It's Strictly Business - The Godfather (2/9) Movie CLIP (1972) HD
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Michael (Al Pacino) devises a plan to kill Capt. McCluskey.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Popularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather is a touchstone of cinema: one of the most widely imitated, quoted, and lampooned movies of all time. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino star as Vito Corleone and his youngest son, Michael, respectively. It is the late 1940s in New York and Corleone is, in the parlance of organized crime, a "godfather" or "don," the head of a Mafia family. Michael, a free thinker who defied his father by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II, has returned a captain and a war hero. Having long ago rejected the family business, Michael shows up at the wedding of his sister, Connie (Talia Shire), with his non-Italian girlfriend, Kay (Diane Keaton), who learns for the first time about the family "business." A few months later at Christmas time, the don barely survives being shot by gunmen in the employ of a drug-trafficking rival whose request for aid from the Corleones' political connections was rejected. After saving his father from a second assassination attempt, Michael persuades his hotheaded eldest brother, Sonny (James Caan), and family advisors Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and Sal Tessio (Abe Vigoda) that he should be the one to exact revenge on the men responsible. After murdering a corrupt police captain and the drug trafficker, Michael hides out in Sicily while a gang war erupts at home. Falling in love with a local girl, Michael marries her, but she is later slain by Corleone enemies in an attempt on Michael's life. Sonny is also butchered, having been betrayed by Connie's husband. As Michael returns home and convinces Kay to marry him, his father recovers and makes peace with his rivals, realizing that another powerful don was pulling the strings behind the narcotics endeavor that began the gang warfare. Once Michael has been groomed as the new don, he leads the family to a new era of prosperity, then launches a campaign of murderous revenge against those who once tried to wipe out the Corleones, consolidating his family's power and completing his own moral downfall. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and winning for Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay, The Godfather was followed by a pair of sequels.
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Cast: James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Al Pacino, Abe Vigoda
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producers: Gray Frederickson, Albert S. Ruddy, Robert Evans
Screenwriters: Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
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Tom didn't laugh.
He knew Michael meant it.
Tom was the smartest of the group.
To be honest bro I really think it was two things he didn’t want Michael involved because he was a citizen And sort of rolled his eyes Simply because killing a chief of police or any top officer Tom would know that the police would come bearing down with arrest warrants on the family but you can’t kill a cop and though he did say it was a crooked cop and Tom change his mind in the beginning he rolled his eyes simply because killing a cop was Not Realistic
The book goes into this scene more. Michael gets real angry and pissed at Sonny. Crazy
@@gatormark Tom could have been Don like Michael he possessed the qualities, while Sonny was too impulsive, the others were soldiers.
He’s got class.
Sometimes I forget that is Al Pacino. I think that Michael Corleone is a real person
+Nebi Lika So true. I feel the same
Godfather 3, the comedy. SMH
***** You're right. By the time Godfather 3 came out he had become Al Pacino. At the time of Godfather 1, nobody knew him and that was probably the best thing to have happened.
+JourneyML1 yes he is impressive in the part 1 and 2 , they should give him an oscar for the part 2.
+JourneyML1 Holy...SHIT! STOP WHINING!
It never occurred to be before as a WWII vet Michael has seen more violence, bloodshed and death then anyone else in that room
maybe, but sonny had supposedly killed a lot of men. that is the point that sonny is making to michael, though. michael could fire away at a distance with a machine gun, but could he pull the trigger up close and personally? obviously michael could, but sonny had never seen that part of him.
imbuggin Well Michael must have seen more death and carnage, some WWII solider did shoot, stab guys up close and even fought hand to hand but we don't know exactly what Michaels war experience was like. But I see your point Sonny saw michael before and after his deployment I dont think it occurs to sonny that is brother has seen and done some hardcore shit
SuperKing604 We don't know his role in the military.
