Essential Directors - Martin Scorsese (The Departed / The Aviator / GoodFellas) [DVD]

Amazing is the one and only word to say for this film. I have always thought that Goodfellas was one of the greatest films ever made and set a landmark in the 90's or even in movie history. I bought Goodfellas last week and I got to watch the film a couple days ago. I really just couldn't lay my eyes off the film and everything about it was just simply worth watching. The acting was excellent, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and other actors did great and almost all of the characters they portrayed were 100% accurate. The camera-work also was brilliant and Martin Scorsese does a beautiful job by putting excellent camera shots in his films and I give him high credit for that. The soundtrack too is one of the best soundtracks ever made and the song "Layla," put chills down my spine of how great this song fitted the film. Overall, Martin Scorsese made his best film in my opinion and him and Nicholas Pileggi made an excellent and sharp script that made this, the greatest mob film still today.

You can’t get more value for money than this triple feature. It will cost you more than three times to buy these titles individually. Here are the details for the individual movies :THE DEPARTEDVideo 5/5Sound 55Special Features :1. Stranger Than fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed‘ - A 22 minute featurette that sheds light on the subject matter and genre roots.2. Crossing Criminal Cultures - Running at 24 minutes, this featurette examines the different works of legendary director Martin Scorsese and his love for the "mob movie" genre.3. Nine Deleted Scenes - Totaling 15 minutes4. The Film's Theatrical Trailer rounds up the extrasGOODFELLASFirst up are two of the better commentaries I've heard. Track one consists of Scorsese, cast members Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino and Frank Vincent, screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, producers Irwin Winkler and Barbara De Fina, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Of course, they weren't all recorded together (what a pile-up that would have been), but the choice editing of all their comments is well thought-out, even if the sheer number of participants means no one really gets to speak for a total of more than ten or fifteen minutes. But what great stuff -- just about every aspect of the production is covered, and like all great commentary tracks, this one tells its own story. No joke -- it is often as gripping as the film, despite the occasional dull spot (aided by the fact that I tend to be more interested in the actors than the technical side of things). A must-listen nevertheless.Equally as fascinating is the second commentary, dubbed "The Crook and The Cop." Henry Hill and FBI agent Edward McDonald -- the man who put him in witness protection -- talk almost non-stop. However much I may despise what the guy did and stood for (and, quite frankly, in some ways still does) Hill is incredibly engaging, even hilarious. If nothing else, he's a great salesman for his own life, comparing every last detail of the movie to the real story. He also overshadows McDonald, who pretty much acts as interviewer. But that's okay -- this is Hill's world, and we're just visiting.Unfortunately, after the great commentaries, the video-based featurettes pale in comparison. The 29-minute "Getting Made" feels redundant with the cast commentary, featuring new interviews with Liotta and Bracco, but old EPK snippets from Scorsese, De Niro and Pesce. This is not a bad "digest version" of the commentary, but a film this visually rich and culturally significant just deserves more than this.Also included is the 8-minute "Workaday Gangster," which features a new interview with Hill on life as a mobster, but again there is not much here that isn't in the commentary. The 13-minute "GoodFellas Legacy" is pretty self-congratulatory, featuring new interviews with such modern filmmakers as Richard Linklater, Jon Favreau and Antoine Fuqua, all praising the film. Unfortunately, no one really delves that deeply into the movie, so it doesn't illuminate much.Rounding out the extras is the "Paper is Cheaper Than Film" storyboard-to-film comparison, which features Scorsese's pencil-drawings of many of the key scenes in the film. I'm not a real big fan of this stuff, but film students should love it. Warner has also included the film's original theatrical trailer in 1.78:1 widescreen and encoded at 1080p (the rest of the video-based supplements are all 480i only).THE AVIATORFans of Scorcese will be delighted with the supplementary material offered by Warner. Most welcome of all is the commentary by Scorcese. An additional scene not released in theaters also gets top billing. But many of the featurettes are even more intriguing, especially if Howard Hughes' life is of interest. The featurettes include: Making The Aviator; The Role of Howard Hughes in Aviation History; Modern Marvels: Howard Hughes, a History Channel Documentary; The Affliction of Howard Hughes: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; The Visual Effects of The Aviator; Costuming and Scoring The Aviator; The Aviator and the Age of Glamour; and An Evening with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alan Alda. Rounding out the supplementary material is a still gallery and the 1080p theatrical trailer.

Good movie

The movies play well. Problem is the case got some damage on the inside so will have to order a 3-disc Blu-ray case. But it is still good overall.

All three discs won’t play, yet other discs play! Ripped off, and now can’t return!

Just an FYI for anyone purchasing the blu ray version of this 3 disc package, the departed, the aviator and goodfellas. I just received it last night & watched goodfellas just now. There are only two places in the case for discs, yet there are 3 disc's. So goodfellas was just sliding around in the case while it was shipped to me. It played fine & there are only a few light scratches, & I will likely put the discs in a binder and toss the case. Just leaving a review as an FYI to anyone looking to purchase this who may be interested in keeping the discs in the case for their collection.

The movies speak for themselves. But I haven't found the special features for this excellent 3-pack - which I just received - listed anywhere. To remedy that situation:The Departed:Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and The DepartedCrossing Criminal Cultures - on what draws Scorsese to mobster moviesDeleted ScenesTheatrical TrailerGoodFellas:Cast and Crew CommentaryCop and Crook Commentary (Henry Hill and FBI agent Edward McDonald)Getting MadeMade Men: The GoodFellas LegacyPaper is Cheaper Than FilmThe Workaday GangsterTheatrical TrailerThe Aviator:Commentary with the director, editor and producerA Life Without Limits: Making The AviatorThe Role of Howard Hughes in Aviation HistoryModern Marvels: Howard Hughes, a Documentary by the History ChannelThe Affliction of Howard Hughes: Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderOCD Panel Discussion with Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Howard Hughes' Widow, Terry MooreThe Visual Effects of The AviatorConstructing the Aviator: The Work of Dante FerretiCostuming The Aviator: The Work of Sandy PowellThe Age of Glamour: The Hair and Makeup of The AviatorScoring The Aviator: The Work of Howard ShoreThe Wainwright Family - Loudon, Rufus and MarthaAn Evening with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alan AldaDeleted SceneStill GalleryTheatrical TrailerAviator Soundtrack SpotSo it would appear that all the special features from the initial releases of each film are included!

Only came with one disk

DHL decidió juntar este paquete con otro que pedí y comprometió la calidad de envío, por lo que dos de los discos llegaron sueltos y se rompió el soporte de uno, los discos están en perfecto estado por lo menos, pero ahora tengo que ser muy cuidadoso al abrir la caja si quiero ver una de las películas, de las películas no tengo mucho que decir, son obras maestras del director Martin Scorsese, por lo que ya saben que esperar de ellas.

Excelente producto todo llegó en tiempo e incluso antes de lo acordado

so fare so good

Amo la película The Departed, gran inversión