Everything was so forced in Casino while Goodfellas flowed like water in a river. People mostly liked Pecsi whil'in out with Deniro but to me it was executed way way way better in Goodfellas and Raging Bull. I didn't like the characters, the story, and the length of Casino. That's just my opinion, I know Casino is loved by a lot of people. Its all good
I think the movie was really rushed. They never properly built the two childhood friends who ended up feuding angle well. The famous scene where they meet up in the desert and say fukk like 30 times was supposed to be this huge explosion of their lifelong friendship but it doesn't ever feel that way. It just seems like Pesci is fukking up and DeNiro is just trying to maintain things and he has a rowdy co-worker.