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Al Pacino's best scene. his eyes went from despair to homicidal rage in just a few seconds. Kay is lucky he didn't kill her right there
Well…she murdered his son, so…would you trust a woman who would kill your child to be anywhere near your other kids?
@@sublimetulii23 Oh great... lets bring up the usual anti-abortion talking points into the discussion... NOT!
@@sublimetulii23 No one is asking for your interpretation of morality.
@@joelwillis2043 That was clearly Michael's interpretation, so from his POV...
@@Quotenwagnerianerin the Novel that covers the events between Part 2 and 3 it’s revealed that it actually WAS a miscarriage and she lied about the abortion to get Micheal angry enough to release her from the family. But it backfired in 2 ways:
1) Him hitting her wasn’t part of her plan😂
2) Micheal arranged for the family doctor to be killed, under the assumption that he was the only doctor Kay had access to for the abortion…
But there WAS no abortion…😬
So Kay unintentionally manipulated Micheal into killing an innocent man (a civilian) for no reason!- and over his guilt, that’s why Micheal finally let her go from the family, to live like a normal person.
One of the greatest sequels ever made
You can argue 2 is better than 1 I know my dad prefers two and I can understand it
Which says a lot given how great the first movie was. If only the 3rd movie kept up the tradition 😂
I’m in the camp that prefers 2 over 1.
@@joeybossolo7perfect movie without a doubt
The only sequel to a Best Picture Oscar winner to also win an Oscar for Best Picture.
Note how Fredo is the only one in the flashback to offer his hand to Mike for enlisting. So many classic scenes...Michael and Fredo then Michael and Kay. But I think the callback to the door closing on Kay is one of my favorites.
Hyman Roth was portrayed by Lee Strasberg, a long time acting coach that had trained numerous actors at his school.
Why do people not mention that Al Pacino was his student?
@@qwertymanor
So that you can mention it.
Then when he quit training and did the real thing he lost his Hyman.
@@pistonburner6448 Such a stupid joke, I hate it and you...but I did laugh. So I am conflicted.
@@pistonburner6448My grandfather's middle name was Hyman. Which is where a Hyman should be, in the middle. ⚜️⚜️⚜️
What an insightful reaction. You got right to the core of the story, which is Vito built up his family, while Michael tore it all down. Great job, Mary!
The Corleone mafia family is actually stronger with Michael than it ever was with Vito. But the Corleone family of people who actually love each other is falling apart with Michael as it's leader. Part 3 reveals how much Michael loves his family and how far he is willing to go to actually save that love. Part 3 gets thrashed by people who who don't care about those relationships, and would rather see Michael continue his rampage as the greatest mafia leader who ever lived. Part 3 is the most intimate, but also the most violent of all three movies. You should watch Part 3, but keep in mind that it is being told from the personal perspective of the Coppola family, not Mario Puzo. The Coppola family success was built by artists, not criminals. Vito would have preferred his family took the Coppola path, rather than the path you see in Part 2.
You're ignoring that they reigned in very different times. Vito led when the country didn't even know there really was a mafia and when bootleggers were romanticized. By the time Michael took over the landscape as completely different, gangsters were seen as total criminals and in the near future would be torn apart and dismantled by the RICO act. Had Michael and Vitoswitched places they likely would have been very different people.
@@billhicks808 The mafia family of Michael is actually stronger than when Vito led. They are making more money with Michael than Vito ever had. But, they still make their money from corruption. The Corleones would make more money in the future as they move away from the casinos. But, we shouldn't spoil those details.
I don't think Mary is the type to incite any fighting or riots or nasty stuff.
Oh! You meant "insightful"......nevermind. 😉😉
@@Stogie2112 Thanks for the spelling advice.
John Cazale's legacy is unmatched. He appeared in five full-length feature films before he died, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Such a tragic loss that he died so young. As you say, though, his filmography is flawless and he left us at his peak. As an actor, he never had to go through the potential indignity of appearing in bad movies for a paycheck, which can happen to the best of them.
Cazale's portayal of Fredo is so perfect and he manages to imbue a sense of frailty and sympathy in a largely unlikable character. It's a small role but I'm amazed at the subtleties I pick up every time I watch it. The casting overall in this series is just perfection.
Vicenzo Pentangelli was brought from Sicily to remind his brother Frank of the family's honor and its code of silence. So at the end of the session, Tom Hagen said (in Italian) to Vicenzo that "the honor of the family was upheld."
