THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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[@BadgerBJJ]

You nailed it when you said emptier. Michael gained power but lost family. Lost his soul.

[@DenariusHaveNarius]

I'm not sure he had a soul to begin with. He has psychopathic tendencies. Never impulsive, always cold and calculating.

[@BadgerBJJ]

@@DenariusHaveNarius in the book, he was the one most like the Don only nobody except the Don knew it. In reverse, Michael was the only one who truly understood the Don. That is why their relationship was always stormy and why Michael was the one he didn’t want to go into the family business. Michael was quiet because Sonny was loud. Everyone thought Michael was the weakest brother. Effeminate. That’s why he was so quiet and calculating. The opposite of both sunny (who was loud and fierce) and Fredo (who was big and hulking in the book).

[@Runeforged]

@@DenariusHaveNariusSometimes intelligence can look like psychopathic traits especially when you grow up in an environment where violence is common place and you are always under threat. It makes you detached and calculating because that’s best for survival. I know this because I grew up exactly like that. I was misdiagnosed as having psychopathic tendencies until I got a good therapist who gave me an IQ test and we worked on all the damage. It turns out I was a highly intelligent kid in a really bad place who became detached and calculatingly violent as a means of survival. Fast forward and now I’m a big softie.

[@reservoirdude92]

One more thing, I really appreciate how real and attentive your reactions are. You guys can be verbal, but there are no unnecessary comments, noises, or overall overreactions, and that's what sets you ladies apart from other reactors 👌

[@MrMojoRisin13]

I second that. This is a tricky movie with an often-confusing narrative and a LOT of people fail to catch the gist of conversations or actions on the first watch, but not these two! People are often left wondering what the whole Hagan-Pantangeli conversation was saying, because it's all subtextual. They were onto the real meaning immediately. I appreciate that sort of attention and THINKING as you watch. Movies too often try to get the audience to suspend thought--just watch and go WOW. This was refreshing.

[@isabelsilva62023]

Indeed, everything is genuine there are no "performative" shocked expressions, they really stand out.

[@alabamamagick]

I always think back to..."Fredo, you're my brother and i love you., but don't ever take sides against the family again." Inadvertently Fredo did just that.

[@Britton_Thompson]

Vito figured out that Fanucci was a fraud. He was no gangster. There's a deleted scene where Vito sees 3 teenage boys jump Fanucci and slash his throat, only to never have his gang come into the neighborhood to collect for him and dispose of the 3 teenagers who stabbed Fanucci. A real mafioso would've been avenged by his gang if he was attacked. Vito tested him in the cafe by seeing if he would take the $100 instead of $200 when Fanucci wanted a piece. Vito grew up in Sicily and lost his entire family to the mafia; he knows exactly how they operate. A real mafioso would not have accepted the $100. A real mafioso would've been insulted, beat the shit out of Vito, and ordered him to bring him $400 within 24 hours to make up for the disrespect he showed him by not bringing him the full $200 he originally demanded. When Fanucci accepted the $100, Vito had his answer: This guy is just a fake. Fanucci didn't belong to a gang. He was just a con man exploiting Italians' collective fears of the mafia, which they'd fled to America to escape. Vito now knew he could kill Fanucci without fear of retribution, and he knew it needed to be done because Fanucci was only preying on other poor Italians in the neighborhood. Something Vito wanted to correct after seeing him extort the struggling theater owner backstage with Genco

[@mattlawrence1932]

All the deleted scenes in all three godfather films could be its own movie , all the scenes are amazing , wish we could have seen the two lost death scenes from the first film that were arguably the best best & Coppolas favorite but never got released

[@Staceysprobablycrying]

Thank you this is very interesting

[@Thewingkongexchange]

Speaking of the deleted scenes, my first experience of the trilogy was a VHS box set I bought, which told the story chronologically and included many of the deleted scenes (including Fanucci's neck injury). It was not the ideal way to watch the films first time out though - there wasn't even a break between films, the 3 tapes just ran until it finished... @@mattlawrence1932

[@Thewingkongexchange]

Very insightful Britton!

[@BadgerBJJ]

Yes, in the book you get all of those little tidbits.

[@blasphemy4159]

Michael did not lie to Frank nor did he try to have him killed. Roth tried to kill Frank in the bar. You learn of this when michael is talking to his brother. Great reaction. Ignore the haters and finish watching the godfather saga with the godfather 3

[@jono8884]

Frankie was talking about how the Romans allowed some people to pass their wealth to their families if they killed themselves. Tom gave him assurance his family would be ok so Frank thanked Tom and slit his wrists.

