Mean Streets (Scorsese)

[huntauk]

Glad this is finally coming out. I never got round to importing the French disc.

Interesting all the love for Casino on here though. Personally I found it lacking heart of Scorsese's earlier work such as this. Same with The Departed, which I found to be a much more bloated and less coherent version of the film it remade. Just my personal opinion, not bashing anyone else's.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by huntauk

Glad this is finally coming out. I never got round to importing the French disc.

Interesting all the love for Casino on here though. Personally I found it lacking heart of Scorsese's earlier work such as this. Same with The Departed, which I found to be a much more bloated and less coherent version of the film it remade. Just my personal opinion, not bashing anyone else's.

I suspect the UK will get the USA release in which case Im glad Ive got the French.

Go and look at the Goodfellas forum in the USA thread - many there prefer Casino to Goodfellas which makes no sense to me. I love Casino but Goodfellas is a step up from that.

I like The Departed a lot - not a Scorsese classic but still a very good film for me.

[alexpeden2000]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

I suspect the UK will get the USA release in which case Im glad Ive got the French.

Agreed, picked the French release up recently and very happy with it. The US disc seemed too 'cold'

[huntauk]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

Go and look at the Goodfellas forum in the USA thread - many there prefer Casino to Goodfellas which makes no sense to me. I love Casino but Goodfellas is a step up from that.

I like The Departed a lot - not a Scorsese classic but still a very good film for me.

I don't hate Casino by all means, was just underwhelmed by it. As for The Departed, I saw and loved original Infernal Affairs so my judgement is admittedly massively biased towards it being overcomplicated compared with the original and is less slick for being so. Although again it's well made and has some strong performances, perhaps too strong in Nicholson's case.

[Foggy]

Awesome! Can't wait to revisit this one.

[rapta]

£14.99 from Zavvi it seems (or £13.49 using discount code 'WELCOME' with a new account). Also mentions it is 'special edition'...wonder whether that actually means it's special or just to draw people to the release. Will have to wait and see I guess!

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/mean-st.../11034130.html

[Skog]

What with all the Icon steelbooks lately I can't help wondering if this will get one after this initial BD sell through?....