FUN FACT: Lenny Montana who plays Luca Brasi is a real life mafioso of the Columbo crime family and a bodyguard of one of their seniors. When the director met Lenny, he quickly hired him to play as Luca Brasi given his size and stature. Even more awesome is that Lenny is a big fan of Marlon Brando, who plays Don Corleone, and Lenny's nervousness during his scene Brando at the start was not only real, but was also incorporated into the film to represent that despite being the biggest man in the room , Don Corleone was the bigger man between the two of them.
In the restaurant, Salozzo was saying, "I hope you understand that what happened with your father was a question of business. I gave a great respect for your father. But your father's thinking is old-fashioned. "
😂😂😂 the idiot did not realize that he contradicted, also when Michael reasonably asks him for a guarantee that he will not attack his father again, he plays the victim and says that the persecuted...sollozo's arrogance was his downfall
@@onlyme064 no. Francis never wanted to make part 3. It's not nearly as good and not needed. Al pacino forgot who he was playing and it's all a mess. At the minimum it's not a great film and these ladies should watch great movies.
@@BigMoore1232 yeah. I hate when the last memory of reactors is part 3. The studio just kept throwing millions at Coppola for yrs to make it. He never wanted to. I've seen part 1 and 2 probably 50 times. I watched part 3 twice and never go back to it.
Funny fact. The guy playing Luca Brasi wasn't an actor. He was a real member of the mafia. This movie was overseen by the Mafia to make sure they didn't "go to far" in their portrayal. The guy playing Luca was a guy the mafia sent to be on set during filming and the director asked if he would be in the movie. Him practicing his speech to the Godfather was the guy running his lines on set and the director put it in to make Luca seem like he was nervous.
also, Marlon Brando was such a megastar at the time, made the Luca Brasi actor really nervous, because he was a little star struck. SO....even though he was practicing his lines, he was actually nervous being in a scene with the legendary Marlon Brando.
I adore the two of you. Individually, and collectively. There is something I find so soothing and calming about the way you two interact. And everyone is right, Part II is actually the better of the two movies.
The end when Kay is both literally and symbolically shut out of the room/Michael's life is one of the most powerful closing scenes in movie history in my book. It sends the message that she is basically more of a heir factory than a wife.
His true love was Appolonia, it was obvious. Any love, empathy, sympathy he had was ripped out of him after she was blown away, he became cold as a fish.
Well duh... that's because- for 99% of civilized history -marriage was about producing children to raise with your same customs and beliefs to perputate your native culture. This whole 'marrying for love' or personal happiness idea is a strictly 20th century American invention. This is why historically it was the fathers who chose their daughters' husbands for them. Marriage was never about the wild chemistry and passion between a man and woman prior to this. It was about duty. This is also why divorce was so rare back then. They weren't in it for personal satisfaction in the first place. Their duty to their society trumped individual fulfillment.
Growing up in an Italian household this was on a constant loop almost every weekend. My cousins would visit and all the foods would come out into the evening time. Great memories growing up back then. One of my uncle's actually got the part as a guard opening the gates but he wasn't able to travel to Italy back then.
The Corleone method of eliminating enemies was simple and brilliant. Get your enemy to relax and feel safe. Make sure that he feels confident and in control. That way, he won’t suspect anything. That is when you strike.
This movie makes a distinction that can be powerful in real life: Michael does things from a place of fear, but Vito did things from a place of love- this creates a dark energy around Michael, while Vito had a bright energy.
Michael hardly had a choice here. He was left to pick up the pieces. His father would have been killed at the hospital wihout him and the family would have been taken down. He did everything in his power to beat his enemies and protect his family.
I’ve watched Godfather more than 100 times and I pick up something new each time. For your first watch you really grasp the main themes. Watch part 2. It is in my opinion better than part 1 though watching part 1 first is essential.
The Don was LOVED and feared. Michael was only feared, and lost his soul. Everyone thought Sonny was strong and the Don was smart. Everyone except the Don underestimated Michael as being weak. Michael was the only one who really knew the Don, and the Don saw himself in Michael. That’s why they didn’t get along in the beginning. The book goes into the psychology and the interpersonal relationships the movie misses.
The friendship between Sunny and Tom is the best. With the exception of his dad nobody nit even Michael would talk to Sunny the way Tom does. And make no mistake The Don was almost as ruthless as Michael as you would find out in part 2. Part 2 is just as good if not better than the first it's a close one.
44:15 - not only that, she was pregnant when she died. Michael's "bruise" may throw you off, time wise, thinking that only a small time passed since the bruise is still visible. That "bruise" is actually a broken bone that healed wrong, causing permanent bruise and other issues. Michael had a surgery to fix it when he returned to USA.
The song being sung at the wedding definitely was "spicy": a young girl tells her mother she wants to get married and asks the mother to find her a husband; there are many off-color puns and insinuations. It's called "Luna Mezz' o Mare," if you want to look it up. Johnny Fontane and Mama Corleone were played by professional singers who had made recordings: Al Martino and Morgana King.
“That’s a true story”. I love the way Pacino delivers that line. This movie is so good, it’s great watching a new generation discover it for the first time. Now you have to watch Godfather II to see where this story goes.
That was a great reaction. Very perceptive. Such a brilliant film. The story, the acting. Also the cinematography. Every frame looks like a great painting.
Johnny Fontane is based on Frank Sinatra, his flagging career got a boost when he starred in the film From Here to Eternity ,just like Johnny was asking Don Corleone to fix it for him to get a part in a war movie , Sinatra according to gossip/rumour had mob connections . Thanks to you both your reactions are most enjoyable.
In the restaurant Sollazzo basically said that he has great respect for Michael’s father and the hit was only business. He also said that Michael’s father had old fashioned thinking.
This is pretty tragic. Michael was all for family, but both him and his father tried their best to keep him away from "the family". Sadly, it was not enough and now it just keeps happening.