[@BlackFlightNY]

I feel like Tom agreed with what Frankie was saying. That the Corleones were no longer what they once were. The difference is that Tom was more or less trapped in the “family”- plus he is too loyal, he would never go as far as to snitch against Micheal. But for that one moment, he agreed with Frankie.

[@johndarcangelo6893]

Frank Pentangelli's brother showed up not as a threat, but as a way to shame him for snitching and remind him that he's too old school for that... basically.

[@caltagironeorologi8]

Yeah, they should have subtitled Tom Hagen assuring Frank’s brother that the family honor was intact.

[@mattlawrence1932]

It was both a threat & also to make him feel ashamed

[@gazoontight]

Frank was about to break the tradition of omertà, silence. You do not tell on anyone, not even your worst enemy. You go to prison, you die, but you do not tell. Frank was about to break that rule but seeing his brother he would not.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

No. Pentangeli was going to testify during a Mafia investigation in front of a TV audience of tens of millions. I think word of that would have got back to his brother in Sicily, don't you? It was 100% a threat. If Pentangeli talked, his brother would have been murdered.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@gazoontight No. The reason Frank didn't testify was because he knew his brother would be murdered.

[@TANTRUMGASM]

one of the best part ll movies ever, ...... heck , it is one of the best movies ever,

[@jokes881]

exactly

[@mattlawrence1932]

The Godfather part 2 Aliens Bride Of Frankenstein Terminator 2 : Judgement Day The Dark Knight Sicario : Day Of Soldado Final Destination 2 Dawn Of The Dead (1978 original film) For A Few Dollars More Empire Strikes Back The Color Of Money Those are the best part 2 sequels ever!!! Hands down!!! & thats from all time eras & genres in cinema

[@Thewingkongexchange]

43:00 - "...while my mother's alive" and literally at the funeral he's giving the go ahead, so cold blooded.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Growing up in an Italian household this movie and the first one was on a loop almost every weekend in my house. Big dinners on Sundays watching it with all the family around the table.🍝🍷☕

[@nltoriola89]

You ladies pay attention to detail very well. I loved De Niro's performance as young Vito. He was so handsome looking as well. 😅❤

[@stevedotwood]

I had the 3 movies on DVD. 2nd one is the best one. Especially the history flashbacks conbined with the present. De Niro plays a good young godfather. btw love your reactions. You're both so natural, as if the camera isn't even on. Quite unique and you're both really smart, if you compare it to other reactors.

[@The1grandpa]

You both were spot on about Michael. Literally cold as a fish, heartless. Terrible Don, that’s what everyone thought Sonny would be, reckless and dangerous. You can’t be like that. But at least Sonny had a heart, Michael didn’t. Everyone feared Michael, but nobody loved or respected him, hence him being all alone at the end. Vito would be ashamed, because yes people feared Vito but everyone loved and respected Vito, even his enemies did. Vito only killed when necessary and would never kill his own family or hit his wife. It’s truly a shame Michael didn’t inherit more of his father’s traits.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Michael was a very successful Don and his ruthlessness played a big part in that. Michael would always give priority to ensuring the Family's survival against external and internal threats over being loved and respected.

[@The1grandpa]

@@ppuh6tfrz646 Successful? Hardly. Part of being successful is not being reckless. He Corleone family was never as powerful under Michael despite not having threats. He alienated everyone, why would anyone want to do business with such a cold, ruthless man? And a successful Don is respected by everyone, and it starts at home. A successful Don has a successful family. That’s all part of being a Don too, it’s not just about power, it’s respect. Nobody respected Michael and rightfully so. Just as an example, look how cold he was to Tom, who was more loyal to his father than anyone, “you’re out Tom”. So cold, people even in your own family will never step up and have your back if you’re ever helpless like everyone did for his father after Vito was shot. That’s also part of being a successful Don, if God forbid something happens to you, do you have support around you and under you? Michael being alone shows exactly how much support he has, and it’s his own doing. And don’t give me he was wronged, yes to a point he was, but he was a terrible husband to Kay, who I feel he never really loved. He simply just needed a wife and she fit the bill. He never even had the decency to tell Kay about Appolonia, who was the only person he ever seemed to truly love. Michael became a different person after she was blown up, the best part of him died along with Appolonia.

[@GoodFilms28]

Michael’s enemies were ruthless and was trying to wipe his family out. They blew his first wife up, tried to kill his father, murdered his oldest brother, and brother in law was viciously abusing his sister. He was cold cause he had to be. Kay aborted (killed their child) w/o his consent she deserved that slap. Fredo’s envy almost got Michael’s family killed, he deserved to be whacked. Wth r u talking about?

