The slow zooming in on Mike as he lays out the plan culminating in “I’ll kill them both myself” is absolutely brilliant.
@jondstewart2 ай бұрын
@@jtstyle119 he had his fathers cunning, but even he didn’t realize Solozzo was not the king at the top to stop the madness and that somebody higher held the keys. Only Vito knew it at the meeting he arranged.
@adonisrio53802 ай бұрын
I love that Sonny says it's personal in the beginning to Tom, but then reminds Michael that he is taking it too personal
@sulton_ikrom2 ай бұрын
that shows he was not a good leader, he did not have his own point of view
@johnfakester55272 ай бұрын
He was being facetious. He was making a joke.
@johnfakester55272 ай бұрын
@@sulton_ikrom no the joke just flew over your head. Sonny was just being sarcastic
@lawrencelewis25922 ай бұрын
It also shows that Sonny was a warm human being, also where he apologises to Tom. Michael is as cold as ice.
@freakyliggАй бұрын
Sonny was silent until clemenza laughed. He looked real proud even.
@noahemrahkara36612 ай бұрын
Michael sittin in the chair just like his father vito. As the camera rolls in he is becoming the Don. Damn this movie was perfect.
@IronMan-tk8uc2 ай бұрын
And Hagen behind soaking every word of this speech, also realizing the sheer importance of this moment for the family.
2 ай бұрын
Expect for the fact they made Michael a U.S. Marine Captain veteran. Who fought two campaigns and won a Purple Heart. If that were true he would be foaming at the mouth with PTSD and make these goons look like Boy Scouts. It’s ridiculous, and disrespectful to portray a WW2 vet this way. Pacino is clearly just acting as a college kid in the movie. Take you out of the movie so many time when they call him a veteran.
@netpackrat2 ай бұрын
I disagree, having known and worked with several combat veterans who acted anything but how you describe. Another thing to keep in mind is that in some ways many WWII vets dealt better with PTSD based on how they disengaged from combat and returned back to normal life in the states differently from more recent generations of vets. Veterans since Vietnam or so, one day they are in-country in a combat zone, then the next they are flown home and have to suddenly re-integrate into life in the US away from the danger of combat. Of course some of them have trouble dealing with it. The WWII generation mostly traveled home from the war via ship, a process that took weeks. During their time aboard ship coming home, they had the opportunity to decompress, relax somewhat, and talk about what they had gone through, with others who had shared the same or similar experiences. Furthermore they were welcomed home by society as the heroes they were, and didn't have to deal much with jackasses treating them as "foaming at the mouth" simply for being combat vets.
@HaroldtheDon2 ай бұрын
Also his jaw being swollen, to give him that bulldog like face Vito had.
2 ай бұрын
@netpackrat Dealing better with it is a mostly a myth. Alcoholism was rampant among vets with the level of combat Michael would have saw. Even if Michael and no PTSD he acts NOTHING like a marine captain that fought BOTH in ASIA and Europe. Al is just playing a college kid not a veteran. Michael seems like (again) a WW2 marine combat vet who fought in the worse battles outside of the eastern front and won a Purple Heart, and was in TIME MAGAZINE!!! Don’t be silly. Its parody to have given michael these achievements to then act like he does.
@KingGogh2 ай бұрын
Notice how...Tom was the only one who DIDNT laugh when Mike said he'd kill them both. Tom knew in this moment, he was seeing a reflection of Vito. You can tell by the concern on his face.
@akis8542 ай бұрын
Sonny knew for a second there too, just before he got carried by Clemenza’s laugh
@flaviosoares23692 ай бұрын
Agreed
@ThePUNisher2112YYZ2 ай бұрын
This should have earned Tom complete confidence, but Michael’s onset of paranoia lead him to question Hagen’s loyalty. When Michael explains to Tom that he kept him in the dark because he was the only one that he trusted, I thought that this was more of a way to make amends for doubting his own brother but always thought that it was done in an unnecessarily-cryptic way.
