I think though that there was an advantage in that it was based on an already successful book which I think consisted of all parts, so part II was basically just a continuation of a book which was all one big story. Often with other movies they are written at the spot so for sequels you have to come up with an extension for a story which wasn't originally intended to continue.
In the beginning at the wedding the baker asked Don Corleone to help his son in law to stay in America. His name was Enzo. He was the Enzo Michael saw in the hospital.
John Cazale (Fredo) was in only five movies, and all of them were nominated for Oscars for best picture. In addition to The Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon, they are: The Godfather Part 2 The Conversation The Deer Hunter A lot of people consider The Godfather Part 2 to be even better that the original. The Conversation is a favorite of mine. Sonny's hot head and impetuous nature caused so much damage. His tipping his hand in the meeting with Solozzo is what led to Vito being shot. And, of course, it got him killed when Carlo baited him into coming out of hiding during a war. "Get her a doctor." = "Get a doctor to give her a sedative." Michael's experiences in Sicily, including his marriage to Apollonia and seeing her murder, played a big part in the transformation of his character into a ruthless mafioso. The door closing at the end is one of the best final shots in movie history.
I think its often overlooked how when Sonny spoke out of turn at the Solozzo meeting that its that moment when everything gets set in motion. And you can see it on everyone's face when he says that, everybody looks like they know a huge mistake was just made. And its why Don Corleone was harsh on Sonny, and why he immediately sent for Luca Brazi.
@@wvman2374 True, but you have to give Sonny credit for being suspicious that the D'Itallias could hold up their end of the deal. That whole scene takes on new meaning after we learn about Barzini, such as Solazzo complimenting Tom Hagen. He's just trying to hide the fact that his ruse is working and the Corleone's don't know about Barzini.
Apollonia was the 17-year old daughter of Vitelli, who was very wise to the ways of the Sicilian mafia, which infested the entire country. He made a good life for his family, so when Michael asked to meet Apollonia, Vitelli knew that it was best to agree. Apollonia was an innocent victim of it all. She was supposed to move to the USA with her husband. She would have been a typical Sicilian wife, who never meddled in her husband's business. It's been over 50 years, and I still mourn for Apollonia. 😰
Great take on how Apollonia would have supported Michael. The book version I read when I was a kid in 1973 had a 4 or 5 page section ŵith photos from the movie. I still remember the stunning head shot photo of the actress who played her. Fell in love. Gorgeous.
@@captainsatellite2112 The actress who played Apollonia is Simonetta Stefanelli. Her Daughter is Violente Placido, who played Clara in The American with George Clooney. You can see the resemblance.
The movie was based on a huge best-selling novel by Mario Puzo. Puzo worked with Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplay, as well as the two sequel films. Prior to The Godfather, Puzo was a struggling writer. He put everything into the novel, and really launched a career as a novelist as well as a screenwriter. He won the Oscar, with Coppola, for Best Adapted Screenplay for Godfather I & II. Right after finishing The Godfather, he wrote the first draft of another classic film...the 1978 film, Superman: The Movie, which would also star Marlon Brando (as Superman's Kryptonian father, Jor-El), along with Gene Hackman (as Lex Luthor), and launch the film career of Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman. The Godfather was a family affair, as it was about family. Francis Ford Coppola directed and co-wrote the screenplay, his father Carmine Coppola did a lot of the music on all of the films, his sister Talia Shire played Connie Corleone (she would later have another iconic role as Adrian in the Rocky films), and Sofia Coppola, Francis's daughter was the baby being baptized. As the films progress, more family comes to help make the films. Marlon Brando was at an all-time career low before taking on Don Vito Corleone, and no one wanted him for it but Francis. Mainly because, no one thought he would do it. He wanted the role, and even did a mock make-up test for Francis, and he transformed from his 47 years to about 60 before everyone's eyes. The jowls were a dental pumper made of rubber, based on the cotton Brando shoved in his mouth for the initial test. Using stipling with liquid latex, and the dental plumpers, Brando transformed. He also won the Academy Award for Best Actor, his second Oscar. But he never showed up for the ceremony, instead sending Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather to turn down the award on his behalf. Years later...Brando wanted his Oscar for the film.
One thing from the novel, Michael tracked down Fabrizio who planted the bonb killing Appolinia and ran away. He was running a small pizzaria in upstate New York and Michael had him killed at the end as he did the rest of his enemies
One detail I love is the oranges. Every scene with even one orange, death follows. Tessio at the wedding, the Godfather being shot, Woltz's dinner table, snacks at the meeting of the dons, the peel that the Godfather uses to tease his grandson ... Poor Sunkist is the Grim Reaper.
The role of Luca Brasi was working as an enforcer for the Colombo Crime Family at the time he was chosen for the famous role. Before the Godfather could be filmed they had to have each scene approved by the Colombi family. The actor that was originally picked to play Brasi had a stroke. Coppola saw Lenny and decided he'd be perfect for the part. Lenny was given his lines to memorize but he was so nervous he kept fumbling the lines. Coppola filmed Lenny practicing and the 320 pound enforcer still fumbled them when he delivered the lines. That's a true story.😊
@@pirobot668betait works very well with the story. Brazi had this hero worship thing going on that kept him really just in a state of constant awe of the godfather ... like michael's al neri would be
John Cazale... Died March 14, 1978 (aged 42) ...He appeared in five films over seven years: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978), each of which was nominated as Best Picture at their respective Academy Awards.
In the Deerhuntet he was extremely ill, yet he played a brilliant part along with DeNiro, Walken and Savage. It was especially touching, knowing that Cazole's longtime girlfriend, Meryl Streep, was in that last movie with him. It was a great movie.
@@thorstambaugh1520 And it adored Brando on sight. So much that in this scene, Brando's lines had to be looped and added in later, because the cat purred so loudly that Brando's dialogue was inaudible.
Everything has already been said about The Godfather. One statement, for me, stands above the rest: Steven Spielberg spoke the following: (with this) "Francis made a film, none of us could ever equal." Perfect.
I had heard this before, but couldnt remember the words or who said it. Helluve nice thing for Steven "ET, Raiders, Schindler, Jurassic, Private Ryan" Spielberg to say.
@slchance8839 Spielberg has the greatest resume in film history, but he's not being charitable with that statement. No film he, Scorsese, DePalma, Lucas, Friedkin, Bogdanovich or any of the so-called New Wave directors that came of age in the 70's, has ever made a film as great as The Godfather. I'm certain that to a man, they have a consensus opinion on it.
@@NeverMeAlwaysYou 100% The older I get (51) the more and more i realize how brilliant this movie is. Also, I've come to fully appreciate Jaws as another nearly perfect movie. As a kid, it was horror. As an adult, I see Jaws as a social criticism, tight script, superb character arc, and well told story.
@slchance8839 Don't get me started on the 70's. Godfather 1 and 2 Chinatown, Jaws, Annie Hall, Network, Star Wars, Rocky, French Connection, The Sting, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dog Day Afternoon, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti, Cabaret, Alien, Paper Moon, Mean Streets, Patton, Serpico, The Conversation, Manhattan, The Deer Hunter, All the President's Men.......................how long should I go? An embarrassment of riches.
hi Cristy, please watch the entire trilogy its really good as well. Don't let the internet prevent you from tying up the story because they lack understanding of the story progression.
And that was another masterclass choice, the image of this huge Mafia enforcer being intimidated by the Godfather, gives us a good initial picture of the Don and what he must have done in the past to seize power
The 'war movie' that resurrected Frank Sinatra's acting career was 1953's "From Here to Eternity". And Moe Greene was based on Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, the man who developed Las Vegas.
