Godfather Part II

Pros: Acting, Screenplay, Photography, Editing, Score

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Al Pacino puts in the performance of his career. Robert DiNiro shows how the family was formed.

Review: And when they were in the field together, Cain rose up and slew his brother. Holy Bible

"I don't want to kill everybody, Tom, just my enemies." In this, we have the thesis of The Godfather: Part II. We see the icy, cold...

Pros: brutally honest

Cons: not the classic mythos, but a detonation of it

The Bottom Line: This is a classic that replaced a classic, though lovers of the original see it as a redheaded stepchild. It took the next generation to see its value.

Review: There's a conventional wisdom about this sequel to what many regard as "the greatest movie ever made." Despite the hot wind of critical praise, most who've seen it - including my father, a bona-fide Godfather fanatic - consider it to be the ugly brother ...

Pros: Directing, Script, Cinematography, Score, Look, Editing, & Cast.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: The Godfather, Part II is a Classic Sequel from Francis Ford Coppola & Co. with Classic Performances from Pacino, de Niro, Strasberg, Cazale, Duvall, and Everyone Else.

Review: For many movies, especially franchises. Sequels are often done to either cash in on a previous film's success or in continuation with a story. Yet there are some sequels that are even better than the original film in terms of its storyline and ...

Pros: Incredible storyline and directing

Cons: They filmed a Godfather III

The Bottom Line: The Godfather II gives the viewer a deeper sense of who the Godfather, Vito Corleone, was and advances the end of the original film following Michael Corleone, his heir.

Review: The Godfather is my all-time favorite film. It's difficult to follow perfection. Godfather II did. Two Stories The prequel gives insight into Vito Corleone the protagonist of The Godfather revealing his early life as a ...

Pros: It really is as good as the first part, Cazale's Fredo just breaks my heart

Cons: Formulaic

The Bottom Line: The hype says this is the greatest sequel of all time. The hype, for once, is right.

Review: Despite its status as arguably the best movie sequel of all time (I suspect some will naysay this point; not I), "The Godfather: Part II" is in some ways quite formulaic. Following a rigid template he set up in "The Godfather: Part I", Francis Ford...

Pros: One of the best movies ever made -- how can you go wrong?

Cons: Some scenes are dark...yeah, I know, I can't find any con's.

Review: "That's not me, Kay, that's my family," says Michael Corleone in The Godfather: Part I. And we want to believe him, we really do. Why? Maybe Pacino just has an honest face. Or maybe we want the fishes to sleep by themselves and the...

Pros: Acting, soundtrack, cinematography, story telling. Everything.

Cons: The non linear structure may not be liked by everyone.

The Bottom Line: If The Godfather was perfect then The Godfather Part 2 can only be described as transcendent.

Review: It's a rare thing in the movie world to find a sequel that lives up to the original, and an even rarer thing when you manage to come across a sequel that is widely accepted as actually surpassing it's heritage. Off the top of my head I can think of only ...

Pros: Every dramatic element.......!!!!!!!

Cons: Nada, zip, zero, nothing.......

The Bottom Line: The Greatest film of all time in my opinions, lacks in nothing.

Review: The Godfather Part Two, the story of man willing to do anything to protect his family, no matter what the cost and especially no matter the questions of morality involved. The transition of power from father to son is complete in this episode of the ...

Pros: -Acting -Lighting -Framing -Violence -Drama

Cons: The only con is that part three isn't as good.

The Bottom Line: Absolutly recommend this film to anyone who studies cinema, or at least knows the difference between greatness and Pee-Wee's playhouse. If you like gangster flicks, this is an Oscar winner.

Review: As a huge fan of the Godfather series, (yes I even like part three) I have to say that part two is my personal favorite. Part one shows us the title of Godfather being passed from Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) to his son Michael (Al Pacino). The ...

Pros: Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, direction, symbolism, plot, score

Cons: none

Review: It amazes me how such a simple approach and structure for a sequel could be woven into such a masterpiece. How the original could be so outdone in many of the same ways. And most of all, how Francis Ford Coppola can make dramatic and symbolic something...