Tuesday, 5 August 2014

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather (1972) is a classic movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola that has been celebrated for over 20 years and continues to inspire new movies that has to do with the classic mafia orientated movie scheme .
The Godfather is a trilogy that is based on a crime family's dynasty in the United states after Vito Corleone (the Don) had to relocate because hi father stood up to a mafia boss back in Italy resulting in the death of all his relatives.

[spoilers]
Vito Corleone dies in the first movie thus passing on the rights to the family business to his eldest son Sonny, unfortunately his son Sonny after a distress call from his sister had to leave in a hurry thus not having enough time to bring bodyguards and was ambushed and shot to death by 5 gunmen.

After the death of Sonny, the family business was passed on to Vito's youngest son; Michael who is a celebrated WWII veteran , at first was reluctant to inherit the family business because he wanted to make an honest living. After the death of his eldest brother Sonny, his hatred for the five mafia families grew and he simultaneously ordered the murder of the five heads of the mafia families.

[My opinion]
the movie evokes a lot of emotions when it comes to family loyalty and is a great example of sacrifice for the family. The movie depicts a very realistic Italian family structure where the family comes first, before business and friends...

From watching the Godfather, one can take away a lot of life lessons and a different type of insight into how business operations must be run. It must be run in a n organized matter, where no matter what you do, it has to be done professionally if you would like it to succeed.

Rating
5/5


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