@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn2 ай бұрын
Bullshit, you fellas you should read the book, in the book Sonny knew who Michael was, Sonny knew everything about his brother Michael in that scene Sonny was just pushing Michael to his limit to bring out the real Michael out of Michael himself. Read the book!
@KingGogh2 ай бұрын
@@ThePUNisher2112YYZ nah. Even at the end of the First Godfather when Vito told Tom he was out, there were things they did NOT want Tom to be a part of for several reasons. For one - he was NOT Italian. Therefore, he could never be made an actual mafia member. No matter how close he was to the Corleone family, he could never be involved in and know EVERYTHING that was going on. For two...he was NOT a wartime consigliere. Tom was strictly and always about business and the best interest of the family. It was best to keep him from these thing.
@shibity2 ай бұрын
They talk to Michael about killing like he wasn't a decorated combat veteran. He's seen more death than they could ever imagine.
@QuietClean2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I think combat is different than murder, but the guy's a Marine. I doubt he's all that squeamish.
@shibity2 ай бұрын
@@QuietClean it is, but it's also not as different as you think.
@QuietClean2 ай бұрын
@@shibity I wouldn't know. I hope I never do.
@cactusmann55422 ай бұрын
Well, lore wise I heard he served in the Pacific theater, meaning banzai charges, traps, foxholes and CQB. Implying he'd definitely had seen shit.
@williamwilson64992 ай бұрын
You didn’t pay attention to the dialogue.
@frankmacs93792 ай бұрын
Such a clever scene. The camera slowly zooms in on Michael, to exclude everyone else, showcasing the emergence of a new leader. The King is dead. Long live the King.
@markuswx13222 ай бұрын
And for the first time, that bruised face makes him look like a criminal punk. At that point you know he’ll be a made man. Vito’s dreams of going legitimate and having his son become president are down the drain. Here again we find fiction straining reality. None of the Sicilian mobsters ever rose beyond their thuggish roots. ‘Big Paulie’ Castellano (incidentally related to Richard Castellano) tried to run things quietly, like a business manager, but never was able to carry it off before getting rubbed out by the flamboyant John Gotti.
@GREGWATSON-lc8cc2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@johnjim67932 ай бұрын
Also notice how he is already seated in his father's arm chair in the middle of the room.
@frankmacs93792 ай бұрын
@@johnjim6793 the attention to detail is excellent
@parrker15912 ай бұрын
though the Don ain't dead yet at that point lol
@ricardocastillo54852 ай бұрын
Love Clemenza's cave, old paint cans, pipes, tools, beer bottle, picture of a Catholic saint hanging next to pinups of girls.
@7thsonofa7thson802 ай бұрын
Reminds me of my basement. Ìts old school. Big wooden workbe ch. Tools on hooks, dusty,exposed pipes. I have a nice work area in the barn too.
@alguienconunvideojuego46062 ай бұрын
Based
@sontodosnarcos2 ай бұрын
Looks very much like my basement at home. Love it that way too.
@sashaswan-nq1ov2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, will have a look to see the surroundings this time
@josephpadula22832 ай бұрын
Not authentic ! It has to have the metal lids of glass jars Fastened to the basement ceiling or joist . Then the glass jars are filled with nails , nuts and bolts you can see all the time ……
@UnoUrong2 ай бұрын
The actors, the pace, the texture, the music, the dialog, direction, the story...and history. If anyone here hasn't seen that movie. You are missing something. Cheers all!!!
@ihussain9992 ай бұрын
The scenes in this film are so friggin real, You know you almost forget you’re watching a film, with actors and lighting and make up and a sound stage etc etc
@DanielDonovan-s9u2 ай бұрын
one of the greatest films of all time.
@sofnajiАй бұрын
THE greatest film of all time.
@erichodge56724 күн бұрын
Yeah, many, many great films have been made since the beginning of the movies, but I can say without fear of contradiction that there is none better than "The Godfather". I've watched it ninety times now, and it never fails to amaze me.
