This scene never made sense to me. To become a "made man" you have to get shot in the head?? Don't the Italian realize how dangerous that is? Hardly anybody could survive that. Why would you even want to get "made" if it meant going through that???
It wasn't part of the ceremony you morons. Tommy realized no one cared to show up and was humiliated so they quickly put him out of his misery before he an hero'd or went postal.
You'd think they'd send at least someone else other than these two geriatric fricks to take out a volatile psycho like Tommy. What if he turned around or the gun misfired or something, he could easily beat both of them to death
>You'd think they'd send at least someone else other than these two geriatric fricks to take out a volatile psycho like Tommy.
One of them was Paulie's brother. Nobody really knows who did it IRL.
We don’t really know what happened IRL. It could have gone down like that, or Gotti could have gotten ahold of Tommy and tortured him for a few days because Batts was Gotti’s mentor. Tommy’s body was never found.
>We don’t really know what happened IRL
We don't know for a fact but the IRL rumor was he was beaten to death by a dozen guys with baseball bats at the ceremony.
This scene never made sense to me. To become a "made man" you have to get shot in the head?? Don't the Italian realize how dangerous that is? Hardly anybody could survive that. Why would you even want to get "made" if it meant going through that???
Remember how Henry was going on about how you can't kill a made man? Remember how they violently murdered the shit out of Billy yet he was still alive in the trunk somehow? A shot to the back of the head is what separates someone who isn't made to someone who is.
IRL Jimmy was the one who goaded Tommy into killing him because he took over Batts business while he was in jail and didn't want to give it back now that he was out.
The boss Paul was cucking Henry Hill with his wife while he was in the can for 10 years. Tommy tried to rape her (2/2 for Lorraine Bracco) one time and she told Paul who in turn handed Tommy over to Gambinos.
yes thats the real life story but isn't in the movie because the real life story was way more graphic, real mob guys are not like the GodFather, They were the Heroin/Dope kingpins of their day and vicious killers
>ya know, George, I used to be something of a criminal myself. I grew up in Brooklyn and eventually turned rat and informed on my old crew. Witness protection moved us to Massachusetts, your 2 older sisters and their mother eventually couldn't stand it so they moved back home. I remarried and had you, our last name isnt even really Jung. It's Hill.
The guy was an unstable psycho who could go ballistic at the drop of a hat. Probably the shit with Phil was the tip of the iceberg and a dozen other mob guys wanted him dead for some other reason.
The guy was an unstable psycho who could go ballistic at the drop of a hat. Probably the shit with Phil was the tip of the iceberg and a dozen other mob guys wanted him dead for some other reason.
Supposedly Paulie was having an affair with Karen while Henry was in prison. During that time, Tommy beat up and attempted to rape Karen, so the common theory is that Paulie had him killed for that (or handed him over to the Gambinos and let them do it).
"I'm Frankie Sharp, Sharp Records. I saw your performance in my limo, and although I believe you're extremely talented, I think now is just the wrong time.
>getting made requires you getting shot in the back of the head
Real greaseball shit
It wasn't part of the ceremony you morons. Tommy realized no one cared to show up and was humiliated so they quickly put him out of his misery before he an hero'd or went postal.
>His smile and optimism: gone.
>chekhov's gun in the back
wowzie epic kino
What does Star Trek have to do with Goodfellas?
Everything
>And in here is my wife's son's room....
You'd think they'd send at least someone else other than these two geriatric fricks to take out a volatile psycho like Tommy. What if he turned around or the gun misfired or something, he could easily beat both of them to death
They were fricking with him. If they'd sent some goons he would have suspected something was up
Literally why Luca Brasi got killed in The Godfather.
>you're going to send your one scariest guy to talk to us? NOPE
>You'd think they'd send at least someone else other than these two geriatric fricks to take out a volatile psycho like Tommy.
One of them was Paulie's brother. Nobody really knows who did it IRL.
Scorsese only works with the same bunch of greaseball actors he's used since the 1970's.
They are old as frick and look ridiculous in mafia movies.
dude he's 5'4 lmao if the gun misfires they would of tossed him around like a dog toy
We don’t really know what happened IRL. It could have gone down like that, or Gotti could have gotten ahold of Tommy and tortured him for a few days because Batts was Gotti’s mentor. Tommy’s body was never found.
I know from multiple accounts that he was cut in half with a chainsaw while he was alive. What no one knows is what happened to his body.
