THE GODFATHER (1972) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

“Presidents and senators don’t have men killed.” Your expression says it all, brother.”

What people fail to see , is the most beautiful scene in the movie… After everything that Vito went through , getting shot , the attempt at the hospital… he died the most beautiful way.. an old man playing with his grand baby. It is poetic and beautifully bittersweet.

“Leave the gun, take the cannoli “, is to me, one of the greatest movie lines!

If you notice during the scene where Michael and the Baker are outside the hospital. When the baker tries to light his cigarette, his hands are shaking so Michael lights it for him. Michael looks at his own hands and they are not shaking. That's when he knows he can be in the family business.

Movie is the GOAT! RIP James Caan 🙏🏽✊🏽

Michael was supposed to be the one legit member of the Corleone clan. No one ever thought that he would be the new head of the family and take over the business. He turns out to be the coldest one out of all of them, including Vito. Brutal. And just wait til you see part two!

Jake, a special call out to you, and never give up! I know because I have two Cancer's myself. Since July 31st, 2013, at 11:15 am, when I got told the C word. Fight it every day, all day Jake. I'll mark my calendar a year from today, and come back to this reaction to say hello. Deal?

Say what you will about Brando and his work ethic, but that delivery. "I don't want his mother to see him this way" That hit way too hard

So at the heart of Godfather as a franchise is the battle for Michael's soul

Fun fact: Luca Brassi was practicing for real. His name is Lenny Montana. He was a wrestler and serious muscle for the Columbo family in NYC and never acted before. When he stands before Brando during the wedding, he was genuinely nervous and Brando kept making faces at him with post-it’s stuck to his forehead, which made him stammer and stutter. Lenny’s hire was part of the deal with the Columbos’ if Coppola wanted to film in NCY.😎

The horse head scene is significant. It shows how Vito Corleone operates. He delivered a message without needing to directly harm Woltz. If Corleone can manage to get past his security and housekeeping staff, have the horse killed AND decapitated, and also have the horse head placed in Woltz's bed while he's knocked out, Woltz is not safe anywhere at any time. How did Corleone know this would work? Woltz showed his weakness by showing off the horse to Tom Hagen. You know Hagen had to report back to Corleone and his report will include Woltz's prized horse. This kind of thing, spotting your enemy's weakness and using it against them, comes up multiple times in the Godfather movies. It's like a chess game.

"That's duct tape. That ain't special tape. That is duct tape. We use that for everything." Genuinely made me laugh out loud.

RIP Marlon Brando, James Caan, etc

The horse head in the bed is real they switched it with the fake one to shock the actor and it worked, his scream is real.

30:28 - Man, between what happened to Sonny and what Kathy Bates did to him in 'Misery'...James Caan has been through A LOT. Rest in Peace, Mr. Caan.

"Johnny Fontaine" is, of course, Frank Sinatra, and the movie he wanted to be in so badly was "From Here to Eternity". Mario Puzo, who wrote the novel "The Godfather", was trying to capitalize on all the rumors about Sinatra and the Mob, and so created "Johnny" as a very thin fictionalization of Frank. (Turned out to be the least interesting part of the movie, lol.) Also, "Moe Green", the casino owner in glasses, is supposed to be Bugsy Siegel. I wish there was more of him here!

Coppola views the first two Godfather films as a single movie, that's why he called the second Part II. He sees the third movie as a kind of epilogue, but the first two are the meat of the story, and together, they form a near perfect motion picture saga.

Prayers for Jake ❤️

Fun fact from the book this was based on: the moment Apollonia trips and Michael steadys her? It's noted that her mother (who is following behind) is amused because she knows her daughter has excellent balance; Apollonia deliberately tripped so Michael had an "innocent" reason to touch her.

Everyone seems to underestimate Michael. At the beginning of the movie, Michael had just returned from serving in the Marines where he earned a Navy cross (just one step below the Medal of Honor) for combat against the Japanese. When the other cop says Michael's a 'war hero' it's because he had been featured on the cover of Life magazine for his actions.