[@blueyeshadow2738]

@@ppuh6tfrz646and that’s the problem because you can’t be such a cold heartless monster and still have a family. Vito balanced it well, Michael is the top don but he’s all alone which is not what he wanted

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@blueyeshadow2738 But Michael had the additional issue of having siblings and the rivalries and jealousies that go with that and that was a problem with both Connie and particularly Fredo.

[@dyingtodeath]

You two give the most intelligent reactions.

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Mo, as in Mo Better Green, a movie that I haven’t seen, invented Las Vegas.

[@user-qi1fu9bg6w]

Each of the Corleone sons has a piece of Vito in them, Sonny the aggressiveness, Fredo the compassion and Michael the ruthlessness...but none of them have all of Vito in them. As the cunning and ruthless one Micael is the survivor, but it cost him everything to survive.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Beautifully put 🥰🥰🥰

[@ladykiller1978]

I love that you kept the pear scene. It’s one of my favorite scenes. That’s why Vito was such a family man, he had the best partner with him and he knew it.

[@DewJee2019]

Frankie took his own life also to make sure that Michael and Tom looked after his family.

[@doctorteethomega]

The orange thing is a big fan theory. If you rewatch the first movie, every person who is in a shot with an orange in front of them is either killed or has someone nearly kill them. Woltz the movie producer, Vito at the fruit market, and Don Tatagllia at the truce meeting.

[@izzonj]

The brilliance of this movie is comparing the fall of Michael with the rise of Vito and the different ways they used to gain power. Vito relying on respect and mutual help for his friends and Michael relying on threats and force. I love your reactions!

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

The actor who played Fredo was only in 5 films before he died of lung cancer, but they were all nominated for Oscars.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Yes, all five were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and three of the won.

[@derps0n839]

30:29 this scene shows how Vito became the Don over Clemenza and Tessio.

[@chetcarman3530]

Everybody overlooks the scene where Fredo nearly died from pneumonia & high fever as a baby. The brain damage from that explains why he was "slow" and not mentally on a par with the others.

[@sassymess7111]

I never connected that. Thank you.

[@dumbage]

makes his death sadder

[@salsonny]

Diane Keaton's (Kay) Friends use to have an inside joke going on where they would always shut the door on her face

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

When young Vito came back for Don Ciccio, one of their friends (the one who introduce him) was Tomassino. Tomassino, much older obviously, helped Michael in Italy when he killed the police officer and Sollozo. If you remember, Tomassino walked always with a cane due to a limp. That limp was produced because of the shot on the knee when he was young, in that moment when Vito murdered Ciccio.

[@PatrickORourke-yz3xn]

Thanks Ladies - One thing think is worth remembering when you mentioned after killing Don Fanucci that Vito went from kind of a "normal" life to gangster. His whole history is as an orphan who's family was killed by similar men and violence was a tool. He is unemotional and business-like, because he knows this is how it's done with people like this. It wasn't a heated reaction, it was methodical and calculated. The hit needed to look like a professional job, to make people think it was a competitor or other to throw people off and to make Clemenza fall in line. There was no future for Vito with Don Fanucci there and it was just like Sicily - If Vito didn't want to live under Fanucci's rule, it's an easy decision - It's just business...

[@Britton_Thompson]

That's not true. Fanucci wasn't a 'don' because he wasn't even a mafioso in the first place. He was just a con man extorting other poor Italians by exploiting their fear of the Mafia

[@ThatArabGirl10]

Hey Jyn and Ryl, I'm a new subscriber, and I love your channel. I think the saddest part of this movie is the flashback scene where you see how the family used to be when Vito was alive, and his children were planning his surprise birthday party. Michael was different then, but notice how everyone goes to surprise Vito, but Michael remains seated at the table, alone. It's a foreshadowing of his future where everyone is either dead, or gone from his life.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

1000%. 😭😭😥

[@ThatArabGirl10]

@@dunbardunelm3924 It's truly a very troubling scene, when you think about it.

[@PatrickORourke-yz3xn]

When Tom and Frankie were talking at the prison, they made a deal that if Frankie ended himself and removed the risk of his existence to "The Family," his family would be taken care of.

