Godfather 1 (Rmst Thx) | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino

Godfather 1 (Rmst Thx) | Marlon Brando, Al Pacino | One of the best movies ever made

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	Godfather 1 (Rmst Thx) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino Paramount, 1998 average customer review:based on 294 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced the most universal themes of immigrant experience in America: the plotting-out of hopes and dreams for one's successors, the raising of children to carry on the good work, etc. In the midst of generational strife during the Vietnam years, the film somehow struck a chord with a nation fascinated by the metamorphosis of a rebellious son (Al Pacino) into the keeper of his father's dream. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito Corleone, and time has certainly proven the actor correct. The rest of the cast, particularly James Caan, John Cazale, and Robert Duvall as the rest of Vito's male brood--all coping with how to take the mantle of responsibility from their father--is seamless and wonderful. --Tom Keogh

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Perfect

This movie is strong, good script, great casting, excellent acting, and over the top directing. It is hard to fine a movie done this well, it is 29 years old and has aged well. Even if the viewer does not like mafia type of movies, he or she will watch the entire film, the audiences is glued to what will happen next as the film progresses. Its about, family, loyalty, greed, relationships, and real life. This is a great mix, and the artistic style make the film memorable.

One of the best movies ever made

This movie is epic, the score, the actors, the plot, there is nothing else like it. A must see and buy.

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One of the greatest films of all time. If you haven't seen it, see it!

There are very very few films in this world that are of such high quality in so many categories as this one. The cast is fantastic, the acting is great, the story draws you right in, cinematography and directing are top notch. And let's not forget the music, which stays with you long after the film is over. Truly a masterpiece, The Godfather is also a solid piece of entertainment. It will grip you from start to finish. It touches on so many themes in such a deep way, you're left with a million threads to explore. I've seen this film many many times and am always up to see it again. There's always some new nuance I notice, some little detail that slipped by or I didn't fully appreciate the first time. Scene after memorable scene flows by, leaving you in a perpetual state of amazement. Get this film and you will see the heights the filmic medium can reach.

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Worth the hype

A great film that I'm glad I finally got around to seeing after years of saying I would!

There is the wonderfully menacing presence of Brando, the complex character of Michael, played by Pacino and the epic ups and downs of the family, played out under the inspired direction of Ford Coppola.

One of the strongest parts of the film is the gradual and irreversable change in Pacino's character; from the respected war veteran at the beginning to a less subtle version of his violent, all powerful father by the end.

2 scenes stuck out for me in showing this beautfully. Firstly a scene in which he is trying to muster up the conviction to shoot the person who has made an attempt on his father's life, the suspense echoed by the sound of an impending train. Secondly, near the end, the scene jumps between the christening of his own godson (and his own baptism) and the planned killing of all his foes by his design - showing the true extremes of his character and the depths of cold-hearted evil he has now reached.

Great film, worth much of it's hype

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