What is the most powerful scene in the godfather trilogy?

Baptism scene, where cuts back and forth, from the priest asking Michael do you renounce satan and......to him having his enemies taken out.

Michael closing the door on Kay at the end of the first movie.

Vito’s birthday at the end of Part II. Michael announcing that he’d enlisted instead of going to school, which paved the path for Michael to find his way into the family business. Sonny introducing Carlo to Connie, setting the gears in motion for his demise. That dinner basically started the change of the dynamic of Corleone family.

What?

That is a difficult question.

There are so many.


“Only don’t tell me you’re innocent.”


“It’s not personal.”


“Michael, go with God.”


“Look how they massacred my boy.”


Sonny speaks out of turn.


Louie’s.


Tollbooth.


Hospital.


“I hate you!”


“My credit good enough to buy you out?”


“Don’t ever take sides...”


“Michael Corleone...Godfather.”


“Aaaahhhh aaaahhhh aaaahhhh aaaahhhh”


Garden.


“It was an abortion.”


“You broke my heart. You broke my heart.”


“It ain’t the way I wanted it!”


“Fredo...you’re nothing to me now.”


Hail Mary.


“What have you got there?”


“I beg you. Spare my only son.”


“His name was...Antonio Andolini.”

I know it was you, Fredo.

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And to Moe Green:

You straighten my brother out?

You nailed them Lucky, but you missed one very key scene, in II when Vito is crossing the rooftops watching Don Fanucci as he prepares to make his first kill.

The moment he is crossing the line to becoming a killer and ultimately Godfather










And of course, the arrival:





And hell, the opening scene:

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You straighten my brother out?

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Another one from that confrontational scene:

“Your casino loses money. Maybe we can do better.”

“You think I’m skimming off the top, Mike?”

-Michael slightly moves head side to side- “You’re unlucky.”

From the beginning where Michael dismisses Fredo’s welcome party, to confronting Moe Green, to Moe’s angry response, to Fredo asking Tom for help, to Tom rebuking Fredo and deferring to Michael, to Fredo scolding Michael, to Michael’s fateful warning to Fredo...

There is so much weight and greatness in that scene.

While "III" gets a lot of crap, I think the ending was well done. Michael finally snapping and that loud, long scream when he realizes his daughter was killed (and it's his responsibility) was very emotional. Then his death, alone, surrounded by no one, as an old man years later is the perfect denouement.

On the other hand, seeing Sofia Coppola with a bullet through her chest was quite enjoyable after that horrible stint of acting ("Dad?")



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