[@richardzinns5676]

If I'm correctly interpreting the attack on Frank (which can be disputed), Roth certainly ordered his associates to attack Frank and to tell him that it was Michael who ordered the hit, but Roth never intended to actually kill Frank - otherwise why mislead him into thinking Michael was behind the attack? I think Roth intended to stage either a rescue or some other way of making the hit fail, so that Frank would think Michael had betrayed him and would go over to Roth's side. What Roth couldn't foresee was the fortuitous arrival of the policeman just in time to save Frank, leaving Frank convinced that Michael had become his enemy, but making his new alliance now not with Roth but with the authorities, and offering to testify against Michael, which he would surely never otherwise have done. Do you think that's right?

[@fredkrissman6527]

It is so much fun watching great movies with Jyn&Ryl! Many perceptive thoughts during and after the film makes for a great reaction... Thanx Michael didn't want to go into the biz, but once he was kind of forced to by circumstances presented in the first movie, he completely lost his soul... I think Michael was in love with his Italian bride, but when she was murdered in the car bombing he just settled for Kay to be mother of his children. He lied incessantly to her, manipulated her, and when she "killed" one of his sons, he just washed his hands of her.

[@BlackFlightNY]

Fredo was too stupid to know that being “stupid” might have saved his life!!😂 If he had just said “they tricked me, I was too stupid to realize it, I’m sorry”- everyone KNOWS Fredo is stupid. He made have been excommunicated from the family, but not killed! But by implying “I’m smarter than everyone thinks!”- he basically admitted that he KNEW he was betraying the family!! His emotions and his big mouth did him in!😂

[@dumbage]

wow amazing

[@badprotocol1105]

Fredo was warned in part 1 to never take sides with anyone against the Family. He did, and Michael AND Kay were almost killed. I think Michael would not forgive him for that. He pretended to at the mother's funeral but as he hugged him he was looking at the hitman that would eventually kill Fredo.

[@jaws01975]

Hey! 😊 So listen, Im Italian... from NY. Godfather ll has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. You both nailed every aspect!!! And there was a lot of thinking involved. I loved it! You both are Great!! Thank you..... 😊 Thankyou for your extended review..... i can tell you both loved it!

[@JynxRyl]

❤️❤️

[@xmorpheus1468]

You have to consider the circumstances in Michaels life prior. Assassination attempt on his father. Other family members are either stupid or weak. If he don't do anything the enemies will end the family. So he didn't really had a choice. And after that they killed his brother, killed his wife, his sister hated him for killing the guy that set up Sonny, his other brother betrayed him, his wife hated him and got rid of his child. All this combined and there is no wonder that he slowly faded away in emotionless man. It is a defensive mechanism.

[@chalmapatterson544]

Best comment.

[@openmicporter]

I was waiting for this one,I’m gonn save it for after work, you stay well girls, god bless ❤ all the way from Amsterdam the Netherlands.

[@lethasatterfield9615]

Michael didn't set up hit on Pantangali. Michael is way too subtle to send someone and say "Michael Coreone says hi". It's Hyman Roth trying to trick Pantangali into thinking Michael turned on him. Roth is smart enough to know that Hyman Roth suspects that Michael knows he did it and wants to confuse Pantangali (who's not as clever as either one into turning on Michael.

[@NycilSikiclas]

Michael has a superior intelligence and Vito wished he could harness it so that he would become powerful in the "legitimate" world. During one of their last conversations with his father, Vito tells his son that "there wasn't enough time" as he knew much more work was to be done to prepare Michael. Michael has a lot of heart but his cold logic and intelligence always take over when his heart is broken - it is a matter of survival. On many instances, one can see that Michael is deeply hurt. In the Godfather 1, he is hurt by Fredo who takes sides against the family when he supports Moe Green; his way of dealing with it not to be hurt again is a cold threat: "Fredo, you are my older brother and I love you, but don't ever take sides against the family again". He loves his brother and tells him. The warning shows that he would not be able to bear being hurt again by Fredo given he is one of the closest and dearest person around him. See also in Cuba during the show how Michael's face turns sad in complete shock when he clearly understands that Fredo lied to him when he says that he knows Johnny Ola, while a few hours before he said he had never met him. Michael connects the dots quickly and understands that Fredo was instrumental in the attempt of murder. Add to that that Michael went through the savagery of WW2, saw his father victim of an attempt of murder on the verge of death, saw his wife Apolonia die in a car explosion aiming at killing him, and many other dramatic events, including in the end the abortion. Kay showed him that there was no taboo killing the most precious being: an innocent unborn baby, his son in this instance. That really ruined him. Apolonia was the kind of wife that Michael needed in his life to maintain balance while trying to get out of the mob life; instead he got Kay always pressuring him to get out when the task was nearly impossible. Michael was always caught between a rock and a hard place. Only his high intelligence allowed him not to crumble.