@Prodrian21 күн бұрын
Honestly I've low-key never seen a movie better than this. The characters, the plot, the change of the protagonist, the music score, the opening, the ending, cinematography , camera action, the inspiration that this movie gave. Maybe Interstellar or Dune 2 could come close to this in my opinion but I don't think any movie is beating this
@bronxbomerpito7286Ай бұрын
one of my favorite scenes in all of Cinema history. Pacino transforms from Michael college kid to the Don Corleone physically emotionally we see it happening instantly it's amazing.
@johnjim67932 ай бұрын
Without a doubt, The Godfather I and II have the greatest ensemble of actors and actresses in all of movie history. Every move, every line, every interaction is just pitch-perfect. It's been more than 50 years now, but the movie is a fresh as if it had come out yesterday.
@qqw743Ай бұрын
Actors, yes. Actresses, no.
@johnjim6793Ай бұрын
@@qqw743 Diane Keaton is absolutely superb. Talia Shire and Simonetta Stefanelli are also perfectly cast, although in minor roles. Godfather III is a different story, especially Talia Shire and Sofia Coppola, but that's why I wrote Godfather I and II.
@erichodge56721 күн бұрын
@@johnjim6793 , I totally agree about Diane Keaton. I think her work in "The Godfather" is the best thing she ever did, with the possible exception of "Annie Hall".
@justme83402 ай бұрын
Sonny talking down to Mike about how he didn’t know what it was like to kill close up. Sonny’s ignorance of brutality of the war in the pacific.
@brainflash12 ай бұрын
Did Mike ever kill anyone face to face while he was in the army?
@kayleb-oo1ro2 ай бұрын
@@brainflash1 im asuming theres was war going on in those times yes? then theres 50 change that he did..
@justme83402 ай бұрын
@@brainflash1 I don’t recall either the book or the movie specifically articulating that he did, but Clemenza’s line to Michael “You know, Mike, we was all proud of you being a hero and all. Your father too.” leads me to believe that Puzzo wanted the reader to understand that Michael wasn’t to be trifled with. As tough as a Mafioso may believe themselves to be, they hadn’t survived the harsh brutality of a determined foe such as the Japanese soldiers of WW2. I imagine US combat veterans still alive in the 1970’s could well understand the significance of underestimating such men. I know I’m making assumptions, but in the 1970’s WW2 and Korea as well as Vietnam veterans were in their prime and there were still thousands of WW1 combat veterans like grandfather who were living their lives fully.
@Cordman12212 ай бұрын
@justme8340 yeah absolutely. Sonny telling an ex infantry officer about the brutality of killing may be more a sop to the audience than Sonny condensing to Michael. Telling a dude who had lived through Iwo Jima or Okinawa about the brutality of killing would be so stupid it leads me to believe that Sonny has never actually killed anyone, at any point.
@johnwilbanks38852 ай бұрын
@@brainflash1Marines, not Army.
@rmh7022 ай бұрын
Robert Duvall is divine..
@TedsterslabАй бұрын
I like how calm Clamenza is even when he realize it is them vs all the other families. He is so confident in the strength of the Corleone empire
@leoperidot4822 ай бұрын
The way Pete jokes and mentors Michael, you knew right away it wasn't him who betrayed Michael, but Tessio.
@PeterT-i1w2 ай бұрын
Even for Tessio, it was just business, not personal. He made the smart move.
@leoperidot4822 ай бұрын
@@PeterT-i1w The only time insurrection is legal....IF YOU WIN. Tessio lost.
@jondstewart2 ай бұрын
@@leoperidot482 Tessio stayed quiet at the meeting. He was probably already under Don Barzini then.
@michaelparra21342 ай бұрын
@@jondstewartI dont think so. Tessio would tell to Barzini about Michael's plan.
