The Godfather Trilogy Official Appreciation and Discussion thread!

[Erzengel]

Even if Vito was capable of continuing on as Godfather, the golden age of his family was coming to an end. I'm sure there would have been another assassination attempt probably from Barzini.

Michael was always the most logical choice even if Sonny was still alive. Sonny was the hot head. Fredo wasn't strong enough. Tom wasn't a true Sicilian. And Connie as a woman would never have been considered.

I think that Michael was the creation of external as well as internal circumstances. He was very naive and hopeful in the beginning of the 1st movie, but after assuming the role of Godfather, it was a different time then that of his father. Add to that the murders of his brother and first wife, whom I do agree would have been a better wife than Kay. Betrayals by Tessio and Carlo in the 1st movie, followed by Fredo and Kay in the second one. Just being Godfather and dealing with Roth, stripped the remaining humanity from him.

I did like the theme of regret he had in the 3rd movie about his brother. However, I wonder if Fredo would have been allowed to live, if he would have done something else to jeopardize the family.

 

[LostSon88]

They probably would've done what they claimed they were gonna do with Carlo and remove him from all family business...

Make him a civilian. Buy him a nice place, throw some money at him...just go away.

Essentially exile him.

 

[Wildcard]

Maybe...but killing him (as messed up as it sounds) was the best option. He made a mistake that you simply don't make in that line of business. Michael even told him not to take sides against the family. And Michael didn't ever talk down to Fredo so I don't think he'd have had a problem if Fredo came to him like a man and said he wanted to be more deeply involved in the business.

But no, he yet again chooses an outsider over his own brother. He had it coming.

 

[LostSon88]

Yup. Fredo was an idiot and a liability. If he didn't realize that he was inadvertently setting up a hit on Michael then, who's to say he wouldn't have done something stupid like that again.

It had to be done but man is that a burden on the soul. Again, something I was glad they addressed in III.

 

[Wildcard]

I always laugh at the old hitman.

Me too. Skulking around like he was a true badass until he got fed a nice lead sandwich. t:

It's funny, I remember an interview with a mobster that I saw in a magazine a few years ago (I forgot who and what magazine it was) in which the interviewer asked what he would have done with Fredo in Godfather Part III. He said if he was Michael, Fredo would have been dead sooner.

Mobster do not f**k around.

Yep. People are looking at it from the perspective of their every day lives instead of really acknowledging the fact that these guys are mobsters.

And let's be realistic...Vito was pretty much done with Fredo after the shooting. He had one scene with him after in which he has an utter look of disappointment on his face and from that point on no more interaction between Vito & Fredo. He of course didn't want him dead but that incident taught him that Fredo was an even bigger disappointment than originally calculated.

 

[Wildcard]

Yup. Fredo was an idiot and a liability. If he didn't realize that he was inadvertently setting up a hit on Michael then, who's to say he wouldn't have done something stupid like that again.

It had to be done but man is that a burden on the soul. Again, something I was glad they addressed in III.

Agreed on all points. It's a messed up decision to have to make but when your entire family (not just your wife and kids but all relatives) is at stake, it had to be done.

And that's what I love about part III. Through the whole thing it causes Michael to become a lot more like Vito, and to be even more calculating. I do wonder what exactly happened in the years leading up to part III. Hard to believe Michael went some 30 years with no more murders ordered, even if Fredo weighed heavy on his conscious.

 

[Lord]

Is this true?

http://www.theportlygazelle.com/2015/09/10/the-godfather-remake-starring-johnny-depp-as-vito-corleone-confirmed-for-2016/

More horses’ heads? – The beginning of a new Godfather trilogy scheduled for 2016

Paramount Pictures, one of the biggest players in Hollywood made a huge announcement this morning that will no doubt drive film fans into a frenzy – 44 years after it’s release, the legendary mafia crime-drama The Godfather is getting a remake – and what’s more, the flick is starring none other than Johnny Depp himself.

In the press release, Paramount Pictures revealed that they had been planning a remake since 2002, but that they had not been able to find anyone who they thought could live up to Marlon Brando’s august performance in the original. This is what Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the 1972 film as well as the upcoming remake, had to say:
– You know when you got a film as successful and as influential as The God Father, there’s this unspoken rule in Hollywood that you’ve got to make a remake and relaunch the story for a new generation. I am not ashamed of this, it’s what we do in Hollywood and it’s a great opportunity to create a new exciting version. This project has been on the drawing board for almost 15 years and I was just about to give up on it until 2010 when I saw The Tourist in the cinemas and saw Depp’s energy and fire, I knew I wanted him to be Vito Corleone. Five years later, we are well into production and are expecting a 2016 release. Working with Depp is a blessing and he is really nailing his role!”

