The guy who gets a shotty in the leg when Vito goes back to get his revenge was the boss with the cane who Mike stayed with while he was hiding out in the first movie, as well.
51:26 - no one ever makes the connection, but in the first film, Don Tommasino was the guy in the wheelchair who helped Michael hide in Sicily. This scene is how he wound up in the wheelchair; and also explains how/why (with Vito's backing) he took control of what had been Don Ciccio's operation after they killed him here.
Nah, Sonny is the oldest child, Fredo is second. Michael is the youngest son. Fun fact, the ending scene was supposed to feature the entire original cast, including Marlon Brando as Vito, however, on the day of the shoot when they got all the actors together, Brando was unable to make it, so they shot the scene without him. It's a super important scene though, it shows that Fredo was the only one that gave Michael props for his decision to join the military. This is basically the story of how Michael lost his humanity. Godfather 3 is definitely considered far below the level of the first two movies, it was actually considered a failure when it was released. It attempts to deal with Michaels conscience after losing his family and his soul in this movie. Still worth watching though. PS DeNiro for sure grew up speaking both English and Italian! Watch Mean Streets! Great show y'all got here!
@@terrycullen3302i agree. After hearing this for the first time I was disappointed at not seeing a little bit more of Brando as Vito but looking back now I can’t imagine the scene being any different
In the deleted scenes , Vito don't just kill the Mafia Chief , he also separatly hunts down & kills both of Don Ciccios underlings that actually killed his older brother & mother !!!!! Also Mike finally tracks down & car bombs Fabrizio (the guy who killed his first wife with the car bomb) also theres a deleted scene of Don Fanucci getting his throat cut by a gang of teenagers hence the buck 50 scar on his neck , its how Vito realized that he wasn't a real Don of The Black Hand , he was just a neighborhood bully hence why he has no goons with him cuz hes solo dolo
Ok Formal, I'll be that guy! 😄 Actually, DeNiro was speaking Sicilian dialect & it was excellent. He even went to Sicily to immerse himself in it before filming. ☺️
That shot of Clemenza pointing the gun at the cops head was in all the trailers for this movie back in the day. I saw it so much that the image burned into my brain when I was 9 years old. I used to go to the library after school to listen to the soundtrack whenever I could. I was hooked early.😎
My family has a story from the early 20th century, that the Italian side got all their luggage stolen at the port by Irish dock workers. Guy supposedly went to confront them, which was considered weird as hell, and they laughed in his face, but somebody respected it and within a decade there were a bunch of inter-marriages. The story comes back to me every time I watch the Vito flashbacks in this.
I agree. I've seen some younger "Reactors" who get totally lost----Never heard of the Revolution or Castro, don't realize it's Cuba or what's happening, still think we're in Miami etc etc-----I learned all that in history class, high school 1977.
@@barryscott8041as someone who loves history I don’t get how most American people don’t care about that stuff at all, I mean where is the sense of wonder?
My grandfather came to NY from Sicily in 1908, was processed through Ellis Island, and lived in the same neighborhood on the Lower East Side, where my mother was born. The Statue of Liberty meant a lot to them.
I’m assuming that because the baby sitting on Mama Corleone’s lap looked like a girl you thought it was Connie. It wasn’t. That was just how they dressed babies in the early 1900’s. The order is Sonny is oldest, Fredo, Michael and then Connie who wasn’t born yet.
19:15 “Is he a character from ‘part 1’?” - you’re not paying attention. When he chucks the bag of guns over to Vito, he says: “I’m Clemenza”. Don’t you remember Clemenza from the first movie? The fat guy?
Buddy with the hat who brought Vito in on his first heist was Fat "take the cannoli" Clemenza from the first movie, their third friend was a younger version of Sal Tessio. The young kid in the hat who lets the flustered landlord in and out of his meeting with Vito was (apparently not) Hyman Roth.
Ahh fuck, I guess I'm wrong about a thing on the internet. How will my ego ever survive? Thank the LORD there are people who check the cast list before commenting!
That thing about Michael bringing up Tom’s offer to go to Vegas, you have to think about what the entire conversation is really about. They’re talking about killing Roth, but what they are really talking about is killing Fredo, who is just outside. So when Tom asks do you have to kill everyone? And Michael says just my enemies, you see his reaction. When Michael asks whether hes going to come along for these things, etc, he’s seeing if it’s too much for Tom.
Sonny (Santino) is the oldest; the child actors they used all had curly hair like James Caan did. Then comes Fredo, and we saw him as an infant being sick, which might have had repercussions, then Michael, and Connie is the youngest.
The guy who steals the rug with Vito is Clemenza -- the fat guy from the first movie. Watch him in Godfather II and you'll notice he is constantly eating.
