Megs+Godfather

The Godfather is a crime and family drama film made in 1972. It is about an Italian mob family led by the "don," Vito Corleone also known as The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando. The Don has a few sons that are in the family buisness but one that initially is not, who is Michael Coreleone, played by Al Pacino. Michael is the one son that even The Don doesn't want involved in the family business. After a refusal from The Godfather to get involved with drugs from other " family businesses" its starts a whole new life for not only The Don but for the outside son Michael. The Don gets shot because of his refusal which leads Michael to take matters into his own hands. A couple of members of the Corleone family and friends get murdered, pushing Michael with no other choice then to lead and join his family business.

The actors in this film show the true meaning of fitting the perfect actors with their perfect part/role they have to act in. Two of my favorite actors and characters are in this film, both of which really made the movie amazing. Al Pacino, one who everyone on the set had their ups and downs opinions on, while trying to play Michael Corleone. He proved all who doubted him wrong. He made one of the most memorable impacts in movie history for the role of Michael, and still today Al is talked about for the way he delivered himself in the God Father/s. You can feel right when Michael transforms in the film from the almost sane one in the family, to being as tough and hard as the other members of the family business if not more.

The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando, captures you attention the first five minutes of the film. You don't even have to see him, but just from being at his point of view in the first scene, you almost feel the control yourself by how he has his clients full attention and respect. Then you finally see Marlon, and right away his appearance shows alot of character. Marlon went as deep and far as he could to really portray all the directors expectations of the perfect fit for his role, and he did just that. The way he gets respected and talked to, you not only get the feel of what you could have in store for the rest of the film, but for how well just him talking in that raspy tone of voice intimidates you watching it. You often don't find actors who you right away feel the connection to and make you say wow, no one could ever do that better than they did, and these two actors did just that and more.

All throughout the films dramatic scenes you become drawn to the screen by the intense music they have playing in the background. When Michael is become the new godfather of his sister's child there is also the killing of the five head men of the rival families, that particular part of the movie would not be the same without the thrilling music in the background. Between the loudness of the baby crying and pounding instrumental going on at the same time, you have a mixture of emotions and thoughts running through you. It is so intense, you sense the emotion through all the sound playing in the background.

The cinematography in this film shows the art of cleverness in the camera mans eye. The right away zooming and fading away in certain scenes make you sense how the characters experience being there in the movie. The angles when the family were in one room together made you feel a part of the group like you were sitting right there with them during all the family business.

The special effects and the editing to be honest was the last thing I really noticed. Still thinking back on the film I can't think of anything particularly obvious that stood out to me. I'm sure there were some amazing scenes that really were what they were because of the editing and special effects, but i'm not one to notice those details, i'm more of the acting and portraying of the rolls in the movie.