Where Vito was born with nothing, but died with everything...There is Michael who was born with everything, and died with nothing...One of the greatest trilogys of all time...
Alex :/ he died with millions of dollars. But he died without a close bond to his family. Without a wife. He watched his daughter murdered in front of him. He will die sad and alone- he has nothing
Al is so quiet and methodical when he speaks that it's unnerving. But it's even worse when he yells, because it's sudden, it's from out of nowhere...and it's the loudest thing you've ever heard!
Michael’s character development from start to finish is INSANE. Yet it was so smooth. He entered a world he thought he could never be in. He’s now rationalizing all his decisions no matter how dark they may be. Man. Al Pacino is incredible.
Tragic becoming of Micheal Corleone. He is an Anakin Skywalker turned Vader. You pity him... Convinced the only way do save he whom he loves is turn to the unnatural and dark path. Don Corleone is one of the most ruthless and terrifying of all cinematic villians.
Autumn Wyatt I wish Al Pacino will take on a role like this again. Clenched, calm/cool/cold, smooth & calculated.. Not loud expressive ones though those are good too!
He starts out as a happy and somewhat innocent guy who seems embarrassed by his family's criminal activities, and doesn't want to get involved in them. But because of the attempts on his fathers life, the assassination of Sonny and losing Apollina he loses his innocence with every tragedy and eventually becomes a hardened serious man who has to think multiple steps ahead and never shows his emotions to be the most effective in his business so he doesn't have to lose more loved ones. He never wanted to be the Don unlike Sonny and Fredo, but he had to, because he was the most capable to run the family. He doesn't even look like he is enjoying his position as boss but treats it as his duty.
Autumn Wyatt Micheal NEVER WANTED ANY OF THIS. He makes this CRYSTAL CLEAR from THE BEGINNING. He wanted to marry Katy and live a good life. When Vito died and Mike took over the realization of all that power dawned on him, it seduced him making him everything he despised, costing him everything, even his own daughter
@@nothosaur Actually the art of usuing shadows and lights in the GF is very strategic. Theres a whole video about the cinematography of light in the GF. As the movie progresses, you can see the difference. For example, in the beginning was the wedding, it was very bright, cherry and happy, except when Don Vito was meeting with people, then it turned dark. Then you have Michael when he was in Italy, again, he was happy, in love and enjoying life there, thus the scenery is very bright, open and inviting. Then you have scenes like when Michael was talking to Carlo, when Michael got beat up by McClusky outside the hospital and when Michael excommunicated Fredo (GF II), all of which were very dark, gloomy moments, thus the lighting reflected that.
About Michael Corleone he was quite ruthless the neat thing in Godfather II is it a phase back to when he was idealistic young kid who joined the Marines I want to change
What made him intimidating was that yes he was calm and strategic but he only said things once, and sometimes not at all, and after he said it, if you disobeyed him, he just killed you without saying a word, he really never let emotion get to him. All this ruthlessness though caused him to loose everything he loved
saganist your right, short and passionate lived life’s are often felt the most.. sunny died coz he had a good family nature and he ddnt think In the heat of the moment. We’ve had people in history like this who’ve come and gone and there remembered more then people alive today, this isn’t the case for Sunny coz Michael was the most resilient but it’s a lesson in it self
saganist when you live a peaceful life your biggest enemy is your self and your biggest successor is also your self. Just depends which route you take, realisation at a young age is the most powerful tool but only a few young people are lucky to possess it otherwise you just pick it up as you get older..
A video about Michael Corleone without showing Sicily is a disservice. His time in Italy showed him his roots and made him a man. He understands what he was supposed to do and who he was supposed to become. Appalonia was his true love. Kay could never be what Appalonia was for him.
Had Apolonia lived and come to America with Mikey, she would have been his wife and Kaye would have been relegated to gommah status.It may have worked.
Idk she would have just got dragged down into the shit with every one else around him. Michael Corleone was a vortex of desolation. Everything he touched turned into shit. True Ta'Veren.
Appolonia was his true love. He married Kate, because she was his girlfriend before he go to Italy. When you feel deep love, than you don't look to another person...
Michael Corleone learned a lot from his old man but missed one charm “a man who doesn’t spend time with his family, can never be a real man” which makes Vito Corleone The GOAT.
Couldn't disagree more. Michael wanted nothing more than to spend time with his family. But his fathers life decisions has ruined his entire family, mainly Michael.
The thing Al does better than any actor in history even Brando or Cagney or De Niro was his eyes. The way his eyes move or widen or squint or show his emotions at any moment or be cold as ice. That's why he will always be my favourite actor of all time.
Most underrated actor in GF: Robert Duvall. An Irishman who talks with the Italian cadence, he was simply terrific. Not to take away from Al Marlon and Robert, but he rocked.
The extraordinary thing about GF1 and 2 is that even most of the minor characters have an intensity and colour that other movies lack. Duvall's is only one of (at least) half a dozen utterly brilliant performances - Solluzzo, Freddo, Pentangeli, the Meyer Lansky figure - all were amazing. Other fine movies are dominated by one or occasionally two stunning performances, but this is a great ENSEMBLE piece.
Ken Oliver just a quick note, “the Meyer Lansky” figure was played by the late Great Lee Strasberg, one of the founders of The Actors Studio”. He basically trained most of the Brilliant Actors in this Film. Most of these fine actors were students of Mr. Strasberg and members of the Actors Studio. In my humble opinion, this cast was/is the All Stars of the craft of Acting, hence, the across the board high level of performance. Be well.
The Godfather is the best example of character development, namely Michael Corleone, who went from a US Marine denouncing the family "business" to becoming the most feared Don of his generation. What makes it so wonderful is the seamless transformation, literally from boy to man. The Godfather, to me, is the perfect movie. A masterclass in filmmaking.