Nick Pagano didn't he get some medal or something seems like it was implied he saw combat
SuperKing604
You are right. In the movie, Michael Corleone received a battlefield commission to the rank of Captain and was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery. He was discharged early in 1945 to recover from a wound (his father had secretly arranged his release). You don't get the Navy Cross for just shooting people from a distance. I'm pretty sure he had killed people up close and personal before. He just didn't brag about it. It's no wonder he was calm under pressure. He had been through WW2 and came out a war hero.
Tom is the only one in this room who does not laugh at Michael.
Actually if u watch at little bit earlier in this scene, when Mikey walks in Sonny starts making fun of him and Tom laughs at him a little
Not only does he not laugh or smile, he shows impatience at those in the room that do. It's like he knows instinctively that Michael will one day become Godfather. He talks to Michael like an adult. That was Tom's genius - he knew how to survive.
+ZergSwarms1 I think i am going to be only who has a different opinion of Tom. I think why Tom didn't laugh because he was pissed over the argument with sonny that he had just before this scene. And like everybody else he also didn't took Micheal seriously because when Micheal says "where does it say we can't kill a police man", Tom replies "come on Miky".
+Lawrence Noronha Exactly, he knew he had to get on his good side
Sumit Dev i think this detail was made up in film. I've read the book, Tom really took Mike seriously.
In the book it is explained that the reason Sonny laughed was because he knew it was going to happen. He knew he would be like them and was waiting for him to drop the college boy act. Sonny was really proud of Michael. It's something Sonny would do. He would shoot them himself if he had the opportunity. The fact that his little brother was going to do it, made him happy.
David Castillo the book is way more interesting than the movie.
Yes, and there's an indication of this in the scene. Sonny initially reacts *not* with laughter to Michael's proposal at all. For several beats, he takes it seriously, and yes, one can even read his expression as a newfound pride in his brother. It is only when the two capos start laughing that he laughs too and treats it as a joke. At first, he took it Tom's way -- as a real plan, and one that, he immediately realized, could work.
Yes,and also,Clemenza and Tessio don’t laugh out until Sonny started bursting out
@@rahulmishra4037 na the book is trash. The movie is much better.
@@ranadipbiswas1077 I agree that the movies is much better. And in the movie they omitted the boring parts about Lucy Mancini and Johnny Fontane. The movie also has more details that connect the whole story much better than the book!
Someone needs to go back in time and tell Al Pacino to never show up in an Adam Sandler movie.
+LinkMarioSamus LMAO
Jaskeerat Malik hoo-ah
+Jaskeerat Malik I'm telling you, at some point in the late seventies or early eighties, the real Al Pacino was abducted by aliens and an impostor took over. Only explanation.
"It's not Al anymore it's DUNKACINO"
I think smoking played a part in Pacino's rapid aging. Completely changed his voice. It's a shame. He was so attractive in this film.I don't understand why the studio didn't want him to play Michael Corleone. He has such striking Italian features. It seems sacrilege to even consider casting a non-Italian in such an important role. Typical Hollywood bullshit, I guess.
Michael becomes the godfather in this scene...
Antony Levendi... I agree, but it was fueled by the assassination attempt on his pops, who he dearly loved.
The Greek tragedy unfolding.
Because he was the one who walked away from the "family" (college, military, etc.) giving him the objective POV that enabled him to rescue them from total collapse. The downside was that he became the thing he never wanted to become: a gangster. In other words it was as if he was fated to become the thing he hated most, like Oedipus Rex. Another example is Napoleon, who as a Corsican vowed vengeance upon France who sacked his native Italian island, which he achieved, not as an attacking enemy but rather as it's emperor. The Greeks depicted the gods as using mortal man as essentially playthings. Read Aesop's Fables. @Sam A3
Exactly right.
I think he sure becomes a gangster in this scene, but he becomes The Godfather when Appolonia and Sonny are killed, that’s when he réalisés he has to become The Godfather in order to protect the people he loves
That cold look and tone of voice when Michael say's "It's not personal Sonny, it's strictly business" send chills down my spine every time.
its like his telling Sonny dont worry big brother i know what im doing and getting myself into
No it doesnt shut up lol
Every time the line "It's nothing personal, it's strictly business" is used will always pale in comparison to when it's used in this scene.
