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Summary: "Anthony's friends' are your buttonmen"
Review: Wow! Great job by Francis Ford Coppola. Family tree segment on the 5th disc is awesome. Clears up lots of debateable questions; e.g., who is the oldest son?, or how old was Sonny when he died? Only possible complaint is that I love "The Complete Epic, 1902-1959". I wish FFC would have made a chronological version, including all the outtakes from the NBC TV version. Godfather 3 counts in name only. The first 2 are the greatest American movies of all time. If Bush had "Genco" as his consigliere, Afghanistan would be a hole on the map. Widescreen 16:9, closed caption, digital 5.1 sound, and the best organized crime characters ever, make this a must have.The closed captioning, permits you to hear lines, you never heard before. Incidentally, the TV closed captioning and the DVD subtitles are different; i.e., the title of my review. Unless you use the TV version, you don't see that line on the screen. Oh well. On a scale of 10, it's a 9&1/2, because nothing is perfect. That said, go buy the DVD collection, and enjoy it as much as I have.
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Summary: Great movies- horrible DVD transfer
Review: The movies are no different than before, and it's nice to see the bonus footage. But the transfers are horrendous, to say the least. Even Part 3, released in 1990, looks terrible. I've seen it look better on cable, so it's not as if there aren't better versions around. To all prospective buyers- rent it or borrow from a friend and see for yourself. ... Paramount should be ashamed of itself for taking the time to make a beautiful box, only to deprive us of a beautiful transfer.
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Summary: Save Your Money and Get the LD-set
Review: My LD Box Set incorporated the entire saga in one humongous 9 hour saga with all the deleted scenes put in the right places.
I am in Hong Kong so instead of schlepping the LD player and the box set, I bought a DVD player and the DVD set. What a gross rip-off. They just copied the three original disjointed parts and did not bother to put in the deleted scenes which do count for something. Eg. the rub-out of Fabrizio - that ... who allowed Appolonia to die - was never mentioned and Michael's painful recovery from that loss was never shown. Quality is no hell. My laser-disc set is far superior in quality. The extra scenes and stuff is already on the laserdisc box set
Sorry, but this was hype and all it is to me is another example of quick slap-dash drek.
So my opinion:......feh!!!!!...!!!!!!
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Summary: Sublime, but...
Review: So good to have the 3 movies together, and the bonus disk too. But what happened during the transfer to DVD? I thought my player had suddenly developed a defect. Godfather 1 is spectacularly muddy and Part 2 is not much better. Shadows have become blackness, muted colors have turned to sludge, the bright colors jar the eyes and all that penetrating sharpness in the closeups is lost. Strangely, the sound is as crystaline as any purist could wish for. What happened? The movies were never like this on the big screen.
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Summary: Godfather DVD released October 2001
Review: I am disapointed:
1. Many scenes have been deleted from the original Goddfather movies.
2. Why was this not available in a wide screen format.
3. I know John Cazale passed away some years ago and was not available for interviews. But surely there were some out-takes of conversations with John that could have been included.
4. I was looking forward to this collection. I am sorry I purchased it and if I could get a refund, I would quickly return the collection.
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Summary: Greatest Drama Ever
Review: After having watched the first film, I have to say that it is the best drama I have ever seen. It is structured like a long epic, chronicling the important events to the Corleones: the fall and rise of Vito and the family, Michael's integration into the business, and his eventual take over and relocation of the family. With all this, it still manages to have a very subjective feel to it, keeping very close to the characters, specifically Michael and the Don, throughout the entire movie. What may be decieving is that the last hour of the movie, as opposed to the first 2, takes place over a much more extended period of time. It's "strictly business" and may be offsetting to some, but it has such powerful scenes, such as the Vito and Michael talking, Michael confronting Carlo, and the entire end sequence, that you can't dislike it. And looking back on the entire movie, and trilogy, you come to realize that the Godfather is really a saga of a family and its business over a period of many years whose last hour is a fantastic lead up to the ending, and, ultimately, Part II.
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Summary: Not Quite What I Was Hoping For........
Review: You cannot question the sheer brilliance of this trilogy, but oh how I was longing for this boxed set to be the 'box set to end all box sets'. Sure, I can enthuse about the 3 films which to me far outclass any other films I have ever seen but I do feel that Paramount failed us all in their efforts. Lesser know DVD 'specials' include anything from booklets & postcard/photographs to compliment the film, but in the Godfather set we had nothing??!!........we had the 3 films & they are 'special' in themselves but would it not have been great to have had just a little bit more?????
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Summary: Disappointed...
Review: is the only word I can use for this DVD collection, having waited anxiously for them after placing my order day's after they were announced. As an owner of the previously released trilogy on VHS, the video quality of these DVD's is astonishingly poor in comparision. There is a tremendous amount of grain visible, it's overly dark with poor shadow detail and there's been no attempt to clean up the dirt, specks and scratches. Owner's of the VHS tapes will notice that these DVD's have not received a THX blessing and it's readily evident. I wonder what the expanation is for this, considering that, in relative comparison, the VHS tapes look far superior.
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Summary: The Good The Bad The Ugly
Review: As a young man with a wife and two small children I would run by the company store on Friday's to get tickets for the drive in. More often than not the movies where a diversion, but the God Father, and God Father II were excellent movies. Personally I felt The Good Father III lacked in sincerity what the others did, but when I heard they were coming out on DVD I couldn't wait.Last Tuesday at 10:00 am the 5 disk set hit the stores; I was waiting at the door at 9:59 am. Today I finished all three, it was time for the extra goodies, but to my dismay only 20% of the fifth disk played. I exchanged the disk at the store where I purchased them, but yet again the fifth disk wouldn't play on my system. I had to get a magnifying glass out to read that some special features wouldn't play on all DVD units. I can't understand why not since the contents were old material. Buyer beware!
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Summary: "this my friend, is an offer you can't refuse!"
Review: If you were sitting in a dark room, could not see a thing and "THE GODFATHER-WALTZ" started to play, you would immediately associate this with this collection, and you'd by correct...probably one of the most recognizable themes ever written...not to mention the "LOVE THEME FROM THE GODFATHER", so beautiful and haunting had universal appeal, our composer Nino Rota most certainly outdid himself with this score. Director Francis Ford Coppola's delivers a masterpiece, based on Mario Puzo's best selling book...an outstanding cast even more realized today than then ~ Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Richard Castellano, John Cazle, Lee Strasberg, Eli Wallach and Sterling Hayden embroiled within "The Godfather Saga", dramatic acting at it's best. The full-length Audio Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Widescreen Enhanced for 16:9 TVs, Closed Captioned, and that's on just the first four discs...on the final disc (Disc 5), "The Godfather Bonus Material" with over three hours of exclusive features highlighting the many Cast Rehersals, Additional Scenes, Documentary on the Making of the Godfather, The Music of the Godfather (featuring Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola) plus other extra's to numerous to mention...but you get the general idea, this is a "film-buffs-treasure"...something that only comes along once in a lifetime, do me a favor...don't pass this up...this DVD Collection is in a CLASS BY ITSELF! You might want to pick up "The Godfather Trilogy" (SSD-1121) on the Silva America label, would make an excellent companion for your "Godfather DVD Collection", please check out my reviews on amazon.com/music. Total 5-DVD-Set ~ Paramount Pictures 15647 ~ (2001)
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