@@zenleek2129 not as clear as someone from the outside might think; after Don Vitto death Michael was the only remaining piece for the total destruction of the family, everybody was after him his own brother, business partners, underbosses, sister and his divorcing baby killing wife and he had to remain strong even more than Papa Corleone for the sake of the family
To OP, to avoid confusion, but there are a dozen of characters in the background going through the very same transformation. While not primarily mediated through both acting and the direction, it's still profound in the script. Michael's is the most obvious arc, but everyone have their own arcs even if not on camera or depicted in any scene. While the novels sure brings some light on this further, it's still masterfully adapted for the motion picture medium in that it's always off-camera, in the background and clearly reflected via our main characters and their interactions with everyone else.
More like man to monster. He was a man when he was simply a WWII Marines war hero coming home to enjoy the lighter aspects of his family life. In love and hopeful of the future but rational all the while.
Michael was such a tragic character. He began as Don with good intentions and loyalty to Vito and the family, but in time the business made him resentful and paranoid. Pacino at his finest. Godfather I and II are among the greatest works of cinematic art.
He went through too much, disrespected as a veteran, betrayed by his brother, the love of his life killed, buried both his parents, his older brother killed by his stepbrother, betrayed by his brother, kids baby killed by his wife, asking other things. He did what he had to do, he remained strong for the family
I’m not so sure his story is tragic. He took over and acted in accordance to his nature to become top dog of crime in a whole country. Is that tragic? I don’t think so. All actions have consequences, and not much of it was beyond his control.
He did not yell at him irrationally. You should watch the complete scene again, it's true that Tom ignores his questions ever since he gets back. That's the power of don, he kept you in charge but develops only a minor attitude and instantly pays for it. Because Mike is very smart he notices it very quickly and puts him in his place. No disrespect to Tom though, he has stood by them through thick and thin.
2 years ago we visited Sicily and the two towns where the Sicilian scenes were filmed....Savoca and Forza de Gro....I have a picture of my hubby and I sitting exactly where Michael Corleone sat outside of the bar Vitelli....it was an amazing trip....
It has always amazed me that, despite Pacino being slightly shorter than the average Hollywood actor, when he's on the screen, everyone else just....fades. Even Brando. Pacino is just mesmerising in anything he does. And those eyes......
A powerful tale about the corruption of one man's soul. At first he is a cheerful war vet intent on distinguishing himself from the wrongdoings of his family. By the end of the second film he represents the darkest times the family has ever encountered. Vito the whole time acted as a foil to Michael. Vito was a man of honor. He eliminated everything he hated in the bosses before him and ran crime "the right way" in a sense. Michael is cold, calculated and, by the end of The Godfather II, heartless.
That was the overriding change bought about after the mob flourished in America but then had to deal with the cold hard realities of American greed and corruption... MONEY made the mob rich but brought about their downfall!
Wardell Stephen Curry II Stan what’s so funny is I never saw Michael as heartless, but rather solitary. He takes control to help his family, but at the end of the story he has nobody left. The family he sought to protect is dead, and he’s left alone.
David Pierson it really is one of the most beautiful moments in all of cinema though. It is sad but the beauty is amazing and micheals face of just pure ruthlessness and brutality and his look of power. He really was a monster who took anything he wanted, and in the end that caused him to loose all that he wanted
@@LvoZee05 how is that bad mouthing. Poisoning the well much? Marines take orders and have no opinions. How is that not a fact. Salute to marines who defend peace. Not the others tho
@@TheDipset1233 They’re humans like us all. I’m joining in 2023. They aren’t machines. Maybe I came too aggressive. Marines do more than take orders. During a firefight or mission, an ungodly amount of obstacles could come their way. They improvise, adapt and overcome. They’re some of the smartest.
Yeah Joel Grey got it that year for Cabaret - a worse movie I never saw. And he was pointless....it was all about sentiment for Liza Minnelli that year due to Judy Garland.
@Titus Virilius Character implies a set of traits surrounding a well established personality. You could have a fantastic character who's defining traits would be their crippling vices. Michael knows exactly what he is, knows how potent the combination of his rage and shrewdness can be, and doesn't hesitate to keep using it. The few times he second guesses himself are the times someone very close to him plays the judas
Love this comment! I think that an actor can honestly say their best work is when you forget the actor is acting, because the character becomes real in it's own right.
When Michael says "It insults my intelligence it makes me very angry" I felt that on a personal level and that is why Al is one of the greatest actors in history
Al Pacino, is one very powerful actor. Handsome, brooding, silently dangerous with enormous sex appeal and charm he creates a fantastic godfather.. besides this, his movies are always exciting.. A dozen red roses, to one of the finest actors to grace the movie screens.🌹
Its Coppola during his drug era. Forgettable film. When I saw it in the theatre, I could not wait for it to end. An expensive mediocre film. And Coppola casting his daughter, painful.
An attitude and delivery similar to "You straightened my brother out"? I love Green's reaction to that. He was flat out scared considering the family didn't have muscle anymore.
"That's my family, Kay. It's not me."...this will always be the saddest line to me. He didn't want to get involved in that Mafia shit, but you can't escape that kind of life, once you've witnessed it. And the more you try to escape, the deeper it drags you in. It's like a dark pit.
The Godfather 1 & 2 The best movies to ever come out of America. Part 3 stunk. What I'm wondering is where did they find so many incredibly great actors that we'd never heard of. Just fantastic directing and acting. The old New York part was so good I have to watch it over and over.
A noticeable difference between Vito and Michael Corleone's leadership is that Vito was a family man through and through. All that he did, all that he had to do, he did to keep his family alive and together. Michael was alone in his ambition and plans. He had no space for anybody else. He loved his family. But he loved his own ambitions more.
