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Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
The Godfather is better

Goodfellas is for low IQs who think The Godfather is too slow and "boring"

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Oscar Wild
Apr 11, 2006

It's good to be a G
Heat is the best Godfather movie

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Ein cooler Typ posted:

The Godfather is better

Goodfellas is for low IQs who think The Godfather is too slow and "boring"

I don't like Goodfellas either. Casino is like a Richard Bachman version of Goodfellas that is actually good

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I've seen Goodfellas and I liked it I thought it was p good, but not "best movie ever" tier

haven't seen Casino yet

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
As much as I I live the godfather I have to admit hong kong godfather is better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YtwCJxU41o

Big Dick Cheney
Mar 30, 2007

Professor Shark posted:

In the novels Tom is very good at leading and the Corleone Family is referred to as The Irish Gang by their rivals because of Tom's deep involvement, that would have been much better than the train-wreck that was Pt III

But he was bad at war

proof of concept
Mar 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
the Godfather is a good movie, but does it deserve the fanatical worship that it gets? No.

Commie Lasorda
May 15, 2009

IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!

Oscar Wild posted:

Does Fredo ever catch a fish?

No. But plenty of fish catch Fredo.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

grapecritic posted:

But he was bad at war

He and Sonny would have made a good team :smith:

... but not really. I don't think Tom would ever be able to temper Sonny, I think Vito even says so. Michael really was the best combination of Sonny, Tom, and Vito.

Ein cooler Typ posted:

haven't seen Casino yet

It's on Netflix, you should watch it.

MrSlam
Apr 25, 2014

And there you sat, eating hamburgers while the world cried.
Jane Austen's Mafia is a good movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztk3XzAtqGc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJUjbwb4ug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5rFwkbqA34

EugeneJ
Feb 5, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Question I've always wondered - in Part III when Michael takes Kay for a tour of Italy, does she know about Michael's young wife being killed there?

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Ein cooler Typ posted:

The Godfather is better

Goodfellas is for low IQs who think The Godfather is too slow and "boring"

The Godfather is to Macbeth as Goodfellas is to Glengarry Glen Ross. Both great, just different takes on similar subject matter.

I think they only have about 15-20 minutes difference in runtime anyways.

Animal-Mother
Feb 14, 2012

RABBIT RABBIT
RABBIT RABBIT
That movie producer's mansion gets re-used in a lot of shows and movies.

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Hi,

The Godfather is cool.

I'm writing to ask about the scene where sonny gets aerated - do you think the gangsters standing on either side of his car shooting their machine guns into his car accidentally shot one of the gangsters opposite? It seems likely to me.

Thanks,
Paul

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Oscar Wild posted:

Heat is the best Godfather movie

I rewatched heat the other night.
Sincerely,
Paul

Honky Dong Country
Feb 11, 2015

I always felt like Luca died too soon. I just wanted to see that big mean fucker thug it up some before he slept with the fishes.

scuba school sucks
Aug 30, 2012

The brilliance of my posting illuminates the forums like a jar of shining gold when all around is dark

Honky Dong Country posted:

I always felt like Luca died too soon. I just wanted to see that big mean fucker thug it up some before he slept with the fishes.

You should read the book.

(Mods please rename me SONNYS COLOSSAL SCHLONG tia)

Honky Dong Country
Feb 11, 2015

scuba school sucks posted:

You should read the book.

(Mods please rename me SONNYS COLOSSAL SCHLONG tia)

Yeah I really should. It seems to be perpetually on my list entitled "I should really read these but never seem to get around to getting it"

TheSpamalope
Dec 30, 2008

by sebmojo
Lipstick Apathy
After watching Die Hard for christmas, I really feel like I should read that book. I guess the godfather one too?!?

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
Marlon Brando should not have won the Oscar. It should have been Michael Caine or Laurence Olivier. Brando shouldn't have even been nominated for lead. It should have been Pacino. After all, Al was the main character. But even then, he wasn't as good as Caine or Olivier.

Real Mean Queen
Jun 2, 2004

Zesty.