A somewhat of a cult movie The Freshman stars Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando plays a Mafia boss. It's a good movie and Broderick's reaction when he sees him is worth the price of admission.
Hi Cristy, first time watching your reactions and I'm a big fan now. The Godfather is my absolute favorite film of all time. So in regards to Apollonia, Michael may have just met her but as they said in the film, he was hit by the thunderbolt. He was in love with her at first sight. He had hoped to have an amazing future with her. When he was betrayed by his own bodyguard and Apollonia died because of it, it set in motion the change in Michael's character arc. Some tend to think that the Sollozo and McCluskey hits were where he changed. We gotta remember he was a war hero. We don't exactly get the backstory of why, but one can assume it was during combat. McCluskey and Sollozo were just 2 enemies on the battlefield and Michael was the unexpected civilian triggerman. When Apollonia died however, it was extremely personal. Not only was that car meant to have him in it BUT instead his wife, the woman who was gonna join him in America and give him his children got taken out because of it? Forget it. It turned him into a ruthless, cunning, no holds barred boss.
John Cazale, who played Fredo Corleon, was in Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather, the Godfather Part II and The Deer Hunter. Four of the most iconic films in history. His girlfriend was Meryl Streep and they were still living together when his cancer took his life. Way way too early.
He was also in The Conversation. All five were nominated for Best Picture Oscars, with three winning. Technically, he was also in GF3, in flashbacks. That was also nominated for best picture.
@@mem1701moviesIt's not Michael it's AL Pacino, I actually watched them all in a row and there's actually a heavy metal music scene...3 sucks(compared to the others)
Honestly, I disagree. I like Godfather part three it’s a guilty pleasure of mine. I feel like it was just misunderstood. I feel like that’s why not a lot of people like that because I felt it was misunderstood. But I will agree there are some questionable things in the movie, but I don’t let that ruin the movie for me. There are still some good things about it.
I like the technicalities. Vito swore he would not be the one to break the peace. Michael did. But wait. Did he? No, he was at church. But he killed Carlo, right? Well, Mike kicked him out of the family and sent him to the airport. Carlo died in the car ride while Mike was still leaving the house. So, "is it true?" Did he kill Carlo? "...no,"
No one at that meeting was being honest. The idea of just keeping the drug trade just to black people was just virtue signaling. The Corleones lost face by capitulating to the deal and sure enough what happened in the aftermath was the slow erosion of their power in NYC. Vito and Michael played along and Michael eventually leaves NYC but he was really rebuilding his empire in Las Vegas with a long range plan of taking revenge.
It's great to have you translate, I've seen the movie tens of times and seen several reactions but never knew what they said that didn't have subtitles 😊
In the book the old consigliere Genco (who was featured more prominently in the second film) was dying of cancer. Coppola shot the death scene but this was left off the final cut before being added with other scenes when Parts I and II were released on broadcast TV. Tom Hagen was auditioning to be consigliere on the Johnny Fontane job, so he needed to do well. Woltz could as easily have been killed. There was no ruckus when the horse was killed, the head severed, and then moved into Woltz's bedroom without alerting Woltz. So any member of his household staff were potential Corleone agents or patsies. Kay Adams was the kind of woman Michael wanted to marry so that he could disassociate himself from the Family. Meantime, he fell in love with Apollonia as a matter of covetous desire. Michael was a first-generation American since both his parents were immigrants. Kay was of Yankee descent and her forebears fought in the Revolution. Their children were meant to be integrated into American society, during a time when family background was much more valued. Puzo's favorite work, "The Fortunate Pilgrim," which predated The Godfather novel, showcased the differences in the value systems of America and old Italy. Apollonia surviving wouldn't have made a difference for Michael, it just meant a tragic life for Kay. Michael's descent into his father's world was something the Don didn't want. That last scene they appeared together had dialogue lifted almost verbatim from the book, but was touched up by a script doctor during filming. The seeds of what he eventually became were always there. They were crystallized during his stay in Sicily, where he came to understand the nature of the Mafia, and how the Mafiosi transformed from being vigilantes for the common people to becoming oppressors of their own, and exporting that kind of thinking to America.
Don Corleone was sending a message with the horse head. He was telling Woltz that he can be gotten anytime and he used the horse because if you remember the horse was Woltz's prized possession cuz it was worth $600,000. This movie was set in 1946 which would make the horse worth 7.8 million in todays money.
Godfather won Best Picture. Oscar: CLASSIC. Godfather Part II won Best Picture. Oscar: CLASSIC. Godfather Part III got nominated for Best Picture-but didn't win. It got 7 Oscar nominations. The criticism comes from Sofia Coppola, the writer/director/producer's daughter. She wound up getting 3 Oscar nominations and won 1 for screenwriting. Some thought she did a poor job acting in Part III. I didn't think she was that bad. Francis Ford Cord Coppola wrote, directed and produced all 3. It's totally worth watching Part III. Don't listen to those who say not to watch Part III
I like Sophia in this film. she plays a naive, over protected Italian who loves and respects her father. She is weak because she is supposed to be. Women hate this character but she portrays a mafia daughter and she did it well.
I think she gets a pass considering she wasn’t originally supposed to be in this movie. For some reason, Winona Ryder had to back out at the last minute so she stepped in as a favor to her father to avoid delays.
Random Thoughts!The guy who played Luca was an actual member of the Gambino family. Al Martino a singer played Jonnie. Jonnie was a charcter drawn on Frank Sinatra. The Godfather is a study of family dynamics.
"Fight or flight? I'm outta there. I leave people behind too 😌" 5 minutes later: "My brother would do the same for me. Right? 😇" Bro: "Uhhhh..." Like sister like brother lmaoo
Apolliania added Michael's desire for normalcy -- a touchstone to the world of honest human interpersonal communion of the type he shared with his father. She represented his very soul -- and she died.
I don't know how anyone has not watched the greatest Cinematic achievement of all time. Nothing else touches it in casting, acting, screenplay, script, score, directions, set design, costume, cinematography. Simply the best movie ever.
Seriously though, I believe that “Lawrence Of Arabia” is the greatest for all the reasons you mentioned, but “The Godfather” is definitely near the top of my list of the greatest films of all time.
Nice to follow you in this journey now Cristy! For Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Francis Ford Coppola put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.
John Cazale plays Fredo to perfection, he was a really charismatic actor who could have gone on to be a cinema icons but for his early death from cancer. A look at the 5 feature films he was in says a lot about how he was regarded: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and The Deer Hunter (1978). His girlfriend, Meryl Streep, later told how the studio could not get insurance for Cazale to appear in The Deer Hunter and how Robert De Niro so much wanted him in the film that her personally put up the money to get John Cazale in the film, with all the scenes he featured in being filmed first in case he got too ill. In the end Cazale died before The Deer Hunter was completed
I would watch part III as it really does close the loop on the Godfather saga. I didn't care for it at first but have warmed to it a lot over the years.
Everybody underestimates Michael because he was the quiet, studious one who had nothing to do with the family business. But the war changed him. He was a Marine. He saw combat. He earned the Navy Cross and a Purple Heart. Michael was a killer when he came back but no one realized it until too late.