Not just cause we are seeing their story though. “These bad guys” didn’t commit murder and attempted murder of a boss and start a war without reason. And godfather was doin good things for people and not for money. The sequel shows that as well helping the neighborhood
@@scottdarden3091 yeah, I see you’re snobby point and I know what ya mean, the cinematography and such things are better in part 1 but I think 2 more fun because they show Godfathers life and everything.
@@MrPaytonw34 yeah My snobby point is Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time! Casting, acting, Cinema photography, screen play,set design. And you say part II is better.
In the book, and in deleted scenes on youtube, Sonny confirmed that Paulie was a rat before they killed him. He had a guy that worked for the phone company and they saw that Paulie was on the phone with the Tattaglia family.
Fun fact: Lenny Montana aka ‘Luca Brasi’ was not acting, he was actually rehearsing his line on those steps and when he appeared in front of Brando, he was genuinely nervous…because Brando was fucking with him by sticking his tongue out with his face full of post-it notes. Lenny was actual muscle for the Columbo family in NYC.😎
40:45 - Connie did tell her dad the first time her husband beat her up (it was right after the wedding, he beat her for not wanting to give him all the money she received during the ceremony). So Don Corleone knew about what was happening. The book explains in more details how the family reacted and why Sonny was the only one to respond with violence to Connie's issue.
What's the reason for? I kinda got an idea from the dinner scene where Carl tells her to shut up, and the mom said to not get involved. Is it just a let the husband and wife handle their own business thing? In a sense, marriage was a way of passing the daughter to another man.
@@GreenWolf2k This is from the book, about the situation: "The first time he had marked her up, he’d been a little worried. She had gone right out to Long Beach to complain to her mother and father and to show her black eye. He had really sweated it out. But when she came back she had been surprisingly meek, the dutiful little Italian wife. He had made it a point to be the perfect husband over the next few weeks, treating her well in every way, being lovey and nice with her, banging her every day, morning and night. Finally she had told him what had happened since she thought he would never act that way again. She had found her parents coolly unsympathetic and curiously amused. Her mother had had a little sympathy and had even asked her father to speak to Carlo Rizzi. Her father had refused. “She is my daughter,” he had said, “but now she belongs to her husband. He knows his duties. Even the King of Italy didn’t dare to meddle with the relationship of husband and wife. Go home and learn how to behave so that he will not beat you.” Connie had said angrily to her father, “Did you ever hit your wife?” She was his favorite and could speak to him so impudently. He had answered, “She never gave me reason to beat her.” And her mother had nodded and smiled. She told them how her husband had taken the wedding present money and never told her what he did with it. Her father had shrugged and said, “I would have done the same if my wife had been as presumptuous as you.” And so she had returned home, a tittle bewildered, a little frightened. She had always been her father’s favorite and she could not understand his coldness now. But the Don had not been so unsympathetic as he pretended. He made inquiries and found out what Carlo Rizzi had done with the wedding present money. He had men assigned to Carlo Rizzi’s bookmaking operation who would report to Hagen everything Rizzi did on the job. But the Don could not interfere. How expect a man to discharge his husbandly duties to a wife whose family he feared? It was an impossible situation and he dared not meddle. Then when Connie became pregnant he was convinced of the wisdom of his decision and felt he never could interfere though Connie complained to her mother about a few more beatings and the mother finally became concerned enough to mention it to the Don. Connie even hinted that she might want a divorce. For the first time in her life the Don was angry with her. “He is the father of your child. What can a child come to in this world if he has no father?” he said to Connie. Learning all this, Carlo Rizzi grew confident. He was perfectly safe. In fact he bragged to his two “writers” on the book, Sally Rags and Coach, about how he bounced his wife around when she got snotty and saw their looks of respect that he had the guts to manhandle the daughter of the great Don Corleone.
@@GreenWolf2k Yes, close. We have to remember the movie was set in 1945, and worse, the family was old school from Italy, so their values are more like 1925 Sicily, not 2023 America. The Author was a child of that generation, and it was a time when domestic abuse when largely unreported and people simply let families do whatever they wanted to each other behind the closed doors of the home: wife yelling at her husband into submission, husbands beating wives into a pulp, child abuse, gambling, drinking, neglect, poverty. Also, divorce was rare (shameful) in both Italy and America and there was no welfare (single mother become homeless and starve to death), no women's shelters, no child protective services. Overally, as glamourous as being a Cold War powerful well-dressed gangster may look, the backdrop was a socially violent and oppressive time.
@slchance8839 OK, I figured. And don't worry, I'm not one of those close-minded people who can't look back at history without taking off the modern-day shades. It is crazy how it was considered normal that type of abuse. I would never a day in my life stay with someone who would do something so disrespectful and just wrong to me or others. Times sure have changed.
Fun Fact: The big guy who was nervous to talk to Don Corleone at his daughter's wedding and got killed at the bar was an actual mafia member and not an actor.
Michael eliminating the 5 families was what earned him Don status, but it also showed why he was a very different Don than his father. People feared Michael but didn’t really respect him. I don’t want to spoil part 2 for you, but if watch part 2 you’ll see how being that type of Don doesn’t really work long term, maybe short term but not long term. People respected Vito, he was charismatic and only used violence when it was absolutely necessary. Vito was a great husband and father and was loyal to his family and had a good heart. The best part of Michael died after Appolonia was blown up imo.
He was dealt a terrible hand. If it wasn't for Michael his father would have been assassinated at the hospital and the family destroyed subsequently. He single handedly kept everything together. He was better than all of them.
Enzo (the baker) who helped Michael at the hospital was the Italian soldier that was in New York as a prisoner of war. He's the one that the Don arranged to stay in the US after the war. He paid his debt to the Don.
Enzo probably got repaid tenfold for that. Michael had nobody to help him and Enzo rose to the occasion. For old school types like the Corleone family that type of loyalty wouldn’t be forgotten.
