THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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  • @gggooding
    @gggooding 2 роки тому +148

    John Cazale (Fredo) was *only* ever in _5_ movies. 3 won Best Picture and the other 2 were nominated for it. He broke our hearts at just 42. RIP

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +8

      That’s a hell of a run

    • @mikeking7710
      @mikeking7710 2 роки тому +12

      He & Pacino were long-time friends, and they were essentially acting partners. They didn't do everything together, but they worked together when they could. Cazale appeared in several stage productions, and his entire film career was, 1 short film and 1 episode of television in the 60's, then The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. He also appeared in archival footage in Godfather III.

    • @NS1.
      @NS1. 2 роки тому +9

      Interesting fact... John Cazale was in a relationship with Meryl Streep that lasted 2 years until his death. She was so devastated by his passing, that she was still grieving during the filming of Kramer vs Kramer. She didn't have to fake her sadness during the making of the film.

    • @valleya6114
      @valleya6114 2 роки тому +6

      Wow... Watched the Godfather series numerous times and never knew John Cazale passed away in 78 he was so young; much less, never knew he was in a relationship with Streep. Am actually shocked to learn this. I do remember when The Godfather #1 first aired on broadcast TV and that haunting theme song came on...epic

    • @party4keeps28
      @party4keeps28 Рік тому

      @@NS1. Yeah, they were living together and both did Deer Hunter right before he died.

  • @Curraghmore
    @Curraghmore 2 роки тому +98

    If you remember in the first film, when Michael was hiding in Sicily, Don Tommasino who was protecting him was in a wheelchair. In this film you see how he got there. Tommasino was the guy who was with Vito when he took revenge on Don Ciccio, and Tommasino got blasted in the legs with a shotgun.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +7

      Didn’t realize that was the same guy

    • @charminbaer2323
      @charminbaer2323 Рік тому

      Also, Calo, Michael's bodyguard that didn't betray him, returns in Godfather III. I wonder what happened to that bitch ass Fabrizio though

    • @RustyX2010
      @RustyX2010 Рік тому +3

      And the guy that was his bodyguard in the first movie is in the third movie.

    • @charminbaer2323
      @charminbaer2323 Рік тому

      @@RustyX2010 see above in my reply

  • @JacobSantillan
    @JacobSantillan 2 роки тому +83

    27:06 That "kiss of death" is one of the most terrifying moments in cinema outside of a horror movie.

  • @arjaylee
    @arjaylee 2 роки тому +47

    The actor who played Roth was Lee Strasburg, who was Al Pacino's acting teacher.

  • @kh2freek
    @kh2freek 2 роки тому +120

    She called Vito dumb-witted because he didn’t talk a lot but more importantly because it would make him seem less threatening to the Don. She wanted him to spare Vito’s life.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +3

      That makes a lot of sense

    • @wadeduffy9101
      @wadeduffy9101 2 роки тому +12

      The guy at Ellis Island that changed Vito's name to Corleone probably saved Vito's life..

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +3

      @@wadeduffy9101 agree

    • @uhhthatskindauhh
      @uhhthatskindauhh Рік тому +1

      i always thought that would be common sense when one watches that scene. she was literally begging for his life by making him seem as harmless as possible.

  • @slchance8839
    @slchance8839 2 роки тому +80

    At the beginning in NY, they drew an "X" on little Vito because he had smallpox (it's like measles....you can tell just by doing a basic exam on a person) and at the time...SMALL POX was deadly, but being eradicated by a newly discovered vaccine. With the "X" on his shirt, they put him in that little tiny room for 2 months so his contagious smallpox wouldnt spread to other people at immigration.
    According to the book, he would watch and learn in those 2 months. He learned that if he didnt talk, people would reveal more information. It was a lesson he took with him for the rest of his life.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +5

      He was a smart man

    • @technopirate304
      @technopirate304 2 роки тому

      I thought it was the mumps before rewatching it

    • @ianmcnaney6528
      @ianmcnaney6528 2 роки тому

      They did all kinds of health checks and quarantines on immigrants, not just for smallpox and not just for contagious diseases. The American Medical Association published an article about that history in 2008. People were rejected for all kinds of reasons, many of which were invented by border agents and included "physical deformity", a history of mental health issues, or likelihood that they would not be "good" citizens or would be "likely to become a public charge". You've heard that last one before if you've been paying attention.
      I've had bad luck linking to non-youtube links in the past, but if you search for "ellis island tuberculosis quarantine" you should find it for yourself.

    • @IAteTheCannoli
      @IAteTheCannoli Рік тому +2

      One of the things Pop taught me was to try to think the way people around you think.

  • @mikeking7710
    @mikeking7710 2 роки тому +31

    Vito was supposed to be in the flashback, but I think what happened was that negotiations with Brando fell through at the last minute. IMHO, the scene works even better this way, with Michael all alone at the table.

