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Godfather is on again.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:41 pm
5'2 Pacino still makes me giggle.
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Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:43 pm to pooponsaban
Watching it now for the first time ever
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:45 pm to pooponsaban
Channel?
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:46 pm to swamie
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:46 pm to swamie
Whoa! Enjoy man. Godfather I and especially II are fantastic.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:47 pm to DallasTiger11
AMC
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:49 pm to swamie
Wow, Swamie...enjoy! It's the 40th anniversary of my favorite movie ever.
My wife asks me all the time why I sit down and watch it whenever it's on TV, seeing as I've seen it at least 100 times and own the tapes(!) and DVD's--my answers:
1--because it's there
2--it's a guy thing
3--it's the Godfather
I tell my wife going "to the mattresses" means something else entirely...
My wife asks me all the time why I sit down and watch it whenever it's on TV, seeing as I've seen it at least 100 times and own the tapes(!) and DVD's--my answers:
1--because it's there
2--it's a guy thing
3--it's the Godfather
I tell my wife going "to the mattresses" means something else entirely...
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:57 pm to parrotdr
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My wife asks me all the time why I sit down and watch it whenever it's on TV, seeing as I've seen it at least 100 times and own the tapes(!) and DVD's--my answers: 1--because it's there 2--it's a guy thing 3--it's the Godfather
Me too. I will be up late watching #2 probably.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:57 pm to parrotdr
I've always been a fan of Goodfellas and A Bronx Tale, just figured you saw one mafia movie, you saw them all.
It's been on my list of must see movies, just never took the time. I hear Godfather II is better, so I need to follow up with that one
It's been on my list of must see movies, just never took the time. I hear Godfather II is better, so I need to follow up with that one
Posted on 2/27/12 at 8:58 pm to swamie
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It's been on my list of must see movies, just never took the time. I hear Godfather II is better, so I need to follow up with that one
I prefer 1 to 2, but the two of them together are about the best 6 1/2 hours of cinema you can ask for
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:04 pm to swamie
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I've always been a fan of Goodfellas and A Bronx Tale, just figured you saw one mafia movie, you saw them all.
um...NO...not when you're talking about the classics. Godfather was just that--the godfather of all mafia movies.
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It's been on my list of must see movies, just never took the time. I hear Godfather II is better, so I need to follow up with that one
Better? Maybe to some critics, but as SW2 said, that 6 1/2 hours is un-freakin'-believable.
Unlike many, I'd still recommend III also. I think it gets a bad rap due to the horrible, last minute fill-in nepotismal performance of Sofia Coppola as Michael's daughter.
But IMHO the resolution of how Michael's family ends up after his efforts to go legitimate are awesome.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:06 pm to swamie
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I've always been a fan of Goodfellas and A Bronx Tale, just figured you saw one mafia movie, you saw them all.
Understandable. Wrong though.
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It's been on my list of must see movies, just never took the time.
Sweet Jesus. I REALLY thought you were being sarcastic. 2 is better than one in that it tells 2 stories throughout and has DeNiro. But you lose Brando. And it was the first. So I cannot argue against #1.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:10 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Sweet Jesus. I REALLY thought you were being sarcastic. 2 is better than one in that it tells 2 stories throughout and has DeNiro. But you lose Brando. And it was the first. So I cannot argue against #1.
There was a version of 1 & 2 in chronological order that used to be available on VHS and was run on AMC a few times. I remember watching it when I was young at my grandparents' house. I'd pay good money to have that version on DVD or Blu-Ray. I'm pretty sure that's how Copolla paid to finish shooting Apocalypse Now
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:22 pm to SW2SCLA
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There was a version of 1 & 2 in chronological order that used to be available on VHS and was run on AMC a few times. I remember watching it when I was young at my grandparents' house. I'd pay good money to have that version on DVD or Blu-Ray.
My wife ordered that for me on VHS several years ago. Lost it in Katrina. Coppola re-edited chronologically PLUS included a significant amount of footage that was not in the theatrical releases. Some of it explained issues much better than in the theatrical releases.
Spoiler alert for all you first timers (still can't believe that...)
It was quite gratifying to see how Michael gets revenge on Fabrizio (who unexplainably come to New York years later even though Michael is now Don and knows he betrayed him!).
From Wiki:
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Michael's revenge
In the novel, Michael avenges Apollonia Corleone's death. Fabrizio is found running a pizza parlor in Buffalo, New York. He is shot in the chest by an assassin who walks into the pizza parlor. The assassin then tells him "Michael Corleone sends his regards", before shooting him again in the head. In a deleted scene from the film's script, Michael kills Fabrizio with a shotgun. This scene was never filmed, although publicity photos were distributed of Al Pacino, who portrayed Michael, firing a shotgun.)
A scene was then filmed in which Michael is informed that Fabrizio was found and was successfully killed in his car with a bomb wired to the ignition, matching the car bomb that he used to kill Apollonia. The scene was removed from the final cut of the film, but it can be seen in The Godfather Saga.
This post was edited on 2/27/12 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:23 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Sweet Jesus. I REALLY thought you were being sarcastic.
I know. Never woulda have thought that I'd see Citizen Cane North by Northwest before The Godfather.
Pretty much what I was expecting so far. Powerful movie with a powerful score.
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:25 pm to parrotdr
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Spoiler alert for all you first timers (still can't believe that...)
come on, there has to be more on here who's never seen these before
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:29 pm to swamie
I guess the teens have an excuse... 
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come on, there has to be more on here who's never seen these before
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:36 pm to swamie
Good to see Adria has always been a stupid bitch
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:53 pm to swamie
God dammit. I liked his wife, shoulda been Kate
Posted on 2/27/12 at 9:57 pm to swamie
She musta just got blowed up, eh? In the original, NON-censored movie, you get to see Apollonia's frontal nudity. Not to shabby, about an OT 6.
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