When Vito is given that “package” to hide did you guys think of when Tony soprano messes with his neighbor Cuzamno (cooze) gives him a package to hold onto for a while for him 😂
Marlon Brando, who played Vito in part 1, didn't die before part 2. He actually lived until 2004. And he was in Francisc Ford Coppala's great Vietnam war movie, Apocalypse Now in 1979. You guys should watch that next.
My favorite character is Frank Pentangeli: “Frankie Five Angels”. From from his last name: which is formed from the Greek-word “penta” meaning "five") and the Italian word “angeli” meaning “angels". What a great movie.
Sonny's full name is Santino and you can get his parents calling him that as the first born. In GFI, he's parents always call him Santino. In later scenes when Santino is a bit older, he has curly hair, like the brown up Santino. In a scene when Vito takes the kids to Sicily, Santino is wearing a sailor suit and he's jumping around making boxing motions... he's always been prone to fighting. In the last flashback scene where Michael tells him he's joined the marines and Tom has to hold back Sonny from hitting Michael, you can hear his kids in the background saying, "Mommy, Daddy's fighting again. " which is a great little detail!
My favorite part of the last flashback is when the only one to congratulate Michael on enlisting is Fredo. There is another movie with Pacino and John Cazale that is not to be missed. It's called Dog Day Afternoon, and it's almost as good as the Godfathers...based on a true story about a bank robbery gone very wrong.
@@flarrfan I am very familiar with Dog Day Afternoon. You probably are aware that Al Pacino has said that he learned more about acting from John Cazale than any other person in the world. I heard him tell a story about working with him - maybe it was Dog Day, maybe it was on stage, I'm not sure - when Cazale had a disagreement with the director about how he should play his character. The director said something like, "I appreciate your point of view but this is the way I want it." Cazale said, okay, and committed to playing it like the director wanted and never complained about it. He was a total professional.
The scenes where Hymen Roth is killed is reminiscent of the time after JFK’s assassination when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby and then Ruby was killed. And Michael’s comment about “if history has taught us anything, it’s that anybody can be killed” foreshadows that entire historical situation.
When Frankie Five Angels brother showed up at the senate hearing the sight of his brother reminded Frankie of “Omertà”…. the code of silence, in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities, the government, or outsiders, especially during criminal investigations.
The guy sitting next to the person heading the commission (who's based on Estes Kefauver) is supposed to look like RFK Sr., who was very active in the Kefauver Commission.
I love how, before the Cuban military coup, Michael makes a bigshow of the Sicilian kiss of Death and then he's like, "Fredo, follow me, ur still my brother."
Clemenza was supposed to return in this movie in the present-day timeline but the actor wouldn't agree to the contract, so his character was replaced by Pentangeles.
Fun fact: the guy who got his legs blown up while helping Vito escape after killing Don Cheach in Sicily was the same guy who was helping Michael when he was there hiding after killing Sollotzo in Brooklyn. 😎 The novel starts with this entire backstory. Francis couldn’t use it in GF1 were it belonged, so he worked it into the new story he wrote. Mario Puzo didn’t like the idea of Fredo being killed on Michael’s orders because he felt the audience would hate Michael. Puzo told Francis they only way he’d go along with it is if it was done after the mother died, and Francis reluctantly agreed because he had no intention of killing off the mother.😎
@@tmayofourit's lightning in a bottle. Not completely luck cause everyone involved was skilled and talented. But couldn't recreate it with all the same people involved no matter how hard anyone would try. Just like lots other movies, shows, rock bands and other music groups. Pure talent with a lot of planets aligning at once
Thank yall for watching this. One of the best films ever and one of my faves. And yall some of my favorite to hear talk about movies. This is a treat. ❤
Brando refused to be in the sequel because of political/Hollywood/industry views at the time or something, I believe. The actor who played Clemanza wanted more money than the studio wanted to pay, so they re-wrote his part in the story and created Frankie. James Caan, Sonny, also asked for a lot of money to appear in the flashback scene but they paid him. Some more seasoned GF experts might correct me on these things.
@@marcuscato9083 Bruno Kirby. Apparently he also had issues with Billy Crystal for the filming of City Slickers. Seems like he may have been tough to work with. Also loved him in Good Morning Vietnam. Passed away in early 2000's of cancer I believe
@@Ryan-xu9zb Bruno Kirby played young Clemenza. The actor that didn't return for GII as the older Clemenza was Richard Castellano. Sorry I wasn't clear.
Guys, the sad part about this story is that it was supposed to be about Vito, Clemenza and Tessio’s back story. The actor who plays Clemenza demanded that he have full control over his dialog, so Francis fired him, wrote him off as dead, and then introduced another character named Frank Pantangelis. The story would have been turned up to 11 and made more sense if Peter Clemenza had been in it.😎
Bruno Kirby. Apparently he also had issues with Billy Crystal for the filming of City Slickers. Seems like he may have been tough to work with. Also loved him in Good Morning Vietnam. Passed away in early 2000's of cancer I believe
@@Ryan-xu9zbThe problem was with the actor who played the older Clemenza in the original film, not Bruno Kirby, though you're right that apparently Kirby and Billy Crystal fell out during CITY SLICKERS, for whatever reasons.