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 2 роки тому +31

    The novel ‘The Godfather’ is both movies in proper order without the Cuba story..which was Francis’s addition.
    Fun fact: Mario Puzo was not pleased that Francis’s script included Fredo’s death. He believed that the audience would despise Michael, especially since his mother was still alive, so they both came to the agreement that Fredo would still be killed for the stories sake, but after the mom passed.😎

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      I’m glad they agreed on that

  • @angusferdinandleonardojone8501
    @angusferdinandleonardojone8501 2 роки тому +35

    Michael’s first conversations with people after the assassination attempt shows a master manipulator. He told each person exactly what they wanted to hear so he could gauge their reactions. He was trying to find out who betrayed him. I love all the flashbacks to young Vito. Great reaction!

  • @USCFlash
    @USCFlash 2 роки тому +24

    "Franky Five-Angels".
    Best mafia nickname EVER.
    "Pentangeli" quite literally means "Five Angels"
    ("Pente" - is "five" in greek & "angeli" is "angels" in Italian.)

  • @charlesc7950
    @charlesc7950 Рік тому +16

    The scene where Michael hugs Fredo at their Mom's wake is amazing. And the look that Michael gives Neri as he's hugging Fredo is chilling. Neri looks sick to his stomach because he knows that Fredo is a dead man.

  • @briantaulbee5744
    @briantaulbee5744 2 роки тому +26

    The Senator tries to body Michael, and Michael just drops his huge brass balls on the desk. Such a great scene.

  • @paulascott5701
    @paulascott5701 2 роки тому +135

    Michael was cold and harsh. Vito went out of his way to let people keep their dignity and feel good about themselves. I doubt he would have let Fredo become so bitter, for example. He tried to kindly explain to Tom why they had to keep him in the dark but Michael interrupted and just barked out "YOUR OUT Tom". Vito went out of his way to make his wife feel loved and Michael didn't. Vito had a great wife though, she bragged on a pear he brought home when that was all he could do. Just my take on things. These movies are masterpieces.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +16

      To me Michael had to be that way bc the moment he became the head the target on the family got bigger

    • @paulascott5701
      @paulascott5701 2 роки тому +13

      @@J_EOMReacts It's interesting that every time I see it, I see things a bit differently. That is the mark of a great movie. You aren't wrong there.

    • @blaseblah204
      @blaseblah204 2 роки тому +14

      @@paulascott5701 Vito was born with nothing, and gained the world.
      Michael was born with everything, and at the end is left with nothing, figuratively.

    • @gmunden1
      @gmunden1 2 роки тому +20

      I also believe the strained relationship between Michael and Kaye was both cultural and the role of educated American women. Kaye had a career before she met Michael. She also was vocal about her views. I think Michael liked the fact that Kaye was intelligent and sophisticated, however, he was sort of in denial that she would not make the sort of wife he needed in this family. When Kaye kept questioning him and making demands, he was growing intolerant. I believe Michael was attracted to Kaye because of her upper-middle class background. She was sort of a trophy wife, proving that he was able to get something that not many men in his "social circle" could. This, in a way, was just as unfair to Kaye as he expected her to eventually fall into place. Kaye and Michael were lying to themselves. Their marriage was doomed from the day he brought her to his sister's wedding. Appolonia was the wife he needed. She had beauty and was culturally compatible. She understood her role as a wife in this family. It may seem unfair and incompatible with how things are today but this was 1940's and 1950's America.

    • @blaseblah204
      @blaseblah204 2 роки тому +10

      @@gmunden1 Michael liked Kay because she was different than the old-school Italian wives.
      She was educated, and fun, and a spirited partner.
      She was perfect for Michael Corleone, Ivy League grad, war hero, disdainful of his family's stuck in the mud, old country ways.
      She represented progress for him, away from the limited immigrant mentality of preferably, sticking to your own.
      However, Don Michael needed an Apollonia.
      A dutiful, never-questioning wife, who would dote on him, no matter what.

  • @chief1341
    @chief1341 Рік тому +5

    The franchise player got injured, that's why you won the game! Great line sir! 🤣

  • @STILL-KICKIN
    @STILL-KICKIN 2 роки тому +21

    “My offer is this… nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license.”

  • @jnagarya519
    @jnagarya519 Рік тому +4

    Vito's mother called him "dull-witted" to protect him by suggesting he wasn't smart enough to be a threat.

  • @pattiharvey1787
    @pattiharvey1787 2 роки тому +14

    You know how a movie is good? When the end comes you don't want it to stop. You want more, that's how. The Godfather movies are such a thing and thank you bro for sharing both of them with me 👍

  • @venisontron
    @venisontron 2 роки тому +47

    I could watch this movie a million times, and the scene where Kay tells Michael about the abortion will always be one of the most emotionally powerful pieces of acting in history. It will always hit hard every time I watch it. The shot on her face where he is talking to her about the miscarriage--you can literally see her deciding to tell him. And then the shot of his face when she tells him, and his eyes change as the truth hits him--all of it is the realest stuff you will ever see in cinema. You can see everything that they are feeling, with nothing held back, in all of its ugliness.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      It’s was beautiful

    • @TechnicallyTexan
      @TechnicallyTexan 2 роки тому +2

      Flawless scene! Absolutely.

