Casino

Sunday, May 11, 2008

I think the last time I saw Casino was about 3 years ago, back when I was still living in a dorm at JMU. I was hungover on I think a Sunday and didn't want to get out of bed, and it was on TV.

I tend to go back and forth over whether I like this one or Goodfellas more, usually tending to go for whichever one I am currently watching. Casino connects less on a character/emotional level, but the style is something to behold. It's constantly moving forward in grand gestures, the editing is mindblowingly complicated and the pop sountrack is nonstop. It's like a movie made entirely of climaxes. Every moment, even the small moments, feels like a big crescendo. It never stops for a breath, it's just go go go.

So maybe it's not a deeply felt movie, but it's Scorsese in overdrive and that is a sight to behold.