Just one look from his older brother did the trick.
Winner of 6 Oscars including Best Picture.
Please watch "The Neverending Story".
DeNiro has a strong supporting role in “Brazil” a Terry Gilliam movie from the ‘80s. Very quirky sci-fi dystopian.
I love that movie.
This is a prime example of what cinema is capable of.
Now if THESE GUYS went on strike…THESE GUYS would have deserved more money!!😂
I would have said give them ALL the money!!
Fast forward to 2023:
Garbage movies
Garbage tv shows
But the actors are complaining because they are “reduced” to having to get 2nd jobs…basically they have to live like YOU (the person reading this) and they don’t feel they should have to “struggle” like everyone else🙄
Cinema in its pure form, before CGI.
If you're interested, Paramount+ released a Miniseries about the making of the original Godfather called " The Offer" . It was a really good insight behind the scenes - from dealing with the studio meddling and reluctance (Not wanting to hire Al Pacino) to the Italian Mafia being up in arms about it.
The flashbacks are so good in this movie. Robert Dinero killed it
Both films are masterpieces. There is no need to consider which one is “better”, in my opinion. They are so different from each other that they’re incomparable. The first film moved me the most. I was quite affected emotionally.
they're both soo good aye
It is one of the best sequels ever... but, for me, the third part adds some very interesting elements to the history and gives Michael a very deserved ending...
The mother also suffers.
I agree that Part 3 is not without its merits. It also introduces the real-life Vatican banking scandal which really came to public light in the 80s. I had read a couple of books about it so I found that part of the movie quite fascinating.
Vito's story: He rose to power because of his love of family and his circle of friends and allies.
Michael's story: He descended to a point where he saw virtually everyone as an enemy. It destroyed him and his family.
Lie!, Michael was a hero, and always fair. He saved the family, he avenged the family!, see what happened to Sonny and Don, try to imagine without michael what the outcome would have all this.
@@arthurandrade2585 good point
@@arthurandrade2585 Michael wasn't even part of the plans, he didn't even want to be part of the family, he saw himself forced to join because of what happened to Don, and then had to take over after Sonny died, we really have to put into perspective, to me the family ruined Mike before he ruined the family, if he had stayed outside everything would've turned out differently
Please watch To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960.
I love how Michael is telling Connie what to tell her fiancé, and he's sitting right there in the room - Michael doesn't even acknowledge him
The crime family didn't fracture; it was the blood family which shattered. I'm always torn about how to feel about that dismantling. I know how Coppola wants us to feel about it, but I think the reality is a bit different. Would Vito have acted any differently if he had to operate in Michael's world? In the old world from which Vito came, brothers didn't betray each other. The old man just needed a look from his brother from Sicily to know that he should never have betrayed Michael and broken the vow of silence and that he had to pay the price. I don't condone it, but in the old world, Mafia wives didn't interfere, or if they did it was to support what their husbands did because they were raised in the same world. Kay was the wrong wife for Michael. Appollonia would have supported him and would never have killed his son. I see in Godfather II the beginning of Coppola's imposition of his own modern sensibility on Michael, who after all had no part in his father's death or Sonny's, and who had every reason to have Connie's husband killed. As for Fredo, didn't he sign his own death warrant by being involved in a plot that would have ended in not only Michael's death, but Kay's and maybe that of the children, and all out of jealousy? How could he ever be trusted again? There's even more of an imposition of modern mores on an ancient institution in Godfather III, and, imo, it's just not a very good film. Sometimes, in that as in other movies, once the directors stray from a literary source and start trying to create their own vision, it falls apart.
The guy didn't kill the girl tied in his bed, that's why he doesent remember. It was arranged by the Corleone family to gain the leverage for the deal they discussed at the start of the movie.
Mary, please watch Al Pacino and John Cazale togeher one more time in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
Godfather 3 is actually not bad and it makes for a good epilogue, it just didn’t live up to the high expectations people placed on it.
Not bad doesn't mean great. She should watch more great films. Part 3 was a money grab and Francis never wanted to make it. I hate when part 3 is the last memory of the GF films for reactors. 1 and 2 are perfect.
Godfather 3 is a huge disappointment. Andy Garcia is okay, but his character is too wild to make a good Don. And unfortunately, Sophia Coppola is just not a good actress, and drains the life out of the film. The script is poor. We have already seen Michael lose his soul. Part 3 has nowhere to go.
