An offer you can't refuse! Watching GODFATHER (1972) FOR THE FIRST TIME! Movie Reaction!
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Should I watch the next one too? :)
Absolutely, many people rate it better than the first one
Yes!! Please! and then Goodfellas
Part II is the only sequel to have won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Best sequel ever!
Yes definitely, personally I like part III too.
The Godfather was made in 1972, but it is set in 1945. The cars in the movie were classics when they made it. The nostalgic element has always been part of it, it is an intentional part of the movie.
It starts in 1945 (Michael is just back from WWII) but spans about 10 years afterwards. Consider how old Michael's son is by the end when the Don dies.
@@sebastianjoseph2828 The Godfather Part II puts the murders of the heads of the five families in 1953, IIRC. Connie's wedding is in late summer or early fall of 1945. The first attempt on Vito's life is shortly before Christmas 1945.
@@JaapZeldenrust That makes sense because at the wedding Michael's home from the war but still wearing the uniform, so it would have been right at the end of the war, 1945.
A small part of the genius of the Godfather is although we see historical elements, the movie doesn't really come across as only a period piece.
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli"
Probably the best ad lib in the history of film
the fact that the ''take the cannoli'' part was improv is such a cool detail too
@@GlamityJean I wonder if they used the first take!
i hear a lot of reactors comment avout how they are surprised that older movies can still be good in comparison to modern advancement in cinema. what we are enjoying are not special effects and technology - we enjoy how these techniques are used to tell a story. with the advent of cinema more than a century ago, the camera did not steal the beauty of the great stage plays, the best paintings, or the most profound books. the techniques to tell a story were already infinite. we just have more tools to add to toolbench already a mile wide. but we did not need cgi to feel the tragedy of michael being corrupted, not by evil, but by his own familial love, his courage, his intellect. it's just a good story, told by leading our eye to see exactly what it needs to see.
The movie "300" the original was awesome! The power of the writing had to carry you along!
The story of old movies are amazing it's not about effects
People ask for favors on the day of the Don's daughter's wedding. Its the custom.
Luca Brasi was actually played by a former enforcer in one of the New York families! He was so nervous about getting his lines right he would sit offscreen going over them endlessly. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, simply decided to write that into the scene!
“Do you reject Satan?”
Michael: “Yeah, sure.”
Meanwhile -BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM
And of course Michael has an ironclad alibi since hundreds of people saw him at church when all the murders happened.
I think the "Yeah, sure" was Bill Murray in 'Ed Wood'.
and BANG!
Amazing scene 👏
It was Michael’s baptism by blood. It’s not just a cool scene or an ironic one. It’s the hinge on which the whole movie turns, the moment where he establishes himself as The Godfather.
This movie isn't about crime or mafia it's actually about family!
Indeed, just like the Fast and Furious franchise!
and that's what's so special about it.
@@mandalore1089 Well, it has far more IQ points. 😏
it's like "The Incredibles"
More precisely, it's about the pretense of family.
The music, the lighting, the color scheme, the acting, the sound design, the plot, the character development, the dialog, the costumes, the sets are all flawless. It is hard not to love true art when you experience it. Great reaction.
"I don't understand why I care about a mob boss". That's basically the Godfather in one sentence. We shouldn't care... But we do.
Well, that's the case with most gangster movies; you like the 'bad' guys, whereas the 'good' guys largely come off as assholes.
@@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy It's also more realistic and believable imho.
People are rarely, if ever, all bad or all good and even true monsters are just people.
Good people can do bad and bad people can do good and there's a lesson in that for all of us.
they do something in the beginning to get us behind Vito. HE's against drugs .he not against gambling, or positution but drugs . Giving him that Grandpa feel
Most of the time they are honorable and have their word, they are relatable and we want to root for them. They portray the supposedly good guys as treacherous people.
@@buxadonoff until money involved. The Godfather,had done favors for everyone at the peace meeting and no one stood up for him.That why he had them killed.He never expected money but he did expect support
Fun fact. The scene with the grandson in the tomato garden. Brando used the orange peel but genuinely scared the young actor. The reaction of the godfather was actually Brando trying to genuinely console the little boy. The take looked good so it got used.
The rookie mistake that many movies still make is being packed with action and death but we don't know the people or care about them, so it is all just superficial.
