @#$&-ing Wolves won the Oscar and Kevin Costner took Best Director over this masterpiece. Instead, Marty had to wait until The Departed to finally get him the Oscar he needed to tie Three Six Mafia's Oscar total (seriously, these guys).
Ba-dee ba-dee ba-dee that's all folks. Until Colin gets nasty on some "H" movies tomorrow, I'll leave you with a quote from John Wooden.
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
(Colin's "G" Pick: Good Will Hunting)
Stat IS cuter than Brad Pitt!!
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