[John The Grudge]

A criminal turned informant dies years after the case and it's news? He may have been the inspiration behind Goodfellas but that film is all Scorsese. I'm not celebrating his death but how is the passing of one relatively insignificant man news? Worthy of a side note in a movie blog at best, and of course the obituary of his local news paper.

[EscoLehGo]

QUOTE (John The Grudge @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 13:53)

A criminal turned informant dies years after the case and it's news? He may have been the inspiration behind Goodfellas but that film is all Scorsese. I'm not celebrating his death but how is the passing of one relatively insignificant man news? Worthy of a side note in a movie blog at best, and of course the obituary of his local news paper.

To be fair I don't think anyone really covered this as major breaking news

[flitcroft101]

Great movie but I don't give a sh*t for this scumbag. He's a piece of sh*t, no different than Tookie or all the other gangster celebs.

[zoo3891]

I don't know this guy, but if he whacked people, AND was an FBI snitch, he deserves no good memories at all.

Where the hell is the love for Ray Bradbury? He died last week, and there's been nothing for him, but this guy gets a topic?

[SIKKS66]

QUOTE (zoo3891 @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 17:08)

Where the hell is the love for Ray Bradbury? He died last week, and there's been nothing for him, but this guy gets a topic?

GTA Forums, we get a lot of mob fanboys here. It was inevitable.

[Ziggy455]

A lot of my friends have been telling me it's funny how Henry Hill died at age 69.

I mean funny? How is it funny? Like a clown funny?

To be honest I'd favour Ray Bradbury against Henry Hill any day, and I'm surprised he didn't get more coverage really.

[SIKKS66]

QUOTE (Ziggy455 @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 17:25)

A lot of my friends have been telling me it's funny how Henry Hill died at age 69. I mean funny? How is it funny? Like a clown funny?

Don't lie, you read that joke in the papers in the papers.

[Ziggy455]

QUOTE (SIKKS66 @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 17:36)

QUOTE (Ziggy455 @ Friday, Jun 15 2012, 17:25) A lot of my friends have been telling me it's funny how Henry Hill died at age 69. I mean funny? How is it funny? Like a clown funny? Don't lie, you read that joke in the papers in the papers.

You sir, deserve an award.

[ToniForelli]

Another legend bites the dust.
R.I.P
HIS AGE IS 69! OMFG ROFL WTF FAP FAP FAP FAAAAAAP!!!!

[Sanjeem]

@ Criminal in other topic....

Good old Pussy. It's actually quite sad to see mobsters ratting on their friends in my opinion. I mean it just goes to show that they don't care about anything but their own well being and also their families to say the most. You'd think that out of all the bad deeds you've committed in your life, you can at least keep your oath and be a man and not rat. Because lets be honest, when mobsters take the witness stand they are not magically transformed into good guys all of a sudden, the government seems to think that they automatically have redeemed themselves overnight just because they say sorry. Bullsh*t. Having a life of crime and then on top of that destroying the one thing you're meant to stand for should show people that these rats haven't become good people, if anything it shows them to be even worse. Rats aren't good people, the mobsters that actually keep their oath and don't help the government are the one's with at least a few values in life

With all that said, what can you do, bad guys exist.

On top of that why does everyone admire this guy? Sure it was an awesome movie but this guy truly is scum. I admire John Gotti more than I do Henry Hill, both bad guys, but at least John kept his Oath.

This post has been edited by Sanjeem on Friday, Jun 22 2012, 20:15

[Indi]

Goodfellas is a great movie but Henry did some bad sh*t in his lifetime.

To have a R.I.P. topic for someone who switched around to people who had the best chance to keep him alive, as well as endangering a lot of people's lives, I find to be... quite contradictory.

If anything, the people that Hill killed deserve a R.I.P. topic over Hill.

[Criminal]

QUOTE (Sanjeem @ Friday, Jun 22 2012, 16:12)

@ Criminal in other topic.... Good old Pussy. It's actually quite sad to see mobsters ratting on their friends in my opinion. I mean it just goes to show that they don't care about anything but their own well being and also their families to say the most. You'd think that out of all the bad deeds you've committed in your life, you can at least keep your oath and be a man and not rat. Because lets be honest, when mobsters take the witness stand they are not magically transformed into good guys all of a sudden, the government seems to think that they automatically have redeemed themselves overnight just because they say sorry. Bullsh*t. Having a life of crime and then on top of that destroying the one thing you're meant to stand for should show people that these rats haven't become good people, if anything it shows them to be even worse. Rats aren't good people, the mobsters that actually keep their oath and don't help the government are the one's with at least a few values in life With all that said, what can you do, bad guys exist. On top of that why does everyone admire this guy? Sure it was an awesome movie but this guy truly is scum. I admire John Gotti more than I do Henry Hill, both bad guys, but at least John kept his Oath.

I couldn't agree more, when flipping you the government tries to beat it into your conscious that your doing the right thing, and that may be true on a technical level (as far as benefiting society as a whole), but the motives behind it are never any more than self-interest; a lack of basic principles in life makes for a pretty pathetic existence. Henry Hill seemed to make a living as a parasite.

I love Goodfellas and it made for a great story and showcase of acting talent, but I won't mourn this guy's death, and his pathetic existence (I believe he was an alcoholic for many years before his death). I know he claimed for a long time that he never murdered anyone, though I never actually believed him. He was probably smart enough to know if the government had enough evidence to pin a murder on him, they would've done it, so he wasn't going to give them a leeway.

I did have love for Big Pussy in the show though and was sad to see him go; that was probably more because he brought an interesting conflict to the show than me thinking he was an upstanding guy.

[Sanjeem]

That being said though, another thing I hate is when people say that mobsters don't really have "Friends". Whilst some of them may not really know the true values of friendship because they are thugs, that doesn't mean that some mobsters do understand the value of friendship. This stuff happens in the legal world as well, like in everyday business and commerce people will rip the hell out of each other, even their own partners if it benefits them more.

Anyway back on topic, DIH Henry Hill.