Nail. On. Head.
And then audiences get so conditioned to the flashing lights, explosions and noise that they think that anything that isn’t constant action is boring. Just look at how few of these reaction channels watch anything made before the 70s.
@@chimpinaneckbrace "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
cuz the audience can't hold the spam attention for long.....probably a consequence of smartphones....you don't get a pause anymore...and if you do and still are watching something in your phone then you are still overstimulating your brain...
Action is best used to a purpose rather than being a purpose in and of itself.
The movie is basically a story about a family. That's one of the reasons you see so many scenes about the family's activities and events (like the wedding and the relationships). The ideal way to view this is to remember it's about a family...it just happens to be a crime family.
The reason Vito Coreleone got where he is, is because he was the best of Michael AND Sonny.
He was smart and could be cold and calculating like Michael, but he also let his emotions effect his decisions. He never did so in haste, like Sonny, but his love for those he cared about was a prime motivator. Michael had deep feelings too, but he thought he needed to divorce himself from them to do what was needed to be done.
Yeah he had the right qualities to be a boss
I'm surprised no one mentioned that Johnny Fontane is supposed to be Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra did.
Loved your comment. "Little Mikey is now the big guy". That scene where Michael said he would kill Solozo was the climax of the movie. It was that point where Michael evolved from clean cut war hero Mike, into the new GodFather to lead the family. Watch it again as the camera closes in. That is what the director was doing there. Great flick!
"It's time for my break, byeeee"- comedy gold! The short version of why I think it's so good- It's a Shakespearean tragedy set in the world of gangsters and filmed like it's an oil painting.
Well said!
18:18 - That final scene with Michael and Kay! Michael's almost inaudible "no." gives me chills every time. I was lucky to see The Godfather in a theater full of people back in the early 90's. I had seen it before (on VHS tape!) but I could tell a lot of people in the theater were watching it for the first time. And when Michael looked right at Kay and said, "no" I swear the entire audience gasped all at once. It was awesome! The whole weight of the entire movie, of Michael's arc, comes down to that one moment and it's almost inaudible yet so damn powerful. I love i!
The books is amazing!! What makes this a true movie experience is how the director played with the shadows.
The reason it's different to some of the films you have watched is that it takes its time which makes you care about the characters (If done correctly) and that it trusts that the audience is intelligent enough to follow the film without the need for constant exposition reminding you what happened 5 minutes ago.
The "Michael, is it true?" scene is probably the one of the best acted scene in movie history
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has one of the best climax: 3 guys staring at each other.
I have a scene in every movie that i have to watch thrice, just for how ridiculously breathtaking they are. In this one it is Sonny's assassination.
Some more older movies you might like...'Casablanca', 'Lawrence Of Arabia', 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. Also some fun older musicals...'Grease', 'Wizard Of Oz'
Part II is one of the most unique continuations in a movie series, structurally, in that it is both a sequel AND a prequel, simultaneously! Fans often debate which one is actually better. Imho they’re both great and deserving of their acclaim. Glad you liked this one. Hope you continue with the rest of them. Expect a big fuss over whether to watch the last one or not. I’ll leave my thoughts on it in your part II reaction. 😉
Exactly!
I have owned the Godfather trilogy boxset for many years now, watched part 1 and 2 multiple times, but I have yet to bring myself to watch part 3. I can't really explain why, I've heard so many conflicting reports, most saying it's nowhere near as good as 1 and 2, some hating it, but others saying it's actually pretty decent and underrated. I know I should find out for myself but I feel like I'm content with how part 2 ended and I don't want to risk being disappointed.
it's the same reason I haven't watched these new Alien prequels or Indian Jones sequels after part 3, I've seen all I need to see from those stories and I don't want my memory of the franchise to be soured.
@@JackRabbitSlim I hear what you're saying. My dad made me watch them all at once when I was about 13, so my experience has always been to take them as a complete story, accepting that the third one is what it is. May I suggest, then, you give the recently release "Godfather: Coda" a watch. It's a recut of part III the way Coppola wanted it to be (or something like that). In any case, if you watch the original part III, it's a little more "melodramatic" than the others, and one character (Michael's daughter) gives a very wooden performance. Other than that, it's not too bad. Andy Garcia is no Al Pacino, but he's believable. One good thing it has, is you get to see acting between Al and Diane Keaton playing the same characters YEARS after part II, so they REALLY feel like they're not acting because they're older/wiser actors at that point, so natural. It's pretty special to see. Same with the actress who plays sister Connie. I am bummed that Tom doesn't return. In the end, it's your call, the story wraps up and there's closure with what happens to Michael's character.
