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And here we are again, unfortunately, discussing the minuses and just plain pains in the ass that Blu-ray double-dipping inspires. DVDFile's Kenneth J. Souza wrote a great story about it a while back, but it looks like studios have yet to listen: With GoodFellas: 20th Anniversary Edition, fans of the beloved Martin Scorsese gangster picture don't get a spruced-up, bells-and-whistles copy of the film that they so vocally desire, they get the same old thing, plus a couple of meager, surface-level additions.

It's enough to drive a high-def mad.

So this will not be a review about the film. Everybody knows that regardless of your particular interest in Scorsese's subject matter here, GoodFellas is an unavoidable powderkeg of a movie, one that not only was riotously well-received upon its release, but one whose reputation has actually improved since its cinema debut (the same, alas, cannot be said for Godfather III). Even this writer, who tends to put Scorsese in the 'overrated' section, must admit that there is indeed a style, a bravura go-for-the-throat storytelling technique to GoodFellas that is absolutely worthy of a round of applause. And the performances are sensational, from Joe Pesci's Oscar-winning turn to Lorraine Bracco's sultry vixen and even Ray Liotta's volatile leading part - it's a top-notch cast on all fronts.

The same cannot be said for this 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Disc. If fans of the film knew they were getting the same BD that was released in 2007, they'd no not to get their hopes up for this special incarnation of the film, but as it stands, it looks like Warner's going to have some disappointed Scorsese fans on their hands.

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