In the film, Sandino, the son of the old godfather, is described as a reckless, arrogant, irritable, mindless, and sexually lustful duo.
Then, after learning that his sister had been abused again, he hurriedly came to teach her brother-in-law, and was ambushed by the Tatalia family at the car toll booth.
In the end, the brave and unscrupulous character was beaten into a sieve by a machine gun.
In fact, Mario Puzo's portrayal of Sandino in his original work is more plump than in the movie.
In the movie, the portrayal of Sandino is generally more biased towards Li Kui, who can't listen to provocations and wants to rush to slap you at every turn.
In the novel, the portrayal of Sandino is basically more biased towards the daring, but unstoppable, so he went crazy to beat Lu Zhishen in Guanxi with three punches.
Having said that, you must be clear. Sandino is reckless, but he still has a brain-at least those crooks on the rivers and lakes, when he learned with his dad, other peers were still playing pee.
So Puzo emphasized more than once in the book that Sandino will never be like the old godfather when it comes to strategizing. However, when it comes to using soldiers to fight war, Sandino's ability is more than just Megatron Long Beach.
When the old godfather was attacked and the Corleone family seemed to be precarious, the scene when Sandino received the news of the assassination was the most impressive.
Grief and indignation, with a trace of uncontrollable excitement—the excitement that I can finally come to take the helm one day, Sandino in the movie performed well. However, in the novel, there is no point in this regard at all.
After all, after the accumulation of various portrayals of Sandino before, readers will naturally be aware of Sandino’s inner activities, because he is so easy to be seen through his thoughts-but in the novel, Sandino received his father When he was assassinated, he did not chaotically and methodically gave instructions one after another when he was assassinated. That was his "Wisdom as deep as Lu Zhishen".
Very angry, like rushing into the Tatalia family base camp with a machine gun and smashing the group of dogs. However, the experience of the rivers and lakes and the innate keenness to face the battle, the first reaction that Sandino made was not a full-scale war, but an internal investigation.
Yes, according to the characterization given in the movie, it is also very subtle. The audience thought that this hot-tempered eldest son might immediately make a lot of calls after answering the phone, and the crowd rushed to fight. However, no. As soon as the camera turned, the family began to discuss tactics—though, at the beginning, they did not discuss anything, Sandino still insisted on the main battle.
But in the novel, it's more interesting. Sandino put down the phone, immediately contacted Thesio and Clemenza, and calmly inquired about the "condition" of his father's personal bodyguard, Riley, with a terrifying majesty.
This was actually the most crucial step in the rebellion of the Corleone family's later veterans. Fortunately, Sandino relied on his prestige to smash the rivers and lakes. Otherwise, Clemenza would no longer sweat on the phone, and quickly made the heartfelt attitude that a veteran should have towards the new king.
This is the real Sandino, he is not brainless, he just lacks restraint and patience, but in terms of insight into the crisis and people's hearts, he is not lost to his brother Michael. As for the general demeanor, the eldest son of the Corleone family has always been equal to his younger brother Michael.
It's just that the two brothers, a flower monk Lu Zhishen who roars when the road sees injustice, the other is like Wu Song, a traveler who has everything in his heart.
Especially after Michael accepted his fate, the two brothers' quagmire comment completely turned into: Neither is good.
Just one burst, one gloomy.
After Michael came up with the plan to assassinate Solozzo and the sheriff, the film was actually not accurate. It was more through Sandino’s sentence to Clemenza, "Don’t let my brother find himself defenseless by then!" Brother's worry and approval to his younger brother.
In the novel, for a long period of time, Puzo repeats itself, paving the way for Michael's inability to intervene, Sandino's intentional neglect, and, at the end, after Michael tells his plan. Sandino expresses his concern and ability for his younger brother like a fool. However, when the conversation turned around, he said: Actually, it has been a long time for Michael to say this.
Sandino obviously knew that the person who would solve the game must be Michael, but as a elder brother, he could not ask his brother to jump into the fire pit. On another level, if you want to grow into a truly respected man in the rivers and lakes, you need to fight for the opportunity by yourself. Therefore, Sandino had no choice but to pretend that he could not think of a countermeasure.
Compared with Tom Hagen, Sandino's mind and battle vision were always the only person of the highest level in the Corleone family at that time, except for his old father.
Therefore, there is a kind of hypothesis and conjecture that is very interesting. Maybe Michael hopes that his elder brother will not die more than anyone.
Because, his elder brother, who looks like the second stupid son, is simply one in a million, except for his lack of authority and lack of guard against his own people.
So, when Michael took care of the family traitor Thesio and his brother-in-law, there was nothing to hesitate.
After all, the eldest brother who treated his family as his own, died too unjustly after he laid the foundation for Michael.
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