NFT: The Godfather or The Godfather Part II?

Is part one plus all the good flashback stuff from part 2... read the book... its an all-time great book

And I think the second one was OK, I liked the flashback stuff but I think I liked the third movie better than the second

To like 3 over 2

(TV I think) where they rearranged I & II in chronological order. It's amazing.

In comment 13728418 BillT said:

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(TV I think) where they rearranged I & II in chronological order. It's amazing.

HBO did it. You can probably still watch it. It was awesome.

I think my fav is #2.

To the guy who said #3 - sorry you lost your head coaching job this week, but you don’t have to ruin the giants message board too.

#1 had Brando, #2 didn't.

Case closed.

DeNiro and Pacino at their best.

And Cazale was the best of them all.

In comment 13728418 BillT said:

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(TV I think) where they rearranged I & II in chronological order. It's amazing.

I like this one best.

Better than II. I could never really get into the second to be honest.

I thought was the greatest acting I’ve ever seen in going from Mikey to The Godfather in a few hours

The flashback scenes to the young Vito are fantastic. I love watching them because it's like a window into the world that my great-grandfather lived in when he came from Italy to NYC in 1913.

Second one does all the work. Apples and oranges in many ways. And both set the standard. They are great on their own or as complements to each other.

It has everything, not that 2 wasn't great. I agree on the Brandon comment. It often said people are made for roles. Can you imagine any actor of any era delivering that performance?

several times. His son, Joey was in some of my high school classes. I worked at a local bookstore in a mall and I would approach him in a way to not let other customers know about who he was.

We spoke about Joey and books in general. He was a nice man. (Short guy).

it's called the godfather saga, you can purchase the dvd and blu ray of it... puts 1&2 in chronological order and it's fuckin awesome!

In comment 13728416 mattlawson said:

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To like 3 over 2

+1000

not all that close. the true is which one can you watch all the way through with comercials. I put on 1 its on till they close the doors. i put on 2 i skip back and fourth and catch my favotite parts.

Godfather Saga
1
2

In comment 13728464 Greg from LI said:

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The flashback scenes to the young Vito are fantastic. I love watching them because it's like a window into the world that my great-grandfather lived in when he came from Italy to NYC in 1913.

Greggie you're italian? This changes everything

-Eric from BBI

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Both are great, but I'm partial to the first

In comment 13728630 gtt350 said:

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Greggie you're italian? This changes everything

An all-American mutt - an Italian grandfather, a southern grandmother whose ancestors came here hundreds of years ago, and my mom's family is almost all Irish (one German in there)

"The only thing Godfather three is good for is snorting coke of the jewels case"

In comment 13728464 Greg from LI said:

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The flashback scenes to the young Vito are fantastic. I love watching them because it's like a window into the world that my great-grandfather lived in when he came from Italy to NYC in 1913.

My ancestors, too, though, sadly, some of mine were much more nefarious than yours were (see my great-grandfather's wiki link below).


My great-grandfather... - ( New Window )

The ending scene, with Michael "taking care of business" while serving as godfather in a baptism ceremony is one of the finest in cinematic history. That and Marlon Brando puts it over the top for me.

I 100% would not recommend watching it as your first
or 2nd viewing.

i really took away from part 2

Wow....from Corleone, even! My family came from Northern Italy, a few villages near the border between Liguria and Emilia-Romagna.

Funny story - my Italian grandfather HATES The Godfather because he gets his back up about anything that ties Italians to the mob. My dad told me that, at my parent's wedding, the band played the theme from the Godfather when his parents were introduced at the reception (the movie was hot stuff at the time, this was 1974) and my grandpa hit the roof. "That's not an Italian song - it's a song about criminals!"

The Godfather Epic. They take both 1 and 2 plus some unseen footage and splice them in chronological order.

1 is hard to beat.

I'm not as annoyed with 3 as many, but it clearly isn't the film the others are. It does allow a great story to play out, so I give it leeway there.

In comment 13728703 Greg from LI said:

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Funny story - my Italian grandfather HATES The Godfather because he gets his back up about anything that ties Italians to the mob.

Greg - My mom has NEVER talked about that side of her family. She always said that her mother (my grandmother) grew up without a father but she never would say why, just that he died young. I've learned what I have from other relatives and the internet. But nothing ever from my mom.

As an aside, my great grandfather's brother (Cyro) was known as the "Artichoke King" which is a pretty good nickname.

for the 1st time in almost 40 years. Back when it came out in '72 I was only 12 so I probably saw it when I was 18. It was very good.

Question: The long scene when Michael Corleone traveled to Sicily, got married and his wife died in a car bomb, was that during the time he was in hiding after he went to Los Vegas? He was sporting a bruise under his left eye that he may have gotten from the corrupt police Chief.

I'm going to watch part 2 soon.

Eric from BBI: Get with the the program or I'll have to make you an offer you can't refuse!

In comment 13730799 mrvax said:

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Question: The long scene when Michael Corleone traveled to Sicily, got married and his wife died in a car bomb, was that during the time he was in hiding after he went to Los Vegas? He was sporting a bruise under his left eye that he may have gotten from the corrupt police Chief.

He's in hiding after killing the cop and Sollozzo.

In comment 13730802 Mad Mike said:

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He's in hiding after killing the cop and Sollozzo.

OK, thanks. Did he go there straight away then to Vegas or the other way around?

Godfather III deserve its own thread?