Horrible movie
I haven't watched it yet but I can see why people wouldn't like it just for the context, it was made a lot of time after the first 2 and from what I read the director only did it for money because another movie of his had failed (read it on Wikipedia I don't know how accurate that is)
Another amazing movie with Diane Keaton... "Little Drummer Girl" (John LeCarre Book)... worth a poll for sure.
The scene where the senator meets with Michael. The actor picked up the small toy cannon and sat it back down pointing at Michael. He improvised that.
I think its interesting though that people will sometimes put the destruction of the family on Michael. It was the modernization of the world and the deceptive nature of his own family friends that destroyed the family.
To be honest, the family destruction began with Vito. You never see Vito's wife ever ask what his "business" was during most of the movie. Vito was in charge, and he held power, which was probably easy to acquire and consolidate at that time. BUT....
Then Vito had the assasination attempt on his life, from within the circle of other godfathers. His son was massacred, he can't trust the heads of other families so much that they try to kill him, his daughter is allowed to marry someone outside of their circle that they don't know, and Fredo can't even handle anything and betrays the family without even seeing how he is part of the deception.
It was Vito who let it all fall apart. As part of the family, Fredo should've been taught how to be a leader. His oldest son should've been shown tempermant, and Michael... Michael wasn't the downfall of the family. He was the biggest worst let down of Vito. Michael was a famous war veteran. He was a good guy that wanted nothing to do with the family. But he was acquianted with actual war, and he loved his father. naturally, he would want retribution, and how else can that be done easily? With the power of the family he now led. This speaks ultimately to the breakdown in society stemming from Sicily.
Michael became what he needed to become. His sister was a mess, his brother was a let down, his oldest brother was shortsighted, and that cost him his life. And Vito... as powerful as he was, he allowed all his children to become weak in a crime family where weakness leads to death.
As a good person that had faced responsibility to country, he was the only one with the mental faculty and experience that could lead the family. Vito destroyed it, Michael just tried to make something out of it, but when everyone your father dealt with turns into a snake... the only thing he could do was bring retribution.
Then came all of Kay's questions of what his business was. I'm sure Michael's own mother NEVER asked what Vito's business was. With that being said...Michael's "family" and his normal marriage with Kay were never going to work together. Again, she was part of a modern world where life in a crime family was never going to be considered a life.
thats why you're one of my favorite reactors. i've seen so many react to this movie and they're so caught up in talking that they miss half the details and don't "get it" for so much. you "get it" so much better and it's just so refreshing when you do.
Hyma Roth is played by Lee Strassburg, who ran The Actor;s Studio and trained many of the great actors of the day. A legend.
Simultaneously the best sequel and prequel ever. Goatfather 2
A premiere yes! I never caught a premiere with Mary before. Super AMPED!
carrier?
Hyman Roth's Moe Green monologue ranks way up there in film history, IMO. Absolutely riveting.
"And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen ...."
Absolutely. These are all 1 in a million movies. movies that changed cinema.
Michael conducted his personal mole hunt to find the traitor and baited his two primary suspects: roth and pantangili and waited for one of them to react (it was roth, who tried to kill pantageli but made it appear as if michael was behind it. Pantageli was scared enough to run to the feds, but himself was intimidated to take michael's offer to care for his family after his brother was brought to the senate hearing to both remind him of the mafia's code of silence and that pantangeli's family would be at risk if he testified). What Michael wasn't prepared for, was for his brother to get caught in his net. Ironically, he trusted no one enough to tell them what he was doing except the brother who inadvertently betrayed him. That scene where the two were sitting at the cafe explained it all. Even then, as Fredo became aware of how close michael was in discovering his role in the assassination plot, he was still too stupid that he let slip in front of michael about knowing roth during the sex club visit. Michael knows Fredo's stupidity that could endanger the family and has him killed. It was an act that i believe helped accelerate his promised plan to his father and set up the events in godfarher three (a film i enjoyed from a storyline standpoint despite the horrific casting decision of who played michael's daughter).
Michael discovering the truth about Fredo is the one glaring problem in the film for me, probably most fairly laid at the feet of the editor. Michael's total shock in the sex club rings hollow after his suspicious looks in the nightclub, when Fredo and Ola meet.