@Somebody374-bv8cd2 ай бұрын
@@jondstewart Tessio was loyal to vito and only vito, he would not have betrayed vito while he was alive. From the 2nd movie you can see he does trust and value vito as a leader long before they "made it" as a family, so to speak. However he didn't think Micheal was going to be as good of a leader his father was, so that was why he betrayed him. Like he said at the end: "Tell Micheal it was strictly business. I always liked him."
@tylergagnon16132 ай бұрын
I love how Michael is the only one sitting, and when Tom sits it’s right behind him. It looks like he is already the boss and is commanding his underlings to do his bidding.
@judithmandt2881Ай бұрын
Robert Duvall: Always perfect in every role .
@Grimba862 ай бұрын
Sonny: "What about this McCluskey, what do we do with this cop?" Michael: "Whoever says he was one!"
@MantisFootball2 ай бұрын
"It's your tree, Solozzo. You're sittin in it."
@DutchKidRanger2 ай бұрын
NOW WAIT A MINUTE!
@LordMarps2 ай бұрын
Hey, Rocco… chute dis pizza chit
@jondstewart2 ай бұрын
@@Grimba86 McCluskey being executed didn’t solve their problems and neither did Solozzo. Barzini knew it and knew they’d have the guts to do it. That’s what he’d do if he was in the same situation!
@Hammi4Real2 ай бұрын
"Maybe he can hand himself one of them first class tickets to the Resurrection." "Come on, Mikey."
@MisterMiller2 ай бұрын
Castellano's Clemenza was so, so good.
@ndumisongcobo33192 ай бұрын
It's the love between Sonny and Mike that stands out the most no envy just respect amongst two siblings
@enjoyingmyvodka10132 ай бұрын
True I loved their relationship
@mockingbird806Ай бұрын
Yes, Michael seems detached but he was deeply sensitive, he loved his family.
@blanco-sanchez4502 күн бұрын
A united front, a unit.
@jasoncaulkin98302 ай бұрын
No one realises, except Tom, when Michael calmly explains how he would do it, shows he is ready to take over as head of the family as Sonny is too hotheaded.
@DollaritaSteve2 ай бұрын
In the books, they elaborate on Sonny’s reaction which is a little different than maybe it comes across here. He actually does think Michael is for real, which James Caan conveys perfectly; he’s serious and only starts laughing with the others to go along but he at least initially is like oh so he is a real Corleone.
@halissahin308425 күн бұрын
Michael's army days are so ignored by everyone, even his family and his enemies. He might have PTSD. He has seen blood and carnage more than anyone in that room.
@pookiesationruiz65652 ай бұрын
They always make it seem like michael can't do it, as if he ain't a ww2 veteran.
@napoleonsolo5929Ай бұрын
And a Marine on top of that.
@achillesdinamita33882 ай бұрын
In this movie Mike is a Marine, He knows what he's talking about.
2 ай бұрын
But acts like a college kid and nothing like a marine captain vet that fought 2 campaigns.
@ameennasar25836 күн бұрын
Literally the "Appear strong when you're weak, appear weak when you're strong tactic"
@toddm95012 ай бұрын
My #1 movie of all time. Actors, writing, plot, scenery, music score, etc. My 2nd favorite movie of all time...... The Godfather II.
@SerbianSabre12 ай бұрын
Clemenza: "Alright, you've shot them both. Now what do you do?" Michael: "Sit down, finish my dinner." Clemenza: O_O
@homermalaluan86802 ай бұрын
Clemenza laughed, not because the idea is funny, but because he saw the young Vito to Mike.
@vsemprivetАй бұрын
Great comment
@davembogo7031Ай бұрын
Clemenza: Ok, you shot them both, what you gonna do? Mike: sit down, finish my dinner. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@afonsovieira32642 ай бұрын
It is always the quiet ones... who are real dangerous!
@bryanglass58182 ай бұрын
The last time Sonny and Michael saw each other alive.
@phx4closureman2 ай бұрын
that scene comes later.....
@klepetar2 ай бұрын
ooh... you're right.. didn't think of that..!!
@elgamerpenca2 ай бұрын
No it wasn't 🙂↔️
@stephenfoskett4633Ай бұрын
They did after filming that scene !
