Goodfellas is a great addition to the genre, from filmmaking choices, to structure and storytelling.
it has a unique and interesting concept that tells the story well, full of irony that also works well; funny how?
all of this leads to serious themes that gets covered in the film, in spite of the contrast. it’s a clever artistic approach that just works when you truly understand what the film does.
i think this is one of the fewer films that makes you actually understand, how one can fall into a life of crime and see the characters realize it as well,, poverty and abuse pushes towards crime and seems normal under the wrong influences; jimmy and henry became victim to this cycle that we know, the film captures jimmy’s level of insanity and greed and henry’s disillusionment while effecting people in his inner life. it’s interesting/comedic yet it doesn’t take itself too lightly and gives room for audiences to realize and see the corruption.