Thank you for pointing that out to me about De Niro's character not supposed to being liked, because I was like, "um, I don't like this dude." :p Soundtrack wise, Scorsese always has a great one (Goodfellas and from what I heard on Casino I liked too). As far as Mean Streets being a master piece, I wouldn't go as far as that. But that's just me, not to say your opinion is wrong. To me Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Kill Bill Vol. 2 are masterpieces (and to you I'm sure that they're not).