    • @timishere1925
      @timishere1925 2 роки тому +1

      Not to mention it looks like he really slapped her. It looks like it.

    • @nattyps3160
      @nattyps3160 4 місяці тому

      Yea those pacino eyes get terrifying. The other scene that just kills u is micheal giving fredo the " kiss of death" & u know the rest of the film micheal is like a doormant snake waiting to off his own brother. Saddest was micheal hugging Fredo than giving his right hand man al Neri the look like Fredo is toast & even the coldest hit man breaks eye contact w/ micheal like damn im.a hit man & that's cold. It's is brother ! Plus I don't believe he ever meant for micheal to die. He really was just as he said stupid

  • @jeffking887
    @jeffking887 2 роки тому +31

    Good reaction. I’ve always thought that the key was when Appolonia died. She would have never asked questions or made demands like Kay. Micheal wouldn’t have had to try to legitimize the family.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @Arsolon618
      @Arsolon618 2 роки тому +8

      I agree. Also, its a general rule that wives and children are never touched. Appolonia dying was a tragic mistake, but nevertheless, Michael experienced a loss that almost no other gangster ever faces, the assassination of his wife. It made him colder and angrier than any other gangster because that stuff never happens.

    • @lumer2b
      @lumer2b 2 роки тому +1

      Michael didn’t care for Kay opinion at all. He wanted to legitimize the business himself

    • @Redplant99
      @Redplant99 2 роки тому

      True! That was Vito's hope for Michael as well as he wanted him to become a powerful figure in normal society and take the family away from the underworld.

    • @SoWhosGae
      @SoWhosGae 2 роки тому +1

      And what's the issue with trying to legitimize the family wtf?! He didn't want his children to inherit what he did like his father didn't want it for him.

  • @BigGator5
    @BigGator5 2 роки тому +33

    "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!"
    Fun Fact: Though never explicitly stated in the film, Anita Colombo (the old woman evicted from her apartment that a young Vito helps out) is the grandmother of Sandra Corleone, Sonny's wife.
    Rosetta Stone Fact: Robert De Niro spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian dialect of Italian in order to play Vito Corleone. Nearly all of the dialogue that his character speaks in the film was in Sicilian.
    On-Set Sabotage Fact: The door to Vito Corleone's olive-oil business was rigged so that it would not open if a nail was inserted into the lock. Coppola kept this a secret from Leopoldo Trieste, who played Signor Roberto, and his difficulty in opening the door was real. Coppola wanted to film Trieste, a known Italian comedian, improvising his way through the scene. When Genco Abbandando opens the door, Frank Sivero surreptitiously pulls the nail out.

    • @Kim-hc5si
      @Kim-hc5si 2 роки тому +4

      👏👏👏

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +3

      These facts brought to you by 🐊

    • @VictorPoncioni
      @VictorPoncioni 2 роки тому +1

      I love the on-set sabotage fact! It inspired my way of directing scenes when I heard Coppola tell this story in the DVD commentary. It's perfect, specially considering what he got from Trieste.

  • @OroborusFMA
    @OroborusFMA 2 роки тому +16

    James Caan demanded the same salary as he was paid for the entire first movie just to film the little scene at the end - and got it. Brando was supposed to be in it, but was a no-show and they filmed it without him.

  • @AtticusFink
    @AtticusFink 2 роки тому +6

    "That shit's fucking beautiful, I don't give a fuck." - JL
    That should go on the poster.

  • @rxtsec1
    @rxtsec1 2 роки тому +14

    The actor who played hyman Roth is famous acting teacher. His school was called the lee strasberg academy where he taught method acting. Many aspiring actors went there. Marlon Brando & Al Pacino were his students

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      That’s dope he got to act with his teacher

  • @peteyn.y.7960
    @peteyn.y.7960 2 роки тому +26

    - DONNIE BRASCO (1997)
    - A BRONX TALE (1993)
    - GOTTI (1996) W ARMAND ASSANTE
    - CARLITO’S WAY (1993)
    🔥🔥💪🏽💪🏽

    • @31olegna
      @31olegna 2 роки тому +1

      The Departed
      Hoffa
      The Irishman
      Reservoir Dogs
      Sopranos

    • @peteyn.y.7960
      @peteyn.y.7960 2 роки тому +2

      @@31olegna Yes! All are classics! 💯

  • @anthonycarta9814
    @anthonycarta9814 Рік тому +3

    My grandpa’s cousin was Maria Carta. She played Vito’s mom in the beginning. She was a singer back in Sicily

  • @ShreveportJoe
    @ShreveportJoe 2 роки тому +28

    Legendary, epic filmmaking the likes of which we rarely see, these days. Studios are too busy with pointless, bad remakes and superhero movies. For me, De Niro as young Vito really put this one over the top and I like it a little more than the first, but they're easily two of the greatest films in cinema history. Great reaction... keep it up! ✌

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      Loved seeing De Niro as young Vito. And thank you

  • @scottdarden3091
    @scottdarden3091 Рік тому +7

    You are 100 on Kaye, Apollonia was the best thing for him. A Sicilian wife is the best for the Mafia.

