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Great Reaction dude! Just so you know Welles did come out years later and said his only regret was the way he treated the real woman that Susan was based on, the actress Marilyn Davis. Who by all accounts was nothing like Susan. In fact she took to selling her jewellery to help bail out Hearst’s financial troubles at the end. However it is worth mentioning that Mr. Hearst did not marry his mistress as we see Kane do in Welles’s film. In a scene from a film about the making of citizen Kane where Mr Hearst and Marilyn Davis watch Kane for the first time, Davis makes the comment sarcastically, “Well at least Kane marries her in the movie.” Do consider that the real Hearst was one of the most powerful men in the world at one time during a pre internet and television era when newspapers were the main way people around the world got their news. As such the spin he chose to put on a story was often be the first and last word on any subject his papers covered. If Hearst wanted to destroy some ones character it was an easy thing to do, like shooting fish in a barrel. He ruined a lot of peoples lives, he was known as a petty tyrant, he even attacked Welles when he was directing theatre in NY well before he came to Hollywood so Welles had good reason to stick it to the man. Hearst was based near Hollywood and was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, if you were an actor or director or anything in the entertainment industry Hearst could make or break you, often depending on the respect you showed him. Excepting or declining an invitation to a Hearst party or event, and he had plenty, was a career decision because he had the ear of the nation. If he didn’t like you it was the kiss of death to your career. Welles attended many Hearst parties when he got to Hollywood and saw this dynamic in action first hand. Welles was the new hot young talent in town and eventually set his sights on Mr. Hearst as the subject of his first film. Pretty ballsy thing to do. Most of Hearst’s friends new that Rosebud was Hearst’s pet name for Marilyn’s private parts. So it was an obvious way for Welles to embarrass and offend him. Welles was a very anti establishment young man and making Kane showed a very punk like ethos. Sadly many people believe he went to far and ruined his career by offending Hearst. Ironically it’s his film Citizen Kane that’s remembered way beyond Hearst the man. So even though he threw Marilyn under the bus to some extent I cut him a little slack based on the circumstances and the wonderful work of art he created.

I warn you the characters portrayed in the book are not as noble as they are in the movie including Don Corleone. For instance, when you read about Luca Brasi's background you will think he got off lightly!

My other comment was too long so I’ll answer your question here: Michael didn’t lie to Kay about Carlo. He never mixes personal and business. So he told Kay ‘’you’re allowed to ask me one question about my affairs’’, she asked if he killed Carlo, he said ‘’no’’. Which was true. *he* didnt kill Carlo, Clemenza did. Clemenza was also Sonny’s godfather, so it hurt him extra, also the killing of Carlo wasn’t business, it was personal. He said that she can ask about affairs, he never said personal, so technically he didnt lie.

Kay knew what she was getting into if she married Michael, she may not have understood the severity of it or the ins and outs that we’ve seen, but she knew there was danger, and that was more than enough information, so whether or not Michael took over the family as the new Godfather, Kay would of still have to watch her back, as Michael would still be in danger as the son of Vito. If Sonny had taken over instead, he still would of had to watch his back. So what Kay should of done is not marry Michael period. I understand her fear and concerns but making the Corleone family legit wasn’t going to happen, especially not in that time frame. He told her 5 years, in those 5 years she has Anthony and then eventually 7 years passed and she had Mary and was pregnant again which she aborted. When she saw he didn’t keep his promise she should of left and she didn’t. If anything as an ultimatum. Michael didn’t want to take over, at all. He was the only one left. Sonny was dead, he was only acting head because he was the oldest and Vito didn’t want Michael in the business. Fredo was the middle brother but passed over for being weak and Michael was the only left as obviously the couldn’t give it to Connie. Michael didn’t want it remember? I would of loved to see a version where Connie becomes ‘’La Madrina’’ (the godmother) but she in the movie is kinda like a mix of sonny and fredo.

Michael never really loved Kay. He needed her to bare his children and provide a sense of family and normalcy. Part 2 will really make things so much plainer.

You need to watch part 2 as soon as possible It will blow you away.