Happy 80th birthday to the one and only, Mr. Al Pacino. I’ll be celebrating with The Godfather 1-2, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, And Justice For All, Scarface, Heat, Scent of a Woman, Glengary Glen Ross, Dick Tracy and the Irishman.
What's great about this movie is that you can never really tell the moment that Michael's morals and his inner character fundamentally change. He's a guy who believes one thing at the beginning of the film and then he's a guy who believes something completely different by the end of it. And you can't pin point exactly when it happened. You can just tell that it happened. It's all a gradual build up.
While it's true that it gradually happened I think that you can pinpoint events that changed him : his father being almost killed got him closer to his family again, him killing the cop made him a part of the criminal business of his family, his Sicilian wife dieing made him colder and fredo betraying him gave him the rest.
@@babalarassrah i dont know why everyone hates that movie; everyone ages and dies, he had aspirations like his father, then realized vincent was the only one who could stop their own family from being killed. they were too deep, it would be the worst vendetta.
@M B but the plot was so good, I know it was out of wack in a way but it made allot of sense that this life comes with many karma's especially when your trying to get out
@M B lol you mean Don Corleon. But if you ever knew anyone even close to that type of Life style that try to go clean and there past comes to haunt them you would see where I'm coming from, I'm still mad that they could have made that movie into the altimate Godfather movie but messed up like 80% of the movie, it's that 20% of classic in it that I love and can relate to
You edited out one of the best moments in the Trilogy, when Keaton tells Pacino that she had an abortion. It is powerful and you cut it!, rendering that scene incomprehensible and messy.
I dint like the way it was directed. It should have been x suttle to go with Kay's character. The vengeance is in the suttleness. Just like the last scene in part 1 where she asks mc ... is it true... ? in that sense... I approve ... edit it out :)
theonlyantony That whole scene is amazing. The perfect acting, the amazing dialogue. And Pacino's commitment to the role (my God, did you see his eyes, bloody terrifying)!
Diane was so gorgeous when she was young .... 😍😍😍😍😘 Cinematic masterpiece !!! Brilliant screenplay and acting .. It’s the greatest movie of all time without a doubt
lots of time when I hear him shauting and screaming, my blood preassure rises and heart beats faster which I usually realise when he stops :D It hase the same affect like when someone shouts at you in person which is ridicolous, because its just a bloody movie, but he plays so well...there is no discusion over his talent. Love him
My favorite character. In any medium. Ever. His growth and changes as a character are so profound. It doesnt hurt that Al Pacino plays him. Just great acting and amazing writing. Can't ever go wrong with that.
The scene at the end of part 2 where he sits alone contemplating about the past before getting involved with the family business, and then the zoom in and the ending music - gives me goosebumps in a good way every time
I always thought it was kinda weird that Micheal told his new girlfriend that his father was a criminal and murderer the very first time he brought her to meet his family......I mean, I don't know how men used to court women back in the 40's but today, that is a quick way to chase away a good women or find yourself stuck with a woman that's attracted to chaos and drama.
When he says "ill kill um both" i start laughing because i know they're going to start laughing, then we all laugh together! then next scene he shoots them and we stop laughing for the rest of his life,
Those cold dead bottomless eyes. Love Al Pacino, and if I see him in Stratford upon Avon again, should he play at the theatre, I really will have to go Fangirl!
Best character storyline ever. A young man who served in the military, went to an ivy league school, dated a pretty girl and was the one Corleone who would live a life not involved in crime, until he was given no choice, which led him to taking out Sollozo and officially joining. Then in Sicily, he has the chance to marry the love of his life, then she’s taken away, and the viewer meets the cold-hearted Michael who would eventually take over his father’s position. From that cold-hearted man, grew a killer, someone who after the death of his love, trusted no one, not even his brothers. Years after he killed Fredo, the business had become legitimate, and he just wanted a life away from it, Michael became a wise old man that oversaw his nephew overtaking the business after preparing him for the position, just like his father prepared him.
This movie is an example of how you build a story and character development, and of course Pacino is amazing......small stature, but really intimidating at the same time.....still better than any movies that have come out since ......
I think it's what makes his character so unique. I mean, Sonny himself said it at the end of GF2. "That droopy little thing over there's Michael." So he was a droopy little nobody going into the army the earliest we see him. And what did he do with it? Built an empire out of it! It's just, Wow! Frankly, it's inspiring in a way. Goes into the Army, Goes to Sicily, the birthplace of the Cosa Nostra. Michael's always going some place. Cuba, Nevada, etc. Always searching. Always seeking something greater.
Michael has one of the best character arcs ever in my opinion. He seems like among the very last people in the Corleone family to succeed Vito, but of course due to some of the best character development in cinema history, his transformation is absolutely believable! Michael would end up being far colder than his father, and that’s why Michael was more feared, but less respected.
Michael wasn't cold. He was intelligent and emotionally stable. " If he was any different he would be dead"....that is a sentence from the ending of the book/ final chapter which tells us why Michael behaved the way he did. Sentence made it into gf2 script
Vito was partially responsible for sending Michael down the path of bloodshed. At the end of Godfather 1, Michael made Vito his consigliere and together they planned the massacre of the other heads of the five families. Vito ultimately died before it was carried out but he was involved in setting it up. And Michael was operating in a different world and faced some challenges that Vito never had to face, like being betrayed by one of your closest relatives. That's why Vito is so sad and remorseful during his last scene with Michael, telling him he never wanted this for him. He knew in that moment that he had set his son on a very dark and violent course that he would not return from.