If you want to go back further than The Godfather, have you watched any Alfred Hitchcock movies? "Rear Window" and "North by Northwest" make great entry-points to his work, and are highly watchable and entertaining...
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) also. The 1934 version is great and Peter Lorre is always entertaining, but I prefer the '56 one.
Dr Strangelove.
There were some real gems in the 70's. Some of my favourites are The Deer Hunter, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, All The President's Men and The French Connection. The first two will rip your heart out.
Day of the Jackal, Three Days of the Condor, The Sting, Patton or A Bridge Too far : )
Oh yeah almost forgot Jaws
@@The_Bermuda_Nonagon A Bridge Too Far is probably my favourite WW2 movie.
It is so good because when you match actors who can actually act, a director who knows what he/she wants and knows how to get the most out of their actors, and a storyline which captures and then draws the viewer in, that is when you either have a success or a flop. I saw it when it was first released in 1972 and the audience was riveted.
Really Great Mari. Enjoyed it. Looking forward to Godfather 2. You will love it. The sad part is the Godfather never wanted Michael to be in the business. Funny how Michael was more devious than Sonny because he was more patient and slow to reaction. You will see more of that in Part 2. Thanks again. Stay safe. leave the chair, take the cat :D
One aspect I just absolutely love about the movie is the cinematography. The color is earthy and natural but it's all very sharp and clear, sometimes with a period piece there may be a more filtered or soft look to emphasize that it's the past, like it's a memory. With The Godfather you feel like you're in that time more than watching that time
This movie is an example of masterful storytelling.
Check out "The Sting" (1973) (Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, James Earl Jones - great cast). The scenes are fantastic and the plot has so many twists you need to see it several times to take it all in.
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) Also Newman and Redford.
when Kay ask about Connie husband,Michael said the truth that he not killed Carlo,Clemenza who did it😂
Yeah, a lot of buffers, commenter.
Kay: "Michael, why did you come here?"
Michael: "Because I need you; because I care for you."
At that exact moment, the video gets interrupted by an ad saying: "THE BACHELOR IS BACK!" Perfect timing!
That’s hilarious.
I never bought that Michael loved Kay for real. I think he decided to date and marry her when he got back from Sicily, because he needed a way to get over Apolonnia, (Sorry if I misspelled her name), like a rebound, but it ended up crashing and burning, because he loved her but he wasn't IN love with her, there is a big difference.
Godfather 2.... one of the best films ever made. Music, cinematography, plot and probably one of the finest examples of technical acting of the 20th century from Robert De'Niro
Michael is such a good character. He's so cool and calculating, unlike his other two brothers, one a super hot head and the other a weak pushover.
IMO Michael Corleone is the best character of all time. So complex. You look at him from the first minute and he's this cliche good kid trying to shy away from his family and their crime world but tragic events put him on a very destructive path in which he suffers so much and completely changes for the worst but the worse he gets as a character his calculated and smart nature makes him such a damn good ''villain'' and mob boss. In Godfather 2, he becomes such a calculating, cool, badass mob boss that I can't even take my eyes off him for a ms. Al Pacino deserves a lot of praise as well for putting out such a subtle yet powerful performance. He conveyed SO MUCH emotion with just a gaze. The perfect combination of the best character combined with the best actor giving his best performance.
I love Michael as well, he has so many layers to his character, and as a writer who loves characterization, there are so many things to mine for material in a character like that.
Still, he was an outsider, and this is part of what gets him into trouble in the movies. He doesn't follow the usual etiquette, but still reacts like a marine: Identify the thread and go straight for it until it is taken out. This is what makes the other crie bosses ally against him, because Mike doesn't follow 'the rules'.
"Road to Perdition" is a good crime movie. "Angels with dirty faces" is another
I loved Road to Perdition.
Road to Perdition is sad as hell man
@@BrokenGodEnt you should see angels with Dirty faces it's pretty sad at the end too.
