Citizen Kane keeps topping that AFI Best Movies List, but they're wrong. How can an opinion be wrong? Because I say so! Certain things just aren't subjective. The following universal axioms support this:
Batman > Superman
Prince > Michael Jackson
Red gummi bears > all other gummi bears
Brooklyn > Manhattan
Bill Gates > The Pope
Another fact to add to that list is the fact that taken together, The Godfather and The Godfather II are the pinnacle of American filmmaking to date. The story of Michael Corleone is not just a Mafioso tale; it’s a uniquely American story of moral corruption.
The movie was made during a time when the American consciousness was going through a real awakening. People were no longer just accepting things they were told. Cynicism and anger towards the government, the economy, our social norms and values was on the rise. The Godfather stands as a perfect metaphor about how many had begun to see America and the much hallowed American Dream.
One of my favorite bits of dialogue from The Godfather is this:
Michael: My father is no different from any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or a senator.
Kay: Do you know how naïve you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don’t have men killed!
Michael: Oh. Who’s being naïve, Kay?
More later…
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