In the books, he stated later that it was never just business. Everything is personal, that's why Vito is smart because he considers everything personally. When he helps people, he takes their problem as his. That's why he's strong. And when he's offended, he always take it at a personal level. He just doesn't show it, nor speak about it.
Yh, it's absolutely personal for Michael.
I love how the camera tracks toward Michael as he gives the plan. This film = great cinematography.
It zooms in on him slowly and you could feel him find his voice.
Damn I was about to write this comment
vegasrenie Yes!! They zoom in and it first reveals his ingeniousness. I always liked that part, and Michael was ridiculed by Sonny perhaps because he was young.
This is the moment that made Michael.
As cinefix puts it : “ coppola is begging us ti take this man seriously” perfection
1:03
I like how Tessio, Clemenza, and Sonny are laughing because they believe Michael's well-thought plan was probably the most absurd thing ever while Tom looks so dumbfounded. Such a brilliant scene.
Tessio, Clemenza and Sonny.
MrSal5
Thanks for correcting me. Hope I didn't upset you.
TheLastOfTheFinest80
That final comma is optional. I always use it.
Tom is not dumbfounded. He doesn't like it.
srb9 I agree. Michael's supposed to be the 'clean' one -- the Army vet. The one who doesn't get his hands dirty. And yet there he is, calmly planning a murderous, calculating hit on a powerful criminal and a cop. So I can only imagine what Tom is thinking.
I love how the movie opens with a long shot pulling back, to reveal a Godfather who refuses to kill for money; now in this scene, the camera slowly pushes back in to a rising Godfather whose first act in the family business is murder.
this movie (and book) just brilliant on so many levels
I also liked the scene where the original Godfather farted and pooped his pants and he goes "i gota poopoos all over my new italiano pantaloons mama mia!"
array s Fanucci
"Godfather who refuses to kill for money; now in this scene, the camera slowly pushes back in to a rising Godfather whose first act in the family business is murder."
original's Godfather first act in family business was also a murder
Technically it’s not murder since mccluskey and sollozzo were involved in crime
This is another of my favorite Godfather scenes. Michael's metamorphosis is awesome to behold. In this scene, you can see the beginnings of the hardness and coldness that cost him so much over the course of this series.
you cute
Michael's transformation started before that, you can see it in the flashback at the end of part 2, where Michael mentions he's going to abandon college to go to war.
What Sonny and the rest don't understand is that Michael has fought and got wounded in the pacific front where close combat was common occurence, only Tom seems to disapprove of making fun of him for talking about Killing Sollozzo from up close, Michael was already a cold blooded killer at this point.
That's because Tom Hagen was always on his guard due to not being Sicilian.
Felicia Moore Yes Felicia it is the first revelation of his intelligence. His mind was viscious throughout the entire movie, and this is the root scene of it all.
Felicia Moore You can see the beginning of how clever Mike is too.
Everything was personal to Michael
+Zhanger333 Ever since Apollinia and Sonny died I would say that everything Michael did was personal.
One could argue that killing the Dons were business, but since the peace had been going on for so long and Michael was planning on moving the family business anyway it served no real purpose except getting revenge for Sonny and Apollonia.
Killing Carlo was personal, Carlo was definitely no threat anymore
Killing Hyman Roth was without a doubt personal. A dying man trying to seek refuge was no longer a threat to Michael.
And Fredo was also personal
+Zhanger333 Michael was planning his revenge ever since he came back from silicy, long before Barzini plotted to assassinate him. There is even a deleted scene just after he comes back when Vito and Michael talk and Michael says that if Vito is not involved he won't break the peace. The plans were in the making long before there was a threat of Michaels life. Was is business, or personal? One could say both, but for Michael it was very personal.
Moe Green was business I'll give you that
Carlo was no threat to Michael whatsoever, he would've had no role in the family whatsoever.
Roth was ridiculously protected, not being able to kill him was not bad for business. However, killing him makes people fear Michael sure. Although that was not his goal, it was a vendetta.
