Review of The Godfather (1972) by David M — 04 Jul 2015

First, let me start with a confession: I'd never actually watched this movie before.

Oh, I knew plenty about it - who hasn't - including the general plot outline, that it is commonly regarded as a masterpiece of American cinema, that certain scenes (and lines) are now part of cultural heritage, and that it has influenced plenty of later movies, but ever having actually watched it? Nope.

Well, now I have, and I can say: boy, is it SLOW. I also don't get all the love poured on it: to me, it's just not that compelling a watch (it actually took me about 4 attempts to make it through), with Brando's mumbled delivery of his lines (urban legend has it he stuffed his mouth with cotton wool. That only holds true for his audition - for the actual filming, he wore a specially made mouthpiece) in particular extremely annoying.

Now I can mark this one off my 'to watch' list, but doubt I'll do so (voluntarily) again.