From a good and kind hearted military officer with a beautiful girl ...to a ruthless silent mafia family head. No one could do it better than Al
kay was not very beautiful
the godfather part 2 was basically michael's de-humanization
L'enfoiré à lunettes she was and she is probably prettier than any girl you’ll ever dream or get.
RedneckSpaceMan lol a man of culture I see
I could.
Where Vito was born with nothing, but died with everything...There is Michael who was born with everything, and died with nothing...One of the greatest trilogys of all time...
But he didnt die with nothing.
@@Alex-sq4rb He died alone
Alex :/ he took the corleone family to the next level, something that never happens with the next generation
Alex :/ he died with millions of dollars. But he died without a close bond to his family. Without a wife. He watched his daughter murdered in front of him. He will die sad and alone- he has nothing
@@marianadesilva9174 :)
I can’t believe he didn’t won a Oscar for his role as Michael Corleone
He boycotted the ceremony because he was nominated as a supporting actor for part 1.
Who were the other nominees that year?
@Well known this man deserves an oscar for each and every role he did, even though he is way above the level of an oscar winner.
Marlon Brando refused Oscar for godfather 1,and he deserved that more than al pachino
AL PACINO should have at least FOUR OSCARS! SERPICO GODFATHER 1 and 2 Scent of a woman!
Al is so quiet and methodical when he speaks that it's unnerving. But it's even worse when he yells, because it's sudden, it's from out of nowhere...and it's the loudest thing you've ever heard!
Dizzy247365plus ROCCO, ALIVE
IN MY HOME! IN MY BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SWEEPS!
makaveli g where my children come and play with their toys
Dizzy247365plus ENOUGH!!!!
someone who is always calm and gets angry is... to understate it a nightmare
Michael’s character development from start to finish is INSANE. Yet it was so smooth. He entered a world he thought he could never be in. He’s now rationalizing all his decisions no matter how dark they may be. Man. Al Pacino is incredible.
Autumn Wyatt I agree 100%. He is the actual definition of a character arc. Al did an amazing job to which is what really ties it together also.
Tragic becoming of Micheal Corleone. He is an Anakin Skywalker turned Vader. You pity him... Convinced the only way do save he whom he loves is turn to the unnatural and dark path. Don Corleone is one of the most ruthless and terrifying of all cinematic villians.
Autumn Wyatt I wish Al Pacino will take on a role like this again. Clenched, calm/cool/cold, smooth & calculated.. Not loud expressive ones though those are good too!
He starts out as a happy and somewhat innocent guy who seems embarrassed by his family's criminal activities, and doesn't want to get involved in them. But because of the attempts on his fathers life, the assassination of Sonny and losing Apollina he loses his innocence with every tragedy and eventually becomes a hardened serious man who has to think multiple steps ahead and never shows his emotions to be the most effective in his business so he doesn't have to lose more loved ones.
He never wanted to be the Don unlike Sonny and Fredo, but he had to, because he was the most capable to run the family. He doesn't even look like he is enjoying his position as boss but treats it as his duty.
Autumn Wyatt Micheal NEVER WANTED ANY OF THIS. He makes this CRYSTAL CLEAR from THE BEGINNING. He wanted to marry Katy and live a good life. When Vito died and Mike took over the realization of all that power dawned on him, it seduced him making him everything he despised, costing him everything, even his own daughter
When he kissed his brother to death. "I know it was you. You broke my heart"
Epic scene
Anger mixed with pain; he wanted to rip his head off.
Kiss of Death
I forgot what did fredo did to Micheal..
Fredo was the last in the inner circle to break his heart.
Michael was the right son as heir to his father. Sonny was hot headed and impulsive, while Fredo was weak and not smart.
Fredo has got different kind of smarts😂 as he says in Part 2
I’m SMAAT and I want RESPECT !!
Michael destroyed his family.
Your my kid brotha and you take care of me
But neither couldve banged cocktail waitresses two at a time like fredo could
the greatest movie character of all time .. Michael Corleone
Michael is such a dork, such a spineless lightweight... now if it was Bryce or McDermott, I'd understand.
Yes. Followed by Homer J.Simpson😁
Antonio Montana
And micheal scott
I agree, Rupert Pupkin is second
"Don't be afraid Carl. Cmon, you think I'd make my sister a widdow?" The way he said it I would think he wouldn't kill me.
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Bo Zi carlo santino
Bo Zi michael’s sisters husband
I like how half of Michael's face falls into shadow in the moment he tells that lie. If the director did that on purpose, that was brilliant.
@@nothosaur Actually the art of usuing shadows and lights in the GF is very strategic. Theres a whole video about the cinematography of light in the GF. As the movie progresses, you can see the difference. For example, in the beginning was the wedding, it was very bright, cherry and happy, except when Don Vito was meeting with people, then it turned dark. Then you have Michael when he was in Italy, again, he was happy, in love and enjoying life there, thus the scenery is very bright, open and inviting. Then you have scenes like when Michael was talking to Carlo, when Michael got beat up by McClusky outside the hospital and when Michael excommunicated Fredo (GF II), all of which were very dark, gloomy moments, thus the lighting reflected that.
what I love about Al's character was that he was very strategic he was so cool and calm which made him very intimidating
About Michael Corleone he was quite ruthless the neat thing in Godfather II is it a phase back to when he was idealistic young kid who joined the Marines I want to change
What made him intimidating was that yes he was calm and strategic but he only said things once, and sometimes not at all, and after he said it, if you disobeyed him, he just killed you without saying a word, he really never let emotion get to him. All this ruthlessness though caused him to loose everything he loved
I think part of Michael died when he saw his wife blew up in the car, which made him cold-hearted
yungjax Michael was very quiet .it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for .
Rather be a Vito Corleone than Michael Corleone
Michael was far more dangerous than his hot headed brother Sonny.