  • @tomantush4867
    @tomantush4867 2 роки тому +22

    I've come to think that Kay's abortion was actually a miscarriage from the stress, abandonment, etc, and that she just told Michael about it as viciously as she could think of so that he would let go of his possessiveness of her.

    • @ZASurvivor
      @ZASurvivor Рік тому

      Nah. She got an abortion because she's a cundt.

  • @danjohnson2986
    @danjohnson2986 2 роки тому +24

    Watching you putting the pieces of the puzzle together. Good stuff. This is a movie you need to watch more than once to get all of the Machiavellian stuff going on.

  • @mikeking7710
    @mikeking7710 2 роки тому +5

    Watch you be completely wrong about Fredo? No man, you were dead on, right with the entire story, every step of the way.

  • @fontenotnicolas
    @fontenotnicolas 2 роки тому +12

    That rug really tied the room together.

  • @DominusLuna
    @DominusLuna Рік тому +3

    When Michael hugged Fredo, he gave Al "the look" and he knew what it meant as he nodded his head forward.

  • @technopirate304
    @technopirate304 2 роки тому +5

    @33:20, I love how Vito gives this jerk a chance to not get in trouble. Ask around the neighborhood about me.
    Or as we say down South “Slow your roll if you don’t know me…you better ask somebody”.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      Lol that’s one of the best parts

  • @AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever
    @AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever 2 роки тому +23

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Enjoyed watching these two masterpieces with you 🙌🙌🙌

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 2 роки тому +6

    LOL @ "I can't stand Kaye". 🤣

  • @peteyn.y.7960
    @peteyn.y.7960 2 роки тому +13

    My Man!! A Classic Sequel!! 🤌🏽😂💪🏽🔥

  • @KNichelle
    @KNichelle 2 роки тому +23

    Godfather II is a masterpiece 👍🏾😁 Thank you 🙏🏾 for another great reaction!👏🏾

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      I greatly appreciate it. Love the fact that you been enjoying them

    • @KNichelle
      @KNichelle 2 роки тому +1

      @@J_EOMReacts I look forward to your reactions because I can always depend on getting a good laugh 😂 It takes charisma to entertain an audience and keep us and yourself engaged in watching a movie 🍿. You sir have the gift! Thank you 🙏🏾 for delivering top notch reactions consistently 👍🏾😁

    • @encrypter46
      @encrypter46 2 роки тому +1

      @J.L. - EOM aka The Murder Whistle & The Co-Pilots That hits the nail on the head. He doesn't miss a trick and adds a stupendous sense of humor!!!

  • @cflournoy1529
    @cflournoy1529 2 роки тому +9

    I wish I could subscribe twice!! You had me laughing so hard talking about that scene with Vito and the landlord😂😂😂 You are one of the funniest reactors on YT!!

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      Lol I greatly appreciate that

  • @brock3010
    @brock3010 2 роки тому +4

    1. Fun Fact~The role of Hyman Roth is based off of real life genius mobster Meyer Lansky...
    2. Fun Fact~Hyman Roth is played by actor Lee Strasberg. Strasberg was Robert De Niro's and Al Pacino's acting coach...

  • @woodedlane
    @woodedlane 2 роки тому +6

    John Cazale 'Freddo' was always so underrated as an actor. Sadly, he was dying of cancer during this filming and also engaged to Meryl Streep at the time. Kiss the puppies.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      I heard he was in 5 amazing films before his death. And I will give them love for you

    • @Sco3000
      @Sco3000 2 роки тому

      That was durring his last movie The Deer Hunter, not this movie.

  • @samovarsa2640
    @samovarsa2640 2 роки тому +3

    I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but the character Frankie Pentangeli was originally supposed to be Fats Clemenza from the first film, but apparently disputes over pay scuppered that idea.
    11:54 - Frankie says 'morte', which is Italian for 'dead' - specifically I think when it is referring to more than one person. He's just re-iterating his demands for the brothers' deaths.

  • @RetroClassic66
    @RetroClassic66 2 роки тому +10

    Now that you’ve seen Coppola’s Oscar-winning 70s successes, I recommend that you see his other two 70s films THE CONVERSATION (1974), with Gene Hackman, and his magnum opus APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) (and I strongly recommend that you see the theatrical cut your first time; the other two edits are interesting and compelling in their own right but as a longtime fan of the film and someone who has seen all three I believe that the original theatrical cut works best overall). They both are astounding films and cinematic masterpieces that are at least as good as the first two Godfather films if not better in some respects. Of course they’re completely different types of films about totally different subjects from The Godfather films but they’re absolutely required viewing for anyone who loves movies and I honestly think you would really appreciate and enjoy them.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 2 роки тому +3

    Michael gave Al Neri the " look" to take care of Fredo now that the mother is dead.