You should watch Part 3 to finish the story and also because more people are starting to appreciate it the more Coppola has been explaining what people didn't understand over the years. People appreciate Part 3 more when they realize that the character arc of Darth Vader mirrored the arc for Michael Corleone. They like to compare the attempts at redemption for Darth Vader to Michael Corleone in Part 3 when they realize that George Lucas started writing the screenplay for Star Wars when he was working as Coppola's assistant on Part 2. Part 3 is told from the perspective of the Coppola family view on the mafia. People who hated Part 3 didn't get that or didn't care. Part 3 becomes more important over the years as Coppola's legend grows.
Michael doesn't seem to learn why he was so feared and hated while his father was so loved.
I vote to watch GF3. Some have issues w/ it, but I don't. It's not great like the other 2 films, but it's worth watching to see what happens next. I'll certainly show up to watch your reaction.
His father wasn't loved, he was feared. Michael didn't have the luxury of sit downs with the other families. He was dropped in the middle of a war, and life he wanted no part of.Vito would of have been murdered in the hospital if it weren't for Michael. He inherited a mess, and did all the heavy lifting because neither of his older brothers were capable.
Without Michael the Corleone family would've been wiped of the map. And unlike Vito, he wanted the family's name out of the mafia business and completely legit. He didn't want his children or grandchildren to be apart of organized crime.
You nailed everything and understood the narrative perfectly. And yes, close the the book here, the way the films should have ended. Don't watch Part 3!!!! It's a disaster and doesn't hold a candle to the first two!!! This is the perfect ending to the story, I still pretend Part 3 doesn't exist.
There is a wonderful film of Shakespeare’s, The Merchant of Venice, Starring Al Pacino as Shylock. I’m also fond of Insomnia, which features both Pacino and Robin Williams.
As for sequels, I’m fond of The Incredibles 2.
Insomnia is an American remake.
Roth at 8:59 is being played by *LEE STRASBERG* , the founder of method acting and Al Pacino's acting teacher at the Actors Studio of New York. Pacino insisted that Strasberg played the part of Roth in this film. 😂
III brings it full circle in that Michael reaps what he has sown. For that reason alone, you need to see it.
"Donny Brasco" is definitely one that you need to add to your watch. It portrays the life pretty well - the GF franchise glorifies and romanticizes it.
As for DeNiro films, "Taxi Driver" and "The Deer Hunter" are MUST WATCHES. "Taxi Driver" really shows off DeNiro's skills as a young actor. It was a controversial film when it came out.
In "The Deer Hunter", the entire cast, the storyline, and the film is a masterpiece. I was 11 when they filmed it in the area of Ohio where I grew up, and at a time when my father and all of his male cousins were going to or coming from Vietnam. The film captures not only the place and time of my youth, but I recognize the characters. They are my parents and my parents' friends as I knew them. And of course, growing up in that part of Ohio at that time (when the steel mills were still operating and it was expected that guys would get jobs at the mills after high school), the Fall ritual of deer hunting was a big event. The mills ran 24/7 except for one week each year when they would stop production for refitting and maintenance. And since the furnaces needed 36-48 hours to cool down at the beginning of that week, the mills made sure to coincide these two days with the opening of deer hunting season.
Anyway, long way of saying, "The Deer Hunter" - good movie! Oh, and it was Meryl Streep's first film. DeNiro insisted that she be in the film in the part that she eventually played. He claims he saw something in her ability that the director didn't at the time. Needless to say, Bob was right.
Thw GF franchise definitely romanticises the mafia and maybe you could say that GF1 glorifies the mafia, but I don't think the same is necessarily true of 2 or 3.
GF3? I say more GF is always a good idea. It's not as good as GF2, but how many movies are. Its still a very good movie and the end of an epic story. I think Mary should watch , I hope we are fortunate to see her watch.
You broke my heart Fredo.
You absolutely got it right, why this movie shows the story of Vito besides the story of micheal 👏🏻. I've seen so many people who are confused by the jumping between the timelines and didn't get why it is even in the movie. That's why I like to watch your reactions 👍🏻
Michael looks across the room at Al Neri to signal Fredo's demise.
By the end he has all the power, outsmarted and defeated all his enemies... and is completely alone...
Great Al Pacino movies: Serpico, Scarface, and Dog Day Afternoon.
Notice that as an orphan alone in NYC, young Vito was taken in by the Italian grocer and raised as part of his family. Vito then did the same for Tom Hagen the street orphan when Sonny brought him home.
