The Godfather & The Godfather Part II appreciation thread

Revolver66

For me, they are simply the best two American movies ever made. Love them ) Anybody have any love, thoughts and opinions to share about these these two flicks?

Absolutely_Cart

theyre great movies. i just havent watched them in years due to poor attention span

then again my attn span got better over the years since i stopped video gaming. so i might give em another shot.

Barbel

Two great movies (the third is still ok, though not in their league).
Years ago I remember watching them as a TV series, re-edited in chronological order with extra footage. I've never seen that version for sale.

Charmed & Dangerous

Loved them (the Godfather films, not the Barney adventures ). The first still has the greatest impact, but the second is fascinating, a sprawling study of how an empire is won and lost.

Thunderpussy

Agree with everyone, two classics and an ok third film. -{

welshboy78

I actually enjoy the third also which gets slated.

The second is my fave

Thunderpussy

I think it still holds the record for a sequel to an Oscar winning film
also winning an Oscar ? ( Best Picture)

Silhouette Man

I have the boxset too but I have yet to watch any of them. I must rectify that!

Thunderpussy

Did you buy them because the shopkeeper ......
...... make you an offer you couldn't refuse ? )

AlphaOmegaSin

Get the Comlete Epic, it's the first and second Films combined into one -{

Revolver66

Thunderpussy wrote:

I think it still holds the record for a sequel to an Oscar winning film
also winning an Oscar ? ( Best Picture)

The Return of The King won the 2003 Oscar for best picture, however you are right, it is the only sequel to a best picture winning film to also win. Whilst we're on the topic of Oscars I cannot believe that Al Pacino did not win Best Actor, he is phenomenal in this, surely one of the best performances ever.

Revolver66

I think one of the things that is great about the 2 films, and something that perhaps puts them over the top of other films, is that despite being very mainstream, major productions, they are incredibly artistic and personal movies, which is obviously down to Coppola. It's rare to see that personal vision in such major studio productions these days. Particularly the second film, where the story is at times pretty subtle, everything is not clearly spelt out, it treats the audience with intelligence and goes against genre cliches.

Barbel

Revolver66 wrote:

Thunderpussy wrote:

I think it still holds the record for a sequel to an Oscar winning film
also winning an Oscar ? ( Best Picture)

The Return of The King won the 2003 Oscar for best picture, however you are right, it is the only sequel to a best picture winning film to also win. Whilst we're on the topic of Oscars I cannot believe that Al Pacino did not win Best Actor, he is phenomenal in this, surely one of the best performances ever.

IMHO "The Return" got its Oscar as a cumulative award- really, LOTR is just one massive picture. And yes, Pacino should have got an Oscar.