Overview
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
By now you’ve probably seen the rating. Yes, that’s right – I’ve given what is widely regarded as the best sequal of all time a “7”.
This movie had very little of what made the first movie so good. In my book the most interesting part of the first Godfather was the transformation of Michael Corleone from pacifist to head of the family. “2” featured the difficulty of both running the family and trying to legitimize their business. The result, from my perspective, was a mish-mosh. The movie never did have any flow. In fact, when it ended I almost fell off my chair. There were few high points in this movie the ending certainly wasn’t one of them.
The worst part of the movie were the flashbacks. I understand that part of the reason to visit Vito Corleone’s childhood and early life was to contrast his style of leadership with that of the heavy-handed Michael. Other than that, I really had no interest in seeing a 13 year old future mobster. The result was an already fragmented plot being torn apart that much more to take trips down memory lane (and a 2-disk movie to boot). It seems to me that a prequel would have made more sense. The only positive was that we got a break from Pacino’s constant brooding. Quite honestly, I’ve seen better Sopranos episodes.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Godfather: Part II
Movie title: The Godfather: Part II
Movie description: In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Date published: 2008-03-17
Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola
Actor(s): Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, John Cazale, Talia Shire, Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, G. D. Spradlin, Richard Bright, Francesca De Sapio, Oreste Baldini, Gastone Moschin, Giuseppe Sillato, Bruno Kirby, Frank Sivero, Morgana King, Marianna Hill, Leopoldo Trieste, Dominic Chianese, Fay Spain, Harry Dean Stanton, Danny Aiello, Roger Corman, William Bowers, James Caan, Tom Rosqui, Amerigo Tot, Troy Donahue, John Aprea, Joe Spinell, Abe Vigoda, Tere Livrano, Gianni Russo, Maria Carta, Mario Cotone, Carmine Caridi, Carmine Foresta, Kathleen Beller, Ivonne Coll, Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Sho Kosugi, James Gounaris, Nick Discenza, Joseph Medaglia, Joseph Della Sorte, Carmen Argenziano, Joe Lo Grippo, Ezio Flagello, Livio Giorgi, Saveria Mazzola, Tito Alba, Johnny Naranjo, Elda Maida, Salvatore Po, Ignazio Pappalardo, Andrea Maugeri, Peter LaCorte, Vincent Coppola, Peter Donat, Tom Dahlgren, Phil Feldman, Joe De Nicola, Edward Van Sickle, Gabriella Belloni, Venancia Grangerard, Erica Yohn, Gary Kurtz, Connie Mason, Frank Pesce, Victor Pujols Faneyte, Julie Gregg, Larry Guardino, Buck Houghton, Richard Matheson, John Megna, Jay Rasumny, Filomena Spagnuolo, Julian Voloshin, Italia Coppola
Genre: Drama, Crime
My Review
By now you’ve probably seen the rating. Yes, that’s right – I’ve given what is widely regarded as the best sequal of all time a “7”.
This movie had very little of what made the first movie so good. In my book the most interesting part of the first Godfather was the transformation of Michael Corleone from pacifist to head of the family. “2” featured the difficulty of both running the family and trying to legitimize their business. The result, from my perspective, was a mish-mosh. The movie never did have any flow. In fact, when it ended I almost fell off my chair. There were few high points in this movie the ending certainly wasn’t one of them.
The worst part of the movie were the flashbacks. I understand that part of the reason to visit Vito Corleone’s childhood and early life was to contrast his style of leadership with that of the heavy-handed Michael. Other than that, I really had no interest in seeing a 13 year old future mobster. The result was an already fragmented plot being torn apart that much more to take trips down memory lane (and a 2-disk movie to boot). It seems to me that a prequel would have made more sense. The only positive was that we got a break from Pacino’s constant brooding. Quite honestly, I’ve seen better Sopranos episodes.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10