Michael is so similar to his father and yet their differences make a stark contrast, esp. that last flashback scene:
- Whatever disagreements Vito had with his family and kids, he always in the end put their strongest wishes ahead of his own (so I think anyway) representing his love and acceptance of who they were
- Michael however, doesn't. When he announced he joined the marines, his brothers each respond in ways characteristic to them. Sonny gets hostile, Michael says its his own decision unperturbed. Fredo congratulates him, but it's kinda in that way he always defers to people stronger than him, including Roth/Ola, which in a sense isn't exactly connecting and understanding, and Michael "accepts" it with similar disaffectedness. Tom tries to reason with him and Michael counters with logic as well-that Tom and Vito were deciding Michael's future for him. These are all forms of Michael rebuffing his brothers.
The final shot of the flashback scene is so metaphorical: Vito returns but we don't see him onscreen (for production reasons, because Brando wouldn't return, but Coppola makes it work brilliantly); everybody leaves Michael alone and they go off to join Vito, almost like even when Vito's dead, everybody prefers to be with him emotionally rather than with Mike. Paralleling the actual final shot, Michael is alone, of his own making. His mom said you can never lose your family but she was wrong.
The 3 sons are each like 1/3 of Vito. Sonny the strength, Michael the brains and Freddo the heart. But without those other 2 parts to counterbalance they fail.
both sides of my family came to America in the early 1900's. BTW The Moshulu, the sailing ship used in the movie in the New York harbor scene, later became a restaurant located in the harbor in Philadelphia
People having their names changed at Ellis Island is actually an urban myth.
Congrats! You just saw a bucket list film. The two " time-line " approach was brilliant and so was the whole work
Congratulations on the baby Mary! 😊BTW you need to watch Francis Coppola's other 70s classics: 'The Conversation' and 'Apocalypse Now.' He's among the rare few directors to make four such acclaimed movies in a row, and helped define an era of cinema.
She reacted to "Apocalypse Now" a year and a half ago.
This is one of only two sequels to ever win the best picture Oscar. Lord of the Rings : Return of the King was the other. It won Robert DeNiro the best supporting actor award.
A good rug can feel warm against a cold floor and it hide a scuffed floor.
Pacino movies to watch: Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon. BTW Dog Day Afternoon also features John Cazale (Fredo). John Cazale came out in only 5 movies before he passed away from cancer at an early age. All 5 movies were nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Cazale, a good friend of Pacino was dating Meryl Streep at the time of his death. He also co-starred with Robert DeNiro in The Deer Hunter. DeNiro movies to watch: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and on the lighter side, Midnight Run.
Mary has the heart of a gangster. She anticipated what would happen a shocking amount of times. And Michael did eat an orange with the peel on. He’s a monster.
The actor that played Hyman Roth, is Lee Strasberg. He was a very respected Method Acting teacher. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando dozens of other great actors studied at his school. I think of that hiccup cough thing he did when talking about Mo Green being killed every time I see him.
Marie, you definitely need to watch," Justce for all," with AL. And "Taxi Driver," with Robert. Great actors both.Great reaction!
One of the greatest sequels ever made in movie history, I think you can watch The Godfather Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone, which is the latest version of Part 3, to complete the full story of The Godfather Trilogy, I still can’t wait for you to watch more Harry Potter and Better Call Saul, and I also would at some point love for you to watch The Sopranos, Mr. Robot, and Stranger Things
If you're a true fan of both Godfathers and invested in the story then YES, watch and react to Godfather 3, Michael and most of the main characters from the first two will return.. The thing about it is The first two Godfather films are masterpieces. They represent some of the best of the genre and time period. Godfather 3 isn't a bad film, it just isn't a masterpiece like the ones that preceded it. I'm sure you have watched worse films, and probably even enjoyed them. You should at the very least give it a watch to form your own opinion, as opposed to just taking the blanket assessment that it isn't a good movie.
I agree that part 3 isn't necessarily a bad film, but there's just so much dumb bullshit in it that it annoys the hell out of me. The one thing I actually do like about it is the ending.
Thanks, Mary! 🍊 I was fortunate to see this one in a cinematic revival in the 90s. #MoviesWithMary #FrancisFordCoppola #TheGodfatherPartII
I really enjoy your reactions. Your intelligence and calm, pleasant demeanor. You understood and appreciated the nuances of this film on the first viewing which is rare.
