Godfather

Pros: Brando, Pacino, Caan, Supporting Cast, Screenplay, Photography, Score

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Excellent adaptation of a gripping novel of organized crime in America.

Review: Family and ritual are very important to the Corleones. Staunchly Catholic, they believe in church weddings, baptisms, and funerals. Every important milestone in life is celebrated with religious rites – baptism, first communion, wedding, and...

Pros: Everything!

Cons: You would have to be very, VERY critical to find fault in this film

The Bottom Line: This film changed the face of film forever.

Review: BEWARE! This is a very long review of the film, The Godfather.

In order for a film to be good, it has to have a strong, emotion-involving lasting impact on us. Whether this is Terry Malloy's attempts to bring down the gang...

Pros: Brilliant acting; superb adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Without question, The Godfather is one of the two best Mafia movies ever made. (The other? The Godfather, Part II.)

Review: It seems that American moviegoers traditionally have had almost as much of a fascination with films about the criminal underbelly of society as they’ve had with movies about our military heroes. Before The Godfather, there was a long and...

Pros: I believe that this is one of the top films of all time.

Cons: A third film was made as a followup.

The Bottom Line: Following this films varied moods, storyline, actors and music is a pure joy.

Review: "Where's Michael. We're Not Taking the Picture Without Michael" These words are the first said in this film by Godfather Don Corleone when in dialog with his family at his daughters wedding. I believe, in hindsight, after seeing the film that these ...

Pros: Coppola's Direction, Script, Look, Score, & Cast led by the Great Marlon Brando.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: It's "The Godfather", A Great American Masterpice that still Stands thanks to Coppola, Everyone, & notably Marlon Brando.

Review: Writer's Note: A few months ago, I had a review written and completed for Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 masterpiece The Godfather. When there was a chance to release it, it disappeared due to a malfunction with my floppy disk. After that, I swore ...

Pros: One of the all-time greats, acting, direction, script all first rate

Cons: Can't think of a one, maybe too violent for some tastes

Review: If not the greatest film ever then mighty close, Coppola's gangster saga has gone down as a landmark in cinema, both for its popularity and critical praise. It is a near perfect film, with flawless acting and a beautiful, haunting score that is one...

Pros: Everything after the line "I believe in America" (and everything before, too).

Cons: The Punch. More on this below...

The Bottom Line: Thirty years after its initial release, The Godfather is still "an offer you can't refuse" (and that line is a cliche you can't avoid).

Review: Generally regarded as one of the finest movies ever made, "The Godfather" would seem to be review-proof. By this point, some 30 years after its initial release, what else could be said of it? Critically it's adored. And those who loathe it are bound...

Pros: Acting, writing, cinematography and soundtrack.

Cons: It could be claimed that it romanticizes the lives of bad people.

The Bottom Line: I was always one of those people who believed a perfect film was impossible. That changed when I saw The Godfather.

Review: Francis Ford Coppola's classic Gangster movie is a film that contains; what I consider to be, the greatest opening in cinematic history. It's not the kind of big action sequence that would open something like a Bond film, nor is it a traditional gangster ...

Pros: Excellent Cinematography, Astounding Use of Sound and Music, and Brilliant Characters

Cons: Can be hard to hear at times, and some subplots are not fully explained

The Bottom Line: The Godfather excels in every aspect, and I firmly believe that it is one of the greatest films of all time.

Review: The Godfather is truly the paradigm for the “gangster” genre. All mobster movies are inevitably compared to this 1972 epic, and most fail miserably in this regard. The Godfather’s influence can felt all over the mainstream media; the phrase ...

Pros: No American film since CITIZEN KANE has been more significant or fully realized.

Cons: Film suffers from some continuity problems due to uncertainty in the production's planning and execution.

The Bottom Line: THE GODFATHER poses, and begins to prove, that the uses of Power by 20th Century Mobs are similar to those used by the Wealthy, Business, Government, and Organized Religion.

Review: The Corleones are an upwardly mobile family like the Winthrops of Massachusets and the Byrds of Virginia. John Winthrop founded Boston; John the Younger expanded into Connecticut. They followed their religion and slaughtered the Indians. William Byrd ...