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Summary: HORRIBLE DVD TRANSFER
Review: Prestine DVD it is not! I was greatly disappointed on the transfer and picture quality of this long anticipated DVD collection. Scratches and dirt apparent on the original film elements and high digital compression rates make the "creeping crawlies" on faces simply unacceptable especially when viewing on a big screen. Just as Stanley Kubrick's highly anticipated first DVD collection was simply a joke, so is this Godfather collection. Paramount DVD's in general are poorly mastered and this collection is no exception. Just as Warner ended up having to remaster Kubrick's DVD collection with better elements, Paramount should also consider doing the same with The Godfather.
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Summary: THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME HAS ARRIVED ON DVD!!!
Review: Hey everyone, let me just say that The Godfather DVD Collection is a most own! It's unbelievable, I absolutely love it! I've never seen The Godfather 2 & 3 but I've seen the first one. The first time I saw The first Godfather was in my uncles car while my cousins, uncle and myself were driving up to Laughlin, Nevada. My uncle has a VCR in his Expedition so we decided to take The Godfather, because it was just about a 3-hour movie, which was perfect (the road trip was 3 hours long). So I've seen the first Godfather during spring break of 2001 and it was great. I plan to watch the whole DVD Collection with my cousin David this weekend (he hasn't bought it yet so he wants me to go over his house this weekend because he wants to see it). Sorry people I sort of got off topic there. What I'm really trying to say is BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT!
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Summary: EXCEPTIONAL FILM MAKING!
Review: An outstanding film, and truely wonderfull in 5.1 Surround Sound!
A must have for any DVD collection. Without question, the best trilogy of all time!
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Summary: Yes it's finally here
Review: All I had to say was it's about time that The Godfather collection came out on DVD. The one thing that I am puzzled by it is that Part one and Part 3 are on one DVD disk; but Part 2 is on two disks. I didn't get a chance to watch them in full when I got them. I was more interested in the bonus DVD disk
Now the bonus disks seems to be somewhat well put together, I do have one problem, the part where they have the scenes that never made it to the final cut, it's a bit fustrating to have to select next and then select play to view these scenes; I think that it would have been better if they had it set up where each scene plays continuously right after each one, as opposed to selecting it. Aside from that I'm happy with it. I hope that Mr. Coppola comes out with a different DVD set, similar to the epic series prior to part three, from the time Vito comes to the U.S as a little boy leading to Michael being in power without the flashbacks but WITH THE DELETED scenes added in. Well I guess we'll have to wait and see. Enjoy
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Summary: Lots of Holes in this Godfather
Review: First of all I am a HUGE Godfather fan and I know almost everything there is to know about the first two films. When I heard Godfather was to be released to DVD over a year ago but was going to be delayed due to the fact the studio and (Coppola?) were going to give it the red carpet treatment, I was happy that finally, every scrap of footage that was ever cut was going to be replaced! From The Saga, (the tv version with the most added footage) to the Complete Epic which has scenes that neither the regular version or the Saga have. Plus I was hoping for even more footage. Warning people! The 3 films are all as you would have seen them at the movies! Although awesome DVD picture quality and sound, never the less this is NOT the To-End-All Godfather DVD I had waited and waited for:( All of the "extra footage" is on the 5th supplemental disc not cut in with the rest of the film as I had hoped for. And what makes it even worse, is that, the makers of this DVD didn't even put ALL of the extra scenes in, I know of 4 more scenes they didn't add to this disc. What a disappointment for a true die hard fan. Maybe one day they will put together a version to end all versions, until then I still Have my own version I painstakenly cut together from 3 different versions over the course of 2 weeks, although the quailty and sound are not the greatest, I feel I do have the most complete version.
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Summary: Astonishingly poor video quality
Review: If you, like me, have been a fan of The Godfather I and II, you no doubt looked forward to the day when the movies would be available in the DVD format. I bought my four disc set and am very, very disappointed. The VHS tapes of the movies, even a home-made tape made from the many cable television showings of the movies, offer far superior video quality than these DVD discs. What happened?The video on my discs (curiously and tellingly, the "extras" disc looks just fine) of the Godfather movies is a disaster. Color saturation is poor, every minute of the movies suffers from having a greatly underexposed look, and definition can best be described as looking like that one would get after taping a tape from a tape. In other words, a poor imitation of the original source. But this is DVD! The sound, though, is perfect. Finally, it is a very poor idea to release Godfather II on two discs, but that is what Paramount has done. I don't know what when wrong here, but buyer beware.
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Summary: Leave the cannoli. Take the DVD. - A DVD Review
Review: Anyone remotely familiar with film knows & loves The Godfather, truly our American epic. And having pored through the DVD I can truly say that I feel this is the definitive version of this masterpiece. OK, as everyone's said here before, #3 stinks, whatever, we know, shaddup. That isn't the point. The point is a beautiful widescreen digital picture. The point is 5.1 digital surround sound. Those two greatest benefits of the DVD format have allowed me to watch this picture at home in a way I've only been able to approach previously when our local art house deigns to show them on the big screen. As one would expect, the DVD menus & formatting is very professionally done. The extras are also stunning, including the Coppola commentaries for all 3 films, a great timeline & geneology of the Corleone family, scenes from the 1977 re-edited version, etc. I found the documentary & shorts less interesting, but your mileage may vary. In the end though, if you've always loved these movies but never owned them, this is the way to watch them. If you've got them on VHS widescreen version & don't have home theater I'd say keep what you have. If you buy, you're sure not to be disappointed, though a movie with this sort of grandeur really does call for a home theater situation. As far as people being [angry] about not getting that re-edited 1977 version on DVD, I have two things to say. First, I'm sure it'll hit stores eventually so stop yer whining, and second, for what it's worth I think they're best apart. The first introduces us to this warped vision of Americana and our primary character, Michael, while the second shows us both the genesis of Vito's legacy and the beautiful parallels between the decisions and actions of the young Vito & Michael as the new Godfather that're lost when they're melded into a linear tale. So pbbt.
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Summary: To the angry reviewer below, re Part II being split
Review: The reason Part II was put on two discs is this: at 200 minutes, one disc wouldn't hold both the movie (assuming good picture quality and sound) and Coppola's commentary.
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Summary: the must have dvd collection
Review: When you talk about Al Pacino there two movies that come to mind Scarface and of course the movie that made Al Pacino a household name the Godfather,the orignal gangsta movie,and frankly it,s about time we get this on DVD .
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Summary: DVD Format is a Real Treat!
Review: The Godfather 1 and 2 are my all-time favorite movies. I have seen them so many times I have dialog much of the dialog memorized. When the Godfather was re-released on the big screen a few years ago I was amazed at how fresh this movie still seemed after seeing it on video a number of times. So when the DVD was released, I questioned whether I should buy it or not, and argued that at the very least they are my favorite movies so I bought them. At the time of this review I have only seen the first disc and I am absolutely thrilled and more than satisfied. A few reasons come to mind. One is that I am seeing a lot of things I had never noticed before. For instance I was completely shocked that I had never noticed in the distance, the statue of liberty during the hit on Pauly. I also am hearing a lot of things I had never heard before on VHS format(too many to things to mention). And finally the audio commentary by Coppolla is very insightful and interesting(the studio was actually going to fire him 3 weeks into filming because they didn't like the film - and yes, that was a REAL horses head). Anyway, I am having too much fun watching these so far, and I am only on the first one! This is a perfect example of why they made the DVD format!
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