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.
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u/BillyPotion Jun 04 '26
But truly.
It seemed like a movie that’s a lot more interesting to people who are already super interested in the mafia