Friday, April 08, 2005
Goodfellas DVD Review
Last night we watched the collector’s edition Goodfellas DVD, and it was well worth the wait. I’d refused to buy the Goodfellas DVD that was initially out because it didn’t have any extras on it, and I was sure that a movie as great as Goodfellas would eventually get the deluxe treatment.
This DVD was worth the wait.
The movie looks and sounds great. This is one of those films that justifies the DTS sound system we bought a few years ago. Goodfellas is one of those movies where the music does more than just kill silence between bits of dialogue. The music in this film is a major part of why the movie works so well. And the digitally remastered soundtrack on this DVD really made that element of the film better than ever. I learned in the extra feature interviews that Scorsese had been storing these songs up in his head for years, waiting for the right film to feature them in. He found that film in Goodfellas.
I’m not going to rave too much about the movie itself, here… because in 2004, if you need some yokel blogger to tell you how good Goodfellas is, then you’re worse off than I am.
The extras on the disc are a lot of fun. There’s a half an hour documentary about the making of the film, interview footage with the real Henry Hill, and interviews with the young filmmakers of today who’d been so profoundly influenced by Scorsese’s masterpiece. If you, like me, think that Goodfellas is one of the best films ever, and among the top ten of the last 25 years, then you’ll probably enjoy the extras on this DVD. In contrast, I felt a bit disappointed in the extras on the collector’s edition of my favorite movie, Saving Private Ryan. A lot of it was redundant. That’s not the case with this Goodfellas set.
But the movie itself is the reason to buy this set. It’s never looked or sounded better, and it’s as much fun to watch now as it ever was.
So do yourself a favor and get the Goodfellas collector’s edition. It’s worth whatever you’ll pay for it.
¶ 7:50 PM
Last night we watched the collector’s edition Goodfellas DVD, and it was well worth the wait. I’d refused to buy the Goodfellas DVD that was initially out because it didn’t have any extras on it, and I was sure that a movie as great as Goodfellas would eventually get the deluxe treatment.
This DVD was worth the wait.
The movie looks and sounds great. This is one of those films that justifies the DTS sound system we bought a few years ago. Goodfellas is one of those movies where the music does more than just kill silence between bits of dialogue. The music in this film is a major part of why the movie works so well. And the digitally remastered soundtrack on this DVD really made that element of the film better than ever. I learned in the extra feature interviews that Scorsese had been storing these songs up in his head for years, waiting for the right film to feature them in. He found that film in Goodfellas.
I’m not going to rave too much about the movie itself, here… because in 2004, if you need some yokel blogger to tell you how good Goodfellas is, then you’re worse off than I am.
The extras on the disc are a lot of fun. There’s a half an hour documentary about the making of the film, interview footage with the real Henry Hill, and interviews with the young filmmakers of today who’d been so profoundly influenced by Scorsese’s masterpiece. If you, like me, think that Goodfellas is one of the best films ever, and among the top ten of the last 25 years, then you’ll probably enjoy the extras on this DVD. In contrast, I felt a bit disappointed in the extras on the collector’s edition of my favorite movie, Saving Private Ryan. A lot of it was redundant. That’s not the case with this Goodfellas set.
But the movie itself is the reason to buy this set. It’s never looked or sounded better, and it’s as much fun to watch now as it ever was.
So do yourself a favor and get the Goodfellas collector’s edition. It’s worth whatever you’ll pay for it.
¶ 7:50 PM