Great reaction, terrifique! Glad you saw that Carlo set up Sonny. Lots of Reactors just don't. By beating his pregnant wife....... They knew Sonny would come running, and they were waiting for him
Another funny fact was that when The Orderlies had a difficult time taking Don Corleone upstairs, it was legitimate. Marlon Brando put in weights deliberately to make the scene more believable. Nobody knew until after the fact. Also when Don Corleone slapped Johnny Fontaine, it was spontaneous, it wasn't in the script that's why Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen) was laughing so hard.
Fun fact, at the meeting of the 5 families Don Vito said “ ‘I’ will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today”. The plan that Micheal carried out was planned with his father.
53:35 The baby being baptized is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola. Her name daughter is Sophia. Sophia Coppola grew up to become an actress and a respected director in her own right.
And godfather two is twice as good as this one! And they wouldn’t poison anybody like that that’s kinda a traditional Italian thing to give him a drink when you’re gonna sit down and talk, they would never think to poison the drink, they just shoot him in the head.
Always thought it funny that Sonny says to Michael dismissively “this isn’t like the Army, you gotta get up close and bada bing”. Michael was a Marine. He fought in the Pacific where combat was often “up close” & incredibly brutal. Also while serving, Michael was awarded the Navy Cross (2nd highest military decoration) & a Silver Star (3rd highest military decoration). Maybe Sonny just saw him as his little bro, but Michael was very experienced in close up violence.
I love the visual symbolism of how after Micheal gets sucker punched by the cop that half of his face is swollen. With the Don, both of his cheeks are permanently swollen, so having it on one side is like a subtle hint to where Micheal’s character is going in the story as he slowly becomes his father.
Interesting - in the book, Sal does not ask for mercy or consideration, he faces his death with stoic resolve; it's Tom who asks Michael to reconsider killing the old family friend since they deliberately pushed Sal and Clemenza out as unwitting bait, hoping one of them would eventually "make the smart move" so they could spring their trap on Barzini... which was pretty cold... but that's Michael. [edited b/c autocorrect is a %$#@!]
In the book he also put Tom out to see if he was loyal too. Clamenza, Tessio and Tom. He also created a 3rd secret regime loyal to Mike. (You’ve got your Luca Brazi. Great line). But, Tom loved the family, was loyal and saw what was happening scenes. The line in the book I like the line Tom says, “it’s a shame that a guy so loyal for so long made such a fatal mistake so late in life.”
Now that's how you do a review. Great job ladies. There's a lot of reviewers who could learn from you. You were engaged, you almost never talked over the dialogue. Impressive.
The song the people sing at the wedding is pretty suggestive. A girl asks her mother to find her a husband. The mother says things like if I find a carpenter he’ll nail you. Luca Brasi is the only man that Don Corleone fears, and Vito Corleone is the only man that Luca Brasi fears.
I’m surprised you didn’t watch part 2 right away. When I showed my friend the Godfather, she wanted to watch part 2 immediately! It’ll be worth your time I promise
Because Sonny showed interest in the drug deal Sollozzo wanted to make...it motivated Sollozzo to kill the godfather because he thought he would be able to make the deal with Sonny
Luca Brazi was an actual gangster on set who was guarding a higher ranking advisor for the film. He looked the part so well that they cast him. He couldn't act for shit, and accidentally gave that awkward as fuck performance in front of the godfather. Coppola loved it, so backwrote the scene with him practicing his lines and being nervous.
I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Lots of interesting behind-the-scenes stuff, like the christening baby (who is director Coppola's newborn daughter), or the fact that Luca Brasi was a REAL mafia mob. The remark about drugs being on a POC-only market is pretty close to the truth; if you're interested, there's Godfather of Harlem, a great serie which takes up this theme and a lot of the stuff black people had to face back then.
Carlo's murder is one of the best revenges in cinema history , they made him think that they would exile him so that he would have false hope and his executor was Clemenza (Sonny's godfather) also Michael was patient not to alert his master Barzini. .. chef kiss
Michael lied about the plane trip so that Carlo would calmly get in the car. You can see his face relax in the house, when he thinks he gets to keep on living
I always thought it was so gangster that Mike watched Carlo get strangled to death from the front lawn of Carlo's own home. He stood there and watched. The only death he personally witness. Then, he just strolled about with the rest of his day. Also, Clemenza felt a personal vendetta to kill Carlo since it was Clemenza that vouched for Carlo as a good guy and introduced him to Sonny years and years ago. Clemenza felt personally betrayed that Carlo showed no gratitude for bringing Clemenza bringing him up out of nothing. (You can see the nothing Carlo came from when you see him just hanging out in a leisure suit outside on the street, like some low-level mook, before Sonny beat his ass into the gutter.)
Michael had to get the confession first, that way he knew for sure. He let him think he was going to live, gave him a drink to let his guard down, and that’s when Carlo folded. You can tell Michael wasn’t 💯 sure before Carlo admitted it. The 5 second angry cold stone face stare he gave Carlo after he admitted it was Barzini shows that even though everyone had a good idea Carlo was responsible, it still wasn’t definite. Notice that’s when Michael took the drink from him too. Carlo sealed his fate when he admitted to killing Sonny. I honestly think if Carlo stuck to his guns and denied everything, he wouldn’t have been killed. They had to be 💯 sure.
The scene in the diner works without subtitles b/c you can feel the tension build regardless. But what they say is basically: SOLLOZZO: “I’m sorry…” MICHAEL: “Leave it alone.” ( or ) “Forget about it.” SOLLOZZO: “What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that.” MICHAEL: “I understand those things…” [Waiter brings McCluskey's veal, then exits.] SOLLOZZO: “Now let’s work through where we go from here.” MICHAEL: “How do you say… ?” [Then Michael returns to speaking English.] [After Michael returns from the bathroom] SOLLOZZO: “Everything all right? I respect myself, understand, and cannot allow another man to hold me back. What happened was unavoidable. I had the unspoken support of the other Family dons. If your father were in better health, without his eldest son running things, no disrespect intended, we wouldn’t have this nonsense. We will stop fighting until your father is well and can resume bargaining. No vengeance will be taken. We will have peace, but your Family should interfere no longer.”
