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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 441541" data-attributes="member: 8">The Godfather Part II (1974)[ATTACH=full]59226[/ATTACH]Despite my successful rewatch of The Godfather (sorta kinda like &quot;the first season&quot;) I was still reluctant to revisit the sequel.Not only was it not the overrated slog I thought it was, but it was also an unstopwatchable cinematic feast. It almost looks as if it&#039;s taken ten years to make this film.And, yes, the Vito origins flashbacks add a lot to the epicness of it all, and it was an excuse to cast Robert De Niro in the role of young Vito Corleone.I still think it looks a little less &quot;urgent&quot; than the first film and also not completely necessary - the first film had a perfect ending - but the discussion about the what-ifs and what-ifn&#039;ts seems irrelevant since the sequel was&nbsp; made. We must only deal with the reality.If the first story was about the corruption of Micheal Corleone and his rise to Godfatherhood, the second story shows the consequences which are just as tragic and deadly as Vito&#039;s story, but it&#039;s also far less romantic. It&#039;s the difference between gaining power and fortune and protecting that power and fortune.Also, the first film opens with a wedding party, the second one with a funeral procession. Which then becomes even bloodier.For such a beautiful film it&#039;s actually rather bleak, and the ending made me think of a storyline in next generation DALLAS.JR dead, Cliff in jail and everybody hates Bobby.All these dynasty type of stories, the westerns, the mafia, the politicians, the corporate tycoons - it&#039;s all King&#039;s Drama that has existed since the first day people had powerful rulers.The backstabbers, the paranoia, the daddy issues, the jealous brothers, the prosecutors, the insubordinate wives - it&#039;s all the same old stuff and we just can&#039;t get enough of it (if 26 or 27 years of soapchat/tellytalk is anything to go by).Kay Corleone&#039;s reveal of the abortion even resulted in a pearl-clutching gasp on this particular side of the internet. We don&#039;t get to see much their married life or how she feels about anything therefore I had to take it at face value. But nevertheless, what a shocker.I&#039;m very glad I talked myself into this rewatch, it doesn&#039;t matter that the first Godfather film looks a litte bit more entertaining - and who knows, maybe I&#039;ll change my mind about that, too.Roll on, season 3.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 441541, member: 8"] The Godfather Part II (1974) [ATTACH type="full"]59226[/ATTACH] Despite my successful rewatch of [I]The Godfather[/I] (sorta kinda like "the first season") I was still reluctant to revisit the sequel. Not only was it [I]not [/I] the overrated slog I thought it was, but it was also an unstopwatchable cinematic feast. It almost looks as if it's taken ten years to make this film. And, yes, the Vito origins flashbacks add a lot to the epicness of it all, [I]and [/I] it was an excuse to cast Robert De Niro in the role of young Vito Corleone. I still think it looks a little less "urgent" than the first film and also not completely necessary - the first film had a perfect ending - but the discussion about the what-ifs and what-ifn'ts seems irrelevant since the sequel [I]was[/I] made. We must only deal with the reality. If the first story was about the corruption of Micheal Corleone and his rise to Godfatherhood, the second story shows the consequences which are just as tragic and deadly as Vito's story, but it's also far less romantic. It's the difference between gaining power and fortune and protecting that power and fortune. Also, the first film opens with a wedding party, the second one with a funeral procession. Which then becomes even bloodier. For such a beautiful film it's actually rather bleak, and the ending made me think of a storyline in next generation DALLAS. JR dead, Cliff in jail and everybody hates Bobby. All these dynasty type of stories, the westerns, the mafia, the politicians, the corporate tycoons - it's all King's Drama that has existed since the first day people had powerful rulers. The backstabbers, the paranoia, the daddy issues, the jealous brothers, the prosecutors, the insubordinate wives - it's all the same old stuff and we just can't get enough of it (if 26 or 27 years of soapchat/tellytalk is anything to go by). Kay Corleone's reveal of the abortion even resulted in a pearl-clutching gasp on this particular side of the internet. We don't get to see much their married life or how she feels about anything therefore I had to take it at face value. But nevertheless, what a shocker. I'm very glad I talked myself into this rewatch, it doesn't matter that the first Godfather film looks a litte bit more entertaining - and who knows, maybe I'll change my mind about that, too. Roll on, season 3. [/QUOTE]

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