The part where he takes a vacation to Italy eats up 30 minutes of screen time and just brings the entire film to a halt

>brings the film to a halt
Maybe unpause the movie?

>>212407075
SNEEDED

It wasn't a vacation and he met what would've been his wife

>>212407056 (OP)
A big selling point when the movie came out was how "ethnic" it was, so they really wanted to play up the Italian-ness of it. Having the protagonist go to Italy only helped that.

>>212407056 (OP)
1. Appollonia is barely a character in her own right, but she's Mikey's last shred of human decency. She represents the alternate path where Mike marries her, and they live a quiet normal life. He learns to NEVER trust anyone, never let your guard down, and to never

There's a direct parallel with Apollonia's death and the assassination attempt on him and his family. You can't understand his reaction to the latter without the former.

2. A bunch of other plot shit is still going on in NYC that culminates in Sonny's death, which results in the peace summit, and Michael coming back.

3. Michael literally can't come back until things quiet down.

They can't just timeskip the Italian shit, it's important.

i didn't realize you could turn on english subtitles for that scene until shortly before the girl blew up

>>212407056 (OP)
you have to be a homosexual to say something like that. apollonia's tits are some of the best thing the screen has ever seen

sounds like movies aren't for you
maybe you should try youtube compilations at 1.75 speed instead

>>212407133
Wow I bet his wife becomes an important character for the rest of the film

>>212407056 (OP)
Goodfellas >>>>>>>Memefather