I find this movie even better than Goodfellas. It's one of the most beautiful 'cinematographic' movies I've seen and it has some of the best acting. The fights between DeNiro and Stone are very genuine and Joe Pesci makes his best performance, and looks a lot like his real life counterpart Anthony Spilotro. Both Ragging Bull and this one are my favorites from Scorcese.

The only problem is that the movie is a little bit too 'fast' and therefore difficult to follow.

Btw, the Frank Marino character was based on Spilotro's friend and right-hand man Frank Cullotta.