The Godfather Movie

Any lover of film will almost invariably link this quote by Don Corleone to The Godfather (1972). Even an eight-year-old me could identify the name of the film, even though I had not yet been able to enjoy the masterpiece. I vaguely knew what the film was about: violence, crime, something about family and business, and mafioso culture. However, apart from the most iconic scenes, I probably would not have been able to watch a clip and decisively state, “Oh, I know this movie—isn’t it like called The Godfather or something, right?” Up until this movie, I had never actually seen any R-rated movie in theaters anywhere. I had only seen a few at home when my parents slipped on their somewhat natural overprotectiveness. In retrospect, I feel as though I had been extremely sheltered, at least in terms of where film is concerned. I probably would have stayed that way, too, if it had not been for my then teenage cousin. Going through a somewhat rebellious phase, the then fifteen-year-old had a soft spot for classics. We were then in the middle of summer break, and he was claiming how he and his friends had crept into an old theater to view watch an R-rated movie two or so weeks before. I believe it was Psycho, but I am not sure. Either way, I would have been remiss had I not felt a slight sense of skepticism, so I tried to convince him to let me tag …show more content…
For example, I am reasonably sure I completely missed the secondary plot of the malevolent Carlo abusing his wife Connie and being punished by his brother-in-law Sonny. The complexity of the film and its characters threw me off. My younger brain simply struggled somewhat to keep track of everything that was happening on the big screen in front of us. It was not until I was able to rewatch the film a few years later that I realized how much I had missed out on the first time and the film was a dozen times better, if that is even