The last 10 minutes of "Angels with Dirty Faces" is beyond powerful.
The books are actually even better if you can believe it.
That i disagree, the movie is better, is more straight to the point, and the performances elevates everything
I guess it depends on the type of person you are. If you're an avid reader with a large capacity for picturing those scenes in your head the book may be better. But I think 90% of people will enjoy the movie more. Its a masterpiece along with it's sequel.
I have to disagree even Mario Puzo the author and writer would say the movie is better because he wrote both he said the movie gave him a second chance at telling the story in an even better fashion
Many reasons why it’s great: It’s an adult movie about adults. After the huge success of “Star Wars” (which is also great), studios slowly began catering to teens and 20-sometings, so if this film were made today, you’ve have a bunch of way younger actors, and love triangles, and breakups and other stuff that has nothing to do with the New York mafia of the 1940s and ‘50s. People would get shot, but it all would be done with a gangsta-rap soundtrack. You already cited the other big reason: pacing. This came out before MTV, before massive jump cuts all the time, before shorter attention spans, thanks to music videos (many music video directors transitioned to movies). If you showed this to a movie studio today, they’d say shorten all the scenes by half. Movies before the ‘90s knew how to take their time, build up tension. Not anymore. You might like "Goodfellas," which examines the mob from the perspective of crew members on the ground, the ones who take orders from the Five Families--and it's much more funny and quirky, with relatively less violence overall (the families named in the movie aren't real, but there were five families that ran the New York mafia for decades--and some still are active). Godfather II is equally good. Godfather III, skip it.
I think it's a testament to your high intelligence, Mari, that you can appreciate a 'slow burn' film like this.....many (not so bright) people get bored and want more action.
I'll be honest, I didn't find the Godfather a 'slow burn' film. I hear a lot of people say that some of the scenes drag on too long (okay, maybe bits of the wedding in the beginning were just A TINY bit too long) but it's all done in service of the story being told
@@rustincohle2135 Ah come on, let the old guy condescend to the young lady. Boomers gotta have fun.
*Finds horse's head in the bed* "OMG that was so unexpected!". I love being ancient on the internub. :D
"Why is this so good?"
Well...
Before the MPAA ratings, there was the "Hayes Code" which was brutally restrictive: You couldn't have gangsters be sympathetic protagonists, and you couldn't ever have cops be bad guys.
When the Hayes code was abandoned there was a burst of creativity in Hollywood. A bunch of daring young film makers started making movies like no one had ever seen before. A lot of their inspiration was taking subject matter that had been mostly "B-movie" material in their childhood (horror, crime, science fiction) and give them big-budget Hollywood A-treatment.
And so that's how Coppolla made The Godfather, Spielberg made Jaws, and Lucas made Star Wars.
As the first big-budget post Hayes-code gangster movie, it was the first time a movie didn't have to portray the Mafia explicitly as villains. Copolla shot the scenes from a neutral viewpoint, not favoring any characters, allowing the audience to judge who to root for or against themselves. It's based on a book whose author also penned the screenplay and the book is heavily researched and fact-based. "The Five Families" were a real thing, Moe Green was based on Bugsy Siegel. The Corleone family was based on the Bonnano crime family, and a number of the story points were based on things that happened to various other mob figures.
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@Brad 2021 I agree with you, it's a very limited thought to think of the Classical Hollywood Era as "not creative" because that's just not true. Think about Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, John Ford, Charlie Chaplin, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, Busby Berkeley, Elia Kazan, Samuel Fuller, Ernst Lubitsch, early Stanley Kubrick, Nicholas Ray, Robert Wise, Preston Sturges, John Wayne, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery etc., all great directors with lots of creativity. However, since he mentioned the Hayes Code, I think what he meant was that censorship put lots of restrictions on these directors, which is true, but that doesn't diminish their creativity. It enhances, really, since they had to find new ways to show things under censorship (remember Hitchcock showing a train going through a tunnel when there was supposed to be a sex scene?).
Furthermore, The Godfather was not the first big-budget post Hayes Code gangster movie. By 1972, there had been Bonnie & Clyde (1967, which already did not portray the gangster characters explicitly as villains), In Cold Blood (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Point Blank (1967), Bullitt (1968), Klute (1971), The French Connection (1971), A Clockwork Orange (1971, partly British, partly Hollywood), Dirty Harry (1971), and possibly more.
pre code era also had a lot of great gangster movies.