>We don’t really know what happened IRL
We don't know for a fact but the IRL rumor was he was beaten to death by a dozen guys with baseball bats at the ceremony.
this isnt anime. 2 old men with guns would kill you
good ending
>He sat on one ass cheek the whole way over!
Wholesome
Only the strong survive.
PART 2
Now he truly is Billy Batts
>I am ALL the mafia!
>And I am all the baseball bats
4 geriatric men looking tough
why was casino so dark and disturbing compared to goodfellas?
I thought it was Top Gear for a solid second
damn it you beat me to it
Imagine being clubbed to death by three Jay Lenos
underrated
>on today's episode of top gear, we play a prank on hammond
>we made an example
how. literally no one saw it or would ever know how brutal their deaths were.
>that power grab on some italian midget thinking he's hot shit
surprised it didn't happen earlier
>...Billy Batts?! No..we killed you... WE KILLED YOU!
>Narration cuts out the moment he gets brained
More movies need to do this shit.
>He literally ACKs! in the voiceover
How did they get away with this?????
OH YEH
>you don't want to miss this, watch!
>Dr. Santoro, I'm CIA
>uhh you don't get to bring friends
>He didn't fly so good!
I miss Frank Vincent so much bros
This scene never made sense to me. To become a "made man" you have to get shot in the head?? Don't the Italian realize how dangerous that is? Hardly anybody could survive that. Why would you even want to get "made" if it meant going through that???
>he can't resist gunshots to the head
NGMI
Because if you survive getting shot in the head and live it shows how tough you are and that you're mob material, Tommy just couldn't take it.
It was real greaseball shit.
It was a different time
>Why would you even want to get "made" if it meant going through that???
Spoken like someone who would never manage to be made.
It was among the italians.
They tried everything they could.
Mobsters get shot at all the time. Why would they waste their time with someone who can’t even handle a measly bullet to the head?
It makes you immune to the bullets, you build up a resistance to them
What is dead may never die.
He was supposed to dodge the bullet like a real smart mafia cat boy.
It's like drinking the water of life in Dune, only the strongest will survive.
Remember how Henry was going on about how you can't kill a made man? Remember how they violently murdered the shit out of Billy yet he was still alive in the trunk somehow? A shot to the back of the head is what separates someone who isn't made to someone who is.
>you may want to lie down, this is going to take a while...
This movie was too violent for me, but at least it wasn't as gory as Casino.
That was a really poor special effect.
giwtwm
Me every time I go to a party
>it was among the elves
>real santa's helpers shit
Why would you shoot a man in the head
before throwing him out of a plane
Why was Tommy whacked but not Jimmy and Henry?
Tommy was the one that started shit with the made man. The other 2 were just helping a homie out after the fact.
IRL Jimmy was the one who goaded Tommy into killing him because he took over Batts business while he was in jail and didn't want to give it back now that he was out.
The boss Paul was cucking Henry Hill with his wife while he was in the can for 10 years. Tommy tried to rape her (2/2 for Lorraine Bracco) one time and she told Paul who in turn handed Tommy over to Gambinos.
For real?
yes thats the real life story but isn't in the movie because the real life story was way more graphic, real mob guys are not like the GodFather, They were the Heroin/Dope kingpins of their day and vicious killers
>ya know, George, I used to be something of a criminal myself. I grew up in Brooklyn and eventually turned rat and informed on my old crew. Witness protection moved us to Massachusetts, your 2 older sisters and their mother eventually couldn't stand it so they moved back home. I remarried and had you, our last name isnt even really Jung. It's Hill.
The guy was an unstable psycho who could go ballistic at the drop of a hat. Probably the shit with Phil was the tip of the iceberg and a dozen other mob guys wanted him dead for some other reason.
Supposedly Paulie was having an affair with Karen while Henry was in prison. During that time, Tommy beat up and attempted to rape Karen, so the common theory is that Paulie had him killed for that (or handed him over to the Gambinos and let them do it).
he’s gone and we couldnt do nuttin aboudit.
>Gone, wadda mean gone?
>OH N-
>he was going to be a Made Woman
>even you, Brut-
Sick temper, Tyrannus.
>Billy Batts was a citizen, and Tommy wasn't. And we had to sit still and take it. It was among the Romans. It was real centurion shit.
Fricking kek
"I'm Frankie Sharp, Sharp Records. I saw your performance in my limo, and although I believe you're extremely talented, I think now is just the wrong time.
I'm sorry."
*POW*