I actually enjoyed The Godfather Part 2 more than the first one. Mostly because of the flashback scenes about the rise of a young Vito Corleone played excellently by Robert De Niro. He earned an Oscar for his performance. I also enjoyed how Micheal met his match with his enemy Hymn Roth. They basically were playing chess against each other trying to outmaneuver the other. But at the end Micheal was smarter than Roth. I think that Micheal should have let Fredo live but I understand why he took him out at the same time. Fredo was a liability, but he was still his brother at the end! Micheal knew that Kay wasn't about that life, yet he married her anyway. So he should have known the marriage wasn't gonna last. Plus Kay is not Italian. I also liked how they showed at the end how Micheal used to be his own man before he became a part of the family business. Micheal plans for his own future died when his father got shot in the first Godfather. That is the real tragedy of Micheal. The Godfather Part 1 is a Masterpiece but The Godfather Part 2 is the Greatest sequel of all time. The Godfather Part 3 is the weakest out of the 3 movies, but it does have its moments. Connie is my favorite character in Godfather Part 3 you'll see why. 😉 She's different in that movie lol! Great reaction yall! 👏🏾
Yeah the young chubby neighbor guy that steals the rug & tosses the bag of guns to young Vito through the window is definitely Clemenza (the fat Capo from part one that u guys loved so much) & the other young guy is Tessio , Vitos other Capo (the one that was the traitor in the first film that Vito warned Mike about at the meeting) & the other young guy who's father owns the grocery store is Genco , Vitos original wartime Consigilarie before Tom took that role
@@tmayofour Tessio is literally the one that starts out with Vito and Clemens’s he’s sitting in Vito house with Vito. Clemenza even says leave it to me and tessio.
The dude who stole the rug who brought Vito into the game is Clemenza from part 1. The fat dude who prepped the gun for Michael to do the hit in the restaurant. The one who stayed loyal at the end.
It’s hilarious how much Brahlik says “that’s my boy” referring to junior. LoL I remember early in season 1 when he was on some “this dude is NOT a boss…” and I kept thinking to myself wait till he becomes one of your favorites on the show. Keep up the good content y’all.
Sonny was Vito's oldest son and Michael the youngest. After Sonny's death, Fredo should've been the next in line, in theory. The last scene is to remind aynone who still didn't get it that Michael always was a loner with his own plans. He was in the Marines, which means that he fought in the Pacific where the war against Japan was infinitely more brutal than in Europe. The war completely changed him. He was now a decentivised, unforgiving, walking PTSD with no remorse whatsoever. He's a soldier at the core, never a family man like his father. And a monster.
In the flashbacks, Vito’s original 3-man crew: Clemenza (he prepped Micheal to assassinate The Turk & the police captain in GFI), Tessio (the old man/traitor in GFI) and in the extended cut version of GFII, they also introduce Hyman Suchowsky. Clemenza called him “Johnny Lips” but Vito changed Hyman’s last name from Suchowsky to Roth. Later, during the end of prohibition, Roth formed the hit team “Murder Inc” as an enforcement arm for the Commission (aka The Five Families). The Five Families territory: NY, NJ, AC, Philly, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Tampa, Miami, LA, San Francisco, KC, Vegas, Reno, Buffalo, Havana. Also, when the Commission meets in Havana, the cake they bring out is in the shape of Cuba and the Commission cut it up into pieces. Roth asked for a “small piece”. Tryin to be low key.
Cich a port. 😂 You said it perfect 😂 yea it's definitely not proper Italian and most people in Italy can't understand Sicilian. Sonny was the oldest. Part 3 sucked compared to 1&2
Sonny is the oldest, then Fredo, then Michael, then Connie Another key is Clemenza (with the blanket of guns) and Tessio were Vitos first partners...and they remained his right hand men...Clemenza is the chubby guy that said "take the cannolis" and Tessio was the one who betrayed Michael in the first movie to Barzinni.
Yes, Robert de Niro playing Vito! At around 15mins..he said... Bralik's reconition made my day !! Well done bro. Not many people get it or recognise de Niro here in this... The actor's a legend here. Actually won best supporting actor oscar for this role. Back to the film..
I have no idea if you've already watched the third Godfather by the time this reaction was posted on UA-cam but if you haven't I wanted to give you guys a heads up. There are actually two versions of the third film (released under two different names): "The Godfather Part III" and "The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone." The Godfather Part III is the theatrical cut that was released into theatres in 1990, while "The Godfather Coda" is a Director's Cut that Francis Ford Coppela did in 2020 to better reflect his original intensions.
