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Godfather
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Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER tells an epic...
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Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER tells an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and 1950s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the family patriarch balancing a love of his family with an ambitious criminal instinct. At the wedding of the Don's daughter Connie (Talia Shire), youngest son Michael (Al Pacino) is reunited with his family. A subsequent assassination attempt leaves the Don too ill to run the family business, forcing Michael and Sonny (James Caan), with the help of consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall), to lead the Corleones into a vendetta-filled war with other mob families. Violent revenge ensues as the family tries to change from its old criminal ways into legitimacy. <br> <br> Coppola's certified masterpiece, which won three Oscars (including Best Picture) and spawned an Oscar-winning sequel (THE GODFATHER PART II), set a new screen standard for merging blood-soaked violence with intimat...
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77 Reviews from Epinions.com
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Pros: Everything!
Cons: You would have to be very, VERY critical to find fault in this film
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This film changed the face of film forever. Read More
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Pros: Brilliant acting; superb adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel
Cons: None.
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Without question, The Godfather is one of the two best Mafia movies ever made. (The other? The Godfather, Part II.) Read More
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Pros: I believe that this is one of the top films of all time.
Cons: A third film was made as a followup.
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Following this films varied moods, storyline, actors and music is a pure joy. Read More
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Pros: Brando, Pacino, Caan, Supporting Cast, Screenplay, Photography, Score
Cons: None
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Excellent adaptation of a gripping novel of organized crime in America. Read More
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Pros: Coppola's Direction, Script, Look, Score, & Cast led by the Great Marlon Brando.
Cons: None.
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It's "The Godfather", A Great American Masterpice that still Stands thanks to Coppola, Everyone, & notably Marlon Brando. Read More
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Pros: No American film since CITIZEN KANE has been more significant or fully realized.
Cons: Film suffers from some continuity problems due to uncertainty in the production's planning and execution.
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THE GODFATHER poses, and begins to prove, that the uses of Power by 20th Century Mobs are similar to those used by the Wealthy, Business, Government, and Organized Religion. Read More
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Pros: Great entainment
Cons: Violent, seductive, unattractive subject
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Pros: great characters, wonderful actors
Cons: violent, not appropriate for younger viewers
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Pros: Acting, writing, cinematography and soundtrack.
Cons: It could be claimed that it romanticizes the lives of bad people.
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I was always one of those people who believed a perfect film was impossible. That changed when I saw The Godfather. Read More
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Pros: Everything after the line "I believe in America" (and everything before, too).
Cons: The Punch. More on this below...
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Thirty years after its initial release, The Godfather is still "an offer you can't refuse" (and that line is a cliche you can't avoid). Read More
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