[@RakeeshJ4]

Nonsense. Michael Corleone is in many ways a sympathetic figure, but he wasn’t the loving man moved by necessity to do evil that you paint him here, not even in the book still less the films. In the film, his reaction to Fredo’s speaking up for Moe Green certainly didn’t appear to be emotionally hurt, rather it was coldly angry. In the films, he knowingly lied to Kay right from the start-he had no intention of seriously committing to legitimacy, and Kay had little if any basis for understanding how difficult that would be. To say nothing of how profoundly he lied to Kay about Appolonia…and that first marriage was one based *entirely* on passion and lust. Perhaps it could have become a partnership, but she was murdered before that could happen. In the book, Michael was truly an outsider to the Mafia. He made a choice to enter that world, to stand with his family. An understandable choice, but one he made eyes open. From that point on, he never made any significant effort to divest himself.

[@x_mau9355]

For your pleasure, you have to watch the part Three

[@mufasa6324]

You guys nailed it…this is the best reaction I’ve seen of this movie…

[@chalmapatterson544]

I've seen better, but they did a good job.

[@quicktastic]

The hug for Fredo at the funeral was just a favor to Connie after she pleaded with him and gave her loyalty.

[@georgeprchal3924]

I always found Roth's loyalty to Moe touching.

[@jasondemagio4449]

Awesome to see another reaction. Be cool to see you check out other Kubrick movies after you did Full Metal Jacket. A Clockwork Orange or the Shining maybe

[@krautgazer]

Yes to Kubrick!

[@youngtrainingdaywestphilly203]

Michael was seen as one of the more levelheaded members of the family, he becomes a ruthless killer and crime lord. In the novel Michael Corleone was even more colder. Ladies, y'all channel is a whole vibe! ✌️😃

[@tpryce6243]

Your faces at 46:14 when Kay tells Michael she had an abortion... 😆😆

[@johnwest5837]

Roth the gangster was based on Myers Lansky who was prolific with numbers out lived many of his cronies . P.S he liked the actor playing Roth.

[@vii9284]

2:25 🤔 "so they hide stuff under their eyelids?" 🤣 god bless.

[@patbax7805]

27:26 Michael realized that Fredro was the mole. He acted like he had never met Johnny Ola. He was fishing and unsure of the connections. When Fredro got drunk and loose tongued, Mike figured it out.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

I never really understood why Neri shot Fredo. It was mentioned by Connie in Part III that Fredo drowned. I'm sure the family members who didn't know he had been murdered would want Fredo's body to be recovered so he could be buried but the hole in the back of his head would kind of give it away, wouldn't it?

[@dunbardunelm3924]

'Kinda' 😶😶😂

[@x_mau9355]

I know that many agree with the theory of the empty shell, but I don't. What you see there is the LONELINESS OF THE KING, the struggle of the one who bear the weight of command. The biggest difference between Mike and his father is the dimension of the business. Mike has a way bigger empire to manage, smart enemies. And he is alone, beside Tom. He takes decisions on his own... In that zone he is all alone.

[@chipurBillWhite]

Really nice reaction, ladies. Enjoyed it, thank you…

[@HegeMarie]

The story of orphan Vito gaining a family, and how his son Michael lost his.

[@joepaskowski9091]

Great reaction… Crazy how this story can suck you in… no need for special effects or a bunch of gore. Just great characters and acting. Welcome to the ‘family’ guys!

[@lethalchocobo1886]

Fantastic reaction. You did great.

[@stevebeardsmore3303]

Not only did Michael serve in the Marines, the book makes it clear that he was also wounded in action.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

I didn't like the book. There's a section that seems to go on forever about Sonny's mistress being *HUGE* down below and having an operation to correct that. Before that, Sonny was the only man who could satisfy her because he had such an enormous c*ck... Yawn.

[@encrypter46]

You two are so bright I HAVE to recommend to you "A Man For All Seasons" (1966) with Paul Scofield. To many people a movie about when Henry VIII (Robert Shaw) seeks approval from the English aristocracy to divorce his wife and marry a commoner, would be a turn-off. Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between a murderous king and the powerful Roman Catholic Church. It explains why Britain left the Catholic church and shows what a man of TRUE PRINCPLES Sir Thomas More was. It won 6 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. A true must see!!!!

[@RetroView66]

A lot of reactors don't get that Senator was set up but you both nailed it fast.

