Review of The Godfather (1972) by Ben T — 31 Dec 2016

The godfather is a film that gets a lot of praise, and I mean a lot. Many would call this the best movie ever made, this is a film that influenced cinema a film that is so iconic it has been parodied in shows like the Simpsons.

I finally sat down to watch it and wow it really does deserve all that love. The Godfather is an outstanding film and easily one of the best films ever made. Just about everything works in this movie and there is quite a lot to talk about.

The acting is absolutely outstanding. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and many more are all fantastic. Marlon Brando is just phenomenal as Don Corleone he's so brilliant, calm and menacing all at the same time.

He also gave us one of the most famous lines in all of film. Al Pacino stole the show, I love seeing the character of Michael Corleone descend down this dark, violent route and by the end of the film he's a completely different character.

All of the acting is great and there isn't a bad performance in the movie. The directing from Francis Ford Copolla is absolutely fantastic, the way he directs the scenes is so mesmerizing and with a different director this wouldn't nearly be as good as it is.

The cinematography is so good it just sucks you in. I love the positions and angles the camera is in scenes. I love the final shot of the door closing its absolutely brilliant. The music is fantastic, it fits this type of film perfectly and just sucks you into scenes.

This film is full of iconic lines, my favourite being 'Luka Brazi he sleep with the fishes' it's great but it's one of many. This film is full of brilliant scenes, for example my favourite is probably the dinner scene, it's a scene with a slow build up and is quite tense and has a fantastic pay off.

I also love the Christianity scene, it's a calm but dark scene as its played at the same time as some very violent murders are taking place. I also love how tense this film is, you really don't know who to trust in the world they have set up its phenomenal.

I only have one minor problem with the film and that is that I do find the scene with Michael hiding in Sicily a little long, but it's still watchable and not bad. The godfather is one of the best films of all time I would put it in my top 5 favourite films without a doubt.

A+.