@@BrokenGodEnt Exactly.
@@BrokenGodEnt Pre-code had a lot of great *everything*
Everybody today assumes society was always uptight back in the day and just recently progressed toward more permissiveness, but if you go back far enough, movies were WILD. (Especially foreign stuff, but Hollywood was pretty daring too before the finger-waggers and pearl-clutchers took over.)
Hayes code should have never been a thing
A wonderful reaction. I love that you have a real appreciation of the storytelling style that is no longer in vogue with modern films.
Plenty of time for world building, character development with depth, great story with multiple arcs, beautiful cinematography and use of lighting, superior acting, and music to match. Those all contribute to this film being a cinematic classic of the highest order.
This isn't my usual kind of movie, but it is so well made that you can't help enjoying it.
The moment she asked him about if he killed the guy and he said "no" you knew he was full on gangster at this point
Dude, you have to watch the whole trilogy. I think there's something beautiful about Italian culture that speaks to just about everyone. The movie immerses us in it and really humanises these otherwise despicable characters. All-time classic movies.
You can skip Godfather Part III
The Baptism scene is one of the greatest scenes ever
Michael understood that certain people were in partial control of other businesses and knew people were going against his fathers wishes, so in that scene he eliminated anyone who was a threat to his new foundation.
I absolutely love this movie but it’s not an easy watch for some people and it does warrant a second watch to fully understand what happened
But still having everyone killed while he is literally made The Godfather during the baptism is such a good segment and it ends with people showing their respect for him as the new godfather
As far feeling empathy for a mob boss is concerned... that's one of the many reasons why this was such a groundbreaking film. Before this movie, gangsters were usually (if not always) portrayed as 2 dimensional bad guys that were only there to be defeated by the heroes of the film.
Your opening pirate of the Title-
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DOPE-📐🔒📂🔥
Major respect to you for taking this on as an experience-
I truly can’t wait for you to experience and appreciate all the very subtly cinematic aspects that may jump out at you.
Timeless
My favorite part of this movie is when Michael tells Sonny and the rest of the crew how he is going to murder Sollozzo. And as he is telling him he settles in on his throne of pain and anguish.
You've just watched the best movie ever made.
End of story.
Disagree. Part II is better...
@@havok6280 2 is my favorite movie of all time.
But Brando puts 1 over the top.
No
This or Chinatown.
Princess Bride came out in 1987. Thanks for making me feel old lol
Francis Ford Coppola is a genius that's why this film sticks out.
Another amazing must see film by him is Apocalypse Now (1979).
Absolutely one of my favorite trilogies. Looking forward to the next two!
I think the thing is that the characters have depth.
I caught the last half of the premiere and immediately had to restart and watch the whole thing again. Just like every time a see part of The Godfather.
3:58 If it's any consolation they didn't kill the horse we saw earlier. They picked a head of a horse that was already out from dog food factory, chose it because it looked just enough like the live horse they were already using.
There's two deleted scene that I think they cut because they pacing and tension was off (it was better if they cut from 'bad news immediately' to the head scene) where just before Tom meets Wolz we see him give that blonde haired girl who gave him a kiss on the cheek a Shetland pony as a birthday present and we hear her mother say "wasn't that nice of Mr Wolz to get you such a darling present", and then just before Tom leaves the house he looks up and sees her at the top of the stairs dressed up with make-up on but it's pretty clear she'd been crying and then her mother comes out saying "I told you not to leave that room". Don Corleone was disgusted with Wolz when Tom told him about it.
"We were going to leave the horse's head in your bed, but since you're a movie producer, we thought THIS would be more appropriate..."
- MAD Magazine. ;)
Definitely check out part 2! As well as “Chinatown” (1974) and The Untouchables (1987).
I think its a great movie because the time it spends doing character development while simultaneously building suspense and throwing surprises at a consistent rate.
Every scene is maximized to convey culture, character, plot, behavior, emotion. Every word and and angle shot cannot be improved upon, it was perfectly written and shot
You must immediately watch #2, Marijchu! It brings the whole family history into view.
I am SO pleased that you picked up so much on the storyline of Kay. She is often overlooked.
