Compared with the first episode of "The Godfather", the narrative of "The Godfather 2" is relatively slow. It does not applaud the exciting and fierce story of the story, but wins people's respect through the delicate psychological description of the characters and the ingenious and unique narrative arrangement. So fundamentally, "The Godfather 2" is more like a psychological film. In the 200-minute length of the film, the director wants to express too much, but does not want to express too superficially, so the plot is slightly procrastinated, but he can see the real skill in the slow. In order to maintain the tone of the whole movie, the director even abandons some eye-catching assassinations and bloody scenes, and compresses the elements of violence to a very limited part, which is quite different from the atmosphere and tension of "The Godfather 1"
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"The Godfather 2" takes the history of the struggle of the second-generation godfather Mike Kryon as the main line, and while this main line continues, it continuously inserts the history of the struggle of the first-generation godfather Vito Kryon as the secondary line of the film. The film contrasts the personality of the two generations of godfathers with a method of interweaving reality and memories. And this kind of description of the personality of the person with historical origin also makes the image of the protagonist in the film more in-depth: Vito Kryon loves his family, he becomes a thief designed by his friends, and the assassination of Frost is dissatisfied with his insatiable oppression. Compatriots, even being forced to intercede with the landlord for the widow, are helping others out of their own pockets. Therefore, Vito Kryon's rise to become the godfather is entirely due to the courage and help of others; while the relative Mike Kryon wants to legalize the underworld business and is brutal and brutal from beginning to end. He doubts everyone around him and only believes in himself; and for his wife, Kai, he has no love at all. There is only a command relationship between the master and the slave. In order to maintain his position as godfather, Mike Kryon, who was in the dark, did not hesitate to eradicate all dissidents, including his closest family members. In the end, he succeeded, but the price was the pain of loneliness
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