i think this guy's really funny http://videosift.com/video/Brandon-Hardesty-does-Goodfellas

Well, if this video does nothing else, it confirms one thing (and that's assuming Goodfellas wasn't good enough for you): never ask a guy to shine your shoes. It just ends up badly for everyone.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'goodfellas, ray liotta, martin scorsese' to 'goodfellas, ray liotta, martin scorsese, mafia, gangster' - edited by Issykitty

^Have you ever seen Bruce Almighty?

Al Pacino and De Niro's past acting history can carry any crappy movie they make from here until their deaths. Scarface! Goodfellas! Glengary Glen Ross! Raging Bull! These guys are legends. Morgan Freeman is awesome, and so is Clint Eastwood, but they don't hold a candle to Pacino and De Niro.

I think we really need something like *related=http://www.videosift.com/video/Brandon-Hardesty-does-Goodfellas invoke

1. I've always wondered about those... if it's a yt embed, I usually try to make a playlist on my yt channel and submit it one piece. I don't think we should make a rule out of it, though

2. yes

3. I posted Goodfellas (via yt) couple of weeks ago, got 3 votes. I guess most people don't want to see whole episodes/movies sifted. some think it's wrong, some think it might get us in trouble, some both. my opinion on the matter is: if it's on the internet, it's fair game. after all, we're like piratebay - we just pimp links to other addicts

This one's been here for 2 years, but the original is dead right now

http://www.videosift.com/video/ray-liotta-leads-us-underground-into-the-copacabana-nightclub-and-the-life-of-the-goodfellas

whoa, i ... really dislike the presentation style. I was going to downvote it purely on the basis of the idea of "shrimp scampi" which to me is like calling a dish "beef chicken", but it turns out that scampi is the name of a dish in American cookery. Bah. To me, scampi refers to a small langoustine.

There are a lot of ways that I disagree with the recipe in this video as well as the disdain that I have for the perky presentation style.

Problem the first:
Recommending people to buy already peeled shrimp does them a disservice. The best way to cook shrimp is if they are still whole and alive, and each step further away from that will yield an inferior final result. So, best is alive, but whole, head on fresh is better than headless is better than headless peeled shrimp. Essentially, she is recommending boneless skinless chicken breast for the christmas roast.

Problem the second:
That garlic was NOT READY. There is a time and a place for raw garlic, but not in a dish like this. Fry your garlic until it just turns golden. This requires the garlic to be uniformly chopped. Not minced or pureed, but uniformly chopped, so that it is all ready at around the same time. I actually personally prefer to slice my garlic thinly, like that scene in Goodfellas. Pay very close attention though, because that moment when the garlic is perfect is only a few seconds away from burnt, bitter fail.

Problem the third:
While boiling shrimp is a reasonable way for cooking them in certain circumstances, for the dish that she is preparing, this is far from ideal. When the garlic has reached that perfect point of golden, then toss your shrimp in, and take it off the heat for a moment. If you time it right, the shrimp will cool off the oil and garlic, seizing it at just the right flavour. When the sizzle calms down a touch, put the pot back on the heat and let the shrimp get some colour on one side. After a moment, stir the shrimp and THEN add the wine. I agree with mintBBB about the clam juice. WTF. I am actually kind of scared of store bought clam juice, although I make my own from time to time and I LOOOOOOVE it. I wouldn't use it to cook shrimp though, maybe I'll try it some time. Anyway, yes, then proceed the way that the video said.

Basically, my biggest issues are the name of the dish, the peeled shrimp, how she cooks the garlic, and when she adds the shrimp. Oh, and her perky perky annoying voice.

Oh and another thing. Curly parsley? Come on. Get the flat leaf, please.

Anyway, that's my rant/recipe fix.

>> ^my15minutes:
> This is my favorite song from Derek and the Dominos.
my 2nd favorite.
and you know there's only one other that comes close.


The outro to Layla is among the most perfect things ever written. EVER.

> This is my favorite song from Derek and the Dominos.

my 2nd favorite.

and you know there's only one other that comes close.

I don't think I'll ever be able to hear this song without thinking about Casino. I don't care what anyone says, that's a great film (I mean, it's no Goodfellas, but then not much is).

This is weird. I was watching the Henry Hill doc last night and had the same problem. But it wasn't just that it wouldn't autoplay the next vid, I couldn't even skip to it with the side arrows on the player. And the clip selection button (lower left corner next to play button) wasn't working at all.

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Don't get me wrong, I like dark violent movies. I would give GoodFellas as an example of a dark movie done right. The dark in Dark Knight was just contrived and trying to hard.

Yeah, good call on Wiseguys. I think the only thing they left out was Henry Hills circumcision.

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
hmm... "best book to movie adaptation"

as in, overall quality of the source text and/or adapted film?
degree to which they were faithful to the source material?
that's often just as difficult. like crunching Hamlet down to an hour and a half.

Get Shorty was an excellent adaptation. elmore leonard has a snappy paperback style that plays well onscreen. especially when it's that well-cast, shot, and edited (as was again true for Out of Sight and Jackie Brown).

i'd read 'Wiseguy' long before Goodfellas was made, and found it a remarkably good adaptation even for scorcese. it's all in there. right down to how karen hill used to hold her thumb and forefinger apart to indicate how thick a stack of hundreds she wanted to go shopping with.

hmm... "best book to movie adaptation"

as in, overall quality of the source text and/or adapted film?
degree to which they were faithful to the source material?
that's often just as difficult. like crunching Hamlet down to an hour and a half.

Get Shorty was an excellent adaptation. elmore leonard has a snappy paperback style that plays well onscreen. especially when it's that well-cast, shot, and edited (as was again true for Out of Sight and Jackie Brown).

i'd read 'Wiseguy' long before Goodfellas was made, and found it a remarkably good adaptation even for scorcese. it's all in there. right down to how karen hill used to hold her thumb and forefinger apart to indicate how thick a stack of hundreds she wanted to go shopping with.