Gotti was a bad guy who perhaps saw himself as a bad man. Muslim terrorists see themselves as the good guys. They're also raring to get back into action and earn themselves the 72 virgins. Both Bush and Obama wanted to release Gitmo prisoners as quickly as they could without getting the American public riled up because of foreign criticism. The EU isn't exactly lining up to defend imprisoned mafiosi.
The Godfather movies were entertaining, but I've read enough about real-life mafiosi to recognize that these were cleaned-up soap operatic versions of the real thing. I especially like how Coppola's nonsensical "keep your enemies closer" line has become a shibboleth just like the equally nonsensical non-existent Chinese saying "may you live in interesting times". Goodfellas is my favorite mob film. Henry Hill's role in murdering people is airbrushed, but everyone else is depicted like the murdering sociopaths they are.
like i said, they’re animals. worked with a bunch in a pizzeria when i was younger. have acquaintances and other who i know.
the Godfather did great some lines.
like anybody can be murdered.
we’re both part of the same hypocrisy, gangsters and congressmen.
women and children can afford to be careless, men cant. even in today’s world, that’s still quit true.
never let people outside of the family know what you’re thinking. I HATE when people put their own family down. it demeans them and everyone in the family.
dont interfere with the arguments of husbands and wives. good advice.
friends close, enemies closer? i DID always want to know what the one boss out of three at my job that hated me, was thinking. so i would make a lot of small talk and make believe i liked her. i found out she hated FR and was a flaming liberal lol.
hyman roth didn’t inquire about mo green’s death because it had nothing to do with business.
these guys really dont care who dies and oddly enough, vengeance isn’t in the big picture much. it’s about earning money.
it’s business, not personal. they guys i knew were COLD hearted. have to take care of seomthing? you do it. they didn’t get attached to the situation of the people involved. they didn’t care.
Goodfellas is basically the low level earners who act crazy and do anything, like the guys i knew.
The Godfather is about the Castellanos (though he was a TERRIBLE don) who live in 4 million dollar homes no staten island and dont get their hands dirty.
that’s why gotti was so loved by his element. he was just like them. the real deal.
had michael not killed a cop and the drug runner, he would have had no cred. doing that gave him respect so that people would follow his orders.
i’m italian, in case you haven’t guessed lol.
my family acquaintances are more the Godfather type. High up.
my pizzeria and neighborhood acquaintances were like goodfellas
i remember one time, the 7 hoods in the pizzeria reneged on a bet, and seven guys they screwed were coming to the pizzeria. they asked if i would back them up.
i said yes but i was out there door as soon as trouble started lol, if it did
instead, their higher ups had a sit down and straightened it out.
i had to call in a few favors when i had a vending machine route. but that’s a story for another day :)