re: Which Movie Is Better: Goodfellas Or The Departed? (If You Have To Pick)

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Every frame of it is a masterpiece.

I don't care how good folks think his other films are (Taxi Driver was fantastic, Raging Bull changed both sports films and biopics, just as 2 examples), or how rewatchable Casino is (my personal second favorite Marty film), but Goodfellas is the top of the pyramid of Scorcese films.

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I agree. It is rare that a movie just grabs me and pulls me into it like Goodfellas. The pace, the energy, the momentary screen pauses, the narration, the story, and just the way the movie was shot is almost perfection if not perfection. Moreover, it is amazing in what it accomplishes because all the characters are pretty much despicable. Yet I find them repulsive and charismatic at the same time.