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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:One of my first threads here on Something Awful was documenting my first impressions of the Godfathers (including live posting during Part III!). Good times, good times: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3896228 I remember this thread and it rekindled my love of Godfather lmao thank you
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Laterite posted:III really isn't all as bad as its reputation suggests but it's not great. The plot itself is solid but execution lacks. It was also made for wrong reasons (Coppola needed a financial hit to cover his tracks with the recent bombs), and while Sofia Coppola does adequate job as a last-minute replacement due to Winona Ryder doing a last-minute dropout, it was still a nepotism hire that was rightfully clowned. Andy Garcia also hams it up big time and isn't really convincing as a guy who becomes the next Don, although he did get an Oscar nomination out of it.
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Jul 8, 2022 18:12
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Der Kyhe posted:It was also made for wrong reasons (Coppola needed a financial hit to cover his tracks with the recent bombs), and while Sofia Coppola does adequate job as a last-minute replacement due to Winona Ryder doing a last-minute dropout, it was still a nepotism hire that was rightfully clowned. Andy Garcia also hams it up big time and isn't really convincing as a guy who becomes the next Don, although he did get an Oscar nomination out of it. I loving hate andy garcia in this movie perhaps more than Sofia Coppola lmao ugh he's just such a 90s character, that's the best I can put it that movie should've been made at a different time with cryo-frozen copies of the cast from before, there's good ideas there but it just falls terrible victim to the time / circumstances it was made in
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Jul 8, 2022 18:15
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The Netflix series is going to open up the canon.
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Jul 8, 2022 18:17
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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:The Netflix series is going to open up the canon. the what
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Jul 8, 2022 18:21
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There are like ten Mario Puzo mob or crime novels in addition of Godfather, including the Sicilian, which would be the 4th Godfather movie it was ever made. Netflix money van visited the estate and now we just need to wait and see which bombs harder, the Tolkien/LOTR series that comes 10 years too late, or this one.
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Jul 8, 2022 18:28
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Code Jockey posted:I loving hate andy garcia in this movie perhaps more than Sofia Coppola lmao lmao yeah running around in a shiny leather jacket with his slicked back hair, basically acting like his hothead character in Black Rain. Almost Nicholas Cage-ian (who, ironically, wouldn't have been a bad choice for the role and he's a Coppola to boot) also I can't imagine Winona Ryder being any more credible in this than Sofia, at least the latter looks like she belongs in a mob movie that takes place in 1978 or whatever. Winona was like a living avatar of "This is 1990".
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Jul 8, 2022 18:32
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:both boring, just watch goodfellas The movie that ends with a punk song because the Ol' Blue Eyes didn't want to be associated with anything related to having mob connections anymore. 
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Jul 8, 2022 18:35
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Pilot the EVA, Michael.
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Der Kyhe posted:There are like ten Mario Puzo mob or crime novels in addition of Godfather, including the Sicilian, which would be the 4th Godfather movie it was ever made.
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Laterite posted:lmao yeah running around in a shiny leather jacket with his slicked back hair, basically acting like his hothead character in Black Rain. Almost Nicholas Cage-ian (who, ironically, wouldn't have been a bad choice for the role and he's a Coppola to boot) Ha, Cage IS a Coppola, I forget that. And yeah, I... I could see him in that role? Huh. I feel like they tried to make Garcia a hothead 90s edgy dude take on Michael coming up and claiming his throne and it just... I don't have high hopes for the corleone family lol
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6 months after Vincent is crowned Godfather, the family is reduced to running like six uber drivers who also rob people, and a franchise Dunkin Donuts in Jersey
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Sir Nose posted:If it was ever made? It was. Well yes, several times apparently, but not as a part of the Godfather franchise. Similarly as Life of Crime really isn't a sequel to Tarantino's Jackie Brown.
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Jul 8, 2022 18:48
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haven't seen either
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You Are A Elf posted:Like ‘em both, OP. This is the correct answer
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Sir Nose posted:If it was ever made? It was. lol this cast, holy poo poo Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Giuliano Terence Stamp as Prince Borsa Joss Ackland as Don Masino Croce John Turturro as Gaspare "Aspanu" Pisciotta Barbara Sukowa as Camilla, Duchess of Crotone Richard Bauer as Hector Adonis Giulia Boschi as Giovanna Ferra Ray McAnally as Trezza Barry Miller as Dr. Nattore Andreas Katsulas as Passatempo Michael Wincott as Cpl. Silvestro Canio Ramon Bieri as Quintana Oliver Cotton as Cmdr. Roccofino Joe Regalbuto as Father Doldana Aldo Ray as Don Siano of Bisacquino Derrick Branche as Terranova Might as well have Dana Carvey as Pistachio Disguisey
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Jul 8, 2022 18:55
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what are the thread thoughts on Casino
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Jul 8, 2022 19:04
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Code Jockey posted:what are the thread thoughts on Casino It is an OK film but due to copyright and distribution wankery its almost impossible to see in EU region because its not in any major streaming service. I've seen it last time some 10 years ago so only thing I remember from it is that Pesci does that same "Joe Pesci mobster" again.
