The Godfather Part II Full-Length Reaction
Added 2024-12-19 23:57:19 +0000 UTCComments
In the book, Michael is more like Vito than he is in the movies. The book ends about a year after the baptism in Part 1. Kay does leave Michael at the end of the book for lying to her about killing Carlo. Kay doesn't have an abortion, but she does take the kids and leaves. Michael is much more emotionally mature in the book, like Vito. In the book, Michael never hits or threatens Kay, ever. When Kay leaves, Michael only sends Tom Hagen to tell her that Michael will support any decision Kay makes as long as she promises to do a good job of raising their children. In the book, Michael is also more dedicated to getting the Corleones out of the mafia and resolves the tension with Tom Hagen when they both laugh after realizing that Tom knows why Michael and Vito wanted Tom removed from direct involvement in any of their illegal activities. The reason was that Tom could be disbarred if anyone could prove that he is directly involved in anything illegal. If Tom loses his license as a lawyer, the Corleones would be forced to get a lawyer outside of their family who may not keep secrets as well as Tom. Michael is more of a flawed tragic figure in the movies, like King Lear. King Lear suffered with great regret and heartbreak at the end of his life for his own moral and emotional blindness. Vito Corleone avoided that heartbreak and regret because his moral and emotional integrity was strong, especially when he had to make tough decisions. As a result, fate was kind to Vito and he was allowed to have a merciful death on a beautiful sunny day in his garden, listening to his grandson's laugher. The last two films compare Michael's moral and emotional judgment to determine how fate will judge him in the end.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-23 03:10:19 +0000 UTCYou noticed Kay calling Michael "blind" repeatedly during the abortion scene. That's a reference to the theme of moral/emotional blindness in King Lear. All of the usable material from the book was used up halfway through Part 2, so Coppola started relying heavily on Shakespeare's King Lear to finish Part 2. You may have also noticed Michael taking prescriptions, rubbing his eyes and hands a lot, and drinking a lot of water. That's also a reference to King Lear where the moral/emotional blindness eventually results in physical blindness. It's also a reference to Coppola family history. Coppola does an outstanding job of using his own family history and King Lear to make Part 3. People who love King Lear love Part 3. Ignorant people usually don't understand King Lear, or anything from Shakespeare. That's why ignorant people hate Part 3.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-22 00:07:41 +0000 UTCI changed the only setting that I can, lmk if it helped. On my side its an .mp4 so I dont think its something i can do.
Mathew
2024-12-21 20:56:47 +0000 UTCIt downloads as a "CRDOWNLOAD" file instead of an mp4. Do you have any way of allowing it to download as an mp4 instead of a "CRDOWNLOAD"?
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 20:49:04 +0000 UTCThe whole reactions playback complete and fine on Google Drive.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 19:38:39 +0000 UTCThe download is only playing about 1/3 of each film. I started each download yesterday.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 19:37:57 +0000 UTCYeah u can download if u want, did it end up working? Still new to using drive for this ik it takes a while to load properly.
Mathew
2024-12-21 10:55:17 +0000 UTCFredo never dies in the book and is described in the book by Sonny as the toughest of Vito's sons. Coppola changed Fredo for the movies, with Puzo's permission, to reflect how Coppola was treated as a child. Coppola had polio as a child and spent about a year in bed. Like Fredo, people ignorantly assumed that Coppola would grow up to be a weakling and a failure because he was a sickly child. Coppolas talents did not show until he went to college and he become the most successful and wealthiest member of his family. Coppola uses this in Part 3 as Michael watches Connie's development and is haunted by the consideration of how Fredo might have developed if he was allowed to live. Fredo's resentment toward Michael was based upon the resentment that Dr. August Coppola had for the massive success of his younger brother, Francis Ford Coppola.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 09:16:02 +0000 UTCCoppola has been consistent in saying that he never wanted to make any Godfather movies because of the racist stereotypes about Italian Americans that mafia movies usually perpetuate. He only agreed to make the first Godfather movie for the money. He had a wife and young children at that time and just needed paychecks. The only reason he made Part 2 was that Paramount offered him more money than he'd ever been offered before in his whole life to direct that movie. He only made Part 3 because he was working his way out of bankruptcy. He would never be bankrupt again because, after Part 3, he started selling wine that turned into a billion dollar business for him.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 03:27:31 +0000 UTCCan we download this mp4? It won't playback for me.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-12-21 02:14:45 +0000 UTCThe Godfather movies have always been about the family tho, there's practically no big action set pieces or that many scenes depicting their criminal activities. Godfather 2 is a rise of the father and fall of the son type of story. This movie definitely shows the differences of Michael and Vito. I don't think Vito would have killed Fredo. Its also showing the major difference of the change of times for Vito and Michael. There was alot of focus on italian immigrants in the flashbacks and it showed how Vito could have risen to power. He was a man of the people, even if his family came first. He was both loved and feared, cos everyone knew they could rely on him but to not step to him. Michael in his time was dealing with different and more complex things. The mafia had grown waay beyond just the little guy taking care of the community. It had become corporate america, which just goes to show that times and values had changed. It was about big business and money now.. family values, honor and loyalty were a thing of the past. I feel bad for Michael, he's a victim of the times. He was simply unfortunate to be born in a different era from his father. He could never be like him, even if he wanted to. Becoming more cold, cruel and unforgiving was a part of his character downfall but also just seemed like a natural thing of the times. You can never have too much greed, money and power. The fact you guys couldn't even trust Tom up til the very end shows how much things have changed lol. And the fact Fredo was the one who betrayed the family.. it makes me wonder how Vito would have dealt with all these challenges of the times if he had been in his prime in the 1950's. Would he have fallen so far like Michael? Or would he have held close to his values and remained steadfast in maintaining those small strong loyal friendships. Remember in Godfather 1, his old school values is what almost got him killed lol. Sonny showing his interest in the drugs business already showed a difference in their interests. The Godfather movies are one big tragedy. Vito never wanted this life for Michael, and I think even he knew the times were changing and that's why he wanted him to have no part in it. I think he knew this life would destroy Michael's soul and that's the big part of the tragedy. Michael is so well equipted for this life, yet in the end it costs him everything.
Reuben Filimaua
2024-12-20 11:32:51 +0000 UTCGodfather 3 is a good movie, it just isn't as good as the first two. Francis Ford Coppola himself even commented he had to make it just for money, as he was getting pretty broke at the time. Its also just a completely different movie. It just "feels" different, I can't explain it. I think the first two being made in the 70's and the third one being made in the 90's has something to do with it.
Reuben Filimaua
2024-12-20 11:16:52 +0000 UTC