[@mixtec53]

Great reaction 💯

[@MarcosElMalo2]

You two are very insightful about the Michael story. Michael is cold-blooded. Like his father, he’s very intelligent and discerning. But he lacks the warmth of his father Vito. The two parallel stories are even shot differently-the Vito story is visually warm. The Michael story is cold.

[@mattlawrence1932]

Vito ruled with Respect , Michael ruled with fear that's why Vito died with his family & Michael dies alone 👌

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@mattlawrence1932 Don Vito ruled with fear as well. But this is an interesting point that you argue. I don’t know if respect is the right word. I agree its part of Vito Corleone’s character. There’s this thing called “the favor economy”, and Vito was a master of it. The first movie starts off with it, does it not? Two supplicants ask the Godfather for favors. For the favor economy to work, there has to be respect and trust, backed up by fear. Michael works with a different model-loyalty is bought. With few exceptions, he can’t really trust the men working for him.

[@sspdirect02]

When you get to Part III, only watch the version titled "The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone" since it presents itself not as a sequel to The Godfather and The Godfather Part II but instead as an epilogue to a two part story the way Puzo and Coppola intended. See it and judge for yourself.

[@godofthisshit]

well, talk about spoiler.

[@johnwest5837]

Marlon Brando and Robert DeNero are the only 2 actors to win Oscar's for the same role, Don Corleone.

[@markchae2123]

I love your reactions! just found part one today and now on to part 2! now subscribing!

[@JynxRyl]

❤️❤️

[@DewJee2019]

When you watch the next Godfather, please watch Godfather Coda. It is the improved Godfather III. The director, Francis Ford Coppola, made some changes in response to poor reviews by the critics and renamed it The Godfather CODA. Watch it, please. You will want to see what happens to everyone from Godfather II, even though it is not a classic like the first two were. It will answer questions you might have.

[@gazoontight]

The eyelid check was for trachoma, a very contagious eye disease. The parallel stories show how Vito started with nothing and died with a family, whereas Michael started with everything and eventually dies alone.

[@gazoontight]

People both feared and respected Vito, but they only feared Michael. There was no respect, no love.

[@dubkjay]

If you remember from Part 1, Michael warned Fredo in Vegas not to “ever take sides against the family again…ever” Fredo didn’t listen, he fucked up ..

[@williamcochrane6255]

I loved your reaction

[@JynxRyl]

💜

[@mark9510]

Very good reaction and understanding of the moovie!

[@mark9510]

P.s. at the end you could see Fredo was the only one support his (Michaels) decision to join the army and was happy for him. And he killed him. He was thinking about that and about loosing everyone at the end.

[@reservoirdude92]

This is cinema right here. Also, if want some of Pacino's more underrated performances, I HIGHLY recommend And Justice For All (1979), Serpico (1973), and Scarecrow (1973).

[@flarrfan]

Cazale and Pacino together again in Dog Day Afternoon is not to be missed, either.

[@reservoirdude92]

@@flarrfan oh that's essential stuff, but the ones I listed (minus Serpico to an extent) aren't talked about AS much as his bigger films.

[@flarrfan]

@@reservoirdude92 Pacino is great in almost all his movies (I found his Oscar performance in Scent of a Woman over the top and overrated), I just wanted to be sure Dog Day Afternoon was mentioned because it's Fredo and Michael together again. I also think it and GF2 are the best performances by an actor that I've ever seen so disrespected by the Oscars...

[@earthresident9022]

Love u guys' reaction to both movies.epic job again I really enjoyed it.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@user-xb7ef9eu9u]

Freddo Doesn't have the Heart for this life, he dropped the gun when his Father was shot.

[@cshubs]

Of course the landlord with the lady with the dog was afraid. He heard on the street that Vito was a murderer.

[@kylespeirs6510]

Jyn you are gorgeous. Girls nice reaction and channel. This film is a classic. It’s F Up how he got his last name. Thanks! ❤

[@TheGregott]

thank your for the reaction from germany

[@scottdarden3091]

Michael would have been better off with a Sicilian Apolonia for a wife like his mother.

[@865style]

Greatest sequel ever. I dont blame him for killing fredo. Fredo nearly got him and his wife, kids killed. He was a liability. But maybe he could of got him to not be around and kept him out of the family so he couldn't be a liability.

[@Hexon66]

You do realize you're rationalizing a vicious psychopath killing his feeble brother, right? Bold take.

