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DVD The Godfather, Part II
Francis Ford Coppola took some of the deep background from the life of Mafia chief Vito Corleone--the patriarch of Mario Puzo's bestselling novel The Godfather--and built around it a stunning sequel to his Oscar-winning, 1972 hit film. Robert De Niro plays Vito as a young Sicilian immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York City's Little Italy. Coppola weaves in and out of the story of Vito's transformation into a powerful crime figure, contrasting that evolution against efforts by son Michael Corleone to spread the family's business into pre-Castro Cuba. As memorable as the first film is, The Godfather II is an amazingly intricate, symmetrical tragedy that touches upon several chapters of 20th-century history and makes a strong case that our destinies are written long before we're born. This was De Niro's first introduction to a lot of filmgoers, and he makes an enormous impression. But even with him and a number of truly brilliant actors (including maestro Lee Strasberg), this is ultimately Pacino's film and a masterful performance. --Tom Keogh
The scenes of young Vito Corleone so badly outdo Michael's scenes that I end up thinking one half of the movie is the most brilliant thing I've ever seen, and the other half is boring as heck. It came as no surprise to learn of the fact that the book does not include any of what happens to Michael in this movie, rather it is a creation of Coppola and Puzo (granted, he's the author but, I'd still love to see a chronological version that follows the book) I love Al Pacino and the acting is great in his segments, but there is so much talking it's absurd, and the plot is very dull compared to Vito's rise to power. The movie drags on very slowly in the 'present' scenes rather than Vito's past scenes. This should have been a prequel and focused purely on Vito, despite how nicely it transitions between the two timeframes. This movie has my favorite scene transition of all time - Michael kissing his son fading into Vito overlooking the infant Santino.
Robert De Niro!!!!!!!!!!
This is the second best Godfather film, if not the best. It is so good it's worth watching the entire 3hours and 20 minutes . Fredo's actor does a good job , Pacino does a good job (not as good as the first) , Diane Keaton does a good job, and Talia Shire is very good in the later parts of the film. The reason I only gave it 4 stars is because it should have had more Vito Corleone parts than Micheal Corleone parts. I could watch a 4hour long movie if it had Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone. Rent it or buy it, because I swear you'll be satisfied.
The Best Sequal Ever Made---The Best Movie Ever Made
In my humble opinion, The Godfather Part II outshines all of them. I have seen literally hundreds of movies in my lifetime, and this movie is the cream of the crop. A more than powerful story, wonderful score, brilliant acting by all involved makes for the classic of not only our time, but, for all time. If I could give it more than five stars, I would. Extremely recommended not for just casual watchers of movies, but the movie lover in all of us. A perfect, perfect movie.
Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced the most universal themes of immigrant experience in America: the plotting-out of hopes and dreams for one's successors, the raising of children to carry on the good work, etc. In the midst of generational strife during the Vietnam years, the film somehow struck a chord with a nation fascinated by the metamorphosis of a rebellious son (Al Pacino) into the keeper of his father's dream. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola DVD Release Date: Released the 11 May 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Sixteen years after Francis Ford Coppola won his second Oscar for The Godfather II (his first was for the 1972 Godfather), the director and star Al Pacino attempted to revive the concept one more time. Despite an elaborate plot that involves Michael Corleone seeking redemption through the Vatican while simultaneously preparing his nephew (Andy Garcia) to take over the Corleone family, the film fails to take shape as a truly meaningful experience in the way the preceding movies do. Still, Pacino is very moving as an elder Michael, filled with regret and trying hard to make amends with his wife (Diane Keaton) and grown children (one of whom is played, and not all that well, by the director's daughter, Sofia Coppola). --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Al Pacino - Diane Keaton - Andy Garcia Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola DVD Release Date: Released the 24 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star, Lorraine Bracco... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Martin Scorsese DVD Release Date: Released the 17 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Martin Scorsese's brutal black-and-white biography of self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta was chosen as the best film of the 1980s in a major critics' poll at the end of the decade, and it's a knockout piece of filmmaking. Robert De Niro plays LaMotta (famously putting on 50 pounds for the later scenes), a man tormented by demons he doesn't understand and prone to uncontrollably violent temper tantrums and fits of irrational jealousy. He marries a striking young blond (Cathy Moriarty), his sexual ideal, and then terrorizes her with never-ending accusations of infidelity. Jake is as frightening as he is pathetic, unable to control or comprehend the baser instincts that periodically, and without warning, turn him into the rampaging beast of the title. But as Roman Catholic Scorsese sees... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Robert De Niro - Cathy Moriarty - Joe Pesci Director(s): Martin Scorsese DVD Release Date: Released the 08 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Roman Polanski's brooding film noir exposes the darkest side of the land of sunshine, the Los Angeles of the 1930s, where power is the only currency--and the only real thing worth buying. Jack Nicholson is J.J. Gittes, a private eye in the Chandler mold, who during a routine straying-spouse investigation finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a jigsaw puzzle of clues and corruption. The glamorous Evelyn Mulwray (a dazzling Faye Dunaway) and her titanic father, Noah Cross (John Huston), are at the black-hole center of this tale of treachery, incest, and political bribery. The crackling, hard-bitten script by Robert Towne won a well-deserved Oscar, and the muted color cinematography makes the goings-on seem both bleak and impossibly vibrant. Polanski himself has a brief, memorable cameo... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Faye Dunaway - John Huston - Jack Nicholson DVD Release Date: Released the 23 November 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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