So glad you are up for the investigation of why a classic is a classic. From the same period you might want to give "Chinatown" and "In the Heat of the Night" a try. Keep it up. Love the channel.
Great reaction! For me you hit on many of the reasons the Godfather is so good. Its about a family (who also happens to be a crime family) the director (and co-writer) Coppola, also happened to be at the top of his game. Then you have one of the greatest cinematographers ever , Gordon Willis, on board contributing that luscious photography. Oh, and the outstanding cast may have had something to do with its success as well.
And for the record: This story is set in the mid to late 1940s. So, even in 1972 this was a period picture. But great reaction all around. Really enjoyed this one.
yes, exactly, you're so attentive, i love you
Don Vito always thinks before he acts, he's an affluent man. He wants nothing but harmony but will act evil if he doesn't get treated fairly. He's my favorite mafia boss in fiction.
GF 2 is just as good or better. Also rewatching each episode will also enlighten you, or reveal the depth of the story. I look forward to the next 2. Thumbs up!.
Congratulations on finally discovering 'The Godfather'. There are so many things to say about that film: the battered wife/sister Connie (Talia Shire) is the real-life sister of the director, Francis Ford Coppola. You might also have seen her in one of the Sylvester Stallone 'Rocky' films as Rocky's girlfriend/wife. Plus, the baby in the baptism scene when Michael is having his enemies killed was not a baby boy, but was Francis Ford Coppola's own daughter, Sofia Coppola who has since become an Oscar-nominated movie director herself. She makes another appearance on screen in 'The Godfather Part III' as Michael's daughter Mary.
"Oh...and the band was so good!" - extras posing as musicians finally get the respect they've had coming for all these years!
Now you just need to see Serpico, Scarface and Carlito's Way.
There are literally books out there which dissect The Godfather movies. Best. Leo.
6:18 THE iconic line.
An earthquake hit in 72.
Godfather II is even better.
A fun piece of trivia in this one is that the baby being baptized at the end is Sofia Coppola. They needed a baby and the director knew just who to cast!
Which brings us up to Godfather Pt. III...
Here's a fun fact: Johnny Fontane is so heavily based on Frank Sinatra that Frank got pissed on Mario Puzo (The writer of the original novel) and told him (With a lil' help of his Mafia compadres of course) I DON'T CRY, and actually tried to beat the crap out of him.
That was a great shot, you sitting there stroking the head of your cat, reacting to the Don. Chills.
;)
It's a filmmaking epic. Everything about it is perfect. The second one is even better. More grandiose.
Mario Puzo was the first person to get really solid research into the mafia, and the book was a New York Times bestseller. Add a brilliant director and stellar cast, and you have one of the top 100 movies of all time. The Godfather is noted for being the most quoted movie ever.
What makes this considered at the top of best movies of all time is The source book, the Director, the Actors, the Cinematography, the Music everything! It is rated #2 behind The Shawshank Redemption and #3 is The Godfather 2 on IMDB!
Vito could be cunning & ruthless, sweet & gentle, and explosive & hotheaded. Vito kept these qualities in balance. That’s what made him great.
His 3 children each got one of these qualities:
Michael was cunning
Fredo was sweet.
Sonny was hot-headed.
What makes them great is - the quality of the filmmaking. Nothing else. Writing, acting, editing, scoring, cinematography, everything. The whole thing is great, there's no secret or trick.
As far as the cars and "this wouldn't have seemed old fashioned then", those cars would have seemed very old fashioned to audiences in 1972. Michael's war he served in was WW2. This is set in the 40s/50s. Part 2 is set both before and after part 1. And is of pretty much the same quality (many believe it to be better than the first one).
Also the cleverness of the montage scene at the end w the baptism and the killings is that he's becoming two kinds of Godfather at once during that scene.
10:31 Sonny was the one who brought Tom home. Tom had lost his mother, his dad who had some sort of eye condition had given him and his sister up to foster care, he ran away from foster care and started losing his sight because he'd inherited that condition from his dad, he and Sonny would play in the streets and then when Sonny found where he was living he brought back home with him. Don Corleone paid for his education and for an eye operation, Tom respect Signora Corleone and has some affection for Michael, Fredo and Connie but he loves Sonny like a brother and Don Corleone like a father - he hates his real father though, it kept giving him nightmares of himself and his children all blind tapping their canes down the street begging for money. Never saw his real sister again. Tom ended up scaring Connie's husband into being "the perfect loving husband" with just one conversation over the phone, no verbal threats needed.
