there's a lot that could be said about this film, but one thing's for sure: these men were most definitely not good fellas
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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there's a lot that could be said about this film, but one thing's for sure: these men were most definitely not good fellas
hard to feel anything but unadulterated disdain—MUCH less care or interest—for this man after watching him commit atrocity after atrocity, including (but certainly not limited to) two violent rapes. sir your name is NOODLES you and your buddy egg salad sandwich can sit the hell down.even in general, the film never says or does anything interesting enough to justify the agonizingly long runtime. every single woman and girl exists to either get ogled or raped—sometimes both. i wish i could say there‘s even a single exception. the pretty, romantic score undercuts any attempt to criticize the gangster lifestyle, effectively doing the opposite and glamorizing it even further. this is made even more glaringly obvious when the film culminates in a tender (?) moment between two old friends, wherein noodles refuses to go back to his old ways because “he’s a changed man 😌.” yeah yeah yeah we get it movie, friendship > money/opportunity/whatever. as if we didn’t watch these two men live the most reprehensible lives in history for three and a half hours. but hey, bonds between men, right?
There were parts of the movie I enjoyed but at the end of the day I spent four hours watching a rapist with the fucking name Noodles.
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
It was directed by Sergio Leone in 1984, known for pioneering the spaghetti western genre before helming this sweeping crime epic.
The film received numerous international accolades and nominations, earning widespread acclaim for its cinematography and score.
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