But it's a testament to how good a job she did that we hate her so much. Although lengthy, the film maintains tension and interest throughout as it shows the sordid nature of the business just below all the glitz. Of course we hate her, that's her character. 'Casino' offers a close look at Las Vegas gambling during the years through the 1980s when organized crime was rampant. Stone won a Golden Globe, and an Oscar nomination for her role. How that little scallywag of a robber in Home Alone came from as hard a bastard as that in Casino and Goodfellas, I do not know! He pulls it off like no one else! The De Niro / Pesci pairing is just perfect. Of course it has such an evil side, but gets me every time. These movies in a very strange way always make me wish I'd been part of that life. I just love that this (along with Goodfellas) is so closely tied to real life events. The music, the actors, the scenes, everything he does is just perfect. Scorsese just has a way of making a movie. Can't count the number of times I've watched them. I put them very close together (Goodfellas a little higher).
