I agree with most everything you've said (or at least, everything you said that I understood), except that I wouldn't characterize any part of Goodfellas as a jaunty laugh-fest.
Goodfellas is my favorite movie. 
mnli hypothesis: Goodfellas is my favorite movie.  premise: I agree with most everything you've said (or at least, everything you said that I understood), except that I wouldn't characterize any part of Goodfellas as a jaunty laugh-fest.