Thank you Mary, this was my most "anxiously waiting" reactions from you. I hope you are well, and I appreciate your extra effort.
This movie's ending was kinda a tear jerker as it really showed us just how much Michael has lost while rising up to becoming a leader. His backstory was almost the opposite to Vito's in a way which makes things a bit interesting for the story
The rooftops scene is amazing! By the end of the movie Michael lost all humanity going from he’ll never be a monster to become the devil itself. Thank you for the reaction.
Apollonia's death really got to him
Now you can watch 'The Freshman' (1990). It is a very well made and fun comedy IMO. Marlon Brando is terrific, but the entire cast is great. Nobody should watch until they have seen The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.
One Of My All Time Favorite Movies. Glad that you are watching it. Please show more movies from the seventies
That was great! Thank you Mary!
FUN FACT: Al Pacino’s grandfather was born in the town of Corleone, Sicily.
While hugging Fredo, Michael gave "The Look" to Al Neri - his chief enforcer, his "Luca Brasi".
That Look was a microcosm of Michael Corleone and all his anger and contempt for all those who had hurt him. Pure rage and vengeance.
Must watch eventually, that isn't on your channel yet, IMO:
De Niro: Midnight Run, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Casino, Awakenings, Cape Fear ('91).
Pacino: Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Scarface, Glengarry Glenn Ross, Donnie Brasco
John Cazale who played Fredo, was in 5 movies over 7 years, all 5 films were nominated for best picture. He was great as Fredo, unfortunately he died in 1978 from cancer, I’m sure he would have done many more great things, had he lived
"The rug really tied the room together."
DeNiro movies: "Casino", "Midnight Run", "Jackie Brown", "The Score"
Pacino movies: "Scent of a Woman", "Insomnia", "Devils Advocate",
She reacted to "Scent of a Woman" last year.
You should stop watching the series now.
Al Pacino movies: Serpico is one of his big ones. Dog Day Afternoon was big back in the day. Of course Scarface. Donnie Brasco. 88 Minutes is interesting movie that you would like. Cruising was a cutting edge movie when it came out in the early '80s'. It's about a cop who goes undercover in the gay S&M scene. Don't know how well it aged.
For Robert De Niro, Mean Streets. The FBI organized crime task force use to watch Mean Streets every year for their annual get together until Goodfellas came out. Deer Hunter is a good but super heavy. Taxi Driver is must watch. A lot of people love Raging Bull. Once Upon a Time in America is a good movie and is Sergio Leone's last movie. Brazil is a favorite movie of mine. The untouchables is great. Casino. Wag the Dog is a forgotten classic.
Vito leaves his company's olive oil can behind after he kills Ciccio at 28:54. That's a big clue on who killed him. Probably has their company's business address printed on it too lol
Interesting note from the director F.F. Coppolla regarding the cast of The Godfather and its sequel, Godfather II : The actor, who played the key role of Clemenza in the first film, Richard Castellano, demanded what the director considered an outrageous salary to reprise the role in the second film, said no to the demands and simply removed the character from the sequel. Early in the film, the characters talk of Clemenza's untimely death. Bruno Kirby played the 'young' Clemenza in the film. I read where the character 'Frankie Pentangeli' was created to supplant what likely would have originally been the Clemenza character from the first film.
The book gives a lot more backstory.
Mary, I once heard a story that Las Vegas was the original playground of the Mob. They were so powerful that they made celebrities of people connected to the Mod in that day. One example given was the story of Jimmy Durante. They say he would frequent the company of gangsters that they made hm a singing star. He used to sing when he drank with them, so they made him into a singer. There are more tragic stories of female singers from that day that were basically prostitutes that serviced the gangsters and also were allowed to have careers in movies or as singers. I don't know all of it, but I remember Jimmy Durante's story. They said he was just a drunk that liked to hang out with them and they liked him so they opened doors for him. You should consider watching The Freshman. Its a comedy gangster movie I think you would enjoy.
Mmary, you might also enjoy "A Tree Grows in Borrlyn". It's set in the early time period of this movie but entirely different. Lovely movie and would be just you thing I think. Worth a look i think?
*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Mary..Robert DeNiro..is brilliant in The Deer Hunter..also with John Cazale (Fredo) ..Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep..5 Academy Awards..not to be missed.
Among the best movies ever made.