Vito had one personal kill, the Don that killed his family. Michael had the Dons, Carlo, Roth, Fredo
+Sigurd Torvaldsson In the book Michael says a different version of the "It's not personal. It's strictly business" line when he says to Tom "It's all personal. Every bit of business."
and his father too..
In the novel it is revealed that truly all business was personal
Jimmy Caan inventing the phrase "Badda bing!"
Bada boom! Bada baby back ribs!
Really??
hE dIsReSpEcTeD tHe BiNg
I see what you did there
Dark Demonik So you are saying that only Sicilians can portray Mafia characters in television and film? That would be impractical and unnecessary. Abe Vigoda did a great job with the Tessio character. His parents were immigrant Russian Jews and he was born in New Jersey.
Mike: "..then I'll Kill 'em both."
*they all laugh*
Mike: Ah, nevermind, you guys figure it out your own way.
*End godfather trilogy*
@array s and he never gambled or drank and went to church.
And Fredo banged cocktail waitresses two at a time for the rest of his life. Players never got their drinks at the table.
@@lazyatthedisco mate ,you nailed it 😅😅
It was the early stage of Michael becoming Godfather.
And everyone got killed due to sonny's incompetence
... and they all learned at that moment the quiet man in the middle was the ruthless one.
I love this scene. You can detect Michael's innocence still present and then compare it to how deadly he became towards the time he confronted fredo
I like the way Sonny kisses his little brother.
I always find it funny how he used Tom's "He's taking it personal" to Mike lol
"Tom this is business and this man is taking it very, very personal" 😂
@Jar Head it's also worth knotting that the 1940s were a much different time and Sonny problabully had a worse time than Micheal trying to find what it meant to be man and him being buff and a hot a head was problabully him trying to hide the possibillity that he struggled pretty bably with being a man in the culture he grew up in, mentally and emotionally.
It's the Italian way. Not so great when Covid hit the country.
Sonny was a warm human being- recall him apologizing to Tom "I didn't mean that." but Michael is totally cold- "You're out, Tom."
Sollozzo was business McCluskey was personal
oh shit i never looked at it that way. Maybe thats why he blasted that crooked bastard twice
What would have happened if he just shot the cop and walked out?
Both were personal, just like Moe Greene was personal to Hyman Roth
Didnt the don say it always personal?
Sollozzo ordered the hit on Vito so that was personal too.
Love Tom in this scene.
Like Vito he has finally come to understand and respect how Michael wants to live his life and sees him being dragged into a world he wasn't meant for, a world he never wanted. And as the scene ends he realises Michael has made his decision and there is nothing he can do to stop him. And so all that's left to do is sit back and let it happen.
If you would compare or sum things up, Vito was half tom half Michael
@@user-kr9rj3bq3b You knew Vito was a riccione?
@@user-kr9rj3bq3byes !
The laughing from Clemenza, Sonny, and Tessio is what you immediately notice from this scene (and I'll admit, I could watch it for 12 hours straight just for the laughing), but what might get overshadowed is Tom's quick and quiet realization of what Michael is morphing into. In less than 20 seconds, he goes from "come on, Mikey" to "this just might work." Whatever you might have thought of Mikey the wayward college boy who resists his father's plans, he ain't that any more. He's gone from Ivy League war hero to popping a made guy and a police captain so fast you could get whiplash. Tom's the only one smart enough to see that and adjust right away.
Notice how he said to insist that it is a public place where he would feel safe.
He already knew they were underestimating his resolve.
Loved Duvall's performance. It's so underrated. A masterclass in subtly. People give major shout outs to the ferociousness of Jimmy Caan's Sonny, Brando's brooding Vito and Pacino's conflicted Michael...Hagen is the constant and Duvall nails it. There's a slight Shakesperian undertone to The Godfather and Tom Hagen is definitely the Horatio to Michael's Hamlet.
Underrated Duvall's performance? Can you bring something better but this idiotic "underrated" rant?
YT is full of the "underrated" comment type, so cancerous, so stupid, so meaningless... And yours is just another one.