  • @athens_1psvr31
    @athens_1psvr31 2 роки тому +8

    She said “Sicilian Thing” like she stuck the hard E-R. You heard what she called him.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      I swear she did

    • @technopirate304
      @technopirate304 2 роки тому +4

      At the end of the day I think she felt she was better than Michael and his family.

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 9 місяців тому

      ​@@technopirate304That's absolute nonsense. Idk where you got that from

    • @MiloLaufeyjarson
      @MiloLaufeyjarson 8 місяців тому

      Fun Fact: Sicily has the highest population of BIPOC people in Italy, and that's why they're looked down on even by mainlander Italians.

  • @EricAKATheBelgianGuy
    @EricAKATheBelgianGuy Рік тому +3

    To me, the scene that I always come back to is the scene with Tom and Pentangeli in the prison. The pacing is perfect, imo, and the subtlety of the message is haunting.

  • @anthonycarta9814
    @anthonycarta9814 Рік тому +1

    Bro the Genco oil bleep is the best . John Cazale who plays Fredo was a Sicilian American actor. He did five films and passed from cancer. He was going with Meryl Streep. All five films were nominated for best picture and I believe 3 of them won

  • @blaseblah204
    @blaseblah204 2 роки тому +6

    This movie is a tragedy.
    It is the downfall of Michael becoming an evil man.
    Michael still had hope before. He had to be strong, cause people would underestimate him, cause he was the son of a Great Man.
    But, by keeping his guard up and being strong, he alienated everyone close to him and forgot his humanity.
    Connie hit the nail on the head.
    She understands, and that's why she basically becomes Michael's caretaker.
    The final shot is emblematic of the tragic course of Michael's life, his inner feelings.
    The REGRET is heavy on him, like a boulder.
    How did the good man that was in him, just slip away? How did he allow that to happen?
    "What does it profit a man to gain the world entire, at the cost of his soul?"

    • @K54-o4y
      @K54-o4y 2 роки тому +2

      He never became an evil man, he just lost the feeling of what a Family man was after he lost a bunch of people, best believe there are actual evil people that aren't in the mafia or gangs in reality,and most of them are dead, or locked up for life

    • @blaseblah204
      @blaseblah204 2 роки тому

      @@K54-o4y You kill your brother; "My mother's son........My father's son." , and you have descended into evil.
      I dont care what business you've chosen.

    • @K54-o4y
      @K54-o4y 2 роки тому

      @@blaseblah204 That's like saying your brother tries to rape and kill your wife and if you do nothing to prevent it you're a good person. What the fuck type of dumbass drugs are you on

    • @K54-o4y
      @K54-o4y 2 роки тому

      @@blaseblah204 That has nothing to do with evil, Fredo was the bitch ass motherfucker who tried getting MICHAEL, HIS WIFE,AND HIS CHILDREN KILLED. Your ass obviously was born with everything and everyone being nice people if you have that idiot logic

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 2 роки тому +8

    Beautiful. Your enthusiasm is always so addictive.
    I hope at some point (even if not as an actual vid posting) just check out The Freshman (1990) with Brando in a is-he-isn't-he The Don role, and Bruno Kirby (Clemenza, the guns/carpet friend). It's a fun meta-godfather after dinner chaser worth catching :)

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      I’m have to check it out. And thank you for the compliment

  • @natedoggg2002
    @natedoggg2002 2 роки тому +5

    Great reaction. Godfather 2 is my personal favorite! There's so many layers to uncover in this sequel! You can watch it over and over again and see things you may have missed on the first watch. I'm surprised you didn't see Fredo's death coming. I feel with The Godfather 2 with Michael you have to read between the lines especially with Hymn Roth who was a great adversary! It felt like I was watching a Chess Match between Michael and Hymn trying to outmaneuver each other! And Vito's background story makes this film even more of a Masterpiece! I feel you should definitely watch The Godfather Part 3 even though it is not as good as the 1st and 2nd one. The 3rd Godfather still has a interesting ending! Pay close attention to Connie in Godfather 3 you could tell she spent too much time with her brother Michael! 🤣 Enjoy!

  • @patjacksonpodium
    @patjacksonpodium 2 місяці тому +1

    Just wanna say, you're good people, my guy. When we got to the abortion part I was worried you'd go off on some vile stuff because its complicated as hell but I'm glad you acknowledged she had the right to do it. I think you earned a Patreon sub off that. 👍🏼

  • @formatique_arschloch
    @formatique_arschloch 2 роки тому +9

    Greetings from Finland!

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      Right back at you from Kentucky

  • @TheNeonRabbit
    @TheNeonRabbit 2 роки тому +11

    I loved the American mobsters dividing up a "Cuba" cake amongst themselves just as they were planning to divide up the real Cuba. "Make sure everyone gets a slice". Cuba is 90 miles from the US. If the rebels hadn't seized control, Havana would have made Las Vegas look like an abandoned carnival.

  • @BrianBradbury
    @BrianBradbury 2 роки тому +4

    A little thing I think you missed; When Michael hugged Fredo at the wake, he gave the order to his guy to kill Fredo.