[@mattlawrence1932]

Vito actually orchestrated the death of the five families in the first film not Michael!!!! Michael just carred it out so Vito didn't have to break his oath to the other families thats why Vito stepped down from the throne & told Michael to wait till after he died so it would never tarnish his fathers name!!!! Also Y'all said that Michael is his father & brothers combined but its actually the complete other way around 💯 Each of the three sons has a different part of they're father in them but not the rest : *Sonny* has his fathers anger & violent temper *Fredo* has his fathers loving & understanding side & *Michael* has his fathers cunningness & patience Non of the three sons have everything that they're father had in spades & thats why everything went down in the end the way it did because all three sons lacked one or two parts of they're father in them💯👌 *Vito* ruled by respect & died with his family intact *Sonny* ruled by both respect & fear & that's why his power left the family broken & he got killed *Fredo* was too sensitive to rule by respect or fear & that's what ultimately got him killed *Michael* ruled by only fear because the lack of respect every one gave him in the beginning & he completely shattered the entire family with his power & that's why he lost everything in the end

[@godofthisshit]

I thought I read somewhere that it was Sonny who came up with the idea to take out the 5 bosses.

[@mattlawrence1932]

@@godofthisshit nope it was Vito , Sonny did however take on the five families during the 1930's olive oil war & during the first assassination attempt on his father & that's how he became underboss & so feared by the other families & it tells u that in the film like when he says to Tom : "when it comes to the action , I'm as good as anyone & don't ever forget that" & it's also why he tells Tom that if he has a War time Consigliare that he wouldn't be in the mess they're in after the second assassination attempt!!!! Santino was a great leader during war time but his temper was bad for business & when he needed to keep his cool unlike like Vito & Mike always did

[@timpervious881]

Very astute reaction & review.

[@ilionreactor1079]

Vito never took anything, offered food or even favors, so he was never indebted to anyone; people owed him.

[@robertmaez6706]

Watch him in "Godfather III". He's an older man and his karma comes back for him.

[@3stacksofHighSociety]

Karma has already come for Michael here. See how much older he looks, with a dead soulless look in his eyes at the end. There's nothing left of the man.

[@mattlawrence1932]

​@@3stacksofHighSociety he doesn't care about being alone in the second film plus he has Connie , he only cares after he's super old in the third film & everyone else is dead already

[@bbwng54]

You raise a simple but important question- did Michael HAVE to kill Fredo for bgtraying the family?

[@deathninja16]

Yes. Yes he did.

[@Ralph-ny1ey]

In their world, yes. Fredo is now a liability who they can't trust. Other families would try to use him. He's never worked a real job. He can't work for another family and has no more protection. The unforgivable thing is he went against the family which is what Vito taught him never to do. It almost got Michael's whole family killed.

[@mattlawrence1932]

​@@Ralph-ny1eyfacts , he was his brother but unfortunately a weak link that would have gotten the entire family killed !!!! He could have chastised Fredo & excommunicated him from the family but it would have made Michael look weak & it was when Michael was also at his most heartless time period so yeah

[@Hexon66]

@@mattlawrence1932 Nobody would have been more responsible for getting Michael's family killed than Michael himself.

[@KINKIBIT]

Waiting your reaction for the last one! jejeje

[@renewillner5061]

Lovelovelove ❤️✌🏻❄️

[@LillyLillyLillyLillyLillyLilly]

You guys also need to react to a series called the Sopranos and it was about the mob and I guess 1990 I think y’all would like it

[@fatoiler6102]

Michael was always 10 steps ahead of his enemies, yet 10 steps behind of family.

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

You guys are totally misunderstanding, Michael lol. The type of business he is in it’s not like you and I. He’s responsible for his literal family and his figurative family, and in this type of business you can’t show weakness, they will come at you. He can’t lose what his father built. Fredo was dumb but he could have got his wife and kids killed with his dumb move. Mike is calculating and smart AF

[@mattlawrence1932]

Yes but not as smart as Vito was because Vito didn't die alone without his family around because he realized that ruling with respect is always smarter than ruling with fear like his son did plus Vito was the actual one that set up & masterminded the Baptism of Fire in the first film , not Michael !!! Plus he did it by not even having to break his oath or his word either because he stepped down & let Michael handle it for him & made him wait till after his death to do it💯👌

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

@@mattlawrence1932 I get that but I was referring to the girls calling Mike the devil. His actions were solely for protection of what Vito built

[@angelomaurizio1668]

If you two are planning to see The Godfather III, please do not watch "The Coda version" watch the original version. There is an important scene at the end of the original version that wasn't shown in the coda version - do not know why.

