Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Variety Of The Greatest Movies From The Very Underrated Performer, Joe Pesci

By Charles Rivington


Joe Pesci is one of the most underrated actors of the past few decades. Maybe that is because he has taken ample time off over the last ten years and has faded from the public spotlight. Not that he was ever one to enjoy the Hollywood fame, but there are very few movies that he has been a part of in recent years.

The following films are what I consider to be the best Joe Pesci films of all time.

The first movie that I will discuss is one of the few sequels that Joe Pesci has starred in, and that film is none other than Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. While the original Home Alone is a true children's classic, I enjoyed the sequel even more. Pesci was hilarious in both these movies.

In Goodfellas, Joe Pesci plays the part of Tommy DeVito, a gangster in the truest sense of the word. This has to be one of the best mafia movies of all time, and any time it is on television, I feel the need to watch it in its entirety.

One movie that must be mentioned when talking about movies that Pesci has starred in is Casino. Oh man, this has to be the best we have ever seen him. This is as good a villain as they come and it is amazing he did not get nominated for this role.

It's tough to make a list of Joe Pesci films without mentioning one of his best roles, which was the part of Leo Getz in the Lethal Weapon films. Pesci provided ample humor to all three installments in which he was featured.

One of the best movies of the early 1980s was, without a doubt, Raging Bull. This was not your Disney boxing film; this is a dark and gritty performance, by both Pesci and De Niro. Robert De Niro was very much deserving of his Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Hopefully there is at least one movie on this epic list of Joe Pesci films that you have yet to see.




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