According to the book, EVERYONE knew Micheal was the smartest and mentally strongest of the brothers. As kids, Sonny would beat the crap out of the youngest Micheal, but unlike Sonny's other victims, Micheal was the only one who fought back **every** time. He still got beat up, but never GAVE up and would often try to outsmart Sonny to avoid a beating. Also, Mike joined the Marines AGAINST the WHOLE family's wishes. Imagine the strength it takes to stand up against the Don, Sonny, everyone. Mike joined the Marines HOURS after the Pearl Harbor attack (the Don's birthday, coincidentally, Dec 6) and despite the Don pulling strings to keep his kids out of it, Mike enlisted anyway. I would politely disagree that Micheal was a "killer," by nature, he's more of a ruthless leader who can and WILL kill if it's the smart move. Sonny.....Sonny is a killer. They day they attacked his dad (hospital), Sonny lost his temper and went to war and he STAYED at war until the day he died. In fact, book background, Sonny is known as the most feared city fighter in New York. When he was 19, another failed assassination attempt put his father in the hospital, so Sonny took charge (again) and went to war immediately. He was so violent and ruthless that he almost COMPLETELY wiped out the leadership and footsolders of the other FOUR families. By that time, teh families were PRAYING for the Don's recovery (even though they're the ones who tried to kill him) so that he could reign in Sonny. The Don understood their fear, so kept Sonny by his side at all times....to teach but also to remind and INSTILL fear in his enemies: "if you kill me, Sonny is off the chain and everybody dies....remember that"
@@MJ-we9vu I'd like to respectfully add that everybody underestimates Michael - EXCEPT his father. The Don knew all along that Michael had what it took to be either his replacement or a powerful man in politics.
What makes The Godfather so great was it was like Star Wars. Godfather was written all at the same time. It, like Star Wars, was too big and broken up into multiple movies. John Cazale (Fredo) died young from cancer after filming The Deer Hunter. He was engaged to Meryl Streep. Though he had a short career he is a cast member of 4 epic movies: Godfather I, II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter.
I was told by my dad, I'm pretty sure it's true. Johnny Fontain, singer, was supposed to be Frank Sinatra. Movie "From Here to Eternity" which Sinatra won an Academy Award
Fun fact, Marlon Brando was only in his 40s when he filmed Godfather. The old-man makeup throughout the film is flawless. Go online and check out photos of the real Brando at the time next to a photo of him in his Godfather make-up.
This movie was full of power house actors, when it came out back in the 70's it stayed in our local theater almost a year, people just kept coming back and seeing it again. There were no VHS tapes or DVD'S, once you saw it at the theater you had to wait for it to come on TV some time later - different time different era.
You're smart as a whip and I love your commentary and comments. Keep up the great work Cristy! Que mañana sea tan hermoso como tú hoy. Dios te bendiga.
Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather novels, wrote the script together with director Francis Ford Coppola. Apparently it was Puzo's first movie script ever though, and he admitted in some interview he didn't really know what he was doing, and that he was basically flying blind. Some time after the movie came out and was a huge success he figured he should learn about script writing and he bought a textbook on the subject. The first line in the book was something like "Study the script for the movie The Godfather" :)
The traditional Italian music at both the wedding ..takes me back to the 1960/70s going over to Italy to attend various cousins weddings where this music was still being played …
Every wedding I go to still plays this traditional music..my daughters fiancé is not Italian and came to a family wedding recently-his shock hearing some of it😅
I'm a Sicilian New Yorker from the Bronx, and everything about the film seems quite correct. As for Godparents, they are pretty important in my family--my Godmother, my aunt, was a guiding force in my life who always acted in my best interest. Clemenza was Sonny's Godfather, so what he did with Carlo was deeply personal.
I'd say the Appollonia character is there to show you a contrast with Kay. In GF 2 you can understand having a docile Italian wife might be more beneficial then a strong willed western woman. You'll just have to watch GF2 to find out.
Welcome to The Godfather! 🌟 This movie shows the Corleone family's story and their life in organized crime. Vito is wise, and Michael changes a lot. It's a great movie-enjoy watching y'all! 🍿
Great reaction Cristy once again, l im glad you enjoy this masterpiece of cinema its one of my favourites its becouse of this movie that Coppola and Pacino got their careers famous in Hollywood. some fun-facts about this movie, Lenny Montana, who played Luca Brasi, was a professional wrestler before becoming an actor. He was so nervous delivering his lines to a legend like Brando during the scene in in this movie study that he didn’t give one good take during an entire day’s shoot. Because he didn’t have time to reshoot the scene, Coppola added a new scene of Luca Brasi rehearsing his lines before seeing the Godfather to make Montana’s bad takes seem like Brasi was simply nervous to talk to the Godfather. The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray Francis Ford Coppola found while on the lot at Paramount. The cat was not originally called for in the script, and the cat with its purring muffled some of Brando's dialogue, and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped. The horse head in the movie producer’s bed wasn’t a prop. The production got a real horse’s head from a local dog food company. The line in the script only had actor Richard Castellano as Clemenza say “Leave the gun” after the hit on the mobster who ratted on the Corleones. He was inspired to make the addition after Coppola inserted a line in which the character’s wife asks him to buy cannoli for dessert. Keep up the good work.
Brando was only 48 years old when this came out. Look for pictures of him from the time of the filming. The makeup to transform him into Vito Corleone is amazing.
Delightful reaction! Well done. I think The Sopranos makes more sense when you consider that its makers very much had The Godfather in mind, as well as other Mafia films like Wise Guys, Prizzi's Honor, Scarface, etc. There I think The Sopranos is actually a commentary on such films. :)
I think the purpose of the Apollonia-wedding story is part of living in Sicily, where Michael comes to understand his father and why the Mafia exists. He doesn't really begin to become the coldly ruthless don until after Apollonia is murdered. By that time, he's steeped in the culture of Sicily and his own, and his father's, roots. Lei parla italiano bene. Io non sono italiano, ma posso leggere la lingua sufficientemente per leggere un romanzo. Non so perché. Non l'ho studiato. Forse ero italiano in una vita passata.
"I respect your father, but he's old fashioned." I have been studying the Italian language for some time, and I have always struggled with this exchange between Michael and senore solazzo. Grazie mille for processing, thinking out loud, and sharing your wisdom. Because of this little, how you say, exchange, I will now become a subscriber. You have a nice little biz-a-niss going on here. Tu salute.
“The stress of being in the mafia…. I’d rather be poor..” - For real, high blood pressure every time before you start your car and before stopping at every red light… But hey, the weddings look like fun haha Another great reaction!
Great reaction! I just watched your Jaws reaction today as well. Some reactors want to be the center of attention, but you let the movie play without ruining it. Awesome!
John Cazale was in 5 movies before he died. All were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Godfather I and II. The Deer Hunter, The Conversation and Dog Day Afternoon.
Yep, this is right at the End of World War II. The wedding was in 1945. In the book, they explain that Michael was a decorated War hero for his actions against the Japanese during the war.
I had seen it many times on TV, but I finally watched in a theatre on its fiftieth anniversary. It just feels different and you understand why it was such a cultural touchstone.
At the 17:40 mark you asked about the horse head!! There's actually a series on Paramount called The Offer, and it's basically the story about how this movie was made and the trouble that they had to go through to make it!! Everything from the Italian-American community being against the book The Godfather because they thought it portrayed Italians as gangsters!! Then you have Frank Sinatra, who was portrayed in this movie by the character Johnny Fontaine, putting up extreme resistance about the movie being made!! Finally Joe Colombo of the Colombo crime family in New York, talked to the producer and came to an agreement that the word Mafia would only be used one time!! And as a matter of fact I'm not sure it's used in the first Godfather but it is used once in the second Godfather!! So the story of the horse's head is as follows, The New York City meat district was controlled by the Colombo crime family!! In those days horse meat was used for dog food!! The real horses head was procured by the mob members and delivered to the set by associates of Joe Colombo!! They didn't kill a horse, usually the horses that are used for dog food are pretty much dead anyway!!😢 But that's how they got the horse's head. I believe it was because Columbo overheard Francis Coppola saying that he was not happy with the prop head!! So he took it upon himself to get him a real horse head.