The book is really good and covers both godfather 1 & 2 movies. Godfather 2 is one of the best sequels ever and the first sequel to be awarded best picture!
54:57: That was ex-cop and Luca Brasi's replacement, Al Neri. He was one of NYPD's finest and honest officers..McClosky was worried he'd be trouble, so he set him up on a false murder charge. Don Vito read about the case and knowing Micheal would need such a man, had Tom get him aquitted. Grateful, Neri joined the family and stayed with them for life (He's in all 3 Godfather films) You might like to know when the 5 family heads were killed , so was Fabio, who was hiding in New Jersey after bombing Micheal's sicilian wife. 1:02 Micheal did lots of killing to earn his army medals..guys like that are always ready to do it again if they deem it necessary.
@@Stogie2112 Yes. He's citing the book. In the book, a hitman finds Fabrizzio (aka "the shepherd") owning a small pizza joint in NY and says "I hear you have tattoo of a woman on your chest. Lemme see." Fabrizzio tries to run. The button man puts him on the ground and just before putting the second bullet into his mouth says "Michael Corleone says 'hello.'"
@@slchance8839 ….I’ve read the book. There are several differences between it and the film, but they didn’t affect the film negatively. Both are great.
Many consider this film the greatest, or one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Nice choice to react to. As one of y'all has not yet watched "Scarface", maybe ya could check it out, too. Enjoyed this so much. Your reactions were so good. You two were nice to listen to. And are so cute, together. I own this picture and have seen it hundreds of times over the years. It was a real pleasure catching it again with you girls. Thanks. Big shoutout from this old, longhaired, country boy in the mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. U.S.A. I hit the sub button, black bell, like, and here is my little comment for ya. I think you will do well with this channel, if you guys just continue to be yourselves. Good luck with it. Will be catching you on the next. Much peace, love, and happiness to you and yours. Bless you both. Go with God. Later.
Great reaction and thank you for the long edit here. You really showed every important scene and dialogues. Part 2 is tremendous but I'd walk away a winner after that. Stick with great films.
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FUN FACT: Lenny Montana who plays Luca Brasi is a real life mafioso of the Columbo crime family and a bodyguard of one of their seniors. When the director met Lenny, he quickly hired him to play as Luca Brasi given his size and stature.
Even more awesome is that Lenny is a big fan of Marlon Brando, who plays Don Corleone, and Lenny's nervousness during his scene Brando at the start was not only real, but was also incorporated into the film to represent that despite being the biggest man in the room , Don Corleone was the bigger man between the two of them.
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He’s been dead for like 30 years.
An all-time classic mobster movie!
31 years. @@blakeharris58
"look how they massacred my boy" one of the best delivered lines in amy film ever
Facts
Said by a career criminal and murderer. It hits different when it’s your family being hurt don’t it
The in the book he says, "see how the massacred my son" feel like the movie version rolls off the tongue better
@@technofilejr3401that's the point
@@technofilejr3401 that was the point because it is only after that that Vito decides to retire.
In the restaurant, Salozzo was saying, "I hope you understand that what happened with your father was a question of business. I gave a great respect for your father. But your father's thinking is old-fashioned. "
😂😂😂 the idiot did not realize that he contradicted, also when Michael reasonably asks him for a guarantee that he will not attack his father again, he plays the victim and says that the persecuted...sollozo's arrogance was his downfall
Italian is very similar to Spanish, so in my case, I understood basically everything they said in Italian. Nontheless, thanx for the interpretation!
@@ecatalan98same when i was watching the movie i told my friends damn it’s cool you can understand everything it sounds like spanish
41:10 “He was fightin’….but he was just not bullet proof” lmao I laughed SO HARD at that. Sorry Sonny 😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️
"it's either these bad guys or the other bad guys, and I choose these bad guys."
Life lesson right there.
Yeah I loved that "I choose these bad guys." Ryl you were so cute!
If you continue with part II you'll love it ! (Best sequel ever)
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Terminator 2?
nah bro this better@@MikeB12800
No it's not.
alright. It probably isn't. I made that part up to sound like I knew what I was talking about.
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli" My favorite line 🙂
Clemenza has his priorities straightened out.
The actor that played Luca Brasi Was Actually an enforcer for one of the 5 families in New York. He was also a professional wrestler.
“Is she a virgin?? Yes YES
Now Part 2 🙂 - arguably the greatest sequel of all time. 1 + 2 together are basically one long movie.
Yes but walk away a winner after part 2
@@MrAitraining Ofcourse they should do all 3
@@onlyme064 no. Francis never wanted to make part 3. It's not nearly as good and not needed. Al pacino forgot who he was playing and it's all a mess. At the minimum it's not a great film and these ladies should watch great movies.
I wish I would have never watched part 3 because part 2 was so damn good and really wrapped things up for me.
@@BigMoore1232 yeah. I hate when the last memory of reactors is part 3. The studio just kept throwing millions at Coppola for yrs to make it. He never wanted to. I've seen part 1 and 2 probably 50 times. I watched part 3 twice and never go back to it.
Funny fact. The guy playing Luca Brasi wasn't an actor. He was a real member of the mafia. This movie was overseen by the Mafia to make sure they didn't "go to far" in their portrayal. The guy playing Luca was a guy the mafia sent to be on set during filming and the director asked if he would be in the movie. Him practicing his speech to the Godfather was the guy running his lines on set and the director put it in to make Luca seem like he was nervous.
I did not know that.
the real mafia also made sure the word "mafia" was taken out of the script
Only celebrity I’ve ever been compared to (a third party wanted to know what I looked like, the second party didn’t want to do me any favors ;)
I heard he actually was nervous because he had to play that scene with the great Marlon Brando.
also, Marlon Brando was such a megastar at the time, made the Luca Brasi actor really nervous, because he was a little star struck. SO....even though he was practicing his lines, he was actually nervous being in a scene with the legendary Marlon Brando.
