The Godfather (1972) - A Piece of Garbage?

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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 06:56 AM)

The Godfather
is most popular among dorky neckbeards who fantasize about being badass mobsters. Armchair gangsters, so to speak. People who, in real life, act like Comic Book Guy from
The Simpsons
. I can already tell that that is most definitely the case with you.

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Melton1 — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 08:48 AM)

Yeah I’m sure the Oscar committee and legions of great filmmakers who have praised the film over the decades are ‘neckbeards who fantasize about being badass mobsters’

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Madotsuki_the_Dreamer — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 07:31 PM)

You mean the same Oscar committee that gave Best Picture to
Crash
and
Out of Africa
?

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Melton1 — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 11:33 PM)

Yes. I suspect
none
of them are ‘neckbeards who fantasize about being badass mobsters.’ Not one.

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MissMargoChanning — 6 months ago(September 30, 2025 10:18 PM)

Who else was disappointed in this supposedly great movie?
You, for starters!
The people who enjoyed the book and saw the movie in 1973 seemed to like it.
Not everyone did…
I take it you didn't care for this.
Personally, I liked Part 2 even better. It held more background and detail to what had gone on in Puzo's book.
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

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bitchsurn — 6 months ago(October 03, 2025 01:28 AM)

At the time, the violence made an impression on me.

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LorqVonRay1999 — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 07:33 PM)

I think it's a very good movie. I do not think it's an all time great one. The novel its based on is mediocre.
I think Godfather II is a legitimately great film.

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Slug Bait — 5 months ago(October 05, 2025 03:53 AM)

It's a glorification of guinea wops.
Just because I'm not on THEIR side, doesn't mean I'm on YOURS.

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The<>Mechanic — 6 months ago(October 04, 2025 11:36 PM)

Stars Wars was the movie that woke people up from a lot of crappy early 70's movies that often had bleak,sudden, endings.
Ho Ho Ho

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PygmyLion — 5 months ago(October 05, 2025 03:15 AM)

I watched it back in the 1970s and haven't had any desire to watch it again.
Some people just seem to go for the mobster/gangster sort of thing.