@@bernardsalvatore1929 I do what I can and it's comforting to know that some people will take my advice to heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie starts in late 1945. It was Christmas 1945 when the Don was shot. The thing is they stole the horse, killed it, chopped off the head, broke into the mansion, snuck into the guy's bedroom, snuck the head into the guy's bed under the silk covers WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING IN IT and not disturbing him! 😮😮😮 Since you are a Sopranos fan you know about "goomars". Carlo and Sonny had them. Micheal on the otherhand was faithful like his father was.
I the filming, they actually used a Real Horse's Head, but did not tell Wertz. That is the Real Reaction you got from him, waking up and really finding a copped off horse's head....
Your comments are refreshing and not too intrusive. He don't interrupt too much and you GET it...what's going on. Very cool. Thanks for a great posting.
The entire movie is set in motion by Sonny's apparent eagerness to get into narcotics. Sollazzo sensed it at the meeting between himself and Don Vito. Sonny's interest wasnt explicit but his tone and face spoke volumes when he asked about the Tattaglias guaranteeing the Corleones' profit. That was all it took. Sollazzo immediately began making plans with the other families.
The live horse had a patch of white hair that the severed head did not. Therefore, it was either a mistake by the filmmakers or that was just a threat that they could kill Woltz’s horse if he didn’t agree to their demand.
@@nrkgalt Coppola requisitioned a horse’s head from a dog food company. It had to be painted dark like Khartoum, as it was a white horse before processing. This information is from the Godfather wiki, which cited “The Godfather Legacy” published in 2005 by Harlan Lebo.
When I rewatched the restaurant scene that on the way to the restaurant that McCluskey's driver lost the tail on the bridge. It was very important for Michael to McCluskey and Sollozzo that he had no idea where the meet was going to be at. So they had to go through with the motions of trying to tail them. McCluskey losing the trail wasn't important but it was definitely important that McCluskey had no idea that Michael knew where the location of the meet was. So he later on go to the bathroom with no idea he might come out of it with a gun.
When you finish the Godfather trilogy (and I recommend you watch the third one, it is not as good as the first two to be sure, but it is a better movie than it is given credit for. It just suffers by comparison to the first two) watch "Goodfellas", then "Casino". You'll love them!
There is a scene that was cut from the original. The scene was of Michael grieving after his young wife was murdered. It was during that period of grief where Michael's transition to become the ruthless new Godfather who was bent on revenge. The cut scene is on RUclips.
The actor playing Luca Brasi (who was in the mafia himself) actually flubbed his lines because he was intimidated by Brando, so they added in the earlier scene of him rehearsing his speech so that it would be in character.
“That baby is 52 years old right now“ She’s 53 actually. She’s Sophia Coppola, daughter of the director 😊
She's also a prominent character in GF3 and she later became a Director *
And Royal Decoy for Queen Amidala in The Phantom Menace...
Lost in Translation - A a Sophia Coppola award winning movie
@@doctor8342 Isn't that Keira Knightly?
she was also ginny sack's stunt double
Godfather II is a master class of how to make a sequel.
Indeed
Love the first movie, but the sequel is as good or better. The De Niro flashbacks in Godfather II are outstanding.
I think though that there was an advantage in that it was based on an already successful book which I think consisted of all parts, so part II was basically just a continuation of a book which was all one big story. Often with other movies they are written at the spot so for sequels you have to come up with an extension for a story which wasn't originally intended to continue.
What about Godfather I?
yes. agreed. unparalleled .
In the beginning at the wedding the baker asked Don Corleone to help his son in law to stay in America. His name was Enzo. He was the Enzo Michael saw in the hospital.
He wasn't married at that point. He wanted them to marry but needed the greencard so they could.
Great reaction. Now you MUST see Part 2. It’s an extremely rare example of a perfect sequel, and it’s also a prequel. I think you’ll love it.
Micheal: "Come on, do you think I`d make my sister a widow?
Me: "Yeah."
Absolutely!!
John Cazale (Fredo) was in only five movies, and all of them were nominated for Oscars for best picture. In addition to The Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon, they are:
The Godfather Part 2
The Conversation
The Deer Hunter
A lot of people consider The Godfather Part 2 to be even better that the original. The Conversation is a favorite of mine.
Sonny's hot head and impetuous nature caused so much damage. His tipping his hand in the meeting with Solozzo is what led to Vito being shot. And, of course, it got him killed when Carlo baited him into coming out of hiding during a war.
"Get her a doctor." = "Get a doctor to give her a sedative."
Michael's experiences in Sicily, including his marriage to Apollonia and seeing her murder, played a big part in the transformation of his character into a ruthless mafioso.
The door closing at the end is one of the best final shots in movie history.
Cazale died much too young.
I think its often overlooked how when Sonny spoke out of turn at the Solozzo meeting that its that moment when everything gets set in motion. And you can see it on everyone's face when he says that, everybody looks like they know a huge mistake was just made. And its why Don Corleone was harsh on Sonny, and why he immediately sent for Luca Brazi.
Technically, he was in 6 Best Picture nominees - he was in Godfather III in archive footage.
What a resume!
@@wvman2374 True, but you have to give Sonny credit for being suspicious that the D'Itallias could hold up their end of the deal. That whole scene takes on new meaning after we learn about Barzini, such as Solazzo complimenting Tom Hagen. He's just trying to hide the fact that his ruse is working and the Corleone's don't know about Barzini.
Apollonia was the 17-year old daughter of Vitelli, who was very wise to the ways of the Sicilian mafia, which infested the entire country. He made a good life for his family, so when Michael asked to meet Apollonia, Vitelli knew that it was best to agree.
Apollonia was an innocent victim of it all. She was supposed to move to the USA with her husband.
She would have been a typical Sicilian wife, who never meddled in her husband's business.
It's been over 50 years, and I still mourn for Apollonia. 😰
Great take on how Apollonia would have supported Michael. The book version I read when I was a kid in 1973 had a 4 or 5 page section ŵith photos from the movie. I still remember the stunning head shot photo of the actress who played her. Fell in love. Gorgeous.
@@captainsatellite2112 The actress who played Apollonia is Simonetta Stefanelli. Her Daughter is Violente Placido, who played Clara in The American with George Clooney. You can see the resemblance.
@@markbrecher4914 I'll look for her. Thanks!
I always wondered if Prince got the name for his girlfriend in 'Purple Rain" from this movie.
The movie was based on a huge best-selling novel by Mario Puzo. Puzo worked with Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplay, as well as the two sequel films. Prior to The Godfather, Puzo was a struggling writer. He put everything into the novel, and really launched a career as a novelist as well as a screenwriter. He won the Oscar, with Coppola, for Best Adapted Screenplay for Godfather I & II. Right after finishing The Godfather, he wrote the first draft of another classic film...the 1978 film, Superman: The Movie, which would also star Marlon Brando (as Superman's Kryptonian father, Jor-El), along with Gene Hackman (as Lex Luthor), and launch the film career of Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman.