Yes Lawd!!!
saganist not really
saganist your right, short and passionate lived life’s are often felt the most.. sunny died coz he had a good family nature and he ddnt think In the heat of the moment.
We’ve had people in history like this who’ve come and gone and there remembered more then people alive today, this isn’t the case for Sunny coz Michael was the most resilient but it’s a lesson in it self
saganist when you live a peaceful life your biggest enemy is your self and your biggest successor is also your self.
Just depends which route you take, realisation at a young age is the most powerful tool but only a few young people are lucky to possess it otherwise you just pick it up as you get older..
Yeah, at least Sonny had a heart: he'd beat yah almost to death but he wouldn't kill yah. Capece?
A video about Michael Corleone without showing Sicily is a disservice. His time in Italy showed him his roots and made him a man. He understands what he was supposed to do and who he was supposed to become. Appalonia was his true love. Kay could never be what Appalonia was for him.
Had Apolonia lived and come to America with Mikey, she would have been his wife and Kaye would have been relegated to gommah status.It may have worked.
Idk she would have just got dragged down into the shit with every one else around him. Michael Corleone was a vortex of desolation. Everything he touched turned into shit. True Ta'Veren.
Yes she was.
Sabrina Hutt in the books she is.
Appolonia was his true love. He married Kate, because she was his girlfriend before he go to Italy. When you feel deep love, than you don't look to another person...
Michael Corleone learned a lot from his old man but missed one charm “a man who doesn’t spend time with his family, can never be a real man” which makes Vito Corleone The GOAT.
True, Michael"s marriage with kay was a big disaster..she was not worthy
Couldn't disagree more. Michael wanted nothing more than to spend time with his family. But his fathers life decisions has ruined his entire family, mainly Michael.
@@TK0S3 yeah michael could have progressed in higher ranks in marines which he liked
@@TK0S3 never thought of it that way but Vito did kind of ruin his life
@@adnanjusic4890 true "SHE" wanr worthy
The thing Al does better than any actor in history even Brando or Cagney or De Niro was his eyes.
The way his eyes move or widen or squint or show his emotions at any moment or be cold as ice.
That's why he will always be my favourite actor of all time.
Yes thats right!!
He not just plays the characters....he become the characters!!!! Awesome
@@coolfotbalplayerroblox119 Yeah so do those other actors.
Nate and he won the oscar playing a blind man
Mitchell D Go to hell please
@Mitchell D it's possible for them both to be great actors you know...
Al as Michael is fucking frightening.
Pacino was incredibly handsome guy
My uncle Marty is a dead ringer for him, same age.
When?...and I love dah guy!
Yeah then his looks changed drastically
I wouldn’t expect a straight man to say that
I agree omg now he looks ok but back then damn he was hot
Most underrated actor in GF: Robert Duvall. An Irishman who talks with the Italian cadence, he was simply terrific. Not to take away from Al Marlon and Robert, but he rocked.
Jamie Lannister True
The things we do for love :)
The extraordinary thing about GF1 and 2 is that even most of the minor characters have an intensity and colour that other movies lack. Duvall's is only one of (at least) half a dozen utterly brilliant performances - Solluzzo, Freddo, Pentangeli, the Meyer Lansky figure - all were amazing. Other fine movies are dominated by one or occasionally two stunning performances, but this is a great ENSEMBLE piece.
Duvall is an incredible actor! Tom is an incredible character!
Ken Oliver just a quick note, “the Meyer Lansky” figure was played by the late Great Lee Strasberg, one of the founders of The Actors Studio”. He basically trained most of the Brilliant Actors in this Film. Most of these fine actors were students of Mr. Strasberg and members of the Actors Studio. In my humble opinion, this cast was/is the All Stars of the craft of Acting, hence, the across the board high level of performance. Be well.
The eyes chico.. They never lie.
Al's eyes speak. Long live legend.
The Godfather is the best example of character development, namely Michael Corleone, who went from a US Marine denouncing the family "business" to becoming the most feared Don of his generation. What makes it so wonderful is the seamless transformation, literally from boy to man. The Godfather, to me, is the perfect movie. A masterclass in filmmaking.
You are brushing under the rag everything he went through, any other man would have popped
@@guacaquio You always have a choice
@@zenleek2129 not as clear as someone from the outside might think; after Don Vitto death Michael was the only remaining piece for the total destruction of the family, everybody was after him his own brother, business partners, underbosses, sister and his divorcing baby killing wife and he had to remain strong even more than Papa Corleone for the sake of the family
To OP, to avoid confusion, but there are a dozen of characters in the background going through the very same transformation. While not primarily mediated through both acting and the direction, it's still profound in the script. Michael's is the most obvious arc, but everyone have their own arcs even if not on camera or depicted in any scene. While the novels sure brings some light on this further, it's still masterfully adapted for the motion picture medium in that it's always off-camera, in the background and clearly reflected via our main characters and their interactions with everyone else.
More like man to monster. He was a man when he was simply a WWII Marines war hero coming home to enjoy the lighter aspects of his family life. In love and hopeful of the future but rational all the while.
Michael was such a tragic character. He began as Don with good intentions and loyalty to Vito and the family, but in time the business made him resentful and paranoid. Pacino at his finest. Godfather I and II are among the greatest works of cinematic art.
He went through too much, disrespected as a veteran, betrayed by his brother, the love of his life killed, buried both his parents, his older brother killed by his stepbrother, betrayed by his brother, kids baby killed by his wife, asking other things. He did what he had to do, he remained strong for the family
I’m not so sure his story is tragic. He took over and acted in accordance to his nature to become top dog of crime in a whole country. Is that tragic? I don’t think so. All actions have consequences, and not much of it was beyond his control.
