Taylor's+Review+of+The+Godfather

Based on the novel written by Mario Puzo, “The Godfather" movie was created in 1972. Directed by Francis Ford Copala and starring Al Pacino. Other cast members included Marlon Brando as the Don himself, James Caan as the short-tempered son Santino Corleone, Diane Keaton played an innocent Kay, and Robert Duvall played the trusted consigliere Tom Hagen. Over all this is a great movie about a mafia family. Only it is different from other mafia movies in that it has a positive spin not showing them as monsters but as working class family. It shows men whose business happens to take place outside the law. The whole story is based around a family and it is the theme of family that really stands out.
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The way the script develops characters to really make them come to life is very impressive. Vito Corleone represents the old way of life for the mafia very traditional never discuss your thought outside the family, never discuss business at the dinner table. Sonny represents the new generation ready to shoot someone at the drop of a hat. Michael is a good median for both ways to control the family. The scene that best illustrates this is when he is at the hospital with Anzo the baker and the people are coming to kill his father he is ready to do what he has to protect his family but he doesn’t take the situation over the line like his brother sonny might have. He stays level headed enough to light the lighter for Anzo showing he can stay calm even in the worst of situations. Fredo the third son represents a weaker man in a business. It is clarified that the weak can not survive when he is passed over for the position as Don even though he is the oldest brother.

The acting in this movie is pretty outstanding .Marlon Brando does an excellent job as Vito Corleone playing the role of a caring family man with a dark side really bringing the script to another level. James Caan’s character Sonny is an excellent example of the darker side of life by showing how quick he is ready to spill blood even when the rest of the family is trying to avoid it. Pacino’s acting in this movie really brought him into center stage and help to develop him as one of the more well know actors of our time.

In my opinion these three characters were all very believable in the roles they set out to play even when Sonny is on the war path Caan makes you feel that despite what everybody says the hit on his father was personal. Considering where Pacino and Caan are today it is interesting seeing a film that they did in the beginning and “The Godfather” is a great example of why these two men are called movie stars. Marlon Brando was already an established actor with a long list of movies by the time “The Godfather” came around but his role as the Don is a performance that tops the list.

Along with the amazing acting and script the music only adds to the anticipation. Each scene is carefully and perfectly laid out. The music builds the feeling of sorrow or anger entirely. A dark room with slow and strong music make the actors almost unnecessary to tell you what is going to happen next. The mood and cinematography of the film is extremely precise. It was in no way boring to look at the way the camera uniquely shot each angle. The style and feeling of “ The Godfather” was intense in every position.

This movie is considered a classic for more than one reason. It was a movie that all others tried to make a spin off of. “The Godfather” could be considered the standard to which all other movies be held. There are more than two sides to this story every viewpoint had a different tradition or belief. Vito Corleone loved his tradition, Sonny did not. Michael came in with a bang and started a whole new way to run things and modified the impression of the Corleone family. As well as this movie being made in 1972, there was no other choice but changing your outlook on the aspects of film after seeing “The Godfather.”