The way Michael was sitting in the chair as he laid out the plan to kill Sollozo and McClusky was just epic, already telling you who the new Don is gonna be.
This movie never gets old. I never tire of watching the clips.
He single-handedly takes over the family in this scene.
I always love how Michael took everything personal and always find a way to make it "It's just business" and it always fit right in.
It should be business, doesn't matter if it is personal or not. But if a personal matter serves against business, that is the problem
The character development of Michael Corleone over the three parts of the Godfather is legendary. All the way from the way he talks, the way he acts, and the way he looks. The way he looked like an innocent educated man all the way to the ruthless criminal who would take anyone that would dare to challenge him and it could all be seen in his eyes and facial expressions. The way Pacino devloped the character of Michael from the innocent Michael to the criminal Michael should be taught in film schools.
This is one of the most seminal moments in the entire trilogy. Because its at this moment, when you see Michael start to change as a man.
"BADA BING you blow their brains all over your nice ivy league suit" love that line
Pearson Peng 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sonny doesn't seem to appreciate the fact that his little brother just returned from the war with the U.S.M.C.-and they said he was a war hero as well.
Me too!
@SuperVince93Kaioken Most Italian gangsters don't. Their thinking is, you don't fight for some stranger, you fight for your family.
@SuperVince93Kaioken good point, but Sonny's gripe was that most U.S. Italians were signed up to fight in Italy, killing Italians..
Clemenza breaking the ice with a low chuckle then Tessio comes in with the belly laugh 😂😄 almost melodic
Why didn't Tessio warn them that Michael was going to kill them.
@@danielueblacker9118 Tesio wasn't a traitor until Michael became don
If they ever remake this movie, I swear....
New Michael: Now we insist that it's a public place, a bar, a restaurant, someplace with 5 stars rating on Yelp, 4.5 at the least...
@@ultrafastidious6497 LMFAOOO
@@ultrafastidious6497 Best comment/reply! Lol
@@ultrafastidious6497 LOL!😄
Justin Bieber as Michael.
This movie is just perfect. It’s the little things like how Michael flinches at 1:30 when Sonny comes in to kiss Michael. Just little things. Like Sonny punching his hand while laughing at Michaels idea like a proud big brother.
He's worried about his very sore and swollen jaw. Sonny was very unpredictable and could of easily given Michael a slap around the face (which would of been excruciating)
@@indigopath2598 yes that’s my point it’s the little things that add to the scene and characters.
“We have newspaper people on the payroll don’t we, Tom?”
How pertinent is that question these days?
Liberals watching this won’t get it.
@@RossBayCult man shut up yeesh
An amazing scene, pure genius. From caan to duval.. Them to one of al pacinos greatest acting scenes ever. The way he delivers that dialogue and the finishing line "it's not personal sunny.. It's strictly business" my goodness.. Gives me chills everytime.
His eyes are so intense when he mentions that line
"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business." *CRAZY EYES*
The camera moving in tells the whole story. Tells the audience that Mike is taking over. Brilliant.
Tessio laughing, what a scene.
Everyone except Tom laughs at Michael, but Michael was a war hero who had seen combat and the brutal reality of war that no one else there saw. Michael was indeed serious.
I love Tom's response.......you can tell he really admires Michael and his way of thinking
Is it just me or is the two godfather movies one of the few.movies from the 70s that could look like it was made in the 2000s?
Like for example the scene where he gets talk to his father for the last time before his has an heart attack and dies.
The shots and cinematography are so good in this movie for that it would totally look a movie thta came out in the 2000s.
I really whoever reads this gets what I mean.
His father whoops.
Dantaefett Icus also that godamn typos
Ok. Let me tweak my last comment. SOME of the shots in this movie looks like it could of been made in the 2000s. I don't know. Maybe because to me, this is one of the bast looking movies out there. I don't care how dated the camera work was. It just look too damn good
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i always said that. you're right.
I have always thought the same thing. It's because the godfather was so groundbreaking for its time, it set the precedent for many movies after it. Most major directors of the present cite it as a key influence; spielberg, lucas, scorsese etc.
