How To Become EVIL! (The Godfather Explained) Film Analysis

[@october223]

Good video dude! I Subbed the first 2 mins in

[@erwinquiachon8054]

The Godfather films are a modern version of Shakespeare's King Lear. The theme is moral blindness set to a succession story, like King Lear. Instead of daughters, Vito's succession is with his sons. Michael starts Part 1 as Cordelia, the child on the outside who turns out to be the most loyal. 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 next two films compare Michael's moral and emotional judgment to determine how fate will judge him in the end. Part 3 is the best modern interpretation of King Lear in the entire history of cinema. Since a lot of people who watch the first two Godfather movies are totally clueless about the theme of emotional/moral blindness and King Lear, they have absolutely no idea about what is actually going on in Part 3. It has turned Sofia Coppola into the Mona Lisa of the Godfather films.

[@bdleo300]

Military "hero" is far from being a good person... yet Michael wasn't evil in the first movie, he did what what must be done - strike them first before they strike him. Just as in war, no difference whatsoever. Killing Carlo in the end was again was perfectly reasonable, unlike Fredo in 2nd movie (one of many reasons whey Part II is nowhere near as good as Part I)

[@DOMROM]

Not even 600 views? And such a great video…

[@taha-ks3gj]

Aye recommend me some movies g this movie changed my life

[@BennieTheBassistXD]

The fight scene between Sunny and Carlo is laughably bad though. That’s my only serious complaint.

[@margaretfarmer6304]

The Statue of Liberty in the background 🤌 14:48

[@taua3645]

Great review of the movie although I disagree with your comments about the movie producer. I thought he played the egotistical and aggrieved movie producer perfectly. Arrogant, narcissistic and a sociopath - dismissive of others unless they could be useful to him. His loud, brash manner reflecting the industry he lived in and ruled over.

[@margaretfarmer6304]

If you ever do tv shows, you should do The Sopranos

[@Failing-Film-School]

I absolutley intend to do the sapranos eventually.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

This monologue is a high-school level of analysis. Go and read the book and get more life experience, and try again in a few years.

[@Failing-Film-School]

Could you be more specific? What didn't you like? What insight did i miss. I'm here to learn as much as anything hence the name Failing Film School.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

@@Failing-Film-School I must admit I didn't expect a reply like this. I admire your open-mindedness. I would have to review your video as well as what I recall of the Godfather, and think about moral philosophy. But you should know that merely recounting the events of The Godfather with a focus on Michael and summing them up misses the point. You are not getting to the *heart* of how evil arises. Some people given the exact same circumstances would not do evil. So it's actually a fairly challenging philosophical question to tackle, of where what we call evil comes from. You must explore human psychology as well as moral philosophy to get the mental framework required to distill the internal forces that pull on people to take them in on direction or another. I'll write more if you'd like.

[@Failing-Film-School]

I definitely can see how i have missed the mark in my writing of this video. Im still working and maintaining a balancing act between a traditional review and a more in-depth analysis. The point I was trying to convey in regards to Micheal was that when faced with tragedy, the moral framework you use to navigate life falls apart this is essentially the definition of a tragedy as far as i am concered. Something has happened, and now the frame you use to navigate life no longer functions. The point is that it's in these times when it is far easier than most would imagine to make decisions that lead you down a dark path. I understand that there are people who wouldn't choose evil in Micheal's specific set of circumstances but this misses the point that there is a set of circumstances in which the frame any person uses to operate in life can fall apart to such a degree that difference between good and evil is esentially imperceptable.

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

@@Failing-Film-School Film-making skills are related to writing or communication or presentation skills. You need to plan the content out and pace it and so on. You need to decide on the level of detail required to present your material to the viewer without getting sidetracked or getting into rabbit holes that might please some but alienate most others. As I said before the deeper question you are exploring is itself somewhat heavy, even though shows like Breaking Bad explored the concept of a good man turning bad slowly over several years. Mind you, both of these are fictional characters, not real-life stories, so the writers had the freedom to concoct "a series of unfortunate events" designed to evolve the character to make their stories and make their points. Now Godfather is different in that it simultaneously explores many different social ideas in one family story, and draws its events from plausible scenarios many families experience when moving to another country would know about. Obeying the law vs being true to the culture you were born into, loyalty to family versus the lure or riches, entering into Faustian style agreements because the courts failed you versus enduring the biased judgement of your new country because you're lower on the ladder, family honor versus justice versus revenge. People are so easily turned and deceived these days, because they do not know or understand the forces that act on them internally that drive them to do the things they do. So you have to think not only about your content, but the storyboard you will follow to present your content in a film format with sound, and video and so on. That's the art of being a good film maker. And this is coming from someone who knows next to nothing about making videos.

[@erwinquiachon8054]

@@Failing-Film-School This is an outstanding start. You will get better. One film school trick Coppola used for the Godfather movies was that he modelled them after Shakespeare's King Lear. Shakespeare plays are still strong models for films today, over 400 years after they were written. Those plays have strong themes, character development, and plot twists that any young filmmaker can use to tell modern stories today.