I love your commentary -- you're so funny, not like you're trying to be, not at all -- but you just have a very charming and loving and youthful energy, it's infectious. I think the real moment of peripeteia -- the real moment when you sense the turning point in Michael's life and character -- is after his father has been shot and is in the hospital, and Michael discovers that his father is completely unprotected and being set up for a hit. Remember, Michael was not only a service veteran -- he was a decorated WAR veteran. He was IN World War II, and performed valiantly under fire and found his own incredible courage. That war changed men, made them come home much stronger, more capable and effective, in 1945 when this is set. So, back to the hospital -- Michael behaves as a skilled and capable SOLDIER -- no fear, no hesitation, immediately commandeers first the nurse, then the baker's son Ezio (I think is his name). He tells Ezio to pretend he's got a gun in his pocket, as the two of them stand out front of the hospital. The would-be assassins drive by and stop -- look at the two seemingly armed men, and drive off. Michael's gambit, his bluff, worked. With the car now gone, the baker's boy fumbles for a cigarette from his pocket, and tries to light it -- but he's trembling from the terror of what he's just experienced. Michael takes the lighter and calmly and masterfully lights Ezio's cigarette. You hear the MUSIC -- a sudden dissonant and ominous chord of clarinets and oboes. Michael looks at his own untrembling hand. BAM -- there it is -- he already IS the next Don. It is almost a feeling of doom. It's not going to be hot-headed Sonny -- it's not going to be weak and ineffectual Fredo. It's not going to be adopted and non-Sicilian Tom. It's Michael -- and I maintain that Michael has a presentiment of his fate in that one moment. And you're right about focusing on Kaye and that last moment -- wait until you watch it without pausing to speak. It's emotionally devastating. It's Shakespearian. Here, Puzo and Coppola and all those fine actors and technicians have woven a spell, a story, in which you see the humanity and even nobility in what you would normally consider to be some very unsavory characters -- an organized crime family. But they have your sympathy, because you are shown their code, and how the noblest among them really live up to it. The way you in your reactions were sort of glamorized and bewitched by their professionalism, that they were "dealing with their business". You almost forget, until that incredible last 15-20 minutes -- when Michael is standing godfather in Church and renouncing Satan and his works, even AS he is simultaneously performing Satan's work, and having all his rivals killed, in incredibly cold blood -- that this is a ruthless crime family whose dynamics you've been watching. He has his own brother-in-law executed for his part in Sonny's assassination. Then he comes home to Kaye and Connie bursts in, hysterical and enraged that he's killed her husband. Kaye becomes curious, of course, and asks, "did you have Connie's husband killed?" Michael at first insists, remember, Kaye, I told you NEVER to ask me about my business. But she persists. And he relents -- all right, I'll let you ask me just this ONE TIME about it. "Did you have him killed?" "NO." Kaye walks away, somewhat mollified. But then she sees this whole other world on the other side of that door, where he is being invested with the mantle of the Godfather's authority. Neery closes the door on her, as she looks on in stunned, confused silence. YES, YES, YES. THAT is where and when it hits you. Michael no longer has a moral compass at all. It is at this moment, at the end of the film, that Michael rises to the pinnacle of power within that criminal, corrupt world, at the same time as he begins to die inside. That's why the whole trilogy really IS Michael's TRAGEDY. And yes, lying to Kaye -- this so starkly underscores what just came before. He's no longer there. He's no longer in the world of the living. He has killed his conscience, and now we will see the inevitable decline of a Soul -- even as he gains more and more power. Part II of course is a MUST, and I think better than the original.

In the book, he was away in Sicily for 2 years and then back in New York for 1 so he hadn’t seen or spoken to Kay in 3 years. I feel like even if Michael went legit he’d still have to watch his back. So Kay would of been a mob wife regardless. Apollonia would of made a better mob wife. Also I’m pretty sure Vito didn’t approve of Kay since she wasn’t Sicilian and he didn’t approve of Carlo and he was half sicilian

Absolutely watch it again. It truly gets better with each viewing because you pick up on more details. It’s a great screenplay with great actors, great direction and a great score.

The Italians back in those days were pretty racist ... it comes out in the meetings among the heads. Even now folks like shock jock Anthony Cumia is.. You have to see part 2 for mike's transition... awesome part 2

You must see GFII--it's one of the few films where a sequel measures up to the original. Some say GFII actually surpasses GFI. Side note: from the book, Clemenza was Sonny's Godfather, so there was some heat in that scene in the car.

Your synopsis of Michael's relationship with Kay was dead on. Please do Part 2. Michael didn't have the same heart as Vito. He was a cold Don. Way more feared than loved.

Brando improve when dusting off Sollozzo's knee. It was such a perfect touch.

11:00 Throw it on the stoop, ie. the front steps!

24:00 That rigorous perhaps. Terrific reaction -- thanks!

entra acte is french for between acts of a play - like intermission.

Good reaction but why two parts? Other RUclipsrs dedicate one lengthy reaction to this great movie and when they make it a two-parter, they keep the delay short, not ten days...

AN even more important -especially today is 1960's INHERIT THE WIND a timeless and relevant classic of immense importance -it is about the advance of civilization and has incredible acting by SPENCER TRACY FREDERICK MARCH AND GENE KELLY some of the dialogue is taken directly from the trial trancsripts of the famous SCOPES TRIAL -highly highly acclaimed

I feel the same way about Brando's acting, the man just brings it

overthink much?

The black screen with somber background music played while the cinema lights were still on and people were settling into their seats. The intention was to put the viewer in the mood even before the movie started. The same happens during the Intermission.

I definitely know you’ll enjoy Part II. Also if you want to see magnetic acting, I recommend Dog Day Afternoon, it’s based on a true story but the way Al acts in it, I recommend it to anyone who wants to study acting.