The Godfather was a family affair, as it was about family. Francis Ford Coppola directed and co-wrote the screenplay, his father Carmine Coppola did a lot of the music on all of the films, his sister Talia Shire played Connie Corleone (she would later have another iconic role as Adrian in the Rocky films), and Sofia Coppola, Francis's daughter was the baby being baptized. As the films progress, more family comes to help make the films.
Marlon Brando was at an all-time career low before taking on Don Vito Corleone, and no one wanted him for it but Francis. Mainly because, no one thought he would do it. He wanted the role, and even did a mock make-up test for Francis, and he transformed from his 47 years to about 60 before everyone's eyes. The jowls were a dental pumper made of rubber, based on the cotton Brando shoved in his mouth for the initial test. Using stipling with liquid latex, and the dental plumpers, Brando transformed. He also won the Academy Award for Best Actor, his second Oscar. But he never showed up for the ceremony, instead sending Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather to turn down the award on his behalf. Years later...Brando wanted his Oscar for the film.
One thing from the novel, Michael tracked down Fabrizio who planted the bonb killing Appolinia and ran away. He was running a small pizzaria in upstate New York and Michael had him killed at the end as he did the rest of his enemies
He wasn't killed outright in the Novel...his legs are blown off and he tries to crawl away and dies in the gutter.
@@pirobot668beta have you even read the novel.??? "Fabrizzio, Michael Corleone sends his regards"
And that was definitely personal.
One detail I love is the oranges. Every scene with even one orange, death follows. Tessio at the wedding, the Godfather being shot, Woltz's dinner table, snacks at the meeting of the dons, the peel that the Godfather uses to tease his grandson ... Poor Sunkist is the Grim Reaper.
And Valentino dying on the floor, his arm outstretched towards the orange. Oranges are a deadly fruit.
The role of Luca Brasi was working as an enforcer for the Colombo Crime Family at the time he was chosen for the famous role. Before the Godfather could be filmed they had to have each scene approved by the Colombi family. The actor that was originally picked to play Brasi had a stroke. Coppola saw Lenny and decided he'd be perfect for the part. Lenny was given his lines to memorize but he was so nervous he kept fumbling the lines. Coppola filmed Lenny practicing and the 320 pound enforcer still fumbled them when he delivered the lines. That's a true story.😊
In the film, the trouble with his lines is 'sold' as Brasi being nervous in the presence of his Godfather.
yep, it is in "the offer" very good miniseries showing how godfather was made
Thanks Mike! You beat me to it!
😉
@@pirobot668betait works very well with the story. Brazi had this hero worship thing going on that kept him really just in a state of constant awe of the godfather ... like michael's al neri would be
John Cazale... Died March 14, 1978 (aged 42) ...He appeared in five films over seven years: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978), each of which was nominated as Best Picture at their respective Academy Awards.
Highest batting average of anyone ever.
In the Deerhuntet he was extremely ill, yet he played a brilliant part along with DeNiro, Walken and Savage. It was especially touching, knowing that Cazole's longtime girlfriend, Meryl Streep, was in that last movie with him. It was a great movie.
Underrated performance by the cat in the opening scene.
A purrfect comment! 😁
The cat was a stray that he picked up prior to the scene
@@thorstambaugh1520 And it adored Brando on sight. So much that in this scene, Brando's lines had to be looped and added in later, because the cat purred so loudly that Brando's dialogue was inaudible.
Not really underrated; he’d be at the top of most lists of great cat performances in movies.
Why 👁 thank meow😻😻😻
Everything has already been said about
The Godfather.
One statement, for me, stands above the rest:
Steven Spielberg spoke the following:
(with this)
"Francis made a film, none of us could ever equal."
Perfect.
I had heard this before, but couldnt remember the words or who said it. Helluve nice thing for Steven "ET, Raiders, Schindler, Jurassic, Private Ryan" Spielberg to say.
@slchance8839 Spielberg has the greatest resume in film history, but he's not being charitable with that statement.
No film he, Scorsese, DePalma, Lucas, Friedkin, Bogdanovich or any of the so-called New Wave directors that came of age in the 70's, has ever made a film as great as The Godfather.
I'm certain that to a man, they have a consensus opinion on it.
@@NeverMeAlwaysYou 100% The older I get (51) the more and more i realize how brilliant this movie is. Also, I've come to fully appreciate Jaws as another nearly perfect movie. As a kid, it was horror. As an adult, I see Jaws as a social criticism, tight script, superb character arc, and well told story.
@slchance8839 Don't get me started on the 70's.
Godfather 1 and 2
Chinatown, Jaws, Annie Hall, Network,
Star Wars, Rocky, French Connection, The Sting, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Dog Day Afternoon, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti, Cabaret, Alien, Paper Moon,
Mean Streets, Patton, Serpico, The Conversation, Manhattan, The Deer Hunter, All the President's Men.......................how long should I go?
An embarrassment of riches.
@@NeverMeAlwaysYou Compare that period to this one. Things have certainly gone downhill, for the most part.
hi Cristy, please watch the entire trilogy its really good as well. Don't let the internet prevent you from tying up the story because they lack understanding of the story progression.
Al Capone's boss and mentor, Johnny Torrio, was shot 5 times and survived in the early 1920s. He retired and eventually died of old age.
True fact, Carlos Gambino died of old age in his home watching a ballgame never being charged or kill attempts against his life.... now that's respect
Luca Brasi was a real gangster that played him, he couldn't act and messed up his lines, they liked it and kept it in the movie.
Yes, Lenny Montana. Enforcer in the Colombo family.
And that was another masterclass choice, the image of this huge Mafia enforcer being intimidated by the Godfather, gives us a good initial picture of the Don and what he must have done in the past to seize power
LENNY MONTANA played LUCA. he was a former professional wrestler as well as being an enforcer for the COLOMBO crime family.
Johnny Fontaine is very obviously supposed to be Frank Sinatra, who had some notorious connections to mobsters over his lifetime.
Allegedly
@@TheNeonRabbit You could say the character was based on the rumors.
The 'war movie' that resurrected Frank Sinatra's acting career was 1953's "From Here to Eternity".
And Moe Greene was based on Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, the man who developed Las Vegas.
Indeed. He was extremely pissed at Puzo for modeling Johnny Fontaine after him
THE MOVIE IS FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
A somewhat of a cult movie The Freshman stars Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando plays a Mafia boss. It's a good movie and Broderick's reaction when he sees him is worth the price of admission.
It's a lot of fun, especially for fans of the Godfather. 😊
Hi Cristy, first time watching your reactions and I'm a big fan now. The Godfather is my absolute favorite film of all time. So in regards to Apollonia, Michael may have just met her but as they said in the film, he was hit by the thunderbolt. He was in love with her at first sight. He had hoped to have an amazing future with her. When he was betrayed by his own bodyguard and Apollonia died because of it, it set in motion the change in Michael's character arc. Some tend to think that the Sollozo and McCluskey hits were where he changed. We gotta remember he was a war hero. We don't exactly get the backstory of why, but one can assume it was during combat. McCluskey and Sollozo were just 2 enemies on the battlefield and Michael was the unexpected civilian triggerman. When Apollonia died however, it was extremely personal. Not only was that car meant to have him in it BUT instead his wife, the woman who was gonna join him in America and give him his children got taken out because of it? Forget it. It turned him into a ruthless, cunning, no holds barred boss.
John Cazale, who played Fredo Corleon, was in Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather, the Godfather Part II and The Deer Hunter. Four of the most iconic films in history.