@yogeshatrey19012 ай бұрын
The performances are incredible
@joemckim11832 ай бұрын
This is when Michael made his bones.
@XenojinX2 ай бұрын
He made his bones in the war
@joemckim11832 ай бұрын
@@XenojinX That's when he was shooting them from a mile away, now he has to worry about getting their brains all over his nice ivy league suit.
@XenojinX2 ай бұрын
@@joemckim1183 indeed. It’s not personal. Strictly business
@jondstewart2 ай бұрын
@@joemckim1183 yet Moe Greene thinks he’s made no bones and just a simple practical joke at the meeting Michael makes straightforward negotiations on.
@lukedaniell2 ай бұрын
0:24 baddabeep baddabap baddaboop baddabeep
@UnicysisАй бұрын
Imagine having that as a ringtone or a message alert instead of a hooky Drake one
@danielklier2506Ай бұрын
Ad lib? I love it!
@danielklier2506Ай бұрын
Might be James Caan’s best scene in my favorite move of all time.
@wolfie8748Ай бұрын
@@danielklier2506 such a great actor
@Jeremy-p1x2 ай бұрын
Sonny proved he wasn’t fit to lead the family, and Michael came up with the plan to prove HE was fit to lead the family, all in the same scene. Masterful.
@mikecotto11672 ай бұрын
It occurred to me when I saw this scene a few years ago that when Clemenza mentions that the last Great War happened 10 years prior, he was talking about the Olive Oil war which was when Vito emerged from that war as the “Boss of Bosses” and solidified the Corleone family at the top of the Underworld.
@sammencia79452 ай бұрын
2:37 "Let's set the meeting." Camera slow zooms in as Mike descends into power and evil, moves frame from all to just him. Absolute cinematic perfection.
@Metallirocks2 ай бұрын
Its not personal Sonny, its strictly business. - The beginning of the Don.
@Sketchcook812 ай бұрын
To me, this was the best of the Godfather films. Michael's transition in this movie was just damn good writing.
@chriscuzzin59952 ай бұрын
This is when a monster was created Shouldn’t have tried to kill his father .
@ardibetrayal34932 ай бұрын
Solozo didn't have many choice he was pyaraia or whatever if it goes smooth it Will sail smooth but if Don Corleone refuse he Will be stand in front of firing squad typewriter xD
@Christstuffer2 ай бұрын
Sonny makes WW2 sound like a video game
@marioscafroglia2 ай бұрын
James Caan play italian guappo perfectly
@TheRealKingKevin24 күн бұрын
I don’t care what anybody says, Mike took that personal
@thomasbrown33562 ай бұрын
Sonny lectures Mike about getting personal, yet their enemies knew how to get Sonny to take things personal, by his reputation, only to set him up, for the hit.
@nosuchthing8Ай бұрын
All their slight character flaws led to disaster. Tom, hotheaded. Froso, not a deep thinker.
@VonRyansExpress-v3rАй бұрын
What an extraordinary movie this was/is . . . Superb casting, acting, directing and script writing . . . It will never be bettered
@erichodge56721 күн бұрын
@@VonRyansExpress-v3r , it will never be bettered because it's a miracle it got made in the first place. The studio didn't want Brando; he was washed-up and too risky. The studio wanted Ryan O'Neal (wtf!) instead of Pacino, who was almost fired several times; the studio didn't want to pay to film in Italy for the whole Sicily sequence, which gives the movie so much of its classic ambience; and on, and on. Coppola fought like a lion to get that movie made.
@VonRyansExpress-v3r21 күн бұрын
@erichodge567 wow, the man had vision and created something great to the benefit of art and cinema audiences everywhere . . .
@CrusadiaIX2 ай бұрын
Playing through this scene with two friends for a drama class exam is one of my fondest high school memories
@danklord4315Ай бұрын
The way Pete says that everyone was proud of him being a hero, makes sounds past tense as if to say that man is dead and whatever is standing in front of him now is ghost of someone
@Deephouse_Gent662 ай бұрын
The turning point of the series. Excellent scripting.
