OK. This was really bothering me, so I took out the original Godfather DVD and popped it in my up-converting DVD player. I have it, and my Blu-ray both hooked up to my HDTV via HDMI, so I can pretty much watch the same scenes back to back. When you see both versions back to back, the Blu-ray is a big improvement. Was I still hoping for more? Yes. But at least now, I've seen the difference between it and the original DVD.