His girlfriend was Meryl Streep and they were still living together when his cancer took his life. Way way too early.
He was also in The Conversation. All five were nominated for Best Picture Oscars, with three winning. Technically, he was also in GF3, in flashbacks. That was also nominated for best picture.
@@izzonj Sadly, I still haven't seen the Conversation. Should remedy that as soon as possible.
@@BigMike246 Yes, get on that! Gene Hackman is brilliant!
If you haven't seen Goodfellas yet, it's a must see in this genre. And Casino.
Godfather Pt 3 is no where near 1 or 2 but it is still worth watching, and by no means is it a terrible movie. Al Pacino was still great in it.
I agree. It gets a bad rap just because the first two are so legendary.
He didn’t act like Michael in 3.
@@mem1701moviesIt's not Michael it's AL Pacino, I actually watched them all in a row and there's actually a heavy metal music scene...3 sucks(compared to the others)
Honestly, I disagree. I like Godfather part three it’s a guilty pleasure of mine. I feel like it was just misunderstood. I feel like that’s why not a lot of people like that because I felt it was misunderstood. But I will agree there are some questionable things in the movie, but I don’t let that ruin the movie for me. There are still some good things about it.
@@mem1701movies People change as they grow older. It’s based on the same books by the same author.
that was awesome watching that with you!!! You made that like I was watching with a friend, Thank you!!!
thank YOU for watching along with me!! :D
Great job. Glad you enjoyed it. Part 2 is a beautiful film. If you watch it, walk away a winner after that one
I like the technicalities. Vito swore he would not be the one to break the peace. Michael did. But wait. Did he? No, he was at church. But he killed Carlo, right? Well, Mike kicked him out of the family and sent him to the airport. Carlo died in the car ride while Mike was still leaving the house. So, "is it true?" Did he kill Carlo?
"...no,"
No one at that meeting was being honest. The idea of just keeping the drug trade just to black people was just virtue signaling. The Corleones lost face by capitulating to the deal and sure enough what happened in the aftermath was the slow erosion of their power in NYC. Vito and Michael played along and Michael eventually leaves NYC but he was really rebuilding his empire in Las Vegas with a long range plan of taking revenge.
It's great to have you translate, I've seen the movie tens of times and seen several reactions but never knew what they said that didn't have subtitles 😊
In the book the old consigliere Genco (who was featured more prominently in the second film) was dying of cancer. Coppola shot the death scene but this was left off the final cut before being added with other scenes when Parts I and II were released on broadcast TV. Tom Hagen was auditioning to be consigliere on the Johnny Fontane job, so he needed to do well. Woltz could as easily have been killed. There was no ruckus when the horse was killed, the head severed, and then moved into Woltz's bedroom without alerting Woltz. So any member of his household staff were potential Corleone agents or patsies.
Kay Adams was the kind of woman Michael wanted to marry so that he could disassociate himself from the Family. Meantime, he fell in love with Apollonia as a matter of covetous desire. Michael was a first-generation American since both his parents were immigrants. Kay was of Yankee descent and her forebears fought in the Revolution. Their children were meant to be integrated into American society, during a time when family background was much more valued. Puzo's favorite work, "The Fortunate Pilgrim," which predated The Godfather novel, showcased the differences in the value systems of America and old Italy. Apollonia surviving wouldn't have made a difference for Michael, it just meant a tragic life for Kay.
Michael's descent into his father's world was something the Don didn't want. That last scene they appeared together had dialogue lifted almost verbatim from the book, but was touched up by a script doctor during filming. The seeds of what he eventually became were always there. They were crystallized during his stay in Sicily, where he came to understand the nature of the Mafia, and how the Mafiosi transformed from being vigilantes for the common people to becoming oppressors of their own, and exporting that kind of thinking to America.
"But look how beautiful your wedding would be." Glad I wasn't taking a drink in that moment.
Don Corleone was sending a message with the horse head. He was telling Woltz that he can be gotten anytime and he used the horse because if you remember the horse was Woltz's prized possession cuz it was worth $600,000. This movie was set in 1946 which would make the horse worth 7.8 million in todays money.
And they need Woltz alive to give the part to Johnny,
Godfather won Best Picture. Oscar: CLASSIC. Godfather Part II won Best Picture. Oscar: CLASSIC. Godfather Part III got nominated for Best Picture-but didn't win. It got 7 Oscar nominations. The criticism comes from Sofia Coppola, the writer/director/producer's daughter. She wound up getting 3 Oscar nominations and won 1 for screenwriting. Some thought she did a poor job acting in Part III. I didn't think she was that bad. Francis Ford Cord Coppola wrote, directed and produced all 3. It's totally worth watching Part III. Don't listen to those who say not to watch Part III
I like Sophia in this film. she plays a naive, over protected Italian who loves and respects her father. She is weak because she is supposed to be. Women hate this character but she portrays a mafia daughter and she did it well.
I have never seen acting as bad as young Soffia Coppola's in any major motion picture.
I think she gets a pass considering she wasn’t originally supposed to be in this movie. For some reason, Winona Ryder had to back out at the last minute so she stepped in as a favor to her father to avoid delays.
Paramount told Francis Coppola they were making a Part III,
with or without him,
& they wanted a love story part added
I think they took too long to make Part III
maybe it should have been made in the mid-80s?
i dunno.
Random Thoughts!The guy who played Luca was an actual member of the Gambino family. Al Martino a singer played Jonnie. Jonnie was a charcter drawn on Frank Sinatra. The Godfather is a study of family dynamics.
"Fight or flight? I'm outta there. I leave people behind too 😌"
5 minutes later:
"My brother would do the same for me. Right? 😇"
Bro: "Uhhhh..."
Like sister like brother lmaoo
Apolliania added Michael's desire for normalcy -- a touchstone to the world of honest human interpersonal communion of the type he shared with his father. She represented his very soul -- and she died.
I don't know how anyone has not watched the greatest Cinematic achievement of all time. Nothing else touches it in casting, acting, screenplay, script, score, directions, set design, costume, cinematography. Simply the best movie ever.
Clearly you've never seen Fast and Furious 27
What about Rocky 5000? It's even mentioned in Spaceballs.
Seriously though, I believe that “Lawrence Of Arabia” is the greatest for all the reasons you mentioned, but “The Godfather” is definitely near the top of my list of the greatest films of all time.
Nice to follow you in this journey now Cristy! For Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Francis Ford Coppola put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.
Godfather III was not a bad movie on its own merits; however, it suffered in comparison to the first two.
Kay: "Presidents and senators don't have men killed"
Michael: "Uuummmm..."
Obviously, Kay has never heard of the draft.
John Cazale plays Fredo to perfection, he was a really charismatic actor who could have gone on to be a cinema icons but for his early death from cancer. A look at the 5 feature films he was in says a lot about how he was regarded: The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and The Deer Hunter (1978). His girlfriend, Meryl Streep, later told how the studio could not get insurance for Cazale to appear in The Deer Hunter and how Robert De Niro so much wanted him in the film that her personally put up the money to get John Cazale in the film, with all the scenes he featured in being filmed first in case he got too ill. In the end Cazale died before The Deer Hunter was completed
Fredo was supposed to be the inept, awkward Corleone. His name has usually be used since this movie came out to describe someone weak within a family.
28:30 Your brother respectfully asks you to rely on your flight instinct.
I would watch part III as it really does close the loop on the Godfather saga. I didn't care for it at first but have warmed to it a lot over the years.
Cristy doesn’t support organized crime.
Cristy IS organized crime.
