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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.😎
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 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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Μαρλον μπραντο ενα μοναδικο ταλεντο ενας πανεμορφος ανδρας μια φανταστικη προσωπικοτητα..Λειπει ενας Μαρλον απο αυτο τον κοσμο.Δε ξερω γιατι εχουν συνδεσει το νονο με τον Αλ πατσινο για εμενα νονος ηταν μονο ενας και αυτος ηταν ο Μαρλον γι αυτο και πηρε οσκαρ απογειωσε την ταινια ..Κανεις δεν επαιζε τοσο τελεια οσο ο Μαρλον Μπραντο
Yes, Michael is played by Al Pacino. There are so many famous "one liners" in this movie but "...make him an offer he can't refuse" is probably the most famous. Vito, played by Marlon Brando, did what he had to for his family but never wanted to bring his kids into the Family business. He wanted them legit and respectable. He couldn't help it that Sonny, his oldest, saw him murder someone and dispose of the gun. So, Sonny was in and was the logical choice to next head the family. Unfortunately, and Vito knew it but couldn't do anything about it, Sonny was impulsive. You saw a hint of that when Vito chastised him for speaking his thoughts to those outside the family. He also screwing Lucy during his sisters wedding...even though he was married and his wife was there (somewhere) too. The next in line was Fredo but Fredo was a simp...a coward. He could never run the family. You see examples of this in how he bungled protecting his father when out (reacting late, dropping the gun and thereby letting his father get shot up and then instead of helping, collapsing and crying) as well as allowing himself to be knocked around by Mo Green. Vito knew Fredo was good for nothing and so kept him around to prevent him from getting into trouble and/or getting himself killed. That left the youngest, Michael, who Vito hoped of becoming a respectable leader (a Senator or maybe a Governor). Oh, and Michael, like most others, had suspicion that his brother-in-law Carlo had a hand in Sonny's death but no proof. He played him and made him admit that he did what he did (beat his wife) to lure Sonny out to his death. This confirmation was all Michael needed to have Carlo executed. Until that point, I think Michael might well have let Carlo live since, after all, he doesn't want to make his sister a widow. Wife beating...that was an internal affair between wife and husband...but taking sides against the Family to have on such as Sonny killed. That is unforgiveable. Also, Michael fit his new role perfectly. He was, you could say, destined for it. His cold "No" to Kay about killing Carlo was so convincing that she believed him...until she saw others swearing allegiance to Michael as "Don Corleone". At that point she realized he lied to her and reserved herself to do as Vito's wife did...turn a blind eye to the true nature of the Family. If you liked this movie, you should see Part II which also starred Robert Deniro.
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.
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.
@@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.
I agree they could have put the lyrics up. Fire reaction girls. They are killing me with the quote I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. American Gangster is a good film by Denzel Washington based on Frank Lucas. Fun reaction girls.
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
The song they're singing at Connie's wedding is "Ce La Luna"--it's a traditional funny/ironic song about a mother having her "birds and bees" talk with her daughter just before her wedding (hence all the funny gestures)
Yes Italian people so amazing and powerful , this people love party so many foods , so traditional , big famliy and love God ,,, i love Italy and Italians 🇮🇹❤️ !!!
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!
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.
I enjoyed your reactions. You're both lovely to look at and have great but different personalities. I can't wait to see your thoughts about Godfather II - perhaps the best sequel ever. I'm enthralled with you both.
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.
The $600,000 value for the horse equates to over $10 million today.
And don't forget the fortune in stud fees that steed would have earned.
10 million for a horse? as exotic as it was that guy got ripped off
Exactly:
All Your Servants & Workers & Guard & Alarms......
Who Even Tried to Slow HIM Down!
❤Do This FAVOR For ME...
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
That’s not what he said
IT'S BUSINESS!😮
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
Don't guess... let me educate you; it was the Columbo crime family!
"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.
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.
The Godfather was a great horse trader, he knew the value of things, of loyalty, of fear; he operated on the barter system actually.
"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!
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli" My favorite line 🙂
Clemenza has his priorities straightened out.
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.
Colombo
Was*
He’s been dead for like 30 years.
An all-time classic mobster movie!
31 years. @@blakeharris58
The "Baby" was played by Sofia Coppola Francis Ford Coppola's Daughter. The Coppolas hod the distinction of having three Generations of Oscar Winners.
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.
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.
“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” This movie has so many quotable lines.
11:01 "i'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
excellent negotiator
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!
41:10 “He was fightin’….but he was just not bullet proof” lmao I laughed SO HARD at that. Sorry Sonny 😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
“They always get you in the car too.” Lmao knowing what’s coming.
Very well done, ladies!! Always a pleasyre to watch a film with you. Smart and funny. Thank you.
Ain’t no friends in the game. You ain’t learned that yet. Best line I’ve heard in a long time.
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.
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.
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.😎
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.
He was waiting for the sudway to pass overhead
To cover the gunfire and play as a distraction
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.
Refreshing to see a reaction to this movie that pays enough attention to follow it. Good job.
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
"He's Don Corleone - he's no one's bitch.".......PRICELESS!
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.
“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.
I love you both!!!
You get it, you just get it... scene for scene!!!!
Totally enjoyed your reaction!!!
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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.
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.
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.
