Comments on: Hendree Got Pinched http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/#comment-281543 Alex Belth Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:19:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=86897#comment-281543 John Boorman criticized Scorsese for not having the necessary moral detachment from the subject--the loving details, the thinly sliced garlic, the music--to create the proper sense of horror and evil of these guys. I always thought that two shots, the one of Henry reacting to the beating of Billy Bats and his reaction to Spider's death ("He's dead," which drew "No shit" from the audience each of the five times I saw it in the theater), tried to make Henry look apart from Tommy and Jimmy, as if he had a shred of decency in there. Perhaps this was because he was the lead and Scorsese wanted to make him a little sympathetic but even Jimmy and Tommy, as twisted as they are, aren't unlikable in the movie. John Boorman criticized Scorsese for not having the necessary moral detachment from the subject–the loving details, the thinly sliced garlic, the music–to create the proper sense of horror and evil of these guys.

I always thought that two shots, the one of Henry reacting to the beating of Billy Bats and his reaction to Spider’s death (“He’s dead,” which drew “No shit” from the audience each of the five times I saw it in the theater), tried to make Henry look apart from Tommy and Jimmy, as if he had a shred of decency in there. Perhaps this was because he was the lead and Scorsese wanted to make him a little sympathetic but even Jimmy and Tommy, as twisted as they are, aren’t unlikable in the movie.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/#comment-281541 RagingTartabull Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:43:27 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=86897#comment-281541 yeah when you listen to him on Stern you really realized how scummy he really was. Also when you read "Wise Guy," one of the greatest beach or airplane books of all time. Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone were legitimate sociopaths...and in the case of DeSimone most likely a psychopath. It's weird to think the Joe Pesci character was actually a watered DOWN version of the real guy, but if you believe Hill and Pileggi he was. yeah when you listen to him on Stern you really realized how scummy he really was.

Also when you read “Wise Guy,” one of the greatest beach or airplane books of all time. Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone were legitimate sociopaths…and in the case of DeSimone most likely a psychopath.

It’s weird to think the Joe Pesci character was actually a watered DOWN version of the real guy, but if you believe Hill and Pileggi he was.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/#comment-281539 Alex Belth Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:12:23 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=86897#comment-281539 Hill used to go on Stern for years. He was so much more of a scumbag in real life than Liotta's character in the movie. Hill used to go on Stern for years. He was so much more of a scumbag in real life than Liotta’s character in the movie.

]]> By: bags http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/#comment-281538 bags Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:54:01 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=86897#comment-281538 clearly not a nice man. but, god, what a movie. clearly not a nice man. but, god, what a movie.

]]> By: RagingTartabull http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/06/15/hendree-got-pinche/#comment-281536 RagingTartabull Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:38:37 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=86897#comment-281536 ka-REN!!! ka-REN!!!

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