I understand that and as I usually say, "Different strokes make the world go 'round." I usually don't like telling people there opinion is wrong because everyone is entitled to it. However, I find it hard to believe that someone actually can say to me with a straight fact that Friday is a better movie than The Godfather, I just tend not to engage further into the conversation because I can see that it will lead to nowhere (especially with this roomate).

As for me, with Mean Streets, I don't know if it's because I didn't watch the movie growing up (because I wasn't alive in the 1970s) or I didn't watch it until after I saw The Godfather, Goodfellas, & Casino which I considered some of the best mob movies ever made. But as for me and Mean Streets I have only seen it once and I have been known more times on occasion to not like a movie the first time around and then love it upon multiple viewings. I'm sure I'll see it again, but as of now I have no desire to. It was just slow with not a lot of action, and I didn't like De Niro's character. I did like Harvey Keitel, but just not De Niro. I don't know. IMO, compared to Goodfellas & Casino, Mean Streets falls way below.