I adore the two of you. Individually, and collectively. There is something I find so soothing and calming about the way you two interact. And everyone is right, Part II is actually the better of the two movies.
Actually, part 1 is the better and more iconic of the two.
@@zq9m3xh8it’s actually debated quite a bit.
They are very beautifull and give a soothing vibe. ❤ one cant help imagine making sweet hot love with both of them ❤
The one on the right is beautiful
Refreshing to see a reaction to this movie that pays enough attention to follow it. Good job.
The end when Kay is both literally and symbolically shut out of the room/Michael's life is one of the most powerful closing scenes in movie history in my book. It sends the message that she is basically more of a heir factory than a wife.
She should be honoured.
Michael's "proposal" to Kay was more about business than love.
His true love was Appolonia, it was obvious. Any love, empathy, sympathy he had was ripped out of him after she was blown away, he became cold as a fish.
And remember, when Michael first found out about the Don being assassinated, he also shut Kay out when he closed himself inside the phone booth.
Well duh... that's because- for 99% of civilized history -marriage was about producing children to raise with your same customs and beliefs to perputate your native culture. This whole 'marrying for love' or personal happiness idea is a strictly 20th century American invention.
This is why historically it was the fathers who chose their daughters' husbands for them. Marriage was never about the wild chemistry and passion between a man and woman prior to this. It was about duty. This is also why divorce was so rare back then. They weren't in it for personal satisfaction in the first place. Their duty to their society trumped individual fulfillment.
Very well done, ladies!! Always a pleasyre to watch a film with you. Smart and funny. Thank you.
Growing up in an Italian household this was on a constant loop almost every weekend. My cousins would visit and all the foods would come out into the evening time. Great memories growing up back then. One of my uncle's actually got the part as a guard opening the gates but he wasn't able to travel to Italy back then.
The Corleone method of eliminating enemies was simple and brilliant. Get your enemy to relax and feel safe. Make sure that he feels confident and in control. That way, he won’t suspect anything. That is when you strike.
Like Putin.
I'm impressed with the way you both can keep up with the storyline. Sometimes I watch a movie twice to understand what's going on!
The $600,000 value for the horse equates to over $10 million today.
“They always get you in the car too.” Lmao knowing what’s coming.
“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” This movie has so many quotable lines.
The big thing about Michael killing the heads was everyone could predict Don Vito but Michael handled it like a soldier so no every predicted him
This movie makes a distinction that can be powerful in real life: Michael does things from a place of fear, but Vito did things from a place of love- this creates a dark energy around Michael, while Vito had a bright energy.
Michael hardly had a choice here. He was left to pick up the pieces. His father would have been killed at the hospital wihout him and the family would have been taken down. He did everything in his power to beat his enemies and protect his family.
@@spiritanimal8836 You might not understand, since you made half the point I was making. But, that's ok.
I’ve watched Godfather more than 100 times and I pick up something new each time. For your first watch you really grasp the main themes. Watch part 2. It is in my opinion better than part 1 though watching part 1 first is essential.
The Don was LOVED and feared. Michael was only feared, and lost his soul. Everyone thought Sonny was strong and the Don was smart. Everyone except the Don underestimated Michael as being weak. Michael was the only one who really knew the Don, and the Don saw himself in Michael. That’s why they didn’t get along in the beginning. The book goes into the psychology and the interpersonal relationships the movie misses.
yes, he renounced the devil (satan)...yes, he renounced ALL those devils.... LOL i really enjoyed this reaction to an old classic
Love you two's reactions. You both have keen eyes for story and character.
One of the best movies ever. And it came out in 1972. Its timeless. The sequel is the best sequel ever.
The friendship between Sunny and Tom is the best. With the exception of his dad nobody nit even Michael would talk to Sunny the way Tom does.
And make no mistake The Don was almost as ruthless as Michael as you would find out in part 2. Part 2 is just as good if not better than the first it's a close one.
That’s why it’s a joke that he was t in the 3rd
50:40 Hard to believe that Marlon Brando was only 47 when the movie was shot. He's so convincing as a tired, aging man.
11:01 "i'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
excellent negotiator
Great reaction and great editing as well! The Godfather is a absolute Masterpiece! The Godfather Part 2 is even Better!
Yeah they’re editing is getting better
What a movie!
Great reaction ladies!
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44:15 - not only that, she was pregnant when she died. Michael's "bruise" may throw you off, time wise, thinking that only a small time passed since the bruise is still visible. That "bruise" is actually a broken bone that healed wrong, causing permanent bruise and other issues. Michael had a surgery to fix it when he returned to USA.
The song being sung at the wedding definitely was "spicy": a young girl tells her mother she wants to get married and asks the mother to find her a husband; there are many off-color puns and insinuations. It's called "Luna Mezz' o Mare," if you want to look it up.
Johnny Fontane and Mama Corleone were played by professional singers who had made recordings: Al Martino and Morgana King.
“That’s a true story”. I love the way Pacino delivers that line.
This movie is so good, it’s great watching a new generation discover it for the first time. Now you have to watch Godfather II to see where this story goes.
That was a great reaction. Very perceptive. Such a brilliant film. The story, the acting. Also the cinematography. Every frame looks like a great painting.
The scene with Carlo at the end in particular looks like a modern take on Caravaggio
First time watching a reaction with you guys and I loed you and your reaction and this will be the first of many! Great job my sisters!
Johnny Fontane is based on Frank Sinatra, his flagging career got a boost when he starred in the film From Here to Eternity ,just like Johnny was asking Don Corleone to fix it for him to get a part in a war movie , Sinatra according to gossip/rumour had mob connections . Thanks to you both your reactions are most enjoyable.
