Christopher Garcia
Out of all the movies that we watched I found the
godfather to be one of my favorites. Before we watched the movie we talked briefly
about it. The godfather was created by Frances Ford Coppola in 1972 as well as
went to school with James Caane(Sonny). The godfather was nominated for 11
awards and won three including: best picture, best actor, and best adapted
screenplay. I found the themes of the godfather particularly interesting. In
the godfather the themes are Anti-Hero where the bad guys are really good guys.
We root for them despite that they are criminals and murderers. With this
violence/Murder is intertwined and in this film saw 23 on screen deaths.
The article that I found really critically analyzed
the movie and talks about the theme of family primarily. In the Godfather the
family value differences between the families head (Don), future head, gang
members, daughters; sons are all shown and given certain respects. Furthermore,
In the movie there were weddings, baptisms, and over 50 scenes with food in it.
Food and family are huge aspects in what makes a family a family. There was a
scene were sonny says “No business at the table”, the dinner table is given a
respect due to the family values that it represents, We must also remember that
the story is told from within the family as opposed to society examining the
mafia from the outside looking in.
The article though it talks a lot about family also
touches on the view of understanding and sympathizing with those that are
supposed to be bad. During the movie we see not a single actual civilian victim
of organized crime. Or in short we don’t actually see acts of crimes beside
death attempts being made. You did not see any women trapped into prostitution,
drugs being sold, deals with cash exchange for goods taking place, lives
wrecked by gambling, victims of theft, fraud or protection rackets. Even in
terms of people being bought out though it is said and beside the one officer
there were not many views of corruption taking place.
The godfather was one of the highest grossing films
of all time; in 1972 it grossed $82 million dollars, a total of $134 Million in
the USA and a total of $244 Million in the world. When I was watching the movie
which I hadn't seen in a long time I found specific dialogues to really catch
my attention. “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse”, “It’s a Sicilian
message, Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes”, and “This one time, Kate, I’ll let
you ask me about my business”. These scenes that I heard this really brought me
back to the time when I first watched this movie. Furthermore, out of all the
scenes in the godfather the one scene that I felt the most dread was when mike’s
Sicilian wife was blown up in the car. That scene made me feel sorrowful
because it marked the end of his true freedom and happiness. Instead he is
thrown into the family business once again and this time there is no hiding. I
saw this as a symbolic representation of what the mafia truly was in terms of
trust, love, and death.
Article: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-godfather-1972
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Article: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-godfather-1972
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