Posted on 02/08/2016 6:28:43 PM PST by SJackson
My brother said if he was a billionaire, he would buy that one, destroy it, and remake it :)
FIRST of all, now that you got me started lol, Andy Garcia’s character was ABORTED in the book. I dont care what the fancy name is for getting around that in the movies, but it was stupid.
Second, Michael would never turn the business over to a young hot head.
Third, he has forgiven Kay for aborting his SON??!?!
I’m of Italian heritage. No. Not possible. Not ever. No way. No how. I could never see her face again.
Fourth, Michael wouldn’t calmly tell Garcia that giving up hsi daughter is the price he pays for the life he chooses.
He would have had him killed after the first warning.
A box of poisoned cannoli? To kill one man? how many was he going to eat? 15? and if he shared them?
such utter garbage. Now i’m in a bad mood lol
Burn After Reading - The debriefing at the end is a gut buster, in my personal opinion.
Also, check out Better Call Saul.
That one is funny.
Bob Odenkirk portrayal of Saul Goodman/James McGill(lawyer from BB)is just superb.
My father...1920.
Maybe they took the brunt of the stereotype so it was harder on them.
i’m 47. I’m sure it was tough on first generation, but they never talked about it.
I felt a little bad when a few people called Cuomo a no good WOP when he died, lol.
But I call everybody everything when i get mad in the house :)
No one is left unscathed!!
excluded from jobs, huh? By whom, and why?
Man, you really know the background!!
I’ve read about it but dont remember a whole lot.
Now I have to look at the pictures.
I’m always AMAZED when I found out such and such movie was based on real life!!
Like HEAT. albeit very loosely.
Are you a mafia movie buff? Dont think i’ve known anyone else who knew the background AT ALL to Casino :)
Yeah, why is rap usually only about black people living in rough neighborhoods? How come black rap artists never rap about Asians in Chinatown or Little Tokyo? Why don’t they rap about the problems of white doctors under Obamacare not getting reimbursed for all their work?
thanks :)
I must read the book then. Didn’t even know there was one!!
The guys i knew and grew up around were more the Goodfellas/Casino crowd than The Godfather crowd.
Actually, the Godfathers that did live very aloof or above the fray didn’t fare so well.
Like Castellano.
Gotti came from the slums and was one of them, the common gangster. Castellano didn’t earn his post. He inherited it.
Gotti also destroyed the mafia by being so in your face.
The one thing he loved the most he destroyed.
Good. Well, not completely, it still exists. Of that there is NO doubt.
I could have been making 100k on the piers at 20 years old. I’m 47 now.
My pop died when I was 15. My brother was 25. He made us promise to take no job offers from those that might offer us one.
I should have taken it lol.
It’s amazing. I love Breaking Bad, generally predicted and loved how it concluded. But after watching Better Call Saul twice, I realize that I’m much more attached already to Jimmy and Mike. And some of the other characters as well, but Jimmy and Mike just kill me.
you know what? I have TWO books owed me at Kindle!!
I think if it gets even slower at work tonight LOL, i’ll start reading it.
I’m an office supervisor for laborers in the field. Fixing lights at CVS, filling potholes at Target, lol, that kind of stuff.
Obviously the nights are slower than the days, but around 4am thing get moving again.
lol. Yeah, that bullet to the back of the head can RUIN a weekend.
And my pops told me you ALWAYS owe them a favor, and they WILL ask for it.
bttt
Yep, your pops was a helluva wise man.
“Raising Arizona” was hysterical, but in a dry humor way. It took tremendous restraint to get it exactly right as it was.
yes. A bunch of delis were hit for being mob fronts last year alone.
I better go make believe i’m doing some work lol.
I’ll catch ya later AAC!
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