That last scene is also great foreshadowing (well, sort of since it's the end of the movie). You see him sitting at the table alone. Where pretty much all is family is now gone.
The “Orange” theme is just a coincidence and was really just a way to add some color to the scenes. DeNiro was buying oranges wile getting respect around the neighborhood in the flashback after Michael was talking to his Mom about losing family. No one picks up or calls that out, but notice the drama scenes because of the internet.
Vito's boys at the beginning were Clemenza and Tessio!! Do you remember them. Both were capo; but at the end of Godfather 1, Tessio betrayed the family and Michael had him killed...
@46:16 That is his brother from Italy who is apart of the Italian Mafia. The Italian mafia was and is so much more strict about rats . He knew seeing his brother that either way he was dead if he talked not only by Michael, but he would be wanted by his own family back in Italy for testifying. So it was both shame and a fear moment for him. Which was why his brother was giving him that stare and thus why he recanted his testimony
I genuinely hope you gentlemen watch the entire trilogy. Despite what you may read or hear, the third installment, while definitely the worst of the three, is worth watching.
The Godfather 3 movie I wished they made would have covered the years between DeNiro rise around 1920 and Godfather 1, in 1945. In the novel, its covered, how Vito became the biggest Don, the fights and methods he used. The novel also extensively covers Luca Brasi, who he was and how Vito recruited him. If they made that movie, Luca Brasi would be the scariest character in movies. They gave a taste of him in Godfather one
haha...I've watched this movie a billion times, never did I ever think to look twice at 'Johnny Ola'...and somehow Bralik's ass figures out it's mother fucking 'young' Uncle June in 5 mins. 😆🤣
Yes the guy who steals the rug is Clemenza from part 1. The heavy Capo who showed Michael how to kill Solozzo and Mckluskey.
And the other one is Tessio. The deleted scenes from the DVD show them meeting Hyman Roth as well.
“I don’t feel I have to wipe everybody out, Tom. Just my enemies .”
Bralik's reaction to recognizing Junior made my day! 😂
The guy who gets a shotty in the leg when Vito goes back to get his revenge was the boss with the cane who Mike stayed with while he was hiding out in the first movie, as well.
51:26 - no one ever makes the connection, but in the first film, Don Tommasino was the guy in the wheelchair who helped Michael hide in Sicily. This scene is how he wound up in the wheelchair; and also explains how/why (with Vito's backing) he took control of what had been Don Ciccio's operation after they killed him here.
I knew it
Nah, Sonny is the oldest child, Fredo is second. Michael is the youngest son. Fun fact, the ending scene was supposed to feature the entire original cast, including Marlon Brando as Vito, however, on the day of the shoot when they got all the actors together, Brando was unable to make it, so they shot the scene without him. It's a super important scene though, it shows that Fredo was the only one that gave Michael props for his decision to join the military. This is basically the story of how Michael lost his humanity. Godfather 3 is definitely considered far below the level of the first two movies, it was actually considered a failure when it was released. It attempts to deal with Michaels conscience after losing his family and his soul in this movie. Still worth watching though. PS DeNiro for sure grew up speaking both English and Italian! Watch Mean Streets! Great show y'all got here!
Honestly, I think it works better with Vito not being there. Kind of like a shadow cast on the family.
Connie was the youngest child.
@@terrycullen3302i agree. After hearing this for the first time I was disappointed at not seeing a little bit more of Brando as Vito but looking back now I can’t imagine the scene being any different
Just for the record, De Niro isn't speaking Italian. He's speaking Sicilian, which might be why it doesn't sound like the Italian we're used to.
Or at least he’s trying to
He’s doing a great job. My whole family is Sicilian-some here in the US and some in Sicily. It’s an old dialect but it’s done really well.
@@Davi-gb4zf Yeah, he nailed it.
Vito’s mom and Don Ciccio are speaking actual Sicilian in the beginnig you can clearly hear the difference between them and De Niro
@@johng.4711 Hope to not come off as pretentious(idk if it's the right word) but im italian myself, i can tell the difference
I just rewatched this movie after watching the sopranos and noticed that Johnny ola was uncle Jun wild
In the deleted scenes , Vito don't just kill the Mafia Chief , he also separatly hunts down & kills both of Don Ciccios underlings that actually killed his older brother & mother !!!!! Also Mike finally tracks down & car bombs Fabrizio (the guy who killed his first wife with the car bomb) also theres a deleted scene of Don Fanucci getting his throat cut by a gang of teenagers hence the buck 50 scar on his neck , its how Vito realized that he wasn't a real Don of The Black Hand , he was just a neighborhood bully hence why he has no goons with him cuz hes solo dolo
Sonny was the oldest. They showed it in a flash back. Where he was laying on the carpet. They called him Santino.
