Review of The Godfather (1972) by Alexander S — 14 Apr 2014

I watched this movie a few weeks ago because my friend kept nagging me to watch it saying that "It's one of the best movies ever" and "It's my favorite movie". So I watched it. I knew it was gonna be good, but didn't necessarily think it was for me. When I finished it, I was blown away. I can easily say that this is my favorite movie ever. I haven't seen Citizen Kane which a lot of people debate about if The Godfather is better, so I don't know if it's THE best movie ever, just my favorite. Now let's get to the movie.

This movie is about the Corleone Crime Family (or the Corleone Family) and the things and people they deal with. The movie has a boatload of great actors and I'll only name a few, like Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, James Caan as Sonny Corleone and Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. I can't think of anyone in this movie who acted poorly because no one did. The way I explained the story is really bad because there are so many other things going on like the pressure of joining the narcotics business and Don Vito Corleone trying to pass on the family business to his son, Michael. Another thing I like about this movie I that it's a movie where you can name thousands of scenes and for almost every one you can say that it was an amazing scene. My favorite scene is when Michael is in the restaurant (SPOILER ALERT ahead!! Skip to the next sentence to not be spoiled!) and he shoots Captain McCluskey and Sollozzo. A lot of people say that the best scene is the baptism scene but I like this one because that is the one moment when you realize that Michael is now fully into the family business and there's no going back. The only problem I have with the movie is that the pacing is really weird. You'll have one scene last for like 7-10 minutes and the next one be like 30 seconds to 1 minute long, but that's not really a problem because you won't even notice it until you watch it more an more.

All in all, this movie is perfect other than the pacing. Great acting, beautiful story and memorable scenes makes for a movie that is easily a 5/5. Now I understand why my friend kept nagging me...