Do you prefer Godfather 1 or 2?

2 but they are both outstanding.

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Which one do you prefer?

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Too close to call. 1 has a lot of great moments. 2 had Deniro in Italian. 1 looks more like a final, finished product. For whatever reason - whether it was the casting problems, Brando's no show, etc., there is something about 2 that is just "not quite right" despite it's legitimate status as greatest sequel of all time.

I'm liking the Saga/Complete Epic versions - if you have the time - but that's like all day, like a full shift at work.

2...DeNiro

Love both but would choose 1 over 2. To watch Michael become a part of the "family" is the best to me. When he is at the hospital and prevents the hit on Vito and he says at his bed side "I with you now pop", gets me every time.

1 is the better overall movie to me but the my favorite scenes are definitely Vito coming to power in 2.

After re-watching both it was clear to me that The Godfather is the better film, but both are top five all time.

1

Brando is my favorite actor and De Niro is my second fave so it's very tough for me to pick one. They are both method actors from the Actor's Studio and learned the Stanislovsky Method from Stella Adler and Brando was kind of passing the torch to De Niro in part 2.

Some modern actors who come from the Method are Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Johnny Depp (Brando also passed the torch to him on the set of Don Juan Demarco.)

I don't know, I guess I pick one because I love Sonny a lot too.