Goodfellas Movie Essay

Films like Goodfellas, introduces you to a young boy who starts out at the bottom of the organization and works his way through the ranks whom, becomes too absorbed into this new lifestyle he advanced himself in, and eventually loses it all. When Gomorrah was released, the entire mobster movie genre shifted. Gomorrah stomps on the typical philosophy behind this genre of movies. Gomorrah, focuses its plot of the criminal organization of the Camorra, and the strict business of the organization. Although, there are five different stories being portrayed, they all play into the overall functioning of the organization rather than the characters themselves, all with equal screen time.
Compared to the proceeding mobster movies, it was at first a …show more content…
However, when examining the most famous scenes of the common mobster movie to the Gomorrah, you discover how violence styles the film. In the famous Copacabana tracking shot in Goodfellas, we follow Henry as he is going through the back entrance of the club, asserting his power with money, using it to seduce his love-interest, and ultimately running through the unspoken privilege he acquired. It features no noteworthy dialogue, no violence, no toughness, no drugs, yet somehow you get pulled in, you start to develop a relationship with Henry, you think he is a good fella not a GoodFella. His life is glamorized. However, when examining the Gomorrah, the most famous scene is in the very beginning of the film, with bright blue lights reflecting onto half naked men and quickly reaches a nauseating climax when the men are gruesomely murdered. This type of violence sets the tone for the entire movie, it’s jaw-dropping, it’s terrifying, and we have no one to feel bad for because never learn their names or know their stories. We learn about who shot them, and how they played into the crossing of the Camorra. Films like Goodfellas does have its fair share of violence but never relies on it as it is not a focus in Henry’s journey, yes it plays a part, but the film is more focused on Henry rather the violence. But the Gomorrah film relies on the violence as the framework to portray

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