The Godfather Film Thread

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I love that movie, and love that scene.

Also the one with Sonny backing his car up down the street. šŸ˜‚
 
Irishmom, I have to laugh, we didnā€™t think Marinara was as tasty eitherā€¦ no matter how many odorini Nonni would useā€¦ šŸ¤£. At my Nonno and Nonniā€™s house, we said Sugo (when there was meat/fish involved), Marinara (tomato, no meat/fish), Pesto, Alfredo, etc. And in a few more monthsā€¦ polenta!
 
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Incidentally, the deleted scenes may have been deleted because they did not want to portray Michael as being disrespectful. He would still discuss things with his father even when he took over as Godfather. Even when his father asked him if he had done this or that, he respectfully told him he had it all under control.
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I would say there was tension, but I wouldnā€™t say disrespect. Michael is caught between two worlds in the beginning of the movie and itā€™s a source of alienation from his father. Even Vito has conflicting feelings about it. He makes it known that he disapproves of Michael volunteering for WWII, but then we learn secondhand that Vito is proud of Michaels service. Vito is torn: he feels alienated because Michael is integrating into mainstream American society, but his secret hope is that Michael does break free. (ā€œI thought youā€™d be Senator Corleone, Governor Corleoneā€¦ā€)
 
I agree completely. I never saw disrespect. I think Vito saw the potential for bigger things in Michael that he did not see in Sonny or of course, Fredo.
 
I always thought he saw Michael as the most balanced. Sonny is brave but too impulsive and hotheaded. Fredo is smart but too timid. Michael has both the guts and the brains.
 
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Iā€™m tentatively planning to watch the movies next weekend, or at least the first one.
 
I watched the first one last night.

Is anyone else, when they watch this, disconcerted by the sudden jumps forward in time in the final hour? In one scene Michael tries to woo a reluctant Kay a year after he returns from Sicily, and you blink and theyā€™re married with a 3-year-old kid.
 
Did anyone see The Godfather Saga? Many, many (šŸ˜‰) years ago, I think it was on NBC, they edited parts one and two to put it all in chronological order. We recorded it on VHS (šŸ˜‚) but a couple of years ago, I got a dvd online somewhere.

Itā€™s very enjoyable actually. I will say no more about it so that those that have not seen both parts can see it first.

They included a few things supposedly not in part one or two, but they also left out a few things as well.

I would say we probably watch it at least once a year, if not twice. And that doesnā€™t count watching it whenever it was on tv as a marathon at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
 
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The Saga was good! And it has more footage. Fabrizio is in it. šŸ¤“
 
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Shhhhhhhh! šŸ˜‰

I always want spaghetti and then cannoli when we watch it. Very handy to watch it on Sunday when we most likely were have some kind of pasta. šŸ˜‰
 
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You can do that. In fact that is how the director meant it to be seen I would think. But after you are familiar with the movies, itā€™s fun to see the Saga, in chronological order.
 
Yes. And if you donā€™t pay attention, you wonder how long Connie was pregnant. Sheā€™s pregnant when Sonny dies but the babyā€™s baptism is the end of the film.

Years passed between the two children.

Didnā€™t she ever suspect anything about her husband and Sonny?
 
Can one imagine studios making films of The Godfather quality ever again? Actual sagas that become part of the culture by their sheer storytelling alone, and not through force by mass-marketing?
 
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