I always said Michael was like Anakin Skywalker....a good person who becomes bad simply to protect his family yet ironically ends up losing his family. Reluctant villain ! Like Anakin Skywalker he tries to gain redemption but loses something in doing so....Anakin his life while michael his daughter!
+nicky29031977 I see him as a tragic hero. He made shrewd moves, but the victories he achieved were Pyrrhic victories. I find it sad watching somebody with so much intelligence suffer so greatly because of the "right" moves he made. One could argue that he was in organized crime and that the consequences he suffered come with the territory, but it's tragic that he even had to be involved in the first place.
+nicky29031977 Anakin was always an immature angry little bitch...
Dumbest comparison ever.
@@kevinzhang3313 he was a teenager at the time, who wasn't that in their teen years? It's the perfect comparison because to the Corleone Crime Family Mikey was soft and going to college and joined the Marines to get away from the family.
Just as I thought I was over the prequels,They pull me back in!!
You get to see a glimpse of Don Micheal when he’s explaining the plan, but then you quickly see him revert back to the Micheal pre-Don when everybody starts laughing and he’s trying to sell it. What a great job Pacino did!
I love the way this scene is shot. The way he is positioned in the room with the others around him conveys a sense of power and authority. Also, his confident posture sitting in that large chair resembles a king sitting on a throne. Even though he doesn't officially take over until later when his aging father gives him control, you are seeing the moment he truly takes control of the family.
This scene is the turning point where mike moves from the college dull guy to the ambicious don, amazing how the camera is getting closer as he are stressing the plan
And that whole WW2 thing in between probably growed him up real nice
one of the most amazing scenees and transitions for a character
Al Pacino was such a handsome guy back then - as was DuVall and Jimmy Caan.:)
It's James Caan
Arnold Triyudho I know so.:) I'm just using the short form of James.
+Arnold Triyudho Caan is known as Jimmy between actors and movie people, as is heard in interviews of Pacino, De Niro etc. regularly.
+LittleLyonMan yep love it when they call him Jimmy Caan
+Anastasia Saenz Both five letters!
The moment you find out that Michael Corleone is The Most Dangerous Person in The Room.
Jeeeesus, almost 50 years on and this scene, the lines, the lighting, the looks..! They all hit like a ton of bricks!
You nailed it! I think that's why you can watch “The Godfather” a hundred times and still watch it intensely. Whereas most classic films such as "Citizen Kane" or even more modern classics such as " The Graduate " or " Nashville " which are amazing works of cinema do feel dated when viewing them today.
That's New Hollywood for you.
Single-handedly the most vital and powerful scene in the entire movie. Literally the moment when you see Michael show first flash of him being the Alpha as the camera pans in. Clemenza and Sonny initially laugh it off but Michael insists and ultimately commands the respect to make the move. Brilliant acting and directing...
Always gets to me the part when Sonny lectures Michael on killing a man. Mike was a marine during WW2, fought in the Pacific and earned the Navy Cross. The guy had seen more death than anyone.
Great performances all around, but Pacino puts on a master class in acting in these movies. His transformation from college kid to Godfather is astonishing. We are so fortunate that Coppola stuck to his guns and insisted that Pacino play Michael.
I LOVE Sonny on this scene! 😍😍😍
-The e way he says:
" Tom, this is bussines and this man is taking it very very personal"
-The way he kisses Michael
-The way he says: " Badda Bing!'
Love this character!!
Michael is born for the crunch time.
This is one of the best scenes in the history of film. Camera work is fantastic, acting wonderful.
Just briliant.
I love how the camera is zooming at Pacino at 0:23. It shows how important his words are because he's starting to act like the future Godfather.