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Jul 8, 2022 19:11
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Code Jockey posted:what are the thread thoughts on Casino I like the part where Joe Pesci beats up Don Rickles with a phone. Also the ending voiceover where De Niro is like "Vegas was better back when I was making a poo poo ton of money and could have people I didn't like fired, beaten, or killed".
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Jul 8, 2022 19:15
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I liked Godfather 3 but I also liked Jaws the Revenge too. Whatever that guy's name was, who does the voice of Fat Tony on the Simpsons, he did a good job of making me hate his character. And at the time I had the hots for Sofia Coppola. But some people tell me I have weird taste in women, so maybe thats bad or weird or something.
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Jul 8, 2022 19:17
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Code Jockey posted:what are the thread thoughts on Casino Overall pretty good but I forgot how much runtime the Sam-Ginger-Nicky conflict eats up 3/4 of the way through. I mean, it serves a purpose in getting to the climax of the movie, but wow a lot of it is just unpleasant scenes of some combination of the three characters yelling and screeching at each other.
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Jul 8, 2022 19:21
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:I liked Godfather 3 but I also liked Jaws the Revenge too. Joe Mantegna I think? He did the voice for the Godfather audiobook I listened to and it was like Fat Tony was holding me in his arms and discussing his escapades
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Jul 8, 2022 19:22
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https://i.imgur.com/oR60Uvv.mp4
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Jul 8, 2022 19:22
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G2 > G1. G1 = story of a mans fall from grace. G2 = story of a man building something from nothing. (well, half the movie. I think the other half is about the guy in the first movie slapping his wife or something. or ordering a hit on his brother.)
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Jul 8, 2022 19:25
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i recently rewatched the two, because paramount plus has the offer. havent watched that yet but i will soon. then i liked them enough i got the book from the internet. it was also in the library but had a long waiting list. i really liked the novel the author writes weird phrases, or maybe thats an italian voice? anyways i like gang stuff and am waiting for brown gangs to catch on and i can watch a godftaher but with mexicans. also any recommended gang games? just bought yakuza 0
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oh and the novel is both movies anyways so i guess its less a sequel and more like part 2
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Jul 8, 2022 19:27
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Part 1 for sure. The second film is just too bleak for me, it's just kind of a depressing watch, and without Brando or Caan there's just a certain energy and humor that is lacking. I think my favorite scene in 2 is still the little conversation between Hagen and Pentangeli at the government compound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64-PGJpKQZg
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G1: story of a young man who quits running and accepts the responsibility of taking care of his family, in the process learns that he has a natural affinity for it, and loses his humanity. G2: Michael still a dickhead. Not even tom hagen recognizes him by the end. Interstitial segments with de niro. A lot of really memorable lines. IN MY HOME. IN MY BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SLEEPS. G3: not particularly memorable or good but somehow it's just fun to watch. Almost campy. 1 is a drat good movie and is great on its own.
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we only have one godfather in my town and it’s not very good, i go to the hungry howies buffet instead even though it’s a bit of a drive
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Astrochicken posted:1 is a drat good movie and is great on its own. Yeah this part is key. G1 stands on its own in a way the others do not. Of course they had no way of knowing it would become a megablockbuster and icon of American cinema and spawn sequels at the time, but still.
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Zwabu posted:Part 1 for sure. The second film is just too bleak for me, it's just kind of a depressing watch, and without Brando or Caan there's just a certain energy and humor that is lacking. This is an extraordinary scene and yeah, the second movie has a darker tone, but it's just a fantastic story to me and it's played out by incredible actors Like it's real hard not to just throw on 2 after watching the first one
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Code Jockey posted:what are the thread thoughts on Casino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdRfl0W6qbM Jump to 1:02; couldn’t get the time stamp to work w the link for some reason
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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:Shin Godfather The bit where pacino hops off the boat at the beginning is choice
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Code Jockey posted:what are the thread thoughts on Casino Great movie, it's about real mobsters too. De Niro's character is based on a real guy, all the way down to the detail where he demands that every blueberry muffin at the casino contains exactly 10 blueberries, the person he's based on was also integral into the change from a seedy Vegas to a family friendly Vegas but they don't go into that at all in the film probably as an agreement with the mob
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Extra Large Marge posted:I like the part where Joe Pesci beats up Don Rickles with a phone. These are great, but my favorite part is before the opening credits when De Niro turns into a mannequin for like half a second 
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i just wanna watch a period movie thats in 100% italian about the mob in the 1920s or whatever
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Sheen Sheen posted:These are great, but my favorite part is before the opening credits when De Niro turns into a mannequin for like half a second all they had to do was get the angle of the head right. It looks so bad lol
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BasicLich posted:Great movie, it's about real mobsters too. De Niro's character is based on a real guy, all the way down to the detail where he demands that every blueberry muffin at the casino contains exactly 10 blueberries, the person he's based on was also integral into the change from a seedy Vegas to a family friendly Vegas but they don't go into that at all in the film probably as an agreement with the mob Apparently they had to pull back from dressing deniro 100% accurately because the suits the real guy wore were so insane they didn’t think the audience would buy he was in the mob
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AHH F/UGH posted:i just wanna watch a period movie thats in 100% italian about the mob in the 1920s or whatever The closest you’re going to get is Once Upon a Time in America and it’s loving ponderous.
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I like Godfather II because the whole reason the CIA (working with the mafia) waxed JFK was over Cuba
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