What fascinates me most in "The Godfather" is Michael's character tragedy. He didn't intend to take over, but it was the natural mafia boss's expectation. The family crisis gradually forced him to a last resort, and then gradually became tyrannical and ruthless. , Paranoid and suspicious, until lonely and old age. In the trilogy, his character should be the most comprehensive and in-depth exploration. It can even be said that he has been struggling with his own conscience. His biggest tragedy probably lies in the beautiful and innocent beliefs that simply cannot exist. Obsession with legal life. He tried his best to obtain legitimacy, even by bribing the Vatican to the Holy See. The corruption of the Holy See itself is a great irony. Even religion is corrupt and there is no absolute pure land. This pursuit of an absolute legal life and an innocent reputation complements the dark side of his heart. His acumen, decisiveness, wisdom and coldness have made him an absolutely unmatched gang boss. His natural talent is suitable. Such a role, the most suitable soil for such a role to survive is the successive crises and conflicts. It can be said that some crises are created by him subconsciously, so that he has the opportunity to play the salvation hero who solves the crisis, and at the same time understand that his own conscience is getting wiped out. The darker you are, you can still deceive yourself and believe that you have dedicated your conscience for the sake of your family, and bravely trapped yourself in a moral dilemma. This is his excuse, and he is convinced of his excuse. But when his homeland was attacked and his wife and children were put in danger in the second part, he did not allow himself a moment of relaxation, and immediately devoted himself to finding out the enemy and ruthlessly solving it. It is hard to say that he loves his family. More or more is to love yourself and create more firm heads of the family. The self-image created by Michael has full control and power, but as the famous saying goes, Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, I think the corruption mentioned here is not just about money power transactions, but more of the corruption of people’s hearts. When Michael has absolute power, it is difficult for him to maintain his original intention. As many people have pointed out, the biggest difference between him and his father Vito is that the old godfather has warm human care and cherishes friendship. Although wise but not cruel, Michael has gradually lost his emotional sustenance and has become empty. shell. After watching the movie, I went to the original novel and got a lot of inner portrayal of the characters. There is a very interesting section. After the old godfather was shot and hospitalized, Michael and several others discussed how he planned to go to a banquet alone to kill drug dealers and The chief of the police and the former army strategist Tom Hagen once again wanted to persuade Michael to give up and change other strategies. Tom is probably the one who understands the old godfather best. He does not want the brightest and brightest palm pearl in the family to fall into the past of the family's gangsters. So Tom Remind you, don’t get angry just because the police chief punched you. This is a business, not a private matter. Then Michael's facial expression became serious, and the old godfather's manner was vaguely revealed, and then he replied: Don't deceive yourself. This is all private. Every official business is a private matter. It's just that I have a name called official business. What the old man learned from him is like if his friend is struck by lightning, he will treat him as a private matter related to him. This is his greatness. He treats everything as a private matter, just like God (' The Great Don. He takes everything personal. Like God. He knows every feather that falls from the tail of a sparrow or however the hell it goes' This paragraph was also mentioned in the monologue when the old godfather was discharged from the hospital and discussed with other family leaders. He said that if Michael had any accidents, such as lightning strikes, he would treat it as being mischievous and would never be tolerant, but the old godfather said I am a superstition, and I don't compare myself to God. I personally think that this passage is more interesting in the original position of the novel. Michael obviously admires his father very much, but what he saw as the old godfather who is as omniscient and omnipotent as God is largely the image in his eyes, not quite. Objectively, the old godfather is a god with limited ability, and limited ability is a prerequisite for him to maintain a warm humanity. However, it can be said that this passage of Michael predicted his subsequent transformation and became an image that absolutely controls everything, but he did not become God, he became Satan. What’s more interesting is Tom’s reply. He replied that you talked like this, showing that there is one thing you didn’t learn from your father. There are some things that you have to do. You do it. You never need to discuss these things, and you don’t. Try to justify the motivation for doing these things, many things cannot be justified as reasonable ('You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified.' ), you just need to do it and forget it when you are done. Justify, a very crucial word. Throughout his life, Michael wanted to defend himself and prove that he had reasonable motives and could maintain a balance in his conscience account books, so he talked about killing people as a family crisis as an individual. To deal with personal matters, hurting my family is hurting me. I have to take action. I will care for everything like God. But the old godfather does not have this crisis of conscience. He knows that what he has to do cannot be justified. To