The film will have the same plot and storyline of the original, but the scenes that will be used to tell the story however, will be mostly new and completely rewritten. Coppola elaborates:

– As much as some of my guys just want to do The Godfather scene by scene with the same script out of laziness, there is no way I’m venturing out on this journey without really refreshing the film and its story. For example, this remake is not set in the 1940’s but in 2016 and obviously there are going to be differences because of the era. I think both fans of The Godfather and those who are new to the story will love what we are doing here.”

The other two films in the upcoming trilogy are scheduled for 2018 and 2020.

Further news on this movie can be expected closer to the release date, but in the meantime, you can discuss the upcoming blockbuster under the hashtag #GodfatherRemake

Seems like a parody.

 

[LostSon88]

Yeah, that's a bunch of bull...

 

[Wildcard]

Highly doubtful anything of that nature actually happens.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Of course man look at the source? You think a trade wouldn't have reported on a possible Godfather reboot?

 

[Wildcard]

Of course, I'm just saying that regardless of the false idol I doubt anybody would ever really want to try to carry on the series. It'd be like career suicide.

 

[Fallen Angel]

It was response to Lord, Not you man.

 

[Lord]

That's what i thought too, glad it's an actualy parody. Godfather truly would be career suicide, i could see Hollywod eventualy returning to Gone With the Wind, maybe even Casablanca, but you only need to be realy ballsy to do so with the Godfather too. That said, they're also remaking Ben-Hur and Scarface, and the people they have for the job don't exactly give confidence.

 

[Sawyer]

I've always been curious about that potential fourth film, though.

 

[Lord]

I've always been curious about that potential fourth film, though.

It was an interesting idea, but now might be way too late for that.

 

[Wildcard]

I agree, it's been almost 30 years so a sequel would likely be a huge misfire. Plus, if you can't get a team together that's willing to put the level of thought Francis & Mario put in it, it'd be useless.

Though if there were a duo out there that could pull it off while telling a whole new chapter for the family, I could potentially go for it.

 

[Sawyer]

Well of course it's not happening now. If it had been done when they were discussing the whole thing, though, that would've been something to see.

 

[Lord]

Their idea of it dealing with the end of the family business due to Vincent corrupting it, at the same time as we see his father's past when the family was most powerful, sounded absolutely amazing, but it would be tricky now that Andy Garcia has gotten so old, not to mention the tricky thing in recasting old characters.

But yeah, right now you would need the right set of circumstances and everything to fall perfectly into place. Most rising film Directors would probably rather create their oun original "masterpieces" than risking to enter a project that could ruin their careers.

Edit: I'm aactualy disappointed they didn't get Robert Duvall as Tom Haggend for the 3rd film, their idea with him being against Michael's direction of the family business could have made a more interesting film.

 

[Wildcard]

I agree with the last bit about DuVall but I wouldn't really want to see Vincent be the one to "ruin" the family by the way he runs it. That just doesn't seem to line up with what we get in the character's arc in part III...he idolizes Michael, and the time spent with him transforms him from the hot-headed fool his father was into the calculating, cold hearted monster of a man that Michael became (although to a lesser extent, obviously).

I don't know...I just felt like by the end of part III Vincent was competent enough that he wouldn't go through that.

 

[:eek:]

HBO Releases 7.5 Hour Version Of "Godfather"

By Garth Franklin Sunday January 17th 2016 11:28PM
From today, HBO will be making available "The Godfather Epic" - a 424 minute version of Francis Ford Coppola's mafioso epic.
This version of the saga is a remastered single film bringing together Coppola's "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II" recut in chronological order and including additional footage left out of the theatrical cuts.
This extended cut screened once back in 1979 in censored form with commercial interruptions. A shortened version was then released on VHS in 1981. This HBO version is the first time the uncensored and commercial free version has been made available
"The Godfather Epic" will be aired throughout the month on HBO and is now available on-demand through HBO Go and HBO Now.

 

[Marvolo]

Itd be great if this version would come out on bluray. Im recording it on my DVR, but Id like to have it in my movie collection.

 

[Slushy]

I'm one of the few people who actually Godfather III. It wasn't that bad.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I'm one of the few people who actually Godfather III. It wasn't that bad.

The question on the poll is "which is the best movie of the trilogy"? There's no way on this side of the galaxy that anyone would choose Part 3 over the first two.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm one of the few people who actually Godfather III. It wasn't that bad.

Godfather III isn't a bad movie. Hell, it was good enough to warrant a Best Picture nomination. The big flaw with the movie is Sofia Coppola and the whole unnecessary cousin romance subplot. If that were removed and Robert Duvall came back, it would have been a lot better. Pacino is still in top form in III, though. That scream of anguish he lets out at the end is spine-chilling.

 

[Galactus10]

I watched most of The Godfather Epic on HBO, missed the first hour or so.

It was a cool change of pace, I enjoyed pointing out scenes I'd never seen before like Michael finding Fabricio, the dude who had a hand in Appalonia's death .

Unfortunately, I missed the young Vito scenes and I think I prefer them edited between the Hyman Roth storyline as a very effective juxtaposition of social mobility and corruption