>>211924537Came here to post this. I do believe it's a good movie, but saying it's the best of all time? There is this sentiment that Godfather is impeccable, without any flaws, and this I cannot understand.
Pacing is all over the place, you have enough time to setup that one scene with horse head and show how Michael fucks around abroad, but nothing on gangster wars he's hiding from?
Michael himself is absolutely flat character so his "getting crooked" bit doesn't work. He wasn't established like a good person, it was mentioned that he was to war and we saw some medals. Why? For what? He behaves like a plotdevice, so when he becomes a criminal there is no dramatic effect.
Some scenes of violence are cartoonish as hell. Mainly when Vito is shot and falls all ove the car, when Tonny is shot on the road, when they kill the snitching husband of their sister. Those scenes looked so out of place with the somber direction of the movie.
Still enjoyed it, but have little to no desire to continue the series.