42:41 "look how they Massacred my boy"😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
"I choose these bad guys!" lolololol
I absolutely love this reaction channel 🥰
yes, he renounced the devil (satan)...yes, he renounced ALL those devils.... LOL i really enjoyed this reaction to an old classic
Part II: both Vito's backstory and Michael's future
This is the best movie ever. PERIOD. Every other movie is a distant second. Even part 2, which was also great.
Micheal, was in The Marine Corps. A War hero
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’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.
"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!
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.
When Clemenza says, “Hello, Carlo,” you know; you just know.
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
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!
Love you two's reactions. You both have keen eyes for story and character.
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
One of the best movies ever. And it came out in 1972. Its timeless. The sequel is the best sequel ever.
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.
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
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.
Which Don are you referring to? It's like saying Sir...
@@lohiasam3495 you need me to specify? Really…
This is the greatest movie ever made. It was fun rewatching with you!
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.
43:35 "I fear something bad is happening." -jyn
spidey sense
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.
What a movie!
Great reaction ladies!
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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.
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.
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. ❤
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.
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.
Μαρλον μπραντο ενα μοναδικο ταλεντο ενας πανεμορφος ανδρας μια φανταστικη προσωπικοτητα..Λειπει ενας Μαρλον απο αυτο τον κοσμο.Δε ξερω γιατι εχουν συνδεσει το νονο με τον Αλ πατσινο για εμενα νονος ηταν μονο ενας και αυτος ηταν ο Μαρλον γι αυτο και πηρε οσκαρ απογειωσε την ταινια ..Κανεις δεν επαιζε τοσο τελεια οσο ο Μαρλον Μπραντο
The Johnny character represents Frank Sinatra, who had deep ties to the mob.
Yes, Michael is played by Al Pacino.
There are so many famous "one liners" in this movie but "...make him an offer he can't refuse" is probably the most famous.
Vito, played by Marlon Brando, did what he had to for his family but never wanted to bring his kids into the Family business. He wanted them legit and respectable.
He couldn't help it that Sonny, his oldest, saw him murder someone and dispose of the gun. So, Sonny was in and was the logical choice to next head the family. Unfortunately, and Vito knew it but couldn't do anything about it, Sonny was impulsive. You saw a hint of that when Vito chastised him for speaking his thoughts to those outside the family. He also screwing Lucy during his sisters wedding...even though he was married and his wife was there (somewhere) too.
The next in line was Fredo but Fredo was a simp...a coward. He could never run the family. You see examples of this in how he bungled protecting his father when out (reacting late, dropping the gun and thereby letting his father get shot up and then instead of helping, collapsing and crying) as well as allowing himself to be knocked around by Mo Green. Vito knew Fredo was good for nothing and so kept him around to prevent him from getting into trouble and/or getting himself killed.
That left the youngest, Michael, who Vito hoped of becoming a respectable leader (a Senator or maybe a Governor).
Oh, and Michael, like most others, had suspicion that his brother-in-law Carlo had a hand in Sonny's death but no proof. He played him and made him admit that he did what he did (beat his wife) to lure Sonny out to his death. This confirmation was all Michael needed to have Carlo executed. Until that point, I think Michael might well have let Carlo live since, after all, he doesn't want to make his sister a widow. Wife beating...that was an internal affair between wife and husband...but taking sides against the Family to have on such as Sonny killed. That is unforgiveable.
Also, Michael fit his new role perfectly. He was, you could say, destined for it. His cold "No" to Kay about killing Carlo was so convincing that she believed him...until she saw others swearing allegiance to Michael as "Don Corleone". At that point she realized he lied to her and reserved herself to do as Vito's wife did...turn a blind eye to the true nature of the Family.
If you liked this movie, you should see Part II which also starred Robert Deniro.
Johnny Fontaine is Frank Sinatra and the movie is From Here to Eternity, and the bandleader is Artie Shaw.
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.
54:42 "he does not renounce sh*t!" -jyn
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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.
"He's the new devil." LOVED that comment. Superb reaction! Ta. 💜❤💙
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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.
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
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.
I agree they could have put the lyrics up. Fire reaction girls. They are killing me with the quote I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. American Gangster is a good film by Denzel Washington based on Frank Lucas. Fun reaction girls.
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
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.
"Michael" is Al Pacino. This film made Al Pacino a superstar.
The song they're singing at Connie's wedding is "Ce La Luna"--it's a traditional funny/ironic song about a mother having her "birds and bees" talk with her daughter just before her wedding (hence all the funny gestures)
Just found you guys today. You're fun to watch. 3 great movie suggestions I'm confident you'll enjoy: "Godfather 2", "The Sting" and "The Game"
The Game is everything!! 🤩 I really need to add it to my DVD collection. Michael Douglas in Falling Down I already own and it always makes me laugh😊
Yes Italian people so amazing and powerful , this people love party so many foods , so traditional , big famliy and love God ,,, i love Italy and Italians 🇮🇹❤️ !!!
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!
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.
_"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."_
_"It's just business."_
Great movie. Thanks.
The new kids…watching the classics..awesome ❤
I enjoyed your reactions. You're both lovely to look at and have great but different personalities. I can't wait to see your thoughts about Godfather II - perhaps the best sequel ever. I'm enthralled with you both.
She sums the Godfather up in one sentence. 41:58 "He wouldn't be Don....He's no one's bitch." I am really liking these reactions.
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Liked and subscribed. You two are great, loved the reaction.
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
Wrong... Michael was executing plans made by Sonny and Vito.
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.
Good review ladies. Can’t wait for your next one.