Casino or Goodfellas?
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dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
word, i like casino too, but it's kind of strange how no one in the movie has that classic protagonist vibe. makes it an interesting and
film at the same time
Fury616
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You the first person I've heard, Internet or in person, say Casino is overrated. If anything it's extremely underrated cuz it's always in Goodfellas shadow.
word, i like casino too, but it's kind of strange how no one in the movie has that classic protagonist vibe. makes it an interesting and
No one is really a protagonist in Godfather or Goodfellas either. They're all crooks and killers but the fans just like cheering them on.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Henry is clearly the protagonist in Goodfellas. A character doesn't have to be a hero or even a decent human being in order to be the protagonist. The Protagonist is just the main character of the narrative.
Same goes for the Antagonist of a story, they can be good or evil, they just have to represent an obstacle of some sort for the lead character.
Protagonist? He's an accessory to killing and robbery every single portion of his adult life. He's a 100% crooked..it's just told from his POV and giving you the insider's look on a crew out east. He's not someone with who "the audience identifies" with. No crime depicted picture ever has been. This isn't Heat.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
goodfellas. not even close.
Oh I know..tell me this..who's the flip to it? Paulie or the FBI...who do you think it is?
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
There isn't really one character to you can point to in that film as THE antagonist. Various characters throughout the film play the role briefly (Paulie, Jimmy, The FBI, Henry's dad) but there's not that one constant presence that opposes the protagonist throughout the film.
Henry himself is not the classic protagonist in the sense that he's not heroic (in the classic sense, nobody really roots for him to win), but he's the central character of the narrative and you see his character evolve though his journey from the beginning to the end of the film.
SkinsWizNatsCaps
DC SPORTS FAN
Sam was a simp ....Goodfellas all the way
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
Henry is clearly the protagonist in Goodfellas. A character doesn't have to be a hero or even a decent human being in order to be the protagonist. The Protagonist is just the main character of the narrative.
Same goes for the Antagonist of a story, they can be good or evil, they just have to represent an obstacle of some sort for the lead character.
Ya,, and Sam is clearly the protagonist in Casino.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Casino has elements goodfellas did not have such as the meetings the bosses had, nothing real extensive but just enuf.... just little inside info that makes casino a great mafia movie. Sam def ruins things by marrying a gold digging whore, and going against the bosses demands. All the characters in casino are some of the most stubborn people u could ever encounter. Goodfellas is basically like watching a movies injected with cocaine. Sometimes i wonder why movies cant be made where pretty much every single scene is memorable and classic like goodfellas. Casino almost pulled that off. Imagine of casino came out before goodfellas, might be a difference in opinion on which one is better. 
Casino easily. I can watch that movie over and over. I still haven't even been able to watch Goodfellas all the way through.
