The Godfather Part 2 is EVEN BETTER THAN PART ONE!! | Canadians First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

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  @andrewjacksonbr · 4 years ago

  This movie highlights the differences between Vito and Michael beautifully; Vito at his core is a family man and Michael at his core is a soldier.

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• CJ

  @cjmars822 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I heard somewhere that Robert De Niro prepared for this role, not only by learning Italian, but by spending something like a year in a small Sicilian village so the accent and dialect would be correct for the character. So, yes, De Niro can speak Italian quite well.

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• UN

  @Unpainted_Huffhines · 4 years ago

  Micheal didn't bring in Pentangelli's brother as a threat, he brought him because he knew Frank could never bear the shame of breaking his oath of Omerta (silence) in front of his brother, because he looked up to him so much.

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• JO

  @joerafferty3248 · 3 years ago (edited)

  In my opinion, Al Pacino's performance between Godfather 1 and 2, showing Michael's change from a wet behind the ears WW2 veteran who originally wanted no part of the family business, to a ruthless Machiavellian Mafia boss who kills his own brother, is without a doubt the greatest character transformation I've ever seen put on film.

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• CA

  @catoblepag · 4 years ago

  As an italian, I can confirm: we say "mamma mia" all the time, it's not a cliché. 😂👍 It's as common as "wow" in the USA... spend a day in my country and you'll hear it one hundred times.

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• ZO

  @zooks527 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I think one thing you missed is that Vito was the one who was smart enough to figure out that Fanucci WASN&apos;T a Don, but rather a neighborhood thug who pretended to be hooked up (Vito&apos;s comment about the bookies he knew who didn&apos;t pay was the tip off). &nbsp;Had Fanucci actually been part of the Black Hand, Vito never would have survived killing him, especially after it became the start of his rise to prominence in the neighborhood. &nbsp;<br><br>Fanucci was running a con. &nbsp;After killing Fanucci, Vito ran a long game.

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• FR

  @frogofbrass382 · 4 years ago

  The actor who played Hyman Roth was Lee Strasberg, who was arguably the most influential acting teacher of the 20th century. &nbsp;He is considered the father of &quot;method acting&quot; and his students included Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, and countless others. &nbsp;He only acted in a handful of films, and Godfather 2 was his first film in 20 years.

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  @donotevenbegintocare · 4 years ago

  Fun fact, the screenplay was mostly written by Mario Puzo, who also wrote the Godfather. His first two movie scripts. He also wrote the Godfather novel before the movies.<br>Years later, he decided it wouldn&apos;t hurt to learn writing theory so he bought a well regarded book about how to be a good writer. He opens it and starts on the first chapter that deals with story structure. The first thing the book says is &quot;Story structure: Watch The Godfather&quot;

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• JU

  @judemiller · 9 months ago

  My understanding is that the Fredo ending was written partly because the audience cheered for Michael at the end of the first Godfather&apos;s premiere. They made the second ending more obviously evil because they worried that audiences would walk away with the wrong impression again. Michael&apos;s baptism into darkness at the end of The Godfather was meant to be tragic, not hype.

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  @willgenre · 4 years ago

  You didn&apos;t show it, but one of my favorite scenes in all of film lol idc what anyone says it&apos;s one of the most romantic things I&apos;ve seen... is when Vito returns home after being fired and rejecting the basket of food, with a single pear that he sits on the table, and his wife says &quot;what a nice pear!&quot; DeNiro smiles, removes his jacket. They sit to eat and he grabs her hand and they kiss. CHEF&apos;s KISS

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  @david1731048 · 4 years ago

  &quot;They&apos;re literally carving up Cuba&quot; <br><br>Wow. Impressive spot for a first time watch.

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  @lethaldose2000 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Apolonia building a life with Michael would have definitely suited Michael much more. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Since she was from Sicily she would understand the organized crime life much better and would stand by Michael like a woman in that position would do. Her death unfortunately robbed him of all of that. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Kay always wanted to change Michael to get him out of the criminal business, have him go legal, but Kay failed to see that legal businessmen and politicians were the most corrupt of all. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For that Apolonia would have understood Michael in a way Kay never could.

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