The Godfather

It's hard to believe just how great this film actually is. So much of it has been co-opted over the years by the culture that I sometimes forget how much was actually from this film. The soundtrack, the make him an offer he can't refuse, the Brando with the orange peel ... the list goes on and on.

That doesn't diminish just what an incredible piece of entertainment this is though. SHR had never seen it before. It was time she had seen it. In fact, this is the first part of the Gangster Movies that SHE Should Have Already Seen But Hasn't So I'm Correcting It series of Winter 2010/2011.

I hadn't seen this in years and couldn't quite remember when certain things happened or why. But once the build up of Pacino planning to have a gun in the bathroom, or Sonny tearing off to go beat up his brother-in-law (bad idea) or when Brando did anything, I completely remembered every little moment. Brilliant.

Speaking of brilliant - how great are those first scenes at the wedding? And the blu-ray looks fantastic. The dark interiors and the shadows look the way they should look as opposed to the crappy VHS versions I'm used to watching. And I never realized how awesome the blood splatter in that shot to the head by Pacino in the restaurant looked. Spectacular!

Bring on part 2!

As an added bonus for me, this was one of my grandfather's all time favorite movies so it added even more to my enjoyment of re-watching it as I thought about him.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1972
Blu-ray