GoodFellas | Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta | My personal favorite of Scorsese's work, one of the...

GoodFellas | Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta | Greatest Gangster Movie Ever!!!!

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GoodFellas

	GoodFellas Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta Warner Home Video, 1997 average customer review:based on 631 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

My personal favorite of Scorsese's work, one of the most amazing mob movies ever made....

I saw this film on "Sweetest" Day (a completely useless holiday) with a love interest, and dammit, it was worth pissing her off because I saw a great film. This is my favorite Scorsese picture, one of the best gangster movies ever made, and the film that Marty should have won an Oscar for. It may not have the autumnal darkness of The Godfather films (at least one and two), but it has an exhiliartion and love of the medium that the Godfather films lack. This is Scorsese's most cinematic film, where the camera work (by Michael Ballhus) is quite amazing to behold. The unbroken shot when Ray Liotta and Lorraine Braco walk into the restaurant is as classic as they come. It is one of many classic moments in a film that's filled with them. The 2 1/2 hours fly by, and the film doesn't really sugarcoat the gangster life in any way. No moralizing, no preaching, Marty just shows you how it is. The V.O. narration works brilliantly here, and every performance is perfect. Pesci (who won an Oscar), De Niro, Bracco, and Liotta (whatever happened to him, eh) should be commended for their work here. Forget The Departed, this is Marty's masterpiece, the won he should have won the Oscar for.

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Greatest Gangster Movie Ever!!!!

The Best Gangster movie of this type ever made. You can watch it over and over and it only gets better>

O.K - Quality Blu-Ray transfer

The movie is excellent, so lets get that out of the way. Im only writing about the HD quality of the Blu-Ray transfer itself. I guess I was not blown away by this transfer.

Visually, the opening scene was not cleaned up and still has some film noise and white speckles. Color transfer appears fine, although not as vibrant as I would have thought. Audio again is just ok and nothing to get too excited about. I have not viewed the extra content, but it appears to be interesting and most of it may not be available on Special Edition DVD's.

When you spend more money than what you would on a regular DVD, you certainly expect the quality to be much higher. I have a 50inch Samsung FPT-5084 capable of 1080p and I use my PS3's Blu-Ray player, so I dont believe my setup is an issue.

After seeing 2001 on Blu-Ray, I know what kind of a mind blowing transfer is capable when the right people are on the task of doing it. Overall, I recommend sticking to the standard DVD version until a better transfer is available.

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