La vita el bella. I forgot how you spell it but man that movie was also great. Loved your reaction to this film, nice build up on the characters and how they react to situations. Really loved Don Corleone even though the movie wasn't primarily over him, he obviously cared a lot about michael and ended up looking like a cool grandad.
Buongiorno, principessa!
I implore you to watch part 2, it's complex and has a lot of subtlety in it.
8:54 Nup, her husband knows who her father is. He gave him a small business and he's running it into the ground. He was a hard worker when he was young but he's also very arrogant and very stupid. Don Corleone told her marrying was a bad idea, that's why they had that big Sicillian style wedding to make it up to him.
I don't like Michael. Taking over the family business turned him into a sociopath. But his father, Vito, he is just awesome. Half of The Godfather part 2 is about a young Vito building his empire and he is just so cool. The only favor I'd ask would be to invite him to lunch. SO cool.
Yeah the scene in GF3 where he's breaking down his sins to the priest. A man with terrible regrets for what he was
A sociopath kills more than just 20 people without sympathy, that's like calling someone who kills 30 people that are trying to stab or shoot him a "sociopath" this is modern mafia, Vitos peace in the family died years ago.
No, not a sociopath. That's too facile. Michael killed his enemies, who were trying to kill him. If you think that's sociopathic, you aren't going to live long in this world.
Great movie about family. They play a Godfather marathon on tv every year in the U.S for Thanksgiving.
Hua, Hua, Hua! (Signature Marijchu laugh) The Godfather is about 15 years older than the Princess Bride! Love your reactions, btw. Keep on keeping on! Also, if you think this is good, you'll love the sequel even more!
FUN FACT Francis Ford Coppola had the cast interact as their characters so we'd have a family feel on set
Also, the behind the scenes of the film, and the story of the film in general is a story in and of itself!
Quick note, in the book, shortly after Carlo and Connie gets married, Carlo takes her bridal purse and blows the money gambling. He starts to beat Connie shortly after the wedding as well. When Connie goes to her father for help he tells her that since they are married he will not interfere. The other families use Sonny's love for his sister to set him up to get killed.
Also, the only reason Sonny didn't kill Carlo was the fact that Carlo didn't even try to fight back. Sonny had a temper but he could not bring himself to kill a sniveling coward like Carlo.
After you watch Part 2, LA Confidential is good.
I liked how it portrayed power. Don’t cross me or you will sleep with the fishes.
You gonna love second movie ;)
BTW: Another amazing Coppola flick, 1986's "Peggy Sue Got Married." Both lighter... and heavier.
Silence of the Lambs is another fantastic movie.
When people can't quite put their finger on what makes a movie great it usually comes down to two things: direction and writing. All the other elements are great in The Godfather too (acting, music, set design etc.), but directing and writing are the two fundamental pillars of moviemaking in my opinion.
It's a master class in film making coupled with one of the best cast lists of all time.
I'm pretty sure there are probably still entire film study class sessions dedicated just to this film.
The absolute intent and purpose of the film maker is obvious in almost every scene. Just beautiful work
It's wonderful.
If you like crime then I recommend Goodfellas, LA Confidential, The Usual Suspects, Se7en, 'Leon The Professional' and Sexy Beast.
For more light-hearted crime, I recommend 'Midnight Run' and 'Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels'.
"awwww my heart is melting"
...so is his...
"My Heart is MELTING"
so does Don Vito
For older movies try: "Bringing up Baby", "Some like it hot" and "Philadelphia Story" - - black and white comedies.
There really isn't a single thing I can say is great about the movie. The entire movie just goes together so well that you have to take it as a hole in my view as opposed to parts. I can say the script the cinematography and the actors selected for each character portrayal were perfect fits
I am so pleased to see you reacting to my all time favorite movie.
I would even go as far to call this THE perfect movie. I'm sure you have noticed it: the acting, the dialogue, the characters, the story structure, the music, the lighting, the setting... everything was pure quality.
You are welcome to debate me on this, but regardless, recognize that you have stumbled upon such excellent taste in cinematic masterpiece.
The line, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli" was improvised.