Ain’t no friends in the game. You ain’t learned that yet. Best line I’ve heard in a long time.
In the restaurant Sollazzo basically said that he has great respect for Michael’s father and the hit was only business. He also said that Michael’s father had old fashioned thinking.
This is pretty tragic. Michael was all for family, but both him and his father tried their best to keep him away from "the family". Sadly, it was not enough and now it just keeps happening.
Not just cause we are seeing their story though. “These bad guys” didn’t commit murder and attempted murder of a boss and start a war without reason. And godfather was doin good things for people and not for money. The sequel shows that as well helping the neighborhood
That is just because their everyday business isn't shown in the movie.
Now just wait til you see The Godfather Part 2
Twice as good, huh? I think so.
Godfather is better if actually, like great cinema!
@@scottdarden3091 yeah, I see you’re snobby point and I know what ya mean, the cinematography and such things are better in part 1 but I think 2 more fun because they show Godfathers life and everything.
@@MrPaytonw34 yeah My snobby point is Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time! Casting, acting, Cinema photography, screen play,set design. And you say part II is better.
@@MrPaytonw34 Don't respond to that clown. They have no idea what they're talking about.
This is the greatest movie ever made. It was fun rewatching with you!
This is my favorite movie of all time. I love your reaction to this classic movie. ❤
I would love for you guys to react to part 2. ❤
This is the best movie ever. PERIOD. Every other movie is a distant second. Even part 2, which was also great.
In the book, and in deleted scenes on youtube, Sonny confirmed that Paulie was a rat before they killed him. He had a guy that worked for the phone company and they saw that Paulie was on the phone with the Tattaglia family.
That's a good reaction. A lot of reactors are not as perceptive
Reactors get hopelessly lost especially in Part 2, but only because they don't listen, and talk over dialogue
Part II: both Vito's backstory and Michael's future
Fun fact: Lenny Montana aka ‘Luca Brasi’ was not acting, he was actually rehearsing his line on those steps and when he appeared in front of Brando, he was genuinely nervous…because Brando was fucking with him by sticking his tongue out with his face full of post-it notes. Lenny was actual muscle for the Columbo family in NYC.😎
40:45 - Connie did tell her dad the first time her husband beat her up (it was right after the wedding, he beat her for not wanting to give him all the money she received during the ceremony). So Don Corleone knew about what was happening. The book explains in more details how the family reacted and why Sonny was the only one to respond with violence to Connie's issue.
What's the reason for? I kinda got an idea from the dinner scene where Carl tells her to shut up, and the mom said to not get involved. Is it just a let the husband and wife handle their own business thing? In a sense, marriage was a way of passing the daughter to another man.
@@GreenWolf2k This is from the book, about the situation:
"The first time he had marked her up, he’d been a little worried. She had gone right out to
Long Beach to complain to her mother and father and to show her black eye. He had
really sweated it out. But when she came back she had been surprisingly meek, the
dutiful little Italian wife. He had made it a point to be the perfect husband over the next
few weeks, treating her well in every way, being lovey and nice with her, banging her
every day, morning and night. Finally she had told him what had happened since she
thought he would never act that way again.
She had found her parents coolly unsympathetic and curiously amused. Her mother had
had a little sympathy and had even asked her father to speak to Carlo Rizzi. Her father
had refused. “She is my daughter,” he had said, “but now she belongs to her husband.
He knows his duties. Even the King of Italy didn’t dare to meddle with the relationship of
husband and wife. Go home and learn how to behave so that he will not beat you.”
Connie had said angrily to her father, “Did you ever hit your wife?” She was his favorite
and could speak to him so impudently. He had answered, “She never gave me reason
to beat her.” And her mother had nodded and smiled.
She told them how her husband had taken the wedding present money and never told
her what he did with it. Her father had shrugged and said, “I would have done the same
if my wife had been as presumptuous as you.”
And so she had returned home, a tittle bewildered, a little frightened. She had always
been her father’s favorite and she could not understand his coldness now.
But the Don had not been so unsympathetic as he pretended. He made inquiries and
found out what Carlo Rizzi had done with the wedding present money. He had men
assigned to Carlo Rizzi’s bookmaking operation who would report to Hagen everything
Rizzi did on the job. But the Don could not interfere. How expect a man to discharge his
husbandly duties to a wife whose family he feared? It was an impossible situation and
he dared not meddle. Then when Connie became pregnant he was convinced of the
wisdom of his decision and felt he never could interfere though Connie complained to
her mother about a few more beatings and the mother finally became concerned
enough to mention it to the Don. Connie even hinted that she might want a divorce. For
the first time in her life the Don was angry with her. “He is the father of your child. What
can a child come to in this world if he has no father?” he said to Connie.
Learning all this, Carlo Rizzi grew confident. He was perfectly safe. In fact he bragged to
his two “writers” on the book, Sally Rags and Coach, about how he bounced his wife
around when she got snotty and saw their looks of respect that he had the guts to
manhandle the daughter of the great Don Corleone.
@@GreenWolf2k Yes, close. We have to remember the movie was set in 1945, and worse, the family was old school from Italy, so their values are more like 1925 Sicily, not 2023 America. The Author was a child of that generation, and it was a time when domestic abuse when largely unreported and people simply let families do whatever they wanted to each other behind the closed doors of the home: wife yelling at her husband into submission, husbands beating wives into a pulp, child abuse, gambling, drinking, neglect, poverty.
Also, divorce was rare (shameful) in both Italy and America and there was no welfare (single mother become homeless and starve to death), no women's shelters, no child protective services. Overally, as glamourous as being a Cold War powerful well-dressed gangster may look, the backdrop was a socially violent and oppressive time.
@slchance8839 OK, I figured. And don't worry, I'm not one of those close-minded people who can't look back at history without taking off the modern-day shades. It is crazy how it was considered normal that type of abuse. I would never a day in my life stay with someone who would do something so disrespectful and just wrong to me or others. Times sure have changed.