kill someone is blood on his hands that cannot be washed away, so he can face life frankly without too much self-entanglement and entanglement. Blame, so he can not push himself to the extreme. It can be said that Michael's talent is higher than his father, and his ambition is higher, but his self-reflection is also accompanied by more, which is the source of his pain. In addition, it is probably in the form of film expression, so the inner activities of many characters cannot be shown in detail. I read the novel after watching the movie many times. Generally speaking, I am affected by the characters created by the movie and cannot imagine much difference when reading the novel. However, I still feel the love of Michael in the novel many times. The blood side is more obvious. For example, when he guards his father in the hospital, he feels his calmness. After being beaten, his inner fury does not show any expression on his face. For this reason, he feels novelty and pride, and he feels nervous when discussing the assassination. Excited ('Michael Corleone felt that delicious refreshing chilliness over his body' , Delicious, I feel that my coldness is supremely delicious, what a apt description), when I talked with my elder brother and expressed his ambition and arrogance. Not only did fate push him there, but there was also a subconscious choice deep in the darkness of his heart. Of course, it’s not that Michael played by Al Pacino is not good. On the contrary, I think the image of the movie is very good. In an interview show, Pacino talked about his experience of acting as Michael. No one wanted him to act except the director. He felt that he was a rookie. He himself doubted whether he could act well. Of course, he was very successful in the end. Pacino said that after he mastered Michael's impression after reading the novel, he was relatively low-key when performing, hoping that this image could be revealed slowly. When watching the movie, I felt that he had always been very restrained. Even though he was ruthless and cruel in his behavior later, he didn't express too much expression. Even the cruelest decision, he was at best just a cold face. No matter, plus his young and sincere appearance when he first appeared (think about him telling his girlfriend that it was my family, not me, and his confident and honest face at the time), it’s hard for people to hate Michael, even if he is Indifference is also easy to make people think that he is too heavy on his back, too helpless, and it is easier to sympathize with him instead of disgusting. In addition, talking about his voice, Pacino's voice in the early years was relatively clear, even a little erratic, not deep at all, improperly, it was like before the minor voice change period, he was around 90 years later. The performance gradually became a very representative hoarse voice, just like Michael in the third part, and for a while his voice seemed to be out of control, always shouting in his voice, for this, you can look at the "Pirate of Fire" In the image of the inspector, there is a scene of shouting with his voice almost a little out of play... But anyway, back to the godfather, Pacino's voice and Michael's behavior are in great contrast, and the characters he creates are very deep. If I’m just reading a novel, I don’t think I would sigh Michael’s life like I did when watching a movie. Pacino’s personal charm adds a layer of mystery to this character. It’s simply an invitation to the audience willingly to join his self-destructive and self-harming tendencies. Weeping and mourning for him. Let's go to the topic, this is where the actor's strength lies. As we all know, Pacino has created many classic images, including Tony Montana in the very rampant "Scarface". The trouble, especially when he had piled up drugs like a hill in front of him, he looked fearless and boring, no drug lord could be more classic than him. Of course, because Tony is not too entangled in moral issues, the characters are slightly flattened, and the movie can be watched more refreshingly. Even Tony's death is very straightforward. The audience can easily watch, appreciate, admire, and then leave. On the contrary, it is difficult for Michael in the godfather to leave so easily. This character’s tragic life, bottomless self-condemnation and exploration, and comprehensive and rich personality characteristics make it particularly easy to devote more emotions and impressions to him. Deeper. Borrowing Nietzsche’s words in the article on moral genealogy, Michael is a typical slave morality, always reflecting on whether his own behavior is pure and proper, self-doubt, self-reinforcing and self-destructing, everything is toward an impossible innocent conscience. And work hard. He can't become a master, no need to argue, no theory, just do it, just conform to nature. Of course, apart from those ancient Greeks in BC, no one can become a master. Everyone lives more or less in the shadow of moral condemnation. morality), always reflect on whether the self-behavior is pure and proper, self-doubt, self-reinforcing and self-destruction, everything is working towards an impossible innocent conscience. He can't become a master, no need to argue, no theory, just do it, just conform to nature. Of course, apart from those ancient Greeks in BC, no one can become a master. Everyone lives more or less in the shadow of moral condemnation. morality), always reflect on whether the self-behavior is pure and proper, self-doubt, self-reinforcing and self-destruction, everything is working towards an impossible innocent conscience. He can't become a master, no need to argue, no theory, just do it, just conform to nature. Of course, apart from those ancient Greeks in BC, no one can become a master. Everyone lives more or less in the shadow of moral condemnation.
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