Major foreshadowing how the frame was depicted with Michael in the chair with his legs crossed over and Tom in the back watching. Masterful scene from the acting to the directing of Coppola
Perfect timing of the slow approach shot on Michael, and cut to Sonny while Clemenza laughs first
I commented on this scene a year ago but fate has brought me back again to make another observation: this is a movie where the invisible art of screenwriting shines. It is so brilliant that Michael brings the cold hearted tactics of the army to his mafia family. The movie is about how the tactics of immigrant families dissipate over generations in the American machine, which has always been about aggression. DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. Aka, be more about yourself and less about family, community etc., which is huge in the Italian culture depicted here. That's what enables Michael to actually think in a more manipulative way and devise the whole plan. And moreso, to have the balls to shoot a cop, which breaks tradition, which is another thing America is all about: constant change. It really is the quintessential American film. It's like we move forward so fast that people can't understand it and so get violent. It's a great tragedy that this film captures perfectly.
Yours truly,
NEEERRRRRRRRRDDDD
+Thomas DaSilva Michael was in the Marines.
+Derrick Threex He was. My bad. My point is he brings that covert military sense.
I agree I was thinking the same not too many people know this but I'm a nerd also 😂😂😂
+Thomas DaSilva Great insight ! I offer you mine or this speculation. Sonny trenchant enough to be a Don but he definitely lacked the talent of his father and was deemed to hotheaded . Sonny's retaliatory hit on was it Tataliara's son when they were going to finish the job at the hospital where Vito was questioned by his men but it proved to be a fatalistic right move because it laid the groundwork for Michael to take care of Sollozzo and McClesky.
" I Believe in America"
First line says it all.
For myself , this is my favourite scene in the movie . I love how the camera starts it's close up on Michael as this scene alone showed how it was now Michael who was in charge. Just genius how that slow camera scene made people listen and read between the lines . I love this movie so much .
Even the silence between the words that Al speaks adds to the sense of what is to follow..
Simply, superb acting from Al, and the rest of the cast.. Magic!!!!
It’s a great backstory about how the studio really hated the idea of Al Pacino playing Michael instead of an established star but he was perfect because of his intelligence and his initial persona - a normal civilian that no one would suspect had it in him to become a gangster - created the right starting baseline where the great actor could show Michael evolving by increments into the calculating, cold blooded don.
If he was tall and handsome, or already looked like a perfect gangster - his evolution wouldn’t have made sense or been as impactful.
One of my favorite scenes of any movie. I love Sonny's look at 1:02. It's somewhere between disbelief in what his lil' bro said and finding it humorous. But this is also a dark moment. You see that Michael is the only one that can take up the mantle of being the Don. He is a true mastermind, in the scariest way. Out of the brothers, he is the only one that can erase any emotions so that he can accomplish the task. I don't know that even Tom Hagen could do what Michael is capable of.
‘erase’ cannot be done, albeit promised w a papercutout by One CChurch-an actor k better, acting ‘natural’.
One of James Caan's greatest acting moments. He could have won the Oscar that year as far as I'm concerned.
Sometimes ‘winning’ an Oscar be degrading. That wd be just one of those times.
The only one not laughing was Tom. He knew, right then, that Michael was deadly serious.
So many wonderful subtle moments in this scene. Notice that Tom says "C'mon Mikey...".
I suspect that is the last time anyone calls him "Mikey" again.
Al Nero calls him Mikey in Godfather 3 when they were escaping the helicopter shoot out
Fredo ALWAYS referred to him as Mikey even when Michael disowned him in Godfather Part 2.
The way the camera pans and zooms into him, forcing us to lean forward and pay attention, how Tom is the only one in the shot and happens to be the only one taking him seriously that tells the audience what is to come ........ How am I still learning new things about this movie after all these years ?
One of the greatest scenes in film history.
Clemenza's presence filled in so many scenes, even with little dialogue from him.
I always felt like Sonny was actually encouraging the idea. ( I’m the oldest out of my siblings and I always talked like that to encourage my younger brothers to stand up for themselves and others). “ What are you gonna do? Nice college boy, Eh? , Sort of like a psychological test to see if he had the resolve to do it. So mocking him in a playful manner was him actually loving the plan.
Yes, I think that's plausible. He does *not* react with laughter; he takes Michael seriously at first. And then, when the capos start laughing, he coaxes him on with the goading.
Easy to underestimate Michael "Godfather" Corleone and wind up dead.