Ok Formal, I'll be that guy! 😄 Actually, DeNiro was speaking Sicilian dialect & it was excellent. He even went to Sicily to immerse himself in it before filming. ☺️
That shot of Clemenza pointing the gun at the cops head was in all the trailers for this movie back in the day. I saw it so much that the image burned into my brain when I was 9 years old. I used to go to the library after school to listen to the soundtrack whenever I could. I was hooked early.😎
@@WiseGuy5674 you must have Sicilian roots in your genes then, right?😅👍🏻
Just in case y'all didn't realize, clemenza was the big guy from the first movie who strangled carlo in the car.
And the other guy is Salvator Tesio... who in the first part tries to set up Michael with Don Bazzini...
@@lohiasam3495 part 2 always made sallys betrayal in part 1 more sad
My family has a story from the early 20th century, that the Italian side got all their luggage stolen at the port by Irish dock workers. Guy supposedly went to confront them, which was considered weird as hell, and they laughed in his face, but somebody respected it and within a decade there were a bunch of inter-marriages. The story comes back to me every time I watch the Vito flashbacks in this.
it was really cool how they took Real history about Castros revolution in Cuba and the mafia exit and weaved the Corleone story into it.
I agree. I've seen some younger "Reactors" who get totally lost----Never heard of the Revolution or Castro, don't realize it's Cuba or what's happening, still think we're in Miami etc etc-----I learned all that in history class, high school 1977.
@@barryscott8041as someone who loves history I don’t get how most American people don’t care about that stuff at all, I mean where is the sense of wonder?
As a first gen immigrant to the US, that Statue of Liberty scene still gets to me every time I see it
Same 😭
My grandfather came to NY from Sicily in 1908, was processed through Ellis Island, and lived in the same neighborhood on the Lower East Side, where my mother was born. The Statue of Liberty meant a lot to them.
I’m assuming that because the baby sitting on Mama Corleone’s lap looked like a girl you thought it was Connie. It wasn’t. That was just how they dressed babies in the early 1900’s. The order is Sonny is oldest, Fredo, Michael and then Connie who wasn’t born yet.
19:15 “Is he a character from ‘part 1’?” - you’re not paying attention. When he chucks the bag of guns over to Vito, he says: “I’m Clemenza”. Don’t you remember Clemenza from the first movie? The fat guy?
Buddy with the hat who brought Vito in on his first heist was Fat "take the cannoli" Clemenza from the first movie, their third friend was a younger version of Sal Tessio. The young kid in the hat who lets the flustered landlord in and out of his meeting with Vito was (apparently not) Hyman Roth.
Check the cast list, the guy in the hat was Genco Abbandando, played by Frank Sivero.
Ahh fuck, I guess I'm wrong about a thing on the internet. How will my ego ever survive? Thank the LORD there are people who check the cast list before commenting!
Yeah wrong guy lol
*shrug* won't be the last time I forget a thing
@@JoeFF85 it's okay your my brother you don't have to apologize
Those two are laughing at the airport shooting when it’s literally taken from a real event in the 60s after Kennedy’s shooting.
That thing about Michael bringing up Tom’s offer to go to Vegas, you have to think about what the entire conversation is really about. They’re talking about killing Roth, but what they are really talking about is killing Fredo, who is just outside. So when Tom asks do you have to kill everyone? And Michael says just my enemies, you see his reaction. When Michael asks whether hes going to come along for these things, etc, he’s seeing if it’s too much for Tom.
Sonny (Santino) is the oldest; the child actors they used all had curly hair like James Caan did. Then comes Fredo, and we saw him as an infant being sick, which might have had repercussions, then Michael, and Connie is the youngest.
The first time 2 different actors won Academy Awards for playing the same character! Marlon Brando and Robert De Neiro for playing Vito Corleone.
The best sequel ever made
The guy who steals the rug with Vito is Clemenza -- the fat guy from the first movie. Watch him in Godfather II and you'll notice he is constantly eating.
Yes thats Junior. This the best movie ever made!
When Michael kisses Fredo and says he broke his heart, he gives him what is called the "kiss of death".
When Vito is given that “package” to hide did you guys think of when Tony soprano messes with his neighbor Cuzamno (cooze) gives him a package to hold onto for a while for him 😂
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Marlon Brando, who played Vito in part 1, didn't die before part 2. He actually lived until 2004. And he was in Francisc Ford Coppala's great Vietnam war movie, Apocalypse Now in 1979. You guys should watch that next.
My favorite character is Frank Pentangeli: “Frankie Five Angels”. From from his last name: which is formed from the Greek-word “penta” meaning "five") and the Italian word “angeli” meaning “angels".
What a great movie.
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Sonny's full name is Santino and you can get his parents calling him that as the first born. In GFI, he's parents always call him Santino. In later scenes when Santino is a bit older, he has curly hair, like the brown up Santino. In a scene when Vito takes the kids to Sicily, Santino is wearing a sailor suit and he's jumping around making boxing motions... he's always been prone to fighting. In the last flashback scene where Michael tells him he's joined the marines and Tom has to hold back Sonny from hitting Michael, you can hear his kids in the background saying, "Mommy, Daddy's fighting again. " which is a great little detail!