  • @MG-jv7pe
    @MG-jv7pe 2 роки тому +3

    The Gf trilogy is my favorite. I can spend a whole weekend on the sofa with pizza and snacks watching all 3 lol
    Some suggestions for future reactions:
    - The Poseidon Adventure, Gene Hackman
    - Imitation of Life, Lana Turner, Juanita Moore
    - Any Given Sunday, Jaime Foxx, Cameron Diaz
    - What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depo
    - Misery, Kathy Bates , James Caan
    - Shot Caller, Nikolai Coster Waldau

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      Misery is already on the channel

  • @AClockworkMelon
    @AClockworkMelon 2 роки тому +6

    If you ever watch shows you should watch the Sopranos. :)
    If film was invented for the Godfather, television was invented for the Sopranos.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      Definitely on the watch list

  • @christinehyde5448
    @christinehyde5448 Рік тому +1

    When Michael looked at the hitman when Fredo was hugging him at their mom’s funeral, that was the end of Fredo. Just the look Michael gave the hitman you just knew what it meant without a single word. The Godfather 1 & 2 is the ultimate art of subtlety.

  • @russellward4624
    @russellward4624 2 роки тому +3

    Tom didn't lie. He didn't know. Kaye did it behind their backs.

  • @jlmain5777
    @jlmain5777 2 роки тому +4

    Francis Ford Coppola made another great film “Apocalypse Now” about the Vietnam War which was one of three great films about the war that all came out within a year of each other in the late 70’s. The other two were “The Deer Hunter” starring Robert DeNiro and Coming Home starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight.

  • @stephenmelone8589
    @stephenmelone8589 Рік тому +1

    That style of music is a TARENTELLA . THE pace hops around like a tarantula spider .

  • @BlackFlightNY
    @BlackFlightNY Рік тому +1

    42:40
    HADOKEN!!😂

  • @wadeduffy9101
    @wadeduffy9101 2 роки тому +11

    If you feel like reacting to another "gangster" flick I highly recommend "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967). It has very early roles for Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. It also has a great performance by Gene Hackman and what I think may be the screen debut of Gene Wilder in a small role.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      I’ve seen a Bonnie and Clyde movie before i don’t remember which one it was though.

  • @qbasicmichael
    @qbasicmichael Рік тому +1

    11:49 "mort". Latin (and thus spanish, italian, french) for "death", or something like that.

  • @TechnicallyTexan
    @TechnicallyTexan 2 роки тому +4

    GF 2 might be my favorite movie of all time. Top 3 at least. My favorite scene is when Vito puts that pear on the table. That’s all he has to bring home, and his wife loves it. Then he pulls her over and kisses her. I cry every time.

  • @JW666
    @JW666 2 роки тому +3

    The plan was to have Marlon Brando near the end in this movie, but he turned it down. Brando would work with Francis Ford Coppola again in the movie Apocalypse Now (which I highly recommend you to see and react) & ironically in the 90's Brando would put his Godfather persona again (though he plays a different character) in the movie The Freshman, which also starred Matthew Broderick.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      Apocalypse Now is on the list

  • @fRo0tLo0p
    @fRo0tLo0p Рік тому +1

    And to think, when you started this channel, you hadn't seen some of the greatest movies of all time. Now you're watching a movie with foreign subtitles and loving it! You're on your way to becoming a true cinephile.

  • @noheroespublishing1907
    @noheroespublishing1907 2 роки тому +35

    Don't let people talk down the third film, it's a perfectly good movie, and, while it isn't on the same level of impactful, it's a great conclusion to two films like this.

    • @KNichelle
      @KNichelle 2 роки тому +3

      I totally agree!😁 It is worthy for you to see the final installment of this series. If not just to have closure of what happens to these wonderful characters especially Michael 👍🏾

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      I’m check it out

    • @technopirate304
      @technopirate304 2 роки тому +1

      I think it’s the nepotism and the peculiar love affair that folks don’t like

    • @KNichelle
      @KNichelle 2 роки тому +1

      @@J_EOMReacts 😁🙏🏾😁

    • @MG-jv7pe
      @MG-jv7pe 2 роки тому +1

      Agree!

  • @breezus3928
    @breezus3928 2 роки тому +8

    I'm glad you also yell at Kay! I understand her feelings, but Michael told her the big picture of what kind of "business" his family was in really early on! I'm not gonna feel sorry for you now, just because you thought the killing would stop 5 years in! You still signed up to be with a man who was gonna be killing and dirty dealing for 5 years!
    In book, Kay basically resigned herself to following Michael's mother's example of keeping out of it and just concerning herself with her children and Church, which makes more sense than what movie Kay was about: marrying the mob and then acting brand new about what that means all of the time!

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +2

      From the sounds of it i would definitely like Kay better from the books

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 2 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: the guy who got blown from the shottie blast after Vito killed the Don in Sicily that killed his mom is the guy in the wheelchair who was helping Michael when he was there hiding and met his other wife.😎

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      I didn’t recognize that being him

    • @WiseGuy5674
      @WiseGuy5674 2 роки тому +2

      @@J_EOMReacts I know…that’s why I’m telling you. I’ve read the novel at least a dozen times. The nans name is ‘Don’ Tomasino.

