The Godfather DVD Collection

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Summary: Useless Appendage
Review: I think The Godfather and Godfather II are classic American films which should be owned by ever cinema-phile. Unfortunately, the third movie was just awful. So maybe you should buy the set for "completeness", but I'd recommend saving a bit of money, shelf space and nausea by getting the first two and passing on any collection that includes the third one.

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Summary: The third film stinks
Review: The last Godfather movie, made in 1989 stinks on rye bread. Its so bad that I want to move on right away and discuss the first two films before I become ill. Got the picture? The first two films are excellent, though the first is better than the second. I would skip this bundled trilogy and just buy the first film seperately.

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Summary: Tremendous novel comes to life on the screen
Review: Few films are better than the original novel- the Godfather is an exception, and the first Godfather film of 1972 is better than the second one from 1974. I watch this movie time and time again and always spot something I missed previously. Brando is excellent, as are all of the actors.

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Summary: Stop whining about chronology, but whine about xtra scenes
Review: Some of the greatest movies of all time and the greatest mafia movies of all time (only Goodfellas is even in the same league and it comes up short). Although GIII is not as important as GI and GII it is not a betrayal and is a worthy conclusion to the story. My main reason for reviewing, however, is to attempt to shut up the people on here whining about the release not being in "saga" format.....if you watch the movie in "saga" format you ARE NOT WATCHING THE MOVIE you are watching a modified version of the movie....these same reviewers move on to praise the additional scenes added to this version (which are actually making me consider not purchasing this release)....cut scenes are interesting but THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE MOVIE....they were intentionally left out of the movie by the director and THEY NEVER HAPPENED....if they want to make these scenes avaliable hten do what Ed Harris did with "Pollock" this year and include them seperately on the DVD but do not add them to the body of the movie...they arent supposed to be there!

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Summary: cinematic perfection, packaged with Godfather III
Review: The two greatest films made in the history of film, wrapped up with a mediocre Hollywood biopic. The first film: absolute perfection. Brilliance achieved with acting, directing, music, art direction... everything. The second part of the first film takes perfection to new heights. A must for anyone with family, especially an estranged family member. The third film: okay. I am sure I am not alone when I say that it does not deserve to be included in this set. It should be an option. Let us save our hard-earned money.

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Summary: The Greatest Film Collection Ever!
Review: The Godfather (1972) is the unquestionable greatest movie of all time. Brando is awesome. He is so good. I like that movie more than II and III. I think everyone does. Hope you like it.

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Summary: No words can express this timeless classic.
Review: Every time I see an advertisement in a T.V. guide saying the Godfather is coming on I clean the house, cook alot of food, goto the store and get a case of wine or beer and I ask not to be disturbed. What can I say about this movie, Except this is what you should spend your $... on at a movie theatre. Thank you for putting this movie on DVD.

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Summary: Without a doubt, NO ONE could refuse this one!
Review: The Godfather Trilogy has got to be, without a doubt, the greatest film epic of this genre. The performances turned in by the seasoned actors and actresses are stellar. The screen adaptation is superb. The added "goodies" on the DVD version are a joy for anyone who loved the original films. Godfather I and II are magnificent while part III is a bit weaker it's still wonderful in that it ties up all the ends and makes for a fantastic finale. Having grown up on the classic "gangster" films of Bogart, Cagney, and Raft and loving every minute of them I still have to cast my vote for The Godfather Trilogy as my all time favourite "gangster" film. The Saga of the Corleone Family is one that I never tire of watching. I defy anyone to view this trilogy film and not think it's the best!

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Summary: The history of the Mafia
Review: The "Godfather Trilogy", particulary parts I and II, are perhaps the definitive "history" of the Mafia captured on film. The films chart the lives of the Coreleone clan, Vito, the original godfather (Marlon Brando) and his son and successor, Michael, from a panoramic perspective, as Vito lands as an immigrant nine-year-old from Sicily in 1901, up to his rise as an influential mob boss, until the death of his son Michael in the 1980s. The first film is undeniably the best, containing a number of tense encounters, with Brando exuding tremendous charisma as Don Corleone, the man who makes you "an offer you can't refuse". The second film is inferior, with a lot more bloodletting, though it may be confusing for those who haven't seen the first film, with its use of multiple flashbacks. Top honours have to go to Robert De Niro in the role of the young godfather, Vito Corleone, even though he doesn't appear with Al Pacino in not even a single scene. The third film, (originally planned as "The Godfather III: The Death of Michael Corleone", is by far the weakest, though, but it does work up to a great finale, with a massacre being elaborately intercut with an opera performance. The three films' production values, (direction, cinematography and Nino Rota's magical score) are all of a top standard. A particularly unique way in which the films defy convention is its portrayal of the Mafia killers, extortionists, blackmailers and thugs as doting fathers and affectionate family men with a strong sense of justice and loyalty, though this is also accomplished at the cost of portraying their lives as violent, risky, cruel, unstable and inevitably tragic.

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Summary: Movie for all time
Review: I like to see this movie every while ,becuse it's the best one of the top movies, it is the best of all in acting,story and in the directing of copola!!.and it's also the same for 2nd part shering of robert denoro was one of the better step that copola did in the movie...,3rd part was very good but one step behind the other.finally over all i give it 5 STAR.