My favorite part of the last flashback is when the only one to congratulate Michael on enlisting is Fredo. There is another movie with Pacino and John Cazale that is not to be missed. It's called Dog Day Afternoon, and it's almost as good as the Godfathers...based on a true story about a bank robbery gone very wrong.
@@flarrfan I am very familiar with Dog Day Afternoon. You probably are aware that Al Pacino has said that he learned more about acting from John Cazale than any other person in the world.
I heard him tell a story about working with him - maybe it was Dog Day, maybe it was on stage, I'm not sure - when Cazale had a disagreement with the director about how he should play his character. The director said something like, "I appreciate your point of view but this is the way I want it." Cazale said, okay, and committed to playing it like the director wanted and never complained about it. He was a total professional.
Michael is the youngest of the brothers. The order is 1 Sonny 2 Fredo and 3 Michael 4 Connie, the baby sister of the family.
The scenes where Hymen Roth is killed is reminiscent of the time after JFK’s assassination when Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby and then Ruby was killed. And Michael’s comment about “if history has taught us anything, it’s that anybody can be killed” foreshadows that entire historical situation.
Just what I needed to see in my recommended videos. The GOAT film by the GOAT reactors.
You can rewatch God Father I + II 2 dozen times, and it still feels brand new.
Holy shit, I never realized that was Junior! awesome
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that man has been acting ever since moses wore short pants
When Frankie Five Angels brother showed up at the senate hearing the sight of his brother reminded Frankie of “Omertà”…. the code of silence, in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities, the government, or outsiders, especially during criminal investigations.
The guy sitting next to the person heading the commission (who's based on Estes Kefauver) is supposed to look like RFK Sr., who was very active in the Kefauver Commission.
I love how, before the Cuban military coup, Michael makes a bigshow of the Sicilian kiss of Death and then he's like, "Fredo, follow me, ur still my brother."
The fact you recognised Junior just makes the reaction that much better. 😂😂😂
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Clemenza was supposed to return in this movie in the present-day timeline but the actor wouldn't agree to the contract, so his character was replaced by Pentangeles.
Fun fact: the guy who got his legs blown up while helping Vito escape after killing Don Cheach in Sicily was the same guy who was helping Michael when he was there hiding after killing Sollotzo in Brooklyn. 😎
The novel starts with this entire backstory. Francis couldn’t use it in GF1 were it belonged, so he worked it into the new story he wrote.
Mario Puzo didn’t like the idea of Fredo being killed on Michael’s orders because he felt the audience would hate Michael. Puzo told Francis they only way he’d go along with it is if it was done after the mother died, and Francis reluctantly agreed because he had no intention of killing off the mother.😎
Too many egos in charge of this film...and yet it was brilliant!
@@tmayofourit's lightning in a bottle. Not completely luck cause everyone involved was skilled and talented. But couldn't recreate it with all the same people involved no matter how hard anyone would try.
Just like lots other movies, shows, rock bands and other music groups. Pure talent with a lot of planets aligning at once
It's funny how Fredo looks like his dad, but Michael has his mind, but not his heart.
The best of thr trilogy
Thank yall for watching this. One of the best films ever and one of my faves. And yall some of my favorite to hear talk about movies. This is a treat. ❤
your reactions really stand-out from the crowd, guys - love the genuine vibe
Brando refused to be in the sequel because of political/Hollywood/industry views at the time or something, I believe. The actor who played Clemanza wanted more money than the studio wanted to pay, so they re-wrote his part in the story and created Frankie. James Caan, Sonny, also asked for a lot of money to appear in the flashback scene but they paid him. Some more seasoned GF experts might correct me on these things.
I've read a rumor that the guy who played Clemenza had some pretty silly demands about being able to rewrite his own dialogue.
@@marcuscato9083his wife disputes it later though. It's a wild story.
@@marcuscato9083 Bruno Kirby. Apparently he also had issues with Billy Crystal for the filming of City Slickers. Seems like he may have been tough to work with. Also loved him in Good Morning Vietnam. Passed away in early 2000's of cancer I believe
@@Ryan-xu9zb Bruno Kirby played young Clemenza. The actor that didn't return for GII as the older Clemenza was Richard Castellano.
Sorry I wasn't clear.
@@marcuscato9083 Ahh, today I learned
Guys, the sad part about this story is that it was supposed to be about Vito, Clemenza and Tessio’s back story. The actor who plays Clemenza demanded that he have full control over his dialog, so Francis fired him, wrote him off as dead, and then introduced another character named Frank Pantangelis. The story would have been turned up to 11 and made more sense if Peter Clemenza had been in it.😎
While it probably would have made more sense to have Clemenza in the roll, Frankie was a better character played by a better actor.