I know you haven’t gotten to this point since it’s in pt 2 of your reaction but there’s this clip of 2 dogs fighting a cat and the cat jumps one of the dogs and pulls him off the bed and i said it reminds me of the scene when Carlo dies. Cat was like ‘’hello carlo’’’ lmao.

I’m so happy you finally got around to this one, it’s one of my faves. In the book, Vito thinks that Michael is gay until he loses his virginity at 17, which i found hilarious. He had no reason to think he was gay, it was just because he hadn’t had sex. Also, Luca is described as the only man that Vito fears because of his pure ruthlessness. The first scene with the man asking Vito to help him with his daughter’s attack actually starts out with the man and his wife in court seeing the men get off on what they did and because of that he seeks help from Vito so he did in fact go to the police and there was a trial, they get off because ‘’they were good boys with good and clean backgrounds from good families and had a good future ahead of them’’. Also on a sadder note in the book Apollonia was pregnant. I really do think if she hadn’t died, he would of taken her back to America, I really feel like he loved her more than he loved Kay and he only married Kay because Apollonia died.

Casablanca was located in unoccupied French territory. The Germans had no legal authority there...yet. France was divided between the German occupation zone (with a puppet government in Vichy) and the Free French in unoccupied territories with Charles de Gaulle running a "goverment in exile" from London. And...it's not Elsa...It's Ilsa. 😁

🤔😭☹

Movie perfection. Ordinary People is a must watch, 1980. Oscar for best picture, supporting actor, and director.

F...k knows!😮

Where's part 2??

This is a really stellar reaction to Jaws. It's my favourite movie, and you did a really good job. You got a new subscriber!

the book was the best. they should ve put everything in the book in the flick. like how they beat the guys who messed with the funeral mans daughter to almost near death and how waltz the movie director was into young girls etc

One of the many cool facts about this movie is that the actor who played Luca Brazi was an actual mob enforcer in NYC. The studio was getting nowhere with the movie until NYC crime boss Joe Colombo gave the OK. Colombo even had script approval. The producer and studio were in bed with the mafia big time. The actor who was slated to play Luca was unable to participate in the movie so the producers used Colombo enforcer and former pro wrestler Lenny Montana to play the part. The scene where he is rehearsing his lines for Don Corleone was the actual rehearsal Lenny was doing because he kept screwing it up.

The scene in front of the hospital is a defining moment to Michael. Enzo os shaking like a leaf and then Michael notices something. His hands aren’t shaking. What does mean? He realizes he was made for this 💩

"Are you allowed to call in sick in the Mafia?" LOLOLOLOL!!! ROFL!!! You'll find out!!! 😂😂😂

23:51 Per the book, Sicilian tradition says that a man can only give a gift of gold to someone they are married to or engaged to. So when Michael gave her a gold chain, that was a sign that he was serious; and was, by tradition, a formal proposal of marriage. Her wearing the gold chain was a sign that she accepted the proposal. 26:16 It's nice to see a younger person reviewing this film who gets/understands it right from the start. FYI... I think you are the only reviewer I've seen who figured this part out in real time.

Hi Millennial - You are good at watching movies. You got things it took me 2 or 3 times through to get. The second one is also excellent and it has Robert DeNiro as a young Vito becoming a don.

Apollonia would have made a much better Mafia wife than Kay. You'll see in part II. And you will see in part II that it was Sonny that introduced Carlo to Connie 😢

Greatest movie of all time. Take it from the beginning Score, screenplay, directing, cast, acting, script, cinematography, location, set. It is the best movie ever.

My family were Bronx Sicilians, 3 generations, so I understand the turf. I've been to my grandfather's hometown in Sicily (just a few miles to Corleone) -- everything in this film looks right, from NYC locations to Sicily itself.

Jonnie Fountaine AKA Frank Sinatra! Lol

Goodfellas is #1 on my list!!

You so smart when give the comment about that movie, man..

For Brando´s character, Don Vito Corleone, Francis Ford Coppola put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Marlon Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.

The first 911 call was in 1967. It wasn’t common throughout the country until the year 2000, when it was available in 93% of the country. The film is set around 1946-47, right after WW2 ended.

Great reaction, and I love your enthusiasm for this great movie.

Your tears at the end of this movie were as beautiful as the movie itself. It’s so good to see a young person still moved by this movie and by this story.

911 didn't become the emergency number until 1968. $600k in 1946 is like $10M now.

Check out the Antiques Roadshow's clip of Lawrence's watch.

My first reaction to hooking a big fish, a grouper, off-shore was similar to the Chief's. I fished in fresh water my whole life, and big saltwater fish bring a whole 'nother level of power. I always thought whatever was on the line was left ambiguous intentionally, adding more mystery. Neither the book or the first draft of the screenplay play out like the film, so who knows. I will say that a marlin would probably have jumped, but not always. Bluefin tuna are ridiculously powerful, so the whole fishing scene was probably compressed. Those Penn Senator 16/0 reels are still used today to catch monster sharks. PS look up Ramree Island...

I’ve been waiting for someone to react to KvK. I think you’re the first. Congrats! It’s on my top ten list of all time.