Someone famous once said the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Its amazing how Tom keeps his cool when Michael yelled at him irrationally
It's hard to lose your head when talking to someone as good as a brother to you about his child he just lost.
Tom character was the symbol of pure wisdom
tom is a badass, he is eternally grateful to the family, especially sonny...
Survival skills... If anything, he knew life, death and loyalty could turn in an instant!
He did not yell at him irrationally. You should watch the complete scene again, it's true that Tom ignores his questions ever since he gets back. That's the power of don, he kept you in charge but develops only a minor attitude and instantly pays for it. Because Mike is very smart he notices it very quickly and puts him in his place. No disrespect to Tom though, he has stood by them through thick and thin.
2 years ago we visited Sicily and the two towns where the Sicilian scenes were filmed....Savoca and Forza de Gro....I have a picture of my hubby and I sitting exactly where Michael Corleone sat outside of the bar Vitelli....it was an amazing trip....
Dont make dangerous trips anymore😀
It has always amazed me that, despite Pacino being slightly shorter than the average Hollywood actor, when he's on the screen, everyone else just....fades. Even Brando. Pacino is just mesmerising in anything he does. And those eyes......
Al Pacino is so Handsome. ❤
A powerful tale about the corruption of one man's soul. At first he is a cheerful war vet intent on distinguishing himself from the wrongdoings of his family. By the end of the second film he represents the darkest times the family has ever encountered. Vito the whole time acted as a foil to Michael. Vito was a man of honor. He eliminated everything he hated in the bosses before him and ran crime "the right way" in a sense. Michael is cold, calculated and, by the end of The Godfather II, heartless.
he became what he needed to be in order to survive what was coming.
That was the overriding change bought about after the mob flourished in America but then had to deal with the cold hard realities of American greed and corruption... MONEY made the mob rich but brought about their downfall!
Wardell Stephen Curry II Stan what’s so funny is I never saw Michael as heartless, but rather solitary. He takes control to help his family, but at the end of the story he has nobody left. The family he sought to protect is dead, and he’s left alone.
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Danae. Stardoll I did, but they are very short clips..
always thought this is one of the saddest, poignant moments in movie history with Mike sitting alone like that..
David Pierson it really is one of the most beautiful moments in all of cinema though. It is sad but the beauty is amazing and micheals face of just pure ruthlessness and brutality and his look of power. He really was a monster who took anything he wanted, and in the end that caused him to loose all that he wanted
That's my all time favourite shot. A fuck load of emotions and yet so subtle. Just beautiful
SAD????
i agree it is a 'tragedy'.
This movie demonized oranges.
the scene with michael and enzo outside the hospital is one of the most important for michael's development. you should've put it in.
Enzo, the Baker?
For your father, your father
Michael’s hand was steady as a rock when he lit Enzo’s cigarette. He surprised himself. Piano note sealed the deal.
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You can tell Michael used that Marine discipline and toughness to forge his leadership.
nah marines are just good at taking orders. michael had to learn that from his pop
@@TheDipset1233 he learned much more than that if he was island hopping in the pacific. Up front nasty and mean combat.
@@TheDipset1233 bad mouthing marines. You ever serve?
@@LvoZee05 how is that bad mouthing. Poisoning the well much? Marines take orders and have no opinions. How is that not a fact. Salute to marines who defend peace. Not the others tho
@@TheDipset1233 They’re humans like us all. I’m joining in 2023. They aren’t machines. Maybe I came too aggressive. Marines do more than take orders. During a firefight or mission, an ungodly amount of obstacles could come their way. They improvise, adapt and overcome. They’re some of the smartest.
The fact Al Pacino has only ONE Academy Award, and it’s not for his role in The Godfather 1 or 2 is proof the Oscars are B.S.
yes, I will never get that...he deserved academy for so many of his performances, he is simply great in every role he does.
Yeah Joel Grey got it that year for Cabaret - a worse movie I never saw. And he was pointless....it was all about sentiment for Liza Minnelli that year due to Judy Garland.
100% true.
He also deserved Oscars for Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon.
The Academy is truly a bunch of clowns 🤡
The ink on your divorce isn't dry yet, and you're getting married? that was a powerful statement
The best one lol after never go against the family
Is the ink at that time that bad?
@@erlindaalba1682 the statement is about carlo who mike gave the hit to clemenza at the end.
@@gamingwithsnoop937 yeah i understood the reference, but not the metaphor lol. I mean ink quickly dries isn't it? 🤔
@@gamingwithsnoop937 It means Connie married some dude after Carlo, and it didn't work out, so she got divorced.
Michael was the three C's and a K: cool, calm, collected and a Killer. He had balls which is why I admired his character.
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@Titus Virilius Character implies a set of traits surrounding a well established personality. You could have a fantastic character who's defining traits would be their crippling vices. Michael knows exactly what he is, knows how potent the combination of his rage and shrewdness can be, and doesn't hesitate to keep using it. The few times he second guesses himself are the times someone very close to him plays the judas
Al's eyes are everything, half of the acting comes from there.
No it doesn't
This movie seems so real to me. Like they’re real life characters and there’s hidden cameras everywhere. That’s how good their acting is
Love this comment! I think that an actor can honestly say their best work is when you forget the actor is acting, because the character becomes real in it's own right.
When Michael says "It insults my intelligence it makes me very angry" I felt that on a personal level and that is why Al is one of the greatest actors in history
A man who was both Michael Corleone and Tony Montana, nobody can do it like Al
Al Pacino, is one very powerful actor. Handsome, brooding, silently dangerous with enormous sex appeal and charm he creates a fantastic godfather.. besides this, his movies are always exciting.. A dozen red roses, to one of the finest actors to grace the movie screens.🌹
"they're my family, not me"
literally become the Don
pacino was so understated in GF I & II ...acting just with his eyes
One of the greatest actors to ever exist. Period
Pacino is mesmerizing in the movie, when he's on screen you can't take your eyes off him...