Fun Fact: The big guy who was nervous to talk to Don Corleone at his daughter's wedding and got killed at the bar was an actual mafia member and not an actor.
Michael eliminating the 5 families was what earned him Don status, but it also showed why he was a very different Don than his father. People feared Michael but didn’t really respect him. I don’t want to spoil part 2 for you, but if watch part 2 you’ll see how being that type of Don doesn’t really work long term, maybe short term but not long term. People respected Vito, he was charismatic and only used violence when it was absolutely necessary. Vito was a great husband and father and was loyal to his family and had a good heart. The best part of Michael died after Appolonia was blown up imo.
He was dealt a terrible hand. If it wasn't for Michael his father would have been assassinated at the hospital and the family destroyed subsequently. He single handedly kept everything together. He was better than all of them.
such a rich, incredible story.
I read the book a few years ago, and it's amazing how close the book and the movie are. Thank you for the reaction, you have a great channel.
"I choose these bad guys!" lolololol
I absolutely love this reaction channel 🥰
Enzo (the baker) who helped Michael at the hospital was the Italian soldier that was in New York as a prisoner of war. He's the one that the Don arranged to stay in the US after the war. He paid his debt to the Don.
Enzo probably got repaid tenfold for that. Michael had nobody to help him and Enzo rose to the occasion.
For old school types like the Corleone family that type of loyalty wouldn’t be forgotten.
"He kept on talking. For speaking Italian and not translating, that guy deserved it." That is Sollozzo in a nutshell.
Great summary: "It's either these bad guys or the other bad guys and I choose these bad guys." Perfect!
Great reaction, terrifique! Glad you saw that Carlo set up Sonny. Lots of Reactors just don't. By beating his pregnant wife....... They knew Sonny would come running, and they were waiting for him
Another funny fact was that when The Orderlies had a difficult time taking Don Corleone upstairs, it was legitimate. Marlon Brando put in weights deliberately to make the scene more believable. Nobody knew until after the fact. Also when Don Corleone slapped Johnny Fontaine, it was spontaneous, it wasn't in the script that's why Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen) was laughing so hard.
"He's Don Corleone - he's no one's bitch.".......PRICELESS!
42:41 "look how they Massacred my boy"😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Fun fact, at the meeting of the 5 families Don Vito said “ ‘I’ will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today”. The plan that Micheal carried out was planned with his father.
53:35 The baby being baptized is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola. Her name daughter is Sophia.
Sophia Coppola grew up to become an actress and a respected director in her own right.
And godfather two is twice as good as this one! And they wouldn’t poison anybody like that that’s kinda a traditional Italian thing to give him a drink when you’re gonna sit down and talk, they would never think to poison the drink, they just shoot him in the head.
Always thought it funny that Sonny says to Michael dismissively “this isn’t like the Army, you gotta get up close and bada bing”. Michael was a Marine. He fought in the Pacific where combat was often “up close” & incredibly brutal. Also while serving, Michael was awarded the Navy Cross (2nd highest military decoration) & a Silver Star (3rd highest military decoration).
Maybe Sonny just saw him as his little bro, but Michael was very experienced in close up violence.
54:42 "he does not renounce sh*t!" -jyn
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When Clemenza says, “Hello, Carlo,” you know; you just know.
_"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."_
_"It's just business."_
Great movie. Thanks.
I love the visual symbolism of how after Micheal gets sucker punched by the cop that half of his face is swollen. With the Don, both of his cheeks are permanently swollen, so having it on one side is like a subtle hint to where Micheal’s character is going in the story as he slowly becomes his father.
"He's the new devil." LOVED that comment. Superb reaction! Ta. 💜❤💙
When this Film was made the Mob were not happy until they were convinced when they knew it would show the respect and family over everything.
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You get it, you just get it... scene for scene!!!!
Totally enjoyed your reaction!!!
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Good review ladies. Can’t wait for your next one.
Liked and subscribed. You two are great, loved the reaction.
Interesting - in the book, Sal does not ask for mercy or consideration, he faces his death with stoic resolve; it's Tom who asks Michael to reconsider killing the old family friend since they deliberately pushed Sal and Clemenza out as unwitting bait, hoping one of them would eventually "make the smart move" so they could spring their trap on Barzini... which was pretty cold... but that's Michael. [edited b/c autocorrect is a %$#@!]
In the book he also put Tom out to see if he was loyal too. Clamenza, Tessio and Tom. He also created a 3rd secret regime loyal to Mike. (You’ve got your Luca Brazi. Great line). But, Tom loved the family, was loyal and saw what was happening scenes. The line in the book I like the line Tom says, “it’s a shame that a guy so loyal for so long made such a fatal mistake so late in life.”
The Godfather was a great horse trader, he knew the value of things, of loyalty, of fear; he operated on the barter system actually.
Now that's how you do a review. Great job ladies. There's a lot of reviewers who could learn from you. You were engaged, you almost never talked over the dialogue. Impressive.
Most upsetting movie death for me still is the murder of Sonny Corleone. Wanted to see more of that guy.
The song the people sing at the wedding is pretty suggestive. A girl asks her mother to find her a husband. The mother says things like if I find a carpenter he’ll nail you. Luca Brasi is the only man that Don Corleone fears, and Vito Corleone is the only man that Luca Brasi fears.
I’m surprised you didn’t watch part 2 right away. When I showed my friend the Godfather, she wanted to watch part 2 immediately! It’ll be worth your time I promise
Because Sonny showed interest in the drug deal Sollozzo wanted to make...it motivated Sollozzo to kill the godfather because he thought he would be able to make the deal with Sonny
True, but still incredibly stupid on Sollozo's part.
He would of done it regardless.
Luca Brazi was an actual gangster on set who was guarding a higher ranking advisor for the film. He looked the part so well that they cast him.
He couldn't act for shit, and accidentally gave that awkward as fuck performance in front of the godfather.
