I don’t know if people think Goodfellas is true, but I do know most people assume it’s the most realistic—which nearly every mob guy that’s opined on the subject agrees with. I know Gravano says he thinks Godfather is the most realistic but LOL come on.JCB1977 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:11 pmWhat's sad is that 30 years later, people still believe Goodfellas was true...Henry Hill was a meth head loser, Jimmy Conway was a hitman and not respected by the upper echelon of the family. It was exaggerated. Sad. BUT A GREAT MOVIEdack2001 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:41 am Most qualified expert? Give me a break. Moldea doesn't understand Cosa Nostra and he doesn't understand Hoffa's relationship to it. Moldea was only against the Irishman because it stole his thunder and probably got the book he planned to write canceled. The theory he's been parenting for years has never made sense. There is no way Jersey goes to Detroit and takes out Hoffa and drives him back to Jersey. Just doesn't happen. The only good book he ever wrote was the Hoffa Wars and that was before he got under the umbrella with Gus Russo and Thane Eugene Caesar.
I felt the Irishman was irresponsible because it molested history in such a way that people may actually believe it in 50 years. That's sad to me.
I don’t nexesaarily mind if a film that’s based on a true story has to change a couple things up here and there, as long as the essence of the subject is captured and the environment they existed in is portrayed accurately. Which is why I thoroughly enjoyed the Irishman. Even if some of the mob stuff is wrong or incomplete, I think it does a good job portraying the various eras and timeframes.