@oldschoolrulerАй бұрын
For me, it was when Michael came back from Sicily, got out of the limo with his black Homburg, cashmere overcoat and stood there looking at Kay. She froze, like we all did...no question, he was "THE MAN". The transformation was complete.
@Deephouse_Gent66Ай бұрын
@@oldschoolruler - That was iconic!
@michaelmirraministry8834Ай бұрын
This is great acting. I like when Sonny intensely listened to Michael's proposal but only laughed when the others laughed.
@MrPaulDewdney2 ай бұрын
This scene is a thing of epic cinematic beauty
@r2x2629 күн бұрын
Just watch this again after so many years it was so great
@babamalik90592 ай бұрын
It is difficult to decide what was more fascinating, the novel or the movie.
@Shintigercurl2 ай бұрын
sonny had vito's drive to be don but it's micheal who had vito's brain.
@joshuabrooks49072 ай бұрын
It's kinda sad knowing that most of the actors and actresses from this classic movie are no longer with us.
@TheRealHerbaSchmurba2 ай бұрын
1:51 Lol Sonny got Tom FUCKED up 😂
@ArchStanton-xx6sj2 ай бұрын
I never noticed that before sonny said about it being personal, I've written and told people that is the biggest flaw in the film, because the book has Vito telling michael everything in life is personal. And that is probably one of the most important things to remember
@jewdavid56272 ай бұрын
Does that mean if your Grandma slaps you across the face that you should put a bullet in her head the next day? Because everything's personal.
@robertparker62802 ай бұрын
The craziest thing is, the other 5 families knew the Corleone family was becoming weak, and taking out the Don could of been the right move. Cause Sonny was a hot head, and Fredo was a push over. But they didn't expect the last son, Michael.
@AnhLe-uc3nz8 сағат бұрын
I think this is one of the most valuable lessons I learn from the book, nothing is pure business, everything is a mixture of both
@crazymike7599Ай бұрын
6:10 thats 100% uncle clem talking to mike
@cyrusoverland84612 ай бұрын
They laugh at him but Michael was a decorated WW 2 combat Marine officer with a Purple Heart. They really overlooked this in the script. By right he was already a bad ass.
@theveganpudge2 ай бұрын
Sony acussing Micke with Thom for taking it very very personal as if he didnt want to do the same 2 mins ago is just hilarious 😂 what a masterpiece of movie
@axelgoffi10182 ай бұрын
They both plan a reaction because they know not doing anything means seeing their power reduced, but Sonny is too emotional and scared to ever dare to think outside the rules: he'd rather go to war and risk it all, and put a lot of people in danger, but he won't go against the power structure as a whole because he's afraid of moving outside the rules. Michael on the other hand doesn't have a reverence for the rules a made man would have, but does understand diplomacy, and suggests a calculated risk that would eradicate the problem without repercussions. That's why he emerges as the new leader, because he knows the rules, but thinks outside the box for the better outcome
@aqnp3 күн бұрын
The Tom Hagen look after Michael speech it's brillant!
@oielvertАй бұрын
Sonny wants to wage war for personal reasons, Tom convinces him that it has to be strictly business or they all die. It's basically choosing between winning the beef or appeasing in order to avoid a lethal threat. Michael comes up with pretending to appease in order to remove the most immediate threat. It's not vengeance, since the plan is still not addressing Tattaglia's involvement, but it buys Vito safety from Solozzo. Sonny points out that the risk outweighs the gain but Michael claims they can minimize the risk by airing out the police captain's dirty laundry. The question remains. Was it personal or strictly business? I'd say it was personal while still taking care of business. That's why both Tom and Sonny end up agreeing.
@BobInKC12 ай бұрын
The meeting in the office may be the best scene in any movie.
@xxyanlixxАй бұрын
"Sit down, finish my dinner." lmao Like how Michael still has a sense of humor in such a tense situation.
