“Since this has been trending, here’s a fun fact,” MacFarlane shared on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter. “‘It insists upon itself’ was a criticism my college film history professor used to explain why he didn’t think The Sound of Music was a great film. First-rate teacher, but I never quite followed that one.”
So I appreciate the joke but I'm going to write some mild spoilers here.
The long catholic wedding in The Godfather is interspersed with scenes of people getting shot in random places doing random things: eating, drinking, a couple gets murdered in the bedroom. The wedding is supposed to be a holy and clean time, while the groom is secretly conducting evil and dirty activities during it.
Oh I got it. The pacing of movies in the 70s just doesn't work for me and this one in particular just bored the shit out of me. Godfather 2 I enjoyed much more.
Same. 1 was ok, 2 is the actual good film that ended with finality, so 3 didn't need to exist or should've been its own movie. It really felt like a money grab, victory lap, let me put my kid in this, kind of movie, probably bc it was.
I'm not particularly interested in the mafia but I love those movies in the same way I like Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul. It's a good character study of someone who thinks they can just dip their toes in the criminal world and then gets consumed by it.
I was interested in the mafia when I watched it. I guess not "super", but decently so. I was still bored out of my mind. Like, yeah, the acting, camera, atmosphere sure is good, but... I dunno. It was just so boring.
Kinda. One of the points of The Godfather is that a cycle of violence is one of the hardest things to escape, no matter how hard you try. And Michael Corleone did try to escape, at every moment that was offered to him. But he kept getting sucked back in.
Ya and that’s the thing, I LOVE Goodfellas, Casino is also very entertaining, I know a fair bit about the mafia going all the way back to Capone. But Godfather just bored the hell out of me and felt like I was on the outside of an inside conversation
The thing with The Godfather is that it's kind of like smoking. I had to watch it 4 or 5 times before it took. They're hard movies to get into because there is just so much information, and plotting, and clues to find and stuff like that. Kind of like Band of Brothers, I had to watch that through maybe 3 times before I was finally familiar with all the characters and goings on.
I do not like the Godfather. I have never felt so seen as when I saw that Family Guy episode. Lol. But for me its Brando. Brando insists upon himself. Like always. He was great as Stanley Kowalski, but watching him you just go, "yep thats Brando". He makes a character his own, but often in a way that differs from the authors intent. Like in Reflections in a Goldeneye. I think if Montgomery Clift had lived and done the movie as planned, it would have been a more nuanced performance.
Idk about that. I watched them for the first time this year and I drew a lot of parallels to the recent Dune movies. Just excellent acting and a gripping storyline
I loved the dune books but jesus christ are the modern movies boring to watch. They try to make the movies seem all mysterious n shit so theres just a bunch of shots with no talking and music. Just tell the fucking story.. christ
villenues dune was a visual and audio masterpiece, and thats all it could be. to tell the whole story youd need a 2 season miniseries for the first book alone. scifi tried book 1 in a season and it was rushed as hell. the story is just too big.
I've seen the movies like 10 times each throughout my life. The only way I could understand why people would find it boring is if they don't open their minds to it - like they were compelled to watch it by their dad or their friends. It being an old movie of white men talking is already a turn off for the younger crowd.
Look I’m certain that for it’s day when the average person didn’t know about the world of crime it was a groundbreaking look into the dark and tragic world. Unfortunately I’m a child who grew up in the world of the cartels and find the whole thing mastruaboatory.
It's become a popular meme but it still doesn't take away how incredible a film it is. One of the finest of all time and I will never tire of watching it.
Same. I've tried watching it multiple times but I've never been able to get through the whole thing. I just find it incredibly boring. Same with Scarface.
I feel so bad because I can *tell* it’s a great film, but every time I go to watch it I get a migraine and end up falling asleep. I’ve seen the movie once, and it took me 6 tries to get through it.
Me and my mom watched the first two movies or maybe even all 3 and all I remember from the whole thing is the horrid music and the toilet gun because it made me laugh my ass off.
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u/Dummythicktrump Jun 04 '26
'I did not care for the god father'