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Jyn and Ryl, I am one of those people turly fascinated with the politics and welding of power displayed in the Godfather movies. They can truly help anyone trying ot get into business. Lessons of Power and leadership taken from the Godfather. Here are two videos you can start with. Who was the better leader? Vito or Michael Corleone kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGjIh59unJd7iNU How to make an offer they can't refuse kzbin.info/www/bejne/eomUh2Z-jpmZjcU

[@ryanw3658]

Classic Sicilian stoic

[@ryanw3658]

Clemenza and Vito have the best meet cute

[@jefinator1]

Great reaction and discussion. Please react to Godfather III theatrical version. The recent Coda director's cut, which may tighten the intro, it has a weaker ending which ultimately takes away from the essence of the trilogy.

[@Nickel138]

Michael brought Frank’s brother, who is a boss in Italy. They knew Frank couldn’t betray the code of silence in front of his brother. That, or he feared they would’ve killed his brother. Also, in the Run the Jewels song “Legend has it” Killer Mike references both Godfather 1 and 2. “Your life can end like in Godfather 1. You get the gun as I christen my son” as well, “Mike in the jelly, won't snitch. I'll rent a room at the Ritz. I'll sip a fifth of the whisk. I'll smoke a dub in the tub. Then I will split both my wrists.”

[@zero00829]

Another thing, too, is that the brother came on his own to support Michael and send a clear message that I didn't betray you by trying to have you kill. All of this without saying a single word. Michael is a genius.

[@dimkagalente6956]

Hey you guys like control ? Lol , I'm thinking 3 bottles of wine & surprise for you both of you, I couldn't make up my mind, so I want the both of you 😊

[@ProdSangreNueva]

Vito was all for his family and Michael lost it all.

[@Beardedmane901]

YAAAAA🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@postmastersgt1670]

Fredo crossed the line of no return. He had to go.

[@RottedPopcornandHorror1966]

I don't blame Michael for the way he was towards Kay. What she did, and why she did it and how she told him was disgusting. I couldn't stand her. Michael's brother had a hand in the assassination. I'm not saying he should kill him, I'm saying Fredo brought it on himself. This is the Mob. And that's how it was in this movie. It's not for us to understand because we dont think that way. I agree Michael doesn't have the warmth his Father did. But then again the bosses of the families tried to kill his Dad and Killed Sonny. And tried to kill him. Amd you have to be a certain type of person to be in the Mob. And I feel Michael had a heart that was hardened with time. Which is a shame and tragic. And tragic for all around him. Thanx for your reaction..Xx

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

As a Sicilian-American who was brought up in the Bronx, I can tell you that both this film and the earlier Godfather were both very believable. My family came up from the same Little Italy on the Lower East Side that so many Italian immigrants lived in like the Corleones. In fact, my grandfather was born in a town just a few miles away from Corleone--and that is what Sicily looked like.

[@anrun]

The line "Michael Corleone says hello" was improvised by the actor, Danny Aiello. Coppola liked it and decided to leave it in. It is a good line, but it does make things a little more confusing.

[@user-wt5ot1oe3c]

love watching you guys react. Not bashing on anyone else but ya'll are smarter and brighter than most. I love how you guys are quick on the uptake and subtle things. This movie is extremely hard to follow everybody's first time because of all the misdirection, but you guys were on it pretty good. Even if you weren't sure at times, you were aware of the possible options of might or could be, you were always aware. Good job. looking forward to ya'll seeing 3. Everybody says it, and it's true, 3 is NOWHERE on the level of the first two. But it isn't trash and doesn't suck like some people say. It's a good ending to the story and necessary if you're a fan. BLESSINGS

[@lethaldose2000]

Jyn and Ryl, you are judging Michael on some very difficult situations and choices that he has to make. -------- On the one hand it's wrong that Michael hit Kate but on the other hand she had an abortion without his knowledge or consulting him. ------ Fredo is complicit in trying to have Michael and his family killed yet Michael has no justification to kill his brother. ------ God forbid someone in your family tries to kill you, what would you think of them or try to do to them. ------ That's the true genius of the Godfather saga, in a normal family mistakes don't get you killed but as a member of the Corleone family they do and it forces you to make very difficult decision that test one's morality. -------- Hopefully, these are decision we will never have to make.

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Jyn and Ryl, You gals are loving the demenor of Vito in the flashbacks. Just know, "The Godfather III" was supposed to be the rise of Vito. --------- It got sidelined and Coppola eventually decided to finish the story of Michael Corleone instead. ------ Seeing Michael surrounded by his enemies having to be cold and ruthless.