Goodfellas

Today I watched the movie GoodFellas (1990) by Martin Scorsese starring Ray Liota, Robert De Nero and Jon Pesci. I thought it was a great film full of eye popping moments, but i did not see it so much as a thriller because i thought the story structure was more drama. I thought this beacuse It was told in 1st/3rd person narrative and the story status went rising from equallibrium  declining to disequallibrium half way through, for instance when Henry loses the last of his expensive cocaine which was flushed by his wife, leaving him broke. Like a thriller there were thrilling moments e.g when Devito shoots Spider in the leg (by accident) , then after Spider recovers from the hospital,  totally unexpectedly, Devito shoots him again and kills him ( this time deliberately). However these thrilling moments don't pose as a particularly long dilema and don't progress as the scene movie proceeds. Not extended , but done and finished with. I felt the music was used more in a lifestyle natural way, there was hardly any cinematic music used to emphasise tension. as it was based on a true story this made the film more amusing. I would say this movie is thrilling but not thrilling enough to be a thriller film. Though it has its thrilling moments , its more of a all round film , giving characterisation and doesn't follow the 31 functions of a typical story.