RIGHT
If only they ended it at part two, it was such a perfect ending to such a complex character.
Ghaffar_KH cause the ending to his character isn’t until gf3 when he pays the final price losing his daughter.
Yes, the 3rd one was completely unnecessary and I do believe they ruined such a precious development of Michael's character and what he represented.
Agreed!!
Its Coppola during his drug era. Forgettable film. When I saw it in the theatre, I could not wait for it to end. An expensive mediocre film. And Coppola casting his daughter, painful.
Agreed!
Al the GOAT 🐐
I think you forgot about the baptism, one of the greatest scenes in all of the Godfather.
“You talked to MY father about MY future”? Brilliant!!! He’s really letting Tom know “you’re my brother but not my blood”! Just Brilliant!!
that wasn't the point
An attitude and delivery similar to "You straightened my brother out"? I love Green's reaction to that. He was flat out scared considering the family didn't have muscle anymore.
@@jfq7223 Right!!!
"That's my family, Kay. It's not me."...this will always be the saddest line to me. He didn't want to get involved in that Mafia shit, but you can't escape that kind of life, once you've witnessed it. And the more you try to escape, the deeper it drags you in. It's like a dark pit.
I love how his character evolved. From sweet nice guy to stern and cold bad ass.
“IN MY HOME”, I don’t know how those 3 words can give me chills.
You broke my heart Fredo!!! ❤️
You can't describe the character of ''Michael Corleone'' without regret, sadness and suffering in the 3rd movie.
A performance etched in gold in the annals of movie history. The greatest acting performance of all time.
Michael's ascendence to power and descendence into darkness is truly a masterpiece of cinematic storytelling.
And this is not a Oscar winning performance. No this was 10 Oscar winning performances. Brilliant just brilliant.❤can,t stop watching him.
Did anyone else watch this thousands of times when they were a kid? I grew up on Michael. I even called my son Michael. Al is the GOAT.
The Godfather 1 & 2 The best movies
to ever come out of America. Part 3 stunk. What I'm wondering is where did they find so many incredibly great actors that we'd never heard of. Just fantastic directing and acting. The old New York part was so good I have to watch it over and over.
The best character arc in movie history. Change my mind.
Tony Montana both great all time chracters al pachino the greatest actor ever in my opinion
I love the way he tell 2 bodyguards to ask the father of Apollonia to see him. So powerful.
That is the best acting in the history of film.
"In my home!!!"....one of the greatest acting moments in history.
Yelling is an art to Al. No one else compares.
Arguably, the two greatest films of all time.
3 is not bad 😩
A noticeable difference between Vito and Michael Corleone's leadership is that Vito was a family man through and through. All that he did, all that he had to do, he did to keep his family alive and together.
Michael was alone in his ambition and plans. He had no space for anybody else. He loved his family. But he loved his own ambitions more.
Terrifying the kiss of death 😫😫😫
Fredo's reaction after the kiss showed his actions were all premeditated.
Happy 80th birthday to the one and only, Mr. Al Pacino. I’ll be celebrating with The Godfather 1-2, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, And Justice For All, Scarface, Heat, Scent of a Woman, Glengary Glen Ross, Dick Tracy and the Irishman.
You forgot Carlito's Way
What's great about this movie is that you can never really tell the moment that Michael's morals and his inner character fundamentally change. He's a guy who believes one thing at the beginning of the film and then he's a guy who believes something completely different by the end of it. And you can't pin point exactly when it happened. You can just tell that it happened. It's all a gradual build up.
While it's true that it gradually happened I think that you can pinpoint events that changed him : his father being almost killed got him closer to his family again, him killing the cop made him a part of the criminal business of his family, his Sicilian wife dieing made him colder and fredo betraying him gave him the rest.
Grandissimo interprete Al Pacino impersona un personaggio molto difficile ma lo fa in modo esemplare da superbo attore Long Live Pacino
i love Michael when he kissed Fredo and just said "you broke my heart".
By the end of the GF2 the only reason Michael had anyone around him is probably purely out of fear.
RIGHT HAND MAN THE MOST RUTHLESS. ROCCO TILL THE END
i was loyal to him until the end, even in a shitty movie called "godfather 3"
@@babalarassrah i dont know why everyone hates that movie; everyone ages and dies, he had aspirations like his father, then realized vincent was the only one who could stop their own family from being killed. they were too deep, it would be the worst vendetta.
@M B but the plot was so good, I know it was out of wack in a way but it made allot of sense that this life comes with many karma's especially when your trying to get out
@M B lol you mean Don Corleon. But if you ever knew anyone even close to that type of Life style that try to go clean and there past comes to haunt them you would see where I'm coming from, I'm still mad that they could have made that movie into the altimate Godfather movie but messed up like 80% of the movie, it's that 20% of classic in it that I love and can relate to
You edited out one of the best moments in the Trilogy, when Keaton tells Pacino that she had an abortion. It is powerful and you cut it!, rendering that scene incomprehensible and messy.
you just told what I wanted to say, that scene and the acting is one of the best from pacnio.
I dint like the way it was directed. It should have been x suttle to go with Kay's character. The vengeance is in the suttleness. Just like the last scene in part 1 where she asks mc ... is it true... ? in that sense... I approve ... edit it out :)
theonlyantony That whole scene is amazing. The perfect acting, the amazing dialogue. And Pacino's commitment to the role (my God, did you see his eyes, bloody terrifying)!
Yes. Deadset agree. That scene was soooo intense you could feel it oozing out of the screen. Definitely one of my fave scenes.
theonlyantony I agree that scene is a cinematic masterpiece and it really is a big part of Al’s character, it should have been in this.