Bruno Kirby. Apparently he also had issues with Billy Crystal for the filming of City Slickers. Seems like he may have been tough to work with. Also loved him in Good Morning Vietnam. Passed away in early 2000's of cancer I believe
@@Ryan-xu9zbThe problem was with the actor who played the older Clemenza in the original film, not Bruno Kirby, though you're right that apparently Kirby and Billy Crystal fell out during CITY SLICKERS, for whatever reasons.
I actually enjoyed The Godfather Part 2 more than the first one. Mostly because of the flashback scenes about the rise of a young Vito Corleone played excellently by Robert De Niro. He earned an Oscar for his performance. I also enjoyed how Micheal met his match with his enemy Hymn Roth. They basically were playing chess against each other trying to outmaneuver the other. But at the end Micheal was smarter than Roth. I think that Micheal should have let Fredo live but I understand why he took him out at the same time. Fredo was a liability, but he was still his brother at the end! Micheal knew that Kay wasn't about that life, yet he married her anyway. So he should have known the marriage wasn't gonna last. Plus Kay is not Italian. I also liked how they showed at the end how Micheal used to be his own man before he became a part of the family business. Micheal plans for his own future died when his father got shot in the first Godfather. That is the real tragedy of Micheal. The Godfather Part 1 is a Masterpiece but The Godfather Part 2 is the Greatest sequel of all time. The Godfather Part 3 is the weakest out of the 3 movies, but it does have its moments. Connie is my favorite character in Godfather Part 3 you'll see why. 😉 She's different in that movie lol! Great reaction yall! 👏🏾
There is a Godfather Saga which comes on periodically which ties part 1 and 2 together with added scenes. But 2 is fire!
Yeah the young chubby neighbor guy that steals the rug & tosses the bag of guns to young Vito through the window is definitely Clemenza (the fat Capo from part one that u guys loved so much) & the other young guy is Tessio , Vitos other Capo (the one that was the traitor in the first film that Vito warned Mike about at the meeting) & the other young guy who's father owns the grocery store is Genco , Vitos original wartime Consigilarie before Tom took that role
The other guy is not Tessio. The other guy is Genco Abbandondo, Don Vito's first Consiglieri.
Tessio was not portrayed in this film.
@@tmayofour Tessio is literally the one that starts out with Vito and Clemens’s he’s sitting in Vito house with Vito. Clemenza even says leave it to me and tessio.
"Man brought you on a lick!" probably the start of all underworld empires
The dude who stole the rug who brought Vito into the game is Clemenza from part 1. The fat dude who prepped the gun for Michael to do the hit in the restaurant. The one who stayed loyal at the end.
It’s hilarious how much Brahlik says “that’s my boy” referring to junior. LoL I remember early in season 1 when he was on some “this dude is NOT a boss…” and I kept thinking to myself wait till he becomes one of your favorites on the show. Keep up the good content y’all.
Sonny was Vito's oldest son and Michael the youngest. After Sonny's death, Fredo should've been the next in line, in theory.
The last scene is to remind aynone who still didn't get it that Michael always was a loner with his own plans. He was in the Marines, which means that he fought in the Pacific where the war against Japan was infinitely more brutal than in Europe. The war completely changed him. He was now a decentivised, unforgiving, walking PTSD with no remorse whatsoever.
He's a soldier at the core, never a family man like his father. And a monster.
In the flashbacks, Vito’s original 3-man crew: Clemenza (he prepped Micheal to assassinate The Turk & the police captain in GFI), Tessio (the old man/traitor in GFI) and in the extended cut version of GFII, they also introduce Hyman Suchowsky. Clemenza called him “Johnny Lips” but Vito changed Hyman’s last name from Suchowsky to Roth. Later, during the end of prohibition, Roth formed the hit team “Murder Inc” as an enforcement arm for the Commission (aka The Five Families).
The Five Families territory: NY, NJ, AC, Philly, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Tampa, Miami, LA, San Francisco, KC, Vegas, Reno, Buffalo, Havana.
Also, when the Commission meets in Havana, the cake they bring out is in the shape of Cuba and the Commission cut it up into pieces. Roth asked for a “small piece”. Tryin to be low key.
"waited too long gave him (Frankie five angels) time to drink" - You got me with that one my guy!
Sonny the oldest and he found Tom when he was sick and homeless and brought him home. Vito and the mom unofficially adopted him.
Cich a port. 😂 You said it perfect 😂 yea it's definitely not proper Italian and most people in Italy can't understand Sicilian. Sonny was the oldest. Part 3 sucked compared to 1&2
Sonny is the oldest, then Fredo, then Michael, then Connie
Another key is Clemenza (with the blanket of guns) and Tessio were Vitos first partners...and they remained his right hand men...Clemenza is the chubby guy that said "take the cannolis" and Tessio was the one who betrayed Michael in the first movie to Barzinni.