@wilsonbelle66002 ай бұрын
EVERYTHING is personal.
@douglasblackwell63792 ай бұрын
He NEVER said “it’s personal”. He said the opposite.
@Hometownhero6969Ай бұрын
This scene got me into filmmaking.
@marcosc73752 ай бұрын
Throughout the whole movie Michael always believed in Clemenza…even when Sonny thought he was behind Vito’s assasination attempt. This last scene of Michael and Clemenza just tells you the true love he had for him…unlike Tessio. Also in the movie…it was Tessios men who was supposed to have been at the hospital guarding Vito.
@Anoopodlme2 ай бұрын
This scene shows why tom hagen was not a wartime consiglierie. He was simply too careful.
@cjdayne30332 ай бұрын
I do love how the corleone family itself loves each other. Sonny could have a whole massive empire at his fingers but would do anything for his father to make a 100% recovery and take back control of everything.
@Shyam-ku4kn12 күн бұрын
Dada, we are not criminals. This is not about crime. Criminals are irrelevant.
@johnzeszut31702 ай бұрын
"Tom, Sunny - they stole the cannolis - and that I do not forgive."
@williamca70672 ай бұрын
Just a classic scene all around … you can say that Mike was going to be the new Godfather
@erichodge56724 күн бұрын
Every scene in this movie is brilliant, but especially this one.
@liujay16702 ай бұрын
The header should be: "it's not personal, it's strictly business."
@dougl35692 ай бұрын
Tom accepted the better battle plan of Mike’s. Sonny’s war would’ve just been attrition on both sides.
@jondstewart2 ай бұрын
Sometimes I wonder when Tessio was at the meetings that he went to Don Barzini afterwards and told him the news. It wouldn’t affect Barzini’s operation at all, Solozzo and Tattalgia were used as pawns by him, anyway. Something tells me Tessio was used as a mole by Barzini from the beginning. Look at how he just stands in the back and calmly listens. Yes, I know about him with the plan to plant the gun and Michael assassinating the Captain and Solozzo. Tessio and Barzini knew this wouldn’t affect the plans for the narcotics business to move ahead and Barzini’s empire to expand. When Vito died, Tessio played his last card inviting Michael to a meeting to let Michael be assassinated. And his last card didn’t complete the game.
@Fan_Made_Videos2 ай бұрын
Go before that scene when Mikey goes to the hospital to visit Pop. It was Tessio's men who were all rounded up up by McClusky's men. I don't think that it was a coincidence.
@mrwoods122 ай бұрын
In the book he didn't turn until close to Vito corleone death.
@davidmellish32952 ай бұрын
Not even close my friend, you really should read the book and that will tell you that Tessio doesn't change sides until Mike's running the family, he just doesn't think Mike will win, he'd never ever in a million years betray Vito, his Godfather. He was 10000000000% loyal at this point
@Fan_Made_Videos2 ай бұрын
@davidmellish3295 I read the book many times. The movie is not a 100% adaptation, and Tessio in the movie has a colder relationship with Michael than Clemenza, who treats Mike like a loving nephew.
@davidmellish32952 ай бұрын
@@Fan_Made_Videos well if you've read the book you fully aware that Tessio doesn't turn until Mike's in charge, the film is an adaptation of the book because you can't make a 2 hr (or whatever it is) movie of the book, to do it really accurately it would go on for hours. That doesn't mean they have made any major changes, as they haven't they just haven't been able to show every little detail of the book. So what if he isn't as friendly, they haven't changed the character of Tessio to be disloyal to his Don way before he actually turned. He was always loyal to Don Vito. As you've read the book you know all this, so why make stupid statements like, Tessio is already on Barrzini payroll?
@mrskinszszsАй бұрын
They underestimated Michael as an Ivy League student, instead of a veteran that had just seen combat.
