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Summary: The Godfather
Review: The Godfather is simply the best movie I have ever seen. Complete with exquisite acting and an interesting plot, it is a treat for anyone who has ever watched a movie. If you haven't experienced it yet, try to get your hands on it- you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: give it 15 stars!
Review: THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE! Buy ALL 3 FOR YOUR COLLECTION!
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Summary: More Mafia glorification from the $ crew
Review: Hollywood and the American movie-going public are inexplicably addicted to mafia-glorifying garbage. The Godfather is the bombastic epitome of this twisted world view, wherein criminals are heroes. I give it two stars in homage to the standout acting, strong plot lines, and solid production values; that said, ask yourself why one should support any film that glamorizes organized crime. If you'd prefer to see a film that showcases the human toll exacted by the Mafia, go see "Excellent Cadavers" instead.
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Summary: Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" Trilogy
Review: THE GODFATHER: Mario Puzo's Popular Novel Comes To Life In Artful Fashion...Filmed In Foreboding Tones, The Film Takes Us Into The Lurid World Of The Mafia...Marlon Brando Won An Oscar For His Performance, But It's Al Pacino Who Grabs Your Attention With An Unnerving Intensity... THE GODFATHER, PART II: This Is A Sequel That Equals The Quality Of The Original, An Almost Almost Unheard Of Circumstance In Hollywood...Director Francis Ford Coppola Skillfully Meshes Past And Present, Intercutting The Story Of Young Don Corleone (Robert DeNiro), An Ambitious Immoral Immigrant, And His Son Michael (Al Pacino), Who Lives Up To His Father's Expectations, Turning The Family's Crime Orginizition Into A Sleek, Cold, Modern Operation...This Gripping Film Won Seven Academy Awards... THE GODFATHER, PART III: From The First Frame Of This Operatic, Shakespere Influenced Final Chapter In The Screen's Finest Gangster Epic, We Are Thrust Back Into The Larger Than Life World Of The Corleone Family...It Is Two Decades After The Modern Day Events In "Part II", And Don's Son Michael (A Brilliant Performance By Al Pacino) Has Managed To Move The Family Out Of Crime And Into Legitimate Enterprises...But Sinister Forces Lurking Within His Empire Compel Michael To Revert To His Old, Violent Ways - With Tragic Consequences...
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Summary: SHOULD BE SIX STARS
Review: Coppola's masterworks take on a living-tapestry quality when viewed in the mesmerizing, seamless collection provided here. Gorgeously shot, and full of remarkable acting, music, costuming, sets, these films define America's development throughout the first half of the 20th century by concentrating on the details in one crime family's growth. Wow. Though Part III suffers from the miscasting of Sofia Coppola, who gives it her best shot, it still holds up, filled with those grand, swirling sequences that combine violence and art so imaginatively. I think the second part, with DeNiro and Pacino starring, is the most richly observed, and covers the broadest canvas the most effortlessly. However, seen as a gigantic whole, you will be overwhelmed by the stories told, and by how well they are told. It is a work of lasting power and true vision. Enjoy it over and over again...
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Summary: absolutely brilliant
Review: of the trilogy, my personal favorite is the second one. we get to see young vito's humble (and violent)beginnings in sicily, his journey to ellis island, and his rise in new york city as a young man. i love this movie because it deals with family loyalties. one of the BEST scenes i have ever seen (and pacino at his finest)is (without giving it away) michael corleone and his brother fredo in cuba. these movies are american masterpieces.
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Summary: What a story...neh?
Review: What a wonderful story. Anyone who dislikes these films doesn't know what good cinema is. In spite of their tremendous length, I never got bored with any of the three. Watch them and love them. A great gift to give to someone.
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Summary: A brilliant take off on Antonioni!!
Review: Michaelangelo Antonioni's "Blow up" is about a photographer not being able to understand wheather a murder had occured or not. Coppola's film is about the same, only here he is a surveilance guy, but in both films (as in De-Palma's "Blow Out", a stated take off on "Blow Up") the philosophical question rises: "Can we count on our senses to help us grasp what's real and what's not?". And out of all three mentioned pictures, Coppola's does it best.
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Summary: THE GODFATHER OF ALL REVIEWS! BY ROMEO
Review: The Godfather. You haven't seen a mafia/gangsta/corrupted and more powerful movie until you've seen this one.If you haven't seen this movie, stop walking the streets and go for it. This movie will strike all your senses. Love, hate, war, revenge, anger and grief. The saga shows from beginning to end the constant struggle of Michael Corleone trying to legitimise a totally corrupted family business. This movie shows such irony towards Michael Corleone as he was not meant to follow in his father, Vito Corleone's footsteps. My favourite part of the series would be Part II, Vito Corleone going back to Sicily to take care of some unfinished business (I'll leave it up to you to find out for yourself). Some suggestions if you are going to see this series: Buy a notebook, pen, learn shorthand and never forget to write down any names you come across as they all play a significant parts in how the story unfolds. This series shows greed and the love towards money, victory and constant struggle to be on top. As for Part III to my fellow reviewers who bagged and criticised this masterpiece, they should feel somewhat ashamed, disappointed and disgusted as they have done a gross disservice to this landmark defining chapter of this saga. Part III shows how not everything has a happy ending and is shown by a simple fact that what goes around comes around twice as hard and easy come, easy go. If you cannot appreciate this ending then maybe The Godfather series is not for you. This series is real. It does not rely on special effects or cheap commercial cash-in soundtracks. If you want that, maybe you should be watching "Men In Black" or something..... Mario Puzo's death was a great loss to us movielovers. But in a sense, Part IV would not have been the same without him, as the actors chosen such as Leo and the other trendoids would not be in the same class as the master Al Pacino, the smooth Marlon Brando, and other great names including Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Andy Garcia, James Caan, Dianne Keaton and Talia Shire. With this cast, who would even dare say that this saga was not a must see? Remember: If you turn your back on this saga, "your going against your family".
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Summary: A Soap Opera for Men
Review: Does nobody have the "cajones" to say it? Sure, the few Brando scenes we get in the first installment are priceless (as if Brando needs to stuff cotton into his mouth to make his speech less understandable than it already is), and Al Pacino's horrible speech impediment is craftily covered up by a somewhat contrived "broken jaw", but Puzo's Godfather series is nothing more than a soap opera for men. Instead of interviews with Francis Coppola and the now-dead Puzo at the beginning of the tapes, I think they should have had commercials for Old Spice and Right Guard. All in all, the series is part of a growing American genre that glorifies the terrible acts of bullies. Hey, we love mobsters in America. Kudos to the now-dead Puzo for delivering this violence to our households in a charming fashion. In case you think this is a pan, I've seen these movies several hundred times, and I know almost every line from them.
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