Coppola loved it, so backwrote the scene with him practicing his lines and being nervous.
I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Lots of interesting behind-the-scenes stuff, like the christening baby (who is director Coppola's newborn daughter), or the fact that Luca Brasi was a REAL mafia mob.
The remark about drugs being on a POC-only market is pretty close to the truth; if you're interested, there's Godfather of Harlem, a great serie which takes up this theme and a lot of the stuff black people had to face back then.
The "Baby" was played by Sofia Coppola Francis Ford Coppola's Daughter. The Coppolas hod the distinction of having three Generations of Oscar Winners.
The key to the Don's power was that he often created the very problems he was approached to solve later on.
He was waiting for the sudway to pass overhead
To cover the gunfire and play as a distraction
Carlo's murder is one of the best revenges in cinema history , they made him think that they would exile him so that he would have false hope and his executor was Clemenza (Sonny's godfather) also Michael was patient not to alert his master Barzini. .. chef kiss
Michael lied about the plane trip so that Carlo would calmly get in the car. You can see his face relax in the house, when he thinks he gets to keep on living
I always thought it was so gangster that Mike watched Carlo get strangled to death from the front lawn of Carlo's own home. He stood there and watched. The only death he personally witness. Then, he just strolled about with the rest of his day.
Also, Clemenza felt a personal vendetta to kill Carlo since it was Clemenza that vouched for Carlo as a good guy and introduced him to Sonny years and years ago. Clemenza felt personally betrayed that Carlo showed no gratitude for bringing Clemenza bringing him up out of nothing. (You can see the nothing Carlo came from when you see him just hanging out in a leisure suit outside on the street, like some low-level mook, before Sonny beat his ass into the gutter.)
Michael had to get the confession first, that way he knew for sure. He let him think he was going to live, gave him a drink to let his guard down, and that’s when Carlo folded. You can tell Michael wasn’t 💯 sure before Carlo admitted it. The 5 second angry cold stone face stare he gave Carlo after he admitted it was Barzini shows that even though everyone had a good idea Carlo was responsible, it still wasn’t definite. Notice that’s when Michael took the drink from him too. Carlo sealed his fate when he admitted to killing Sonny. I honestly think if Carlo stuck to his guns and denied everything, he wouldn’t have been killed. They had to be 💯 sure.
The scene in the diner works without subtitles b/c you can feel the tension build regardless.
But what they say is basically:
SOLLOZZO: “I’m sorry…”
MICHAEL: “Leave it alone.” ( or ) “Forget about it.”
SOLLOZZO: “What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that.”
MICHAEL: “I understand those things…”
[Waiter brings McCluskey's veal, then exits.]
SOLLOZZO: “Now let’s work through where we go from here.”
MICHAEL: “How do you say… ?” [Then Michael returns to speaking English.]
[After Michael returns from the bathroom]
SOLLOZZO: “Everything all right? I respect myself, understand, and cannot allow another man to hold me back. What happened was unavoidable. I had the unspoken support of the other Family dons. If your father were in better health, without his eldest son running things, no disrespect intended, we wouldn’t have this nonsense. We will stop fighting until your father is well and can resume bargaining. No vengeance will be taken. We will have peace, but your Family should interfere no longer.”
I really enjoy you two. Perceptive and thoughtful commentary-and you are fun to watch.
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I love seeing young people discover classic movies. This was a great reaction. 😍😍
The book is really good and covers both godfather 1 & 2 movies. Godfather 2 is one of the best sequels ever and the first sequel to be awarded best picture!
54:57: That was ex-cop and Luca Brasi's replacement, Al Neri. He was one of NYPD's finest and honest officers..McClosky was worried he'd be trouble, so he set him up on a false murder charge. Don Vito read about the case and knowing Micheal would need such a man, had Tom get him aquitted. Grateful, Neri joined the family and stayed with them for life (He's in all 3 Godfather films) You might like to know when the 5 family heads were killed , so was Fabio, who was hiding in New Jersey after bombing Micheal's sicilian wife. 1:02 Micheal did lots of killing to earn his army medals..guys like that are always ready to do it again if they deem it necessary.
You must be citing the book. In the film seies, Fabrizio was found in Buffalo, where Michael had him killed via a car bomb.
@@Stogie2112 Yes. He's citing the book. In the book, a hitman finds Fabrizzio (aka "the shepherd") owning a small pizza joint in NY and says "I hear you have tattoo of a woman on your chest. Lemme see." Fabrizzio tries to run. The button man puts him on the ground and just before putting the second bullet into his mouth says "Michael Corleone says 'hello.'"
@@slchance8839 ….I’ve read the book. There are several differences between it and the film, but they didn’t affect the film negatively. Both are great.
The way Carlos was holding onto that plane ticket was too funny for me (on a subsequent watch); he really thought he was going somewhere lol.
Good job! I love the innocence of you 2 reacting to this great movie for the 1rst time.
Technically Michael didn't kill Carlo, so he didn't lie.
Many consider this film the greatest, or one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Nice choice to react to. As one of y'all has not yet watched "Scarface", maybe ya could check it out, too. Enjoyed this so much. Your reactions were so good. You two were nice to listen to. And are so cute, together. I own this picture and have seen it hundreds of times over the years. It was a real pleasure catching it again with you girls. Thanks. Big shoutout from this old, longhaired, country boy in the mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. U.S.A. I hit the sub button, black bell, like, and here is my little comment for ya. I think you will do well with this channel, if you guys just continue to be yourselves. Good luck with it. Will be catching you on the next. Much peace, love, and happiness to you and yours. Bless you both. Go with God. Later.
Mesdemoiselles j'espère que ce film vous a plu. C'est un grand film ,une grande Saga
One of the best movies ever! 2nd is great also. 3rd is worth watching to see whole story but not great.
Great reaction and thank you for the long edit here. You really showed every important scene and dialogues. Part 2 is tremendous but I'd walk away a winner after that. Stick with great films.