I live in Brooklyn, so I have actually seen aspects of the mafia in the area. One of the heads of a mafia family got his start in a gang on my street.
I even like the third one, but I am unusual. THIS is the best movie of the franchise.
I really love Al Pacino and John Cazale (who played Fredo) in the movie *Dog Day Afternoon* .
Hymin Roth was based on a real person, Myer Lansky. Because he was Jewish, Lansky was not allowed to be a full fledged member of the mafia, Italians only. But they kept him around because he was so good at finance he could practically make money in his sleep. His casinos and hotels in Cuba made millions, at least until the revolution.
Interestingly, the actor playing Roth was, years earlier, Al Pacino’s acting teacher. Might be why their scenes together are so good.
I think the Fredo-Micheal conversation ("You're dead to me, Fredo") was a masterpiece scene
1.They are in the WARMTH of their beautiful home (where Fredo lives NOW) look out at the COLD world outside (where Fredo is CAST OUT into)
2.Fredo is lying down in a lounge chair in the dark and looks like a CORPSE IN AN OPEN GRAVE, with his gaunt face and twitchy movements ("That's not how **I** wanted it!"), like a dying man...punctuated later by Michael PRONOUNCING him dead ("You're dead to me, Fredo")
3.)After Mike says "You're dead to me," Fredo likes back, with his head hanging low, and gradually becomes STILL, like a still dead man.
4.)The TRUTH kills them BOTH. Fredo says the TRUTH about how he feels about being passed over. Consequently, Mike kills Fredo and completes his decent into soul-lessness, killing his own soul. Mike has been gradually killing people closer and closer to him and with each death getting closer to losing his soul completely.
5.)Later, when he's talking to his mother about losing the family (Killing Fredo), he's down by the fireplace, talking UP to his mother -- an imagery of him in hell, asking forgiveness from above.
Al Pacino gave one of the all time great performances. I always thought that Michael doesn't really change over the course of this two films but reveals his true character instead.
In 1917 my grandfather was 22. And Irish but the circumstances for simular to Vito Corleone
Congratulations, Mary.
You are showing!
Another Great Reaction!
You kept up very well with the storyline. Most people cannot..
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The scene where baby Freddo is sick with a high fever is supposed to show that he suffered brain damage from the fever, which explains why he is slow.
Love all the old scenes showing Vito's rise but my favorite scene is between Michael and Roth where Michael, as always hides behind a cloak of pretension, insisting that he only operates from a high moral authority and Roth swiftly dispels that delusion and puts him in his place.
Another great reaction. I recommend watching #3. Not the best, but it does a good job of wrapping up the trilogy.
Dec 7, 1941 was a Sunday and 3 pm NYC time, Mike did not enlist that day, an Italian household on a Sunday would have eaten dinner around 3
Awakenings (1990) - A brilliant drama about a neurologist (played by Robin Williams) who helps "awaken" a catatonic patient (played by Robert de Niro). Nominated for three Academy Awards [Best Picture, Best Actor (de Niro), Best Adapted Screenplay]
Al Pacino: "The Devil's Advocate", "Scent of a Woman", "Glengarry Glen Ross". Robert De Niro: basically any of his non-comedies, but I'd love to see a reaction to "Angel Heart". He only has a supporting role, but it's a fantastic film!
Great reaction to "The Godfather part II".
Mary reacted to "Scent of a Woman" last year.
Great reaction! Congratulations on your baby! Old news by now, I know, but... showing off your third-trimester tummy in this video -- in profile -- what can I say, that was awesome! My niece just had her first baby, and my baby sister and her husband are on Cloud 9 -- the whole family is thrilled :-)
If you'd like to see more of Diane Keaton (Kay), I recommend "Annie Hall", one of Woody Allen's best movies.
Great react to an incredible movie!!! I think it’s beter than the first one.
Watch “Heat” Pacino, and De Niro. Very good.
Mary reacted to "Heat" over two and a half years ago. It's on the channel.
If you are going to watch part III there's a special edition called Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone that is much better and and tells the story more coherently. They basically undid everything that the studio execs wanted them to change
Great reaction. Now walk away a winner. Part 3 isn't on the same level.
In the opening scene, if you talk to a mob boss like this, you insta die
Actually went back and re-watched your "Godfather" reaction first and really enjoyed watching them back to back. Worth it.
It’s really one big story. Both films make up the entirety of Mario Puzo’s novel.