  • @maryjodamato5408
    @maryjodamato5408 2 роки тому +2

    Hello enjoyed very much...great movie great reaction..lots of love from Sicily..💕

  • @jessied8585
    @jessied8585 Рік тому +2

    As a 57 yr old woman I can tell you when Michael slaps the unholy hell out of Kay, it's one of my favorite parts. Obviously not an everyday thing I condoned but like you she got on my nerves from the beginning. So yeah, she had it coming the abortion just pushed him over the edge.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 2 роки тому +2

    Michael knows Fredo betrayed him because he said he never met Johnny Ola. He slipped up when he brought up Ola's name in front of Michael.

  • @slchance8839
    @slchance8839 2 роки тому +3

    Scene : Fredo already died in that chair. 36:34
    If you watch the brilliance of the final conversation between Mike and Fredo ("you're dead to me") you'll see that Fredo is lying in that lounge chair and with the lighting, his acting, his posture, he looks like a corpse already in a grave. The Fredo actor is even twitchy....like death throes. Fredo looks like he's dying and then dead when mike pronounces him dead.
    Dead to Mike.
    Killed by himself.
    ANd....the setting is that the family is safety: Mike and Fredo are safe in the beautiful compound,
    but outside the family is danger: they're staring at the cold, cruel world, through glass covered in frost from the chill.
    They're even looking out over the lake at the actual place where he'll be killed. His soul is dead right now, and the body will follow later.

  • @mikewarker4445
    @mikewarker4445 2 роки тому +9

    Other Pacino flicks. Donnie Brasco w Johnny Depp, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Justice for all

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому +1

      Think those are on the list

    • @gammaanteria
      @gammaanteria 2 роки тому +1

      Let’s not forget Glengarry Glen Ross…great dialogue, and the entire cast is terrific

    • @mikewarker4445
      @mikewarker4445 2 роки тому

      @@gammaanteria your right, good choice

  • @eirikrdberg1161
    @eirikrdberg1161 2 роки тому +2

    Funny with the dog totally under the blanket at 30:40.

  • @kkuatocool6654
    @kkuatocool6654 2 роки тому +2

    you got a great Channel

  • @TheCashcrue
    @TheCashcrue 2 роки тому +8

    The kiss on the lips is like the kiss of death.

  • @TangieTown81
    @TangieTown81 Рік тому +1

    Awesome....you are one of a couple who have reacted to this movie that has kept the greatest line in cinema history; "If history has taught us anything; it's that you can kill anyone."

  • @p-mac8413
    @p-mac8413 2 роки тому +3

    Yo I see that Funko collection growing behind you.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      Trying to do a little bit with it

  • @johnathanstruble1064
    @johnathanstruble1064 2 роки тому +2

    Recent subscriber who loves film. Love you reacting and some of your comments ..well ..🤣🤣🤣

    • @EOMReacts
      @EOMReacts  2 роки тому

      Welcome to the family!

    • @johnathanstruble1064
      @johnathanstruble1064 2 роки тому +1

      @@EOMReacts Thanks for having me. Truly enjoy your reactions!. Give dem puppies a milk one on me! ..wishing you all a little Love.

    • @johnathanstruble1064
      @johnathanstruble1064 2 роки тому +1

      Milk bone...the day spellchecker can get it right is the day we fire the Rockets to another world.

  • @racheltwigg
    @racheltwigg Місяць тому +2

    Kay is complicated. She knew all about the "family business" and who Michael was and she married him anyway. I think she naively believed that he would get out of the business. When realized that he was never going to get out and it put their children in danger (attack at their home), she made the right decision to leave and attempt to get her kids away from that life.

    • @russellward4624
      @russellward4624 12 днів тому +2

      Michael thought he'd get out also so I wouldn't call her naive about it. He was so dead set against it for so long and was forced into the life to save his father.

    • @racheltwigg
      @racheltwigg 11 днів тому

      @@russellward4624 that’s true too. I understand why Michael got into it.

  • @jiveturkey8263
    @jiveturkey8263 Рік тому +1

    I was LMAO when you were talkin' smack about Fredo and Kay. 🤣🤣

  • @hookstomper7322
    @hookstomper7322 2 роки тому +5

    "I'd kill their distant cousins." You should be running the Family now.

  • @brownfoxx76
    @brownfoxx76 Рік тому

    Fun fact, the man in the flashback scene who got shot in the leg when he went with Vito to kill Don Ciccio (the old man who killed Vitos family when he was 9) was Don Tommasino. In part 1 Michael stayed at Don Tommasinos house in Sicily when he was in hiding after killing Solozzo & Police Chief McCluskey.

  • @Fredo_Viola
    @Fredo_Viola Рік тому +1

    Love your reactions, and especially love how much you enjoyed the music in these Godfather films. The scores were written by Nino Rota, who is most famous for the soundtracks he wrote for Federico Fellini. I would love to know what you think of the film Amarcord. It’s easily one of Fellini’s most charming and moving films, and has an incredible soundtrack with some similarities to these ones, albeit more on the joyful and humorous end.

