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Originally Posted by nostatic
Goodfellas was a pretty bleak film. Most everybody got killed or ended up in jail. The main character ends up in witness protection living what amounts to a hellish life for him.
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Considering this, is it really fair to say that these movies GLAMORIZE the gangster life? GoodFellas and THE GODFATHER films play out like latter-day greek tragedies - tastes of success, followed by hubris, and finally, collapse.
I'm not saying that some people DON'T hero-worship the characters in gangster movies, only that it would seem that people are misunderstanding the point of the movies.