And may your first child be a masculine child

There's no way to write that sentence with the insane emphasis he puts on the word "masculine," it's one of he weirdest line reads I've ever seen

Teikanmi
Dec 16, 2006

by R. Guyovich
FIGLIU DI BOTANAAAAa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCdXiOssbM0

Sentinel Red
Nov 13, 2007
Style > Content.
Wanna hear more about the original plan for Part III because Tom vs Michael sounds amazing/soulcrushing. Was bummed out when I watched it and they were all "Tom was a great man (and died on the way back to his home planet)".

As for Goodfellas, it is as close to a perfect film as there currently is. Cast, characters, direction, editing, soundtrack, effortlessly straddling drama, comedy, and horror, it's fantastic. Plus I could watch Paulie slice garlic for hours.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

It doesn't even sound like Duvalle was being unreasonable in his demands for Pt III, it's a shame it didn't happen (but also allows Tom and Michael to go out as brothers :3:)

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

scuba school sucks posted:

You should read the book.

(Mods please rename me SONNYS COLOSSAL SCHLONG tia)

Doesn't the book have a subplot about the deformed vagina of Don Corleone's daughter? Thats seems odd.

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Egbert Souse posted:

The Godfather is to Macbeth as Goodfellas is to Glengarry Glen Ross. Both great, just different takes on similar subject matter.

I think they only have about 15-20 minutes difference in runtime anyways.


it's about pacing not runtime

Torquemada
Oct 21, 2010

Drei Gläser

NihilismNow posted:

Doesn't the book have a subplot about the deformed vagina of Don Corleone's daughter? Thats seems odd.

It's Sonny's wife's oval office that has problems. She later gets a new bf who literally watches the doctor perform the operation to tighten her up, with the operating surgeon literally asking the bf if she's tight enough, and the bf going 'little more tight bro, I want the skin to come off my dick when I gently caress her'. The bf is a doctor, which is how come he knows a lot about cunts and stuff.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

You're wrong, it's Sonny's mistress

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Fututor Magnus posted:

It had some really funny bad acting which I appreciate ironically

look at this guy

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Ein cooler Typ posted:

The Godfather is better

Goodfellas is for low IQs who think The Godfather is too slow and "boring"

goodfellas is an amazingly well-made film. really really funny, too. best film of the 90s.

scorse had the best film of the 80s and 90s. niiiice

ScrubLeague
Feb 11, 2007

Nap Ghost

on hold with sex line posted:

I watched that 7 hour recut that HBO did. The one where they put it in chronological order. It was a fun enough way to rewatch the first 2

Is that still on HBO I think I'd like to watch that

MeatwadIsGod
Sep 30, 2004

Foretold by Gyromancy
It's funny that the words "mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" were taken out of the script at the insistence of a literal mobster who was later shot at an Italian Unity Day festival.

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Judakel posted:

goodfellas is an amazingly well-made film. really really funny, too. best film of the 90s.

scorse had the best film of the 80s and 90s. niiiice


how is it funny?

does it make you laugh?

Judakel
Jul 29, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 9 years!

Ein cooler Typ posted:

how is it funny?

does it make you laugh?

yes. it is absolutely hilarious.

That dinner scene with pesci's mom is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a movie.

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

and may their first child be a masculine child

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIU4tsyqlNc

GolfHole
Feb 26, 2004

as an irish-italian this fuckin movie pissed me off, big time

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

one of my favorite examples of foreshadowing in film is how around 6:07 sonny is out of focus in the background while his father is about to explain one day he might need a favor from the undertaker

also: one thing i've never heard explained: why did they have to dub the "i talked to barzini" line, and why was it so last second, rushed and poorly done? of the hundreds of things nerds have found when studying the godfather, this is the only one i can recall being noticeable when watching the first time, it's just a bad second of a great film

DOUBLE EDIT

here's the moment for anyone who doesn't remember it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj-r7ARXfSs

extra stout fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Dec 27, 2016

feelix
Nov 27, 2016
THE ONLY EXERCISE I AM UNFAMILIAR WITH IS EXERCISING MY ABILITY TO MAKE A POST PEOPLE WANT TO READ
All the "classic" gangster movies are actually really bad, but they've entrenched themselves in American culture as a symbol of masculinity, so legions of insecure men deceive themselves into "enjoying" them.

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Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
I LIKED THE PART WHERE YOU GET TO SEE THE GIRLS TITTAYS!!!!!!! :q::q::q: :jackbud: :jackbud::q:

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