BAWHAHAHAHA!!!
Fun fact 20:52 this is why David Chase named the club Bada Bing😂
I was alway curious what that $600,000 horse in 1945 would be worth today in 2024.... $10.5 million.
Everybody underestimates Michael because he was the quiet, studious one who had nothing to do with the family business. But the war changed him. He was a Marine. He saw combat. He earned the Navy Cross and a Purple Heart. Michael was a killer when he came back but no one realized it until too late.
yeah, no.
Michael was lying to himself, not just Kay, about who he truly was, until his father was shot and the police captain broke his jaw.
According to the book, EVERYONE knew Micheal was the smartest and mentally strongest of the brothers. As kids, Sonny would beat the crap out of the youngest Micheal, but unlike Sonny's other victims, Micheal was the only one who fought back **every** time. He still got beat up, but never GAVE up and would often try to outsmart Sonny to avoid a beating. Also, Mike joined the Marines AGAINST the WHOLE family's wishes. Imagine the strength it takes to stand up against the Don, Sonny, everyone. Mike joined the Marines HOURS after the Pearl Harbor attack (the Don's birthday, coincidentally, Dec 6) and despite the Don pulling strings to keep his kids out of it, Mike enlisted anyway.
I would politely disagree that Micheal was a "killer," by nature, he's more of a ruthless leader who can and WILL kill if it's the smart move. Sonny.....Sonny is a killer. They day they attacked his dad (hospital), Sonny lost his temper and went to war and he STAYED at war until the day he died.
In fact, book background, Sonny is known as the most feared city fighter in New York. When he was 19, another failed assassination attempt put his father in the hospital, so Sonny took charge (again) and went to war immediately. He was so violent and ruthless that he almost COMPLETELY wiped out the leadership and footsolders of the other FOUR families. By that time, teh families were PRAYING for the Don's recovery (even though they're the ones who tried to kill him) so that he could reign in Sonny. The Don understood their fear, so kept Sonny by his side at all times....to teach but also to remind and INSTILL fear in his enemies: "if you kill me, Sonny is off the chain and everybody dies....remember that"
@@MJ-we9vu I'd like to respectfully add that everybody underestimates Michael - EXCEPT his father. The Don knew all along that Michael had what it took to be either his replacement or a powerful man in politics.
This is probably the dumbest take on the godfather I've ever seen 😂
What makes The Godfather so great was it was like Star Wars. Godfather was written all at the same time. It, like Star Wars, was too big and broken up into multiple movies.
John Cazale (Fredo) died young from cancer after filming The Deer Hunter. He was engaged to Meryl Streep. Though he had a short career he is a cast member of 4 epic movies: Godfather I, II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter.
The Deer Hunter is another great film, the acting is superb...great cast...
I was told by my dad, I'm pretty sure it's true. Johnny Fontain, singer, was supposed to be Frank Sinatra. Movie "From Here to Eternity" which Sinatra won an Academy Award
Fun fact, Marlon Brando was only in his 40s when he filmed Godfather. The old-man makeup throughout the film is flawless. Go online and check out photos of the real Brando at the time next to a photo of him in his Godfather make-up.
“Cristy, what have I done to make you treat me so disrespectfully?”
16:09 Thank you, editor. 🤣
I laughed out loud at that (although I laughed harder at the "Uhhh" later on 🙂 )
This movie was full of power house actors, when it came out back in the 70's it stayed in our local theater almost a year, people just kept coming back and seeing it again. There were no VHS tapes or DVD'S, once you saw it at the theater you had to wait for it to come on TV some time later - different time different era.
The “Ay no” throughout your reaction had me dying 😂
That's how I knew she was deeply into the story and characters
@@seaneendelong8065 need her to react to Blow, Goodfellas, Carlitos Way lol
Remember that Sonny busy moment because it will jog your memory in the third movie.
Godfather part 3 is a masterpiece.. but sad... Do not belive what you hear..
There is a show called The Offer it's about the making of The Godfather it's a drama not a documentary it is great
Who knew the guy from Grey’s Anatomy could do a GREAT Brando impersonation?
It's on Paramount +. It's a ten-episode miniseries. It is indeed very good.
@@NoHandleGrr Has ANYONE reacted to that miniseries yet? That or HBO's _From the Earth to the Moon?_
@@Wired4Life2 Not that I've noticed, in either case. 😞
Can't wait to see you watch Godfather part 2. With Robert de Niro amazing part as young Don Corleone.
Part 2 did something I didn't think could be done. It actually surpassed part one which was an amazing accomplishment.
You're smart as a whip and I love your commentary and comments. Keep up the great work Cristy! Que mañana sea tan hermoso como tú hoy. Dios te bendiga.
Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather novels, wrote the script together with director Francis Ford Coppola. Apparently it was Puzo's first movie script ever though, and he admitted in some interview he didn't really know what he was doing, and that he was basically flying blind. Some time after the movie came out and was a huge success he figured he should learn about script writing and he bought a textbook on the subject. The first line in the book was something like "Study the script for the movie The Godfather" :)
The traditional Italian music at both the wedding ..takes me back to the 1960/70s going over to Italy to attend various cousins weddings where this music was still being played …
Every wedding I go to still plays this traditional music..my daughters fiancé is not Italian and came to a family wedding recently-his shock hearing some of it😅
I'm a Sicilian New Yorker from the Bronx, and everything about the film seems quite correct. As for Godparents, they are pretty important in my family--my Godmother, my aunt, was a guiding force in my life who always acted in my best interest. Clemenza was Sonny's Godfather, so what he did with Carlo was deeply personal.
I'd say the Appollonia character is there to show you a contrast with Kay. In GF 2 you can understand having a docile Italian wife might be more beneficial then a strong willed western woman. You'll just have to watch GF2 to find out.
Welcome to The Godfather! 🌟 This movie shows the Corleone family's story and their life in organized crime. Vito is wise, and Michael changes a lot. It's a great movie-enjoy watching y'all! 🍿
19:05 “I like Michael. Favorite character. DONe”
Excellent foretelling ability Cristy!
Great reaction Cristy once again, l im glad you enjoy this masterpiece of cinema its one of my favourites its becouse of this movie that Coppola and Pacino got their careers famous in Hollywood. some fun-facts about this movie, Lenny Montana, who played Luca Brasi, was a professional wrestler before becoming an actor. He was so nervous delivering his lines to a legend like Brando during the scene in in this movie study that he didn’t give one good take during an entire day’s shoot. Because he didn’t have time to reshoot the scene, Coppola added a new scene of Luca Brasi rehearsing his lines before seeing the Godfather to make Montana’s bad takes seem like Brasi was simply nervous to talk to the Godfather.
The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray Francis Ford Coppola found while on the lot at Paramount. The cat was not originally called for in the script, and the cat with its purring muffled some of Brando's dialogue, and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped.
The horse head in the movie producer’s bed wasn’t a prop. The production got a real horse’s head from a local dog food company. The line in the script only had actor Richard Castellano as Clemenza say “Leave the gun” after the hit on the mobster who ratted on the Corleones. He was inspired to make the addition after Coppola inserted a line in which the character’s wife asks him to buy cannoli for dessert. Keep up the good work.
Men, looks like you watched the remastered version of it. It soo crisp lol First time i watched it was on VHS 😂
Brando was only 48 years old when this came out. Look for pictures of him from the time of the filming. The makeup to transform him into Vito Corleone is amazing.
Great reaction! The book fills us in that Luca Brasi chopped off the horses head.
