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i’d be fine if neither creddie or seddie were not a thing, however creddie would be a little less cringe and dumb. but i’d rather prefer none of them together because the show is just better that way

seddie was out of place and just bizzare in a bad way

often hear people saying carly was wrong for not doing anything but ? that was between freddie and sam and she did her part as much as needed; idky he doesn’t stand up for himself against sam.

? if mary was married

her argument which i do agree with is that every woman has the privilege of feminism; especially in the west: every woman has a right and her argument is even if a woman doesn’t believe in feminism she is still a feminist-i agree that every woman in the west has rights and privilege however saying every woman is a feminist even if she doesn’t believe in feminism is grammatically inaccurate, feminism is an ideology that allows the rights of women you can’t call a woman that doesn’t believe in the rights of women, a believer of women’s right-it is simply put as the fact every woman has a right regardless if she believes in it or not that’s not the same thing as feminism, correct me if i’m wrong.

. and an unhealthy amount of empathy doesn’t make you empathetic, you’re either a people pleaser, self-absorbed, or some other insecurity/issue, or you might just be more sensitive uncontrollably

unless there’s an actual explanation.

“empaths” seem to weaponize empathy

first time watching, i can’t understand how this season is in the bottom list in ranking (i do have to continue to see)

edit: okay nvm i saw a few rankings and 2 was repeatedly on the bottom, but IMDB confirmed that’s not the case

there are of course some scenes i do not like.

things i find moral and immoral from the characters (feel free to add)

Vito: moral: honourable values i.e; trustworthy, loyalty, respect, honesty, protecting his community, wanting legitimacy for future and “a man that doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
immoral: murder, vengeance, corruption crime, unsuccessful in legitimacy, involving his family into crime, ignoring abuse out of tradition.

Carmela: moral: loyalty, supportive, and grateful. immoral: enabling crime; not shielding/protecting her children from life of crime, ignoring abuse out of tradition.

Sonny: moral: defending connie, compassion for tom, and protective. Immoral: murder, crime, flagrantly cheating on his wife, arrogant, chaotic/disregard of safety (impulsive) unreliable leader.

Tom: moral: diplomacy over emotion, reliable, gratitude. immoral: supposed mistress; being loyal to the family mainly out of guilt (even if out of gratitude) and not his own wife almost hypocritical in a subtle way. enabler of crime legally.

Fredo: moral: not malicious by intent or nature unlike sonny or michael, not interested in violent conflicts immoral: lying to michael, betraying family out of insecurities, lack of business ethics, womanizing, pretence of confidence.

Michael: moral: saving his father in the hospital.
immoral: endangering his family, bloodthirsty, egotistical, deceitful, ruling with fear and control, business over family, hypocrisy; disloyal/betrayer; entitlement.

Connie: moral: forgiveness
immoral: self-destruction resulting in neglect/abandonment of her own children, murder, choosing power over morality, complicit, taking side with michael.

Kay: moral: choosing to end the cycle, planning to get her children out, caring about her children’s safety over michaels words after the shooting. immoral: abortion (could’ve been a lie) or intentionally hurting michael to be exiled, abandoning her values, complicity.

i often hear people saying that vito was moral for making this decision but it was never about that.

he makes it clear that he refused the drug business because it’s dangerous for the business and that politicians wouldn’t take the risk, that it would cut chances of legitimacy. if this wasn’t a problem he’d have no problem accepting it.

this doesn’t make him moral it’s just business.

it doesn’t need to be that long as long as you’re teaching the most important things, which that’s another topic.

i know in the novel connie’s low self esteem stems from her looks but it wasn’t explained exactly or i didn’t understand it properly, connie has adapted to a more american attitude and being persistent about marrying carlo. was it a case of naïveté or low self worth for the both connie and kay, in marrying men that cared about the family business/themselves more than them, was it their ego? i’m not too sure.

kinda find it interesting because both of these women come from wealth even if different history, yet they did not choose from within their means.

i know this is very toxic and i don’t want to have this view point. i’m talking like i can rather trust a hurtful person than a non hurtful person because it’s predictable ig and real and feels close. i do not and have not involved myself in this but i’m afraid in the future i might, how did you stop that? thinking that way?

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stole this idea from the sopranos subreddit

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 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.

there’s an observation from somewhere (can’t seem to remember) about fredo and fishing that was interesting:

fredo told anthony that he was the only one who could catch a fish. so out everyone, including michael and sonny he was the only one that was able to do something during this moment. fishing is special to fredo because it’s the one time he doesn’t feel less than (he’s smaarrt not like everyone says like dumb! and he probably got resPECT!) anyways that was a perfect last activity execution for him.

i’m not sure if either fredo or michael intentionally chose that moment. if michael chose that he’s a certified lousy sentimental-hearted sociopath