Movie Review: The Godfather - Arguably The Best Movie Ever Made

There is nothing like a movie that is layered so deep and tells so many stories, and that is filled with so much fantastic acting, that you can see it again and again, and never grow tired of it. "The Godfather," based on the best selling novel by Mario Puzo, is such a movie. This epic tale tells the story of an American family empire and the man who slowly rises to take the reigns.

The movie starts out with a magnificent wedding. This does many things. It shows the power and reach of Don Corleone, the patriarch of the family. We are introduced to all the characters of the family. As we see that the Don is getting on in age, it will become important to see who succeeds him. We meet his youngest son, Michael, who has just returned from the War in Europe. He is describing to his wife that he doesn't have any intentions of going into the family business.

His desire, is of course respected but the other family members. As the movie progresses, we find that there are other, important and powerful family that are competing for business. And the business that is growing quickly is the drug business. One thing that Don Corleone vows to do is to never enter the drug business. It has always been his dream, it seems, to have his son take over a legitimate business, and not a criminal enterprise. Drugs would be in the opposite direction.

But because Don Corleone is very powerful, his refusal to enter into the narcotics trade angers his rivals. This sets off a drug war, and there is an attempt made on the Don's life. The family gets together, and decides what to do. Those responsible must be punished, and Michael Corleone is just the man for the job. He has completely shifted his loyalty from the law, to his family.

After killing the assassin, Michael has to flee the country. He hides out in Italy for a while, long enough to fall in love with and marry a local girl. The far reach of his father's enemy find him, and kills his wife with a bomb that was meant for him. Any trace of loyalty to the law is gone in young Michael. His loyalty now is completely to his family.

When he returns home, he spends many hours sitting at his fathers side, listening to how to run his business. In yet another tragedy, his older brother, Sonny, is gunned down by rival gangs. It is becoming increasingly clear that not only does he need to throw his loyalties completely with the Corleone family, but he must become more ruthless than his enemies in order to survive. And ruthless he does become. In one of the most highly acclaimed climactic scenes ever, Michael Corleone literally becomes the new Godfather, as the scenes of his nephew's baptism is expertly juxtaposed with all his enemies being viciously destroyed. "The Godfather" is a movie not to be missed.


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