Goodfellas offers so much more than the Godfathers for me, there's so many elements to it. You have a real sense of fear in the Joe Pesci character, he's so unpredictable. You feel yourself drawn towards Ray Liotta just as Lorraine Bracco is. She knows he's bad news but the appeal of that lifestyle is too much. I found myself grinning from ear to ear in the scene where Henry takes Karen out for their first date and he's shaking hands with everyone, getting tables moved for him, how could anyone not love that? De Niro in the scene after the heist when he is chastising the henchman for buying a car with the money is also classic stuff, there's almost a touch of dark humour about it. The music is awesome as well. My favourite scene of all is the car scene when he's off his face on ching. Liotta captures the panic of cocaine abuse magnificently well in my opinion.
An excellent, excellent movie.