Delightful reaction! Well done.
I think The Sopranos makes more sense when you consider that its makers very much had The Godfather in mind, as well as other Mafia films like Wise Guys, Prizzi's Honor, Scarface, etc. There I think The Sopranos is actually a commentary on such films. :)
I think the purpose of the Apollonia-wedding story is part of living in Sicily, where Michael comes to understand his father and why the Mafia exists. He doesn't really begin to become the coldly ruthless don until after Apollonia is murdered. By that time, he's steeped in the culture of Sicily and his own, and his father's, roots.
Lei parla italiano bene. Io non sono italiano, ma posso leggere la lingua sufficientemente per leggere un romanzo. Non so perché. Non l'ho studiato. Forse ero italiano in una vita passata.
"I respect your father, but he's old fashioned."
I have been studying the Italian language for some time, and I have always struggled with this exchange between Michael and senore solazzo. Grazie mille for processing, thinking out loud, and sharing your wisdom.
Because of this little, how you say, exchange, I will now become a subscriber. You have a nice little biz-a-niss going on here. Tu salute.
“The third one, a lot of people didn’t like it. But, I think it was just misunderstood”…
Bold men make bold statements.
@@marcuscato9083 and the good men compliments it ~
Technically and legally that be self-defense cuz the law is very clear on this it's on generally speaking the legal right to do so
Nice job - really enjoyed it. Scene selection/editing was well done. You’re sharp as hell and have a ton of personality. Ty…
“The stress of being in the mafia…. I’d rather be poor..” - For real, high blood pressure every time before you start your car and before stopping at every red light… But hey, the weddings look like fun haha
Another great reaction!
Cristy's reactions are offers we can't refuse
Lol your "I leave people behind too ..." admission cracked me up lol :) Beautiful piece of crazy honesty lol
Sonny is absolutely a hothead and not thoughtful enough to be a Godfather, but nobody can doubt his loyalty to his family.
Even Don Vito admitted that "Santino was a bad Don."
Great reaction! I just watched your Jaws reaction today as well. Some reactors want to be the center of attention, but you let the movie play without ruining it. Awesome!
Great reaction, and great to see your appreciation for this classic!!! 🐴
John Cazale was in 5 movies before he died. All were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Godfather I and II. The Deer Hunter, The Conversation and Dog Day Afternoon.
Yep, this is right at the End of World War II. The wedding was in 1945. In the book, they explain that Michael was a decorated War hero for his actions against the Japanese during the war.
I had seen it many times on TV, but I finally watched in a theatre on its fiftieth anniversary. It just feels different and you understand why it was such a cultural touchstone.
At the 17:40 mark you asked about the horse head!!
There's actually a series on Paramount called The Offer, and it's basically the story about how this movie was made and the trouble that they had to go through to make it!!
Everything from the Italian-American community being against the book The Godfather because they thought it portrayed Italians as gangsters!!
Then you have Frank Sinatra, who was portrayed in this movie by the character Johnny Fontaine, putting up extreme resistance about the movie being made!!
Finally Joe Colombo of the Colombo crime family in New York, talked to the producer and came to an agreement that the word Mafia would only be used one time!! And as a matter of fact I'm not sure it's used in the first Godfather but it is used once in the second Godfather!!
So the story of the horse's head is as follows,
The New York City meat district was controlled by the Colombo crime family!! In those days horse meat was used for dog food!! The real horses head was procured by the mob members and delivered to the set by associates of Joe Colombo!!
They didn't kill a horse, usually the horses that are used for dog food are pretty much dead anyway!!😢
But that's how they got the horse's head.
I believe it was because Columbo overheard Francis Coppola saying that he was not happy with the prop head!!
So he took it upon himself to get him a real horse head.
Waaaaay too many exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@AntnyDsmn thanks for the constructive criticism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@bernardsalvatore1929 I do what I can and it's comforting to know that some people will take my advice to heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The movie starts in late 1945. It was Christmas 1945 when the Don was shot.
The thing is they stole the horse, killed it, chopped off the head, broke into the mansion, snuck into the guy's bedroom, snuck the head into the guy's bed under the silk covers WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING IN IT and not disturbing him! 😮😮😮
Since you are a Sopranos fan you know about "goomars". Carlo and Sonny had them. Micheal on the otherhand was faithful like his father was.
This character was into drugs and kink.
Slipping a little something into his night-cap wouldn't have been too hard.
I the filming, they actually used a Real Horse's Head, but did not tell Wertz. That is the Real Reaction you got from him, waking up and really finding a copped off horse's head....
Your comments are refreshing and not too intrusive. He don't interrupt too much and you GET it...what's going on. Very cool. Thanks for a great posting.
There’s Cristy “The Boss” in her helmet 😂
The entire movie is set in motion by Sonny's apparent eagerness to get into narcotics. Sollazzo sensed it at the meeting between himself and Don Vito. Sonny's interest wasnt explicit but his tone and face spoke volumes when he asked about the Tattaglias guaranteeing the Corleones' profit. That was all it took. Sollazzo immediately began making plans with the other families.
Thank you so much for the spoiler warning about The Sopranos at 16:45 !!!
“These guys, on both sides of me… they’re asleep.”
@@yourlifeisagreatstory'don't say that it's not funny. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU FLOPPING AROUND DOWN THERE'
Lucca drugged the horse and the owner.
Chopped up the horse and allowed the owner to wake up.
And it was a real horse’s head.
@@phogue1 Yes
The live horse had a patch of white hair that the severed head did not. Therefore, it was either a mistake by the filmmakers or that was just a threat that they could kill Woltz’s horse if he didn’t agree to their demand.
@@nrkgalt Coppola requisitioned a horse’s head from a dog food company. It had to be painted dark like Khartoum, as it was a white horse before processing. This information is from the Godfather wiki, which cited “The Godfather Legacy” published in 2005 by Harlan Lebo.
The Offer is a movie series and its Its about Al Ruddy's experience of making the 1972 film "The Godfather" with Francis Ford Coppola.
When I rewatched the restaurant scene that on the way to the restaurant that McCluskey's driver lost the tail on the bridge. It was very important for Michael to McCluskey and Sollozzo that he had no idea where the meet was going to be at. So they had to go through with the motions of trying to tail them. McCluskey losing the trail wasn't important but it was definitely important that McCluskey had no idea that Michael knew where the location of the meet was. So he later on go to the bathroom with no idea he might come out of it with a gun.
Michael hearing the elevated train in the bathroom then waiting for it to come by again to create confusion is a brilliant plot point.
When you finish the Godfather trilogy (and I recommend you watch the third one, it is not as good as the first two to be sure, but it is a better movie than it is given credit for. It just suffers by comparison to the first two) watch "Goodfellas", then "Casino". You'll love them!
Godfather II is my favorite of the three!!!
Great reaction 💯
There is a scene that was cut from the original. The scene was of Michael grieving after his young wife was murdered. It was during that period of grief where Michael's transition to become the ruthless new Godfather who was bent on revenge. The cut scene is on RUclips.
The actor playing Luca Brasi (who was in the mafia himself) actually flubbed his lines because he was intimidated by Brando, so they added in the earlier scene of him rehearsing his speech so that it would be in character.
Godfather 2 - both sequel AND a prequel! And so incredible.
Remember in The Sopranos when Big P**sy is describing a hit in Season 1 and says it was a "Moe Greene Special?" There you go.
oh yeahhhhh Brendan in the bathtub!
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Amazing reactions, and your Italian pronunciation is good too👌🏻…