  • @marybethbizzle
    @marybethbizzle Рік тому

    your reaction is hilarious especially whenever the wife was on screen LMAOOOO your reaction to her was the EXACT same reaction I had to her when I first watched the Godfather movies!!!

  • @ScarlettM
    @ScarlettM 2 роки тому +2

    I saw plenty of comments that Michael should have married a tradition Italian woman. Someone who would focus on family and kids, support him and never question what or why he is doing. That type of wife is best for mafia boss - unconditional support 24/7.

  • @mr.smithgnrsmith7808
    @mr.smithgnrsmith7808 2 роки тому +3

    The term “Wop” comes from Ellis island…meant “without papers”…documentation

  • @nevetszinodas6654
    @nevetszinodas6654 2 роки тому +12

    This man is a GREAT reactor. Maybe the best. And I watch a lot of movie reactors.

  • @el34glo59
    @el34glo59 9 місяців тому

    Masterpiece. Deniro was absolutely brilliant. And stood out. Which is saying a lot considering the cast and their performances

  • @heather9857
    @heather9857 2 роки тому +7

    WOOOHOO! Can’t wait! The KISS!

  • @WiseGuy5674
    @WiseGuy5674 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact: the character Frankie ‘Five Angles’ Pantangelli was created because the actor who played ‘Fat’ Clemenzza was fired after he demanded full control of his characters dialog.😎

  • @hollytooker507
    @hollytooker507 2 роки тому +2

    I knew you’d love this movie, Jay! I was blown away by his performance which was IN ITALIAN!! I saw GF2 in the theater not having seen the first and even not knowing any of the story, I loved it.
    Here’s a movie DeNiro made before Godfather you ought to see: BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY. It’s a baseball movie and he is remarkable in it. Ciao!

  • @tord81
    @tord81 2 роки тому +3

    I have to say you have become my favorite movie reactor! I would love to see your reaction to Casino if you haven't seen that one yet. Classic in mafia movies!

    • @EOMReacts
      @EOMReacts  2 роки тому +1

      Definitely on the list and coming soon.

    • @tord81
      @tord81 2 роки тому

      Look forward to it!

    • @christinegelabert1651
      @christinegelabert1651 2 роки тому

      @@EOMReacts Hey there buddy! You've mentioned it a few times that you have family up in NY. IF you I'm coming back up this way please let me know by tagging me on here ok? In honor of these movies AND the fact that I was "ITALIAN BY INJECTION" as the old expression goes for just about 20 YRS. That's because I was with my ex-fiancee on : off for almost 20 yrs. He is an Italian~he is a CRAZY 100% Sicilian! Sooo.... if come back up here let me know! I will take you out for dinner at a cool and very good local Italian restaurant by me out on Long Island. You can order whatever you want honey cuz trust me you're gonna love this menu! You AND me are going to eat like we got TWO ASSES! The food is really good there! THEN... I've got a great homemade gelato place a few times over. It's in our paper all the time because it's rated as the best on Long Island! I'm telling ya, lemme know when you come through! #NYGenXBikerLady

  • @TheJoshestWhite
    @TheJoshestWhite Рік тому +1

    Vito didn't want this life for Michael, because he knew the price of that life. I think Michael always listened to his father, Vito died before he could see what Michael would become. In that way the godfather died mercifully.

  • @russellward4624
    @russellward4624 2 роки тому +3

    Some people think they're above reprisal, especially a senator who's been stealing his whole career and getting away with it. Being a pezzanovanti gives him the belief he's above others and deserves his position. That he's Michael's better. Some people have to learn the hard way.

  • @jamesMarjan
    @jamesMarjan 16 днів тому +1

    Vito was slick, instead of paying Don Cicio $200 dollars each for a total of $600, he took $50 each from his friends and didn't pay a dime himself lol.

  • @billboth6572
    @billboth6572 2 роки тому +3

    He should have NEVER married Kay. She was a foul woman. Go back and watch again where Michael comes in and hugs Fredo. The look he gave Al, his hitman was the order to take out Fredo. It was ice cold and savage.

  • @Mangoes95
    @Mangoes95 2 роки тому +5

    The franchise player got injured, that's why you in the game, shut up. Omg I fucking died laughing lmao

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣. She over there acting like she KD when she was in the G League last week

  • @olgawindler9506
    @olgawindler9506 2 роки тому +2

    Godfather and Godfather 2 both won best picture. You might want to watch The Offer which is a series about what it took to make The Godfather. It's a great series that came out this year. I believe it's 10 episodes and it is streaming on Amazon Prime video.I could see you really enjoying it now that you've watched The Godfather. What it took to make a masterpiece and movie history.

    • @J_EOMReacts
      @J_EOMReacts 2 роки тому

      I’m definitely watching that

  • @Howard.Watkins
    @Howard.Watkins 2 роки тому +1

    Another great reaction! Thank you.