At least Santino stayed cool during this scene even though it sort of gave him a rush to know that his kid brother is willing to clap somebody. I think everyone but Tom forgot he just came from fight a war first hand. Great scene
Brilliant Pacino, you can see his whole development into Godfather just in this one scene, you see his thought processes as he plans the killing and then his justification and intellectualisation of the killing. Very compelling scene and Pacino is peerless in this.
i love when sonny kiss his own brother so sweet
Love the way Pacino says all this with such intensity lol! Great actor!
One of the most poignant scenes of this masterpiece. The slow methodical zoom-in to a medium closeup of Michael Corleone sitting in the chair alone with the camera frame placing him dead center, as if this is the future, the power, the sole controller of all the families. Then abruptly interrupted by laughter and chuckling as if to say " but not yet"
Certainly one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.
This is my fucking scene.
Vito,Tom and Michael are my favourite characters in The godfather
A story about, of all people, Paul Heyman, the founder and operate of the legendary wrestling promotion ECW: during the famous Sandman vs Raven feud where Raven recruits the Sandman's estranged wife and son, Heyman was inspired by a friend of his who was a ruthless investment banker. Heyman described this man as being vicious and putting people out in their ass, but for him it was "just business." But this fellow went through an ugly divorce where his ex moved in with another man and their child, who was very young, took to calling this other fellow "daddy." And this emotionless businessman was absolutely devastated to hear that, and for the first time it really was personal to him. True human drama.
I swear it’s like we are watching a documentary about “The Corleone Family” Michael seems so real in this scene. His jaw being broken, his voice, and him saying “it’s not personal it’s strictly business” gives me chills.
This is the part in the book where Michael tells tom, "It was all personal..." And then the best part, "Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.:"
Think about how Santiago regarded Michael. Despite being a War Vet who served in World War II, he was treated so sweetly by his older brother, even Tom, who only ever wanted to be seen as his older brother he could rely on, deemed him the same.
The fact that they didn't even think he could fall even deeper than any of them is the saddest part.
This Is the moment Walter White becomes Heisenberg
Everyone is understanding the quiet one! NEVER underestimate the quiet one.
This scene shows it was in Michael all along to be Godfather.
0:00 to 1:00: Absolutely no music; just a slow close-up to Michael, in probably the most pivotal scene in the Godfather. Art at its finest.
It's amazing to see how Michael thinks the whole plan from nothing. Nobody thought that Michael will be the leader of the family.
Tom gained a lot of respect for Michael right there. He was no longer someone that needed protection from the dealings of the family. Tom recognized the tactical brilliance of Michael's plan.
I love how tom give michael the eye roll when he is explaining how to use the news to cover their tracks like he’s some innocent boy looking for petty justice until michael show how deep his thoughts were in the whole plan.
That scene alone could win the Academy award for Best Actor!
Michael would do anything to protect his family. Even if it means crossing to the dark side.
He knew a lot about it. He knew that Sollozzo was determined to have his father killed no matter what he said because that would be best for Sollozzo's business, he knew how the press could handle the killings of Sollozzo and McCluskey, he knew how to set up the killing scene, etc. One of the major themes of the movie is that being a high ranking mafia member was in Michael's blood. He had the right instincts, insights, and talents.
This is the most iconic scene in Hollywood.....u get goosebumps listening to his plan 😅
I like the way how Micheal plans to kill them of both at the restaurant!
I prefer this over the sequel, mainly because of Brando's presence.
Clemenza and Tessio laughing is the greatest.
Tom didn't laugh for two reasons, first he knew Michael was serious and that meant his life was about to change forever, and second, Tom was against it, he wanted to make a deal and end the conflict. Michael remembers this later on and decides to remove him as consigliere during war time.
When you realize Michael was dishing out battleplan-like instructions to his elders who were supposedly more badass and experienced than him and didn’t even bat an eyelash while he goes on about putting bullets through the head of men thought to be most dangerous. How clueless were those people in the room with him except for Tom who’s quick to realize they’ve already won the war before they even started.