@rjm7892 ай бұрын
Tom knew not to laugh after Michael laid out his plan…
@PangurBan-l1s2 ай бұрын
All the God father films were good , in my opinion this one was the best. I have the full box set I just love it.
@dmarcellusАй бұрын
Starting at 2:02 in the video. I've always thought this was a flaw in the movie. Sal Tessio is clearly in the corner watching and listening to the plan for the assassination (restaurant scene). Given that he was the traitor, you'd have thought that he'd have helped Solozzo. I mean afterall, he'd already betrayed the family and was committed to their downfall. Made no sense to me that he was in this scene to hear the plan.
@wickedwitchoftheeast88Ай бұрын
I'm guessing Tessio saw that as a win for him maybe there was a some gain in it for him.
@oldschoolrulerАй бұрын
I don't think Barzini approached Tessio until Solozzo and the captain were killed. When Michael took over, and they felt his leadership was questionable, Barzini and Tessio saw an opening, not realizing Michael was smarter, more ruthless and had the benefit of his father advising him. Critical mistake for the both of them. After observing this meeting, you'd think Tessio would know better... and he was supposed to be the smart one, damn.
@DaveReece-u4bАй бұрын
He didn’t turn on the family until years after this took place and it looked like the family was weak and losing.
@250PantsАй бұрын
Tom Hagan’s (Robert Duvall) acting is incredible. His expressions are so real you can tell he’s fully immersed in the character. I pick him hands down over the already excellent performances of James Caan (Sonny) and Al Pacino. All three were nominated that year but Robert Duvall should’ve come on top
@erichodge56724 күн бұрын
1:00 "Well then business will have to suffa..." The writing in this movie is without equal.
@junmiyamasu3237Ай бұрын
Thank God the enemy didn’t thoroughly check that restaurant before meeting Michael
@M01eFANatic792 ай бұрын
Michael knew what he was getting into. He just didn't know that there was no way out. As soon as he picked up that bottle, he could never put it back down.
@troycarpenter36752 ай бұрын
I met my girlfriend and we literally couldn’t watch a movie for over a year. Man what a problem to have. She was crazy you know, but this movie came on and we stayed staring at the screen. I’m telling you
@lawrencelewis25922 ай бұрын
It's interesting how Sonny thinks of Michael as a college kid when he is a decorated veteran of the war. I've seen in an outtake where Michael is on the cover of Life magazine for his heroism. I think that was from 1979 when they showed "The Godfather Saga" in chronological order with outtakes.
@jimmieyoung48652 ай бұрын
Michael looks like Dustin Hoffman in these scenes to contrast with who Michael becomes after the restaurant according to Pacino on Conan's podcast.
@Ted-NJАй бұрын
@5:53 Dead on import point what Clemenza says about stopping them at the beginning. You cannot appease bullys.
@Jeremy-y1tАй бұрын
Britain and France caused Stalin to invade Poland in 1939.
@paulgerber67232 ай бұрын
The greatest film of all time
@AlvaroJimenez-h6mАй бұрын
3:50 Tom this is business & and this man is taking it very personal
@jeovanneramos5066Күн бұрын
It’s not personal it’s strictly business! - Michael Corleone
@jamesdc95952 ай бұрын
Michael has a Silver Star, a Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart on top of a field commission from the Pacific but they doubt his resolve under fire, as if anything that’s come out of NYC could rival Guadalcanal, Iwo, or the Philippines 😂
@dineshdharam81392 ай бұрын
Why do I always keep reminding myself that Peter Clemenza HAS to be THE most popular & favorite character in the entire series???
@jmssun2 ай бұрын
4:20 “It’s as cold as they come” just after Mike laid out the coldest business plan
@spidlenexor2 ай бұрын
thats actually one of the climactic phrases in the book, it says something like "at the end, everything IS personal" pointing the hypocrisy of the entire thing
@ryanburns6284Ай бұрын
Vengeance comes in many different colours .
@wcg198912 ай бұрын
Michael is the main character and has a deadly calm about him that is truly intimidating But hotheaded Sonny is hilarious.