"He lived long enough to need a Power of Attorney" 😂🤣😂
Thank you guys, for all you do! Great review as always! 💛💙
Yes, Robert de Niro playing Vito!
At around 15mins..he said...
Bralik's reconition made my day !! Well done bro. Not many people get it or recognise de Niro here in this...
The actor's a legend here. Actually won best supporting actor oscar for this role.
Back to the film..
I have no idea if you've already watched the third Godfather by the time this reaction was posted on UA-cam but if you haven't I wanted to give you guys a heads up. There are actually two versions of the third film (released under two different names): "The Godfather Part III" and "The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone." The Godfather Part III is the theatrical cut that was released into theatres in 1990, while "The Godfather Coda" is a Director's Cut that Francis Ford Coppela did in 2020 to better reflect his original intensions.
De Niro is the one in the cast who went to Sicily and studied the language, so maybe he sounds weird because his accent is the least bad
Sonny was the Eldest, Then Fredo, Michael and Carla
Connie
If you guys are in to long gangster movies, you have to watch Sergio Leonor’s Once Upon a Time in America. Absolute masterpiece.
That last scene is also great foreshadowing (well, sort of since it's the end of the movie). You see him sitting at the table alone. Where pretty much all is family is now gone.
The reason Vito shot him in the cheek was because he felt disrespected when Fanucci squeezed his cheek after taking the $100
Make sense
...Or to send a message to whoever had to "take care" of the body
@@barryscott8041 I think Puzzo knows better than you. That's where I learned about it from.
@@e.jamesshepard7183 Excuse the hell outta me.
The “Orange” theme is just a coincidence and was really just a way to add some color to the scenes.
DeNiro was buying oranges wile getting respect around the neighborhood in the flashback after Michael was talking to his Mom about losing family. No one picks up or calls that out, but notice the drama scenes because of the internet.
Vito's boys at the beginning were Clemenza and Tessio!! Do you remember them. Both were capo; but at the end of Godfather 1, Tessio betrayed the family and Michael had him killed...
Tessio was not portrayed in this film. Only Clemenza and Genco.
Probably the greatest double feature of all time
Al Pacino and John Cazale(Fredo) were close friends until John's death. Starred together in Dog Day Afternoon...more exceptional acting by both...
(9:12) "That's F%#$@#G *Junior!!* That smile!" Cue "Paparazzi" by *_Xzibit_*
@46:16 That is his brother from Italy who is apart of the Italian Mafia. The Italian mafia was and is so much more strict about rats . He knew seeing his brother that either way he was dead if he talked not only by Michael, but he would be wanted by his own family back in Italy for testifying. So it was both shame and a fear moment for him. Which was why his brother was giving him that stare and thus why he recanted his testimony
Google literally dropped an ad right before the hit on Mike and Kay. 🤮😎
I hated that!
*”IN MY HOME!!”*
Everyone: 😳
The switch to sopranos junior got me cracking up
Can you boys react to Black Mass?? One of Johnny Drop’s best roles imo
Heavily underrated movie
I genuinely hope you gentlemen watch the entire trilogy. Despite what you may read or hear, the third installment, while definitely the worst of the three, is worth watching.
junior: "the fuck? why am I on there?"
😂🤣
Omg. It IS Junior. I've seen this movie 50 times and never realize that
The Godfather 3 movie I wished they made would have covered the years between DeNiro rise around 1920 and Godfather 1, in 1945. In the novel, its covered, how Vito became the biggest Don, the fights and methods he used. The novel also extensively covers Luca Brasi, who he was and how Vito recruited him. If they made that movie, Luca Brasi would be the scariest character in movies. They gave a taste of him in Godfather one
Missed you guys. First time checking out a vid since the sopranos. Got busy. Still fire as always bruhs
Bro you guys are on fire
Too many people ignore III!
Y'all have to do III soon!
Sopranos references will make even more sense lol.
Young Vitos story was my favorite part of the series.
this the best birthday gift ever was waiting for this reaction
Happy Birthday 🥳🎊
Yes yes yes!!! Love it! There are some more requests we all have!
"Married and in the game", died with the Don.
35:51
Lights get dimmer down Biggie's hallway - Notorious BIG, Unbelievable.
Yes. Jr. Soprano is Johnny Ola
Make sure you watch the director’s cut, Coda, when G3.
I always found Roth's loyalty to Moe touching.
Based on bugsy Siegel and Meyer lansky
“I’M SMAAT”
Sonny was the oldest, Fredo and Connie are middle children, Michael was the youngest.
haha...I've watched this movie a billion times, never did I ever think to look twice at 'Johnny Ola'...and somehow Bralik's ass figures out it's mother fucking 'young' Uncle June in 5 mins. 😆🤣
Awesome! My Friday movie!!