Amen the 🐐 of actors
I’ll finish this bottle of Chardonnay if one of you like this scene
Diane was so gorgeous when she was young ....
😍😍😍😍😘
Cinematic masterpiece !!!
Brilliant screenplay and acting ..
It’s the greatest movie of all time without a doubt
When you think about it, this trilogy had three of the greatest male actors of all time; Pacino, Brando and De Niro. That's no small feat.
No one plays a man against all odds better than Al Pacino.
Amazing actor. Magnificent.
Al Pacino is the greatest actor I have seen in my lifetime. He IS the Godfather.
Al Pacino remains my favorite actor since 1972!!
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Gary Williams very well said young man that's FACTS! 👍
Never go against the channel's subscribers
Now you made a comment that I can't refuse.
leave the comment, take the cannoli
Keep your comments like yours and your replies kind . You are bang On !
Greatest character ❤️
Simply great Big Al play..just the best
lots of time when I hear him shauting and screaming, my blood preassure rises and heart beats faster which I usually realise when he stops :D It hase the same affect like when someone shouts at you in person which is ridicolous, because its just a bloody movie, but he plays so well...there is no discusion over his talent. Love him
So clearly he deserves an Oscar for his magnificent role in first two movies 🎥
Acting at it's best, the Legend Al Pacino
Mario puzo doesn't get enough credit for writing this masterpiece
what's the story behind your username, man
My favorite character. In any medium. Ever.
His growth and changes as a character are so profound. It doesnt hurt that Al Pacino plays him.
Just great acting and amazing writing. Can't ever go wrong with that.
he was sooo handsome here and my god he acted sooo well one of my all time fav actors
The scene at the end of part 2 where he sits alone contemplating about the past before getting involved with the family business, and then the zoom in and the ending music - gives me goosebumps in a good way every time
I always thought it was kinda weird that Micheal told his new girlfriend that his father was a criminal and murderer the very first time he brought her to meet his family......I mean, I don't know how men used to court women back in the 40's but today, that is a quick way to chase away a good women or find yourself stuck with a woman that's attracted to chaos and drama.
Danny Long I agree with you 😂
Also why he wasn’t afraid that this would come back to bite him in the ass.
Danny Long she'll find out eventually so you have to tell her the truth
She wasn't his new girlfriend at that point. They were talking marriage already.
They had been together since college
Superb acting
When he says "ill kill um both" i start laughing because i know they're going to start laughing, then we all laugh together! then next scene he shoots them and we stop laughing for the rest of his life,
Every body but tom laughs. He knew Michael was serious.
@@thomasgreen1557 No, Tom laughed aswell.
Those cold dead bottomless eyes. Love Al Pacino, and if I see him in Stratford upon Avon again, should he play at the theatre, I really will have to go Fangirl!
Best character storyline ever. A young man who served in the military, went to an ivy league school, dated a pretty girl and was the one Corleone who would live a life not involved in crime, until he was given no choice, which led him to taking out Sollozo and officially joining. Then in Sicily, he has the chance to marry the love of his life, then she’s taken away, and the viewer meets the cold-hearted Michael who would eventually take over his father’s position. From that cold-hearted man, grew a killer, someone who after the death of his love, trusted no one, not even his brothers. Years after he killed Fredo, the business had become legitimate, and he just wanted a life away from it, Michael became a wise old man that oversaw his nephew overtaking the business after preparing him for the position, just like his father prepared him.
Wow we're on the same thoughts patterns about Michael
This movie is an example of how you build a story and character development, and of course Pacino is amazing......small stature, but really intimidating at the same time.....still better than any movies that have come out since ......
I think it's what makes his character so unique. I mean, Sonny himself said it at the end of GF2. "That droopy little thing over there's Michael." So he was a droopy little nobody going into the army the earliest we see him. And what did he do with it? Built an empire out of it! It's just, Wow! Frankly, it's inspiring in a way. Goes into the Army, Goes to Sicily, the birthplace of the Cosa Nostra. Michael's always going some place. Cuba, Nevada, etc. Always searching. Always seeking something greater.
He was the hottest man ever 😍and amazing actor
Looking Al Pacino today, time is so brutal.. Such a beautiful man he was back then
That slap was wow
Surprised her head is still attached to her neck after that 😁
That knocked me back too
Brought it back from Mississippi😂😂😂
Al picino is unbelievable actor. The best the super the powerful mafia don
The walk of Michael Corleone is gorgeous
He went from 0 to 100 real quick at 7:26 and 7:31
My Friend recommend me this Movie, I couldn't refuse!
I’m still baffled he didn’t win for Part II, and was nominated in the wrong category for Part I.
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Michael has one of the best character arcs ever in my opinion. He seems like among the very last people in the Corleone family to succeed Vito, but of course due to some of the best character development in cinema history, his transformation is absolutely believable! Michael would end up being far colder than his father, and that’s why Michael was more feared, but less respected.
Michael wasn't cold.
He was intelligent and emotionally stable.
" If he was any different he would be dead"....that is a sentence from the ending of the book/ final chapter which tells us why Michael behaved the way he did.
Sentence made it into gf2 script
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Vito was partially responsible for sending Michael down the path of bloodshed. At the end of Godfather 1, Michael made Vito his consigliere and together they planned the massacre of the other heads of the five families. Vito ultimately died before it was carried out but he was involved in setting it up. And Michael was operating in a different world and faced some challenges that Vito never had to face, like being betrayed by one of your closest relatives. That's why Vito is so sad and remorseful during his last scene with Michael, telling him he never wanted this for him. He knew in that moment that he had set his son on a very dark and violent course that he would not return from.
@@silversnail1413 top tier writing