The No. 1 movie on my personal favorite movie list is The Godfather. The first time I watched "The Godfather", I was only 21 years old. Now more than ten years have passed, but I love "The Godfather" even more. I can't remember how many times I have watched "The Godfather". At different stages of my life, every time I watch "The Godfather", I can have new discoveries and new insights, which will last forever. I think that's what great movies are like.
Since its release in 1972, "The Godfather" has been a worldwide hit. It is said that the film master Stanley Kubrick, who was living in the UK at the time, said with emotion after watching "The Godfather" no less than ten times, this may be the greatest film in the history of film, and it's a pity that it wasn't made by me.
Even now, "The Godfather" is in many ways near-perfect. It brings out the language of cinema and pushes the emerging art form of cinema to the extreme. This film is almost perfect from form to content, from connotation to extension, from society to individual, from story to character, from choreography to performance, from photography to editing, from lighting to music. On Time.com, I gave the film a 10, but that's still not enough to reflect my love for The Godfather.
In my opinion, "The Godfather" is a great movie, but also a great family anthem, a great gangster epic, and a great human tragedy. ·Family Hymn About "The Godfather", I once heard such a funny thing, a father strongly recommended his son to watch this film, the son asked him why, the father replied, this film will show you how to be a man. Some people say that "The Godfather" is the greatest family movie. The reason is that the core value of "The Godfather" is reflected in the family (family in English). Because there is a family, everyone has responsibilities, and the reason for responsibilities is because of the family. Love. At the beginning of the film, the old godfather played by Marlon Brando told his family that a man who does not spend time with his family is not a good man. I believe this sentence alone can capture the hearts of most audiences, especially female audiences. Because "The Godfather" emphasizes and respects the family, "The Godfather" can be recognized by the vast majority of audiences, can resonate in their hearts, and finally be loved by everyone.
Film critic Roger Albert once said that "The Godfather" is very clever and successful in setting up the characters of two generations of godfathers who love their families and families deeply and are willing to sacrifice everything for their families. After the film did this, although the audience knew that they were gangsters and that they would do some illegal things, they just couldn't hate them, and even expressed their understanding and appreciation for their behavior.
Yes, Don Kryon and his son Michael Kryon are willing to give everything for the family. Based on this, their various actions, deception, lies and even killing, are just affairs and serve the main premise of maintaining the family. Here, the English original text in the quotation is the most appropriate, It's just business. Understanding this, it's not hard to understand what the two godfathers did: the old godfather rejected the lucrative drug business that would destroy his career and ultimately his family; after Sonny was murdered by other gangsters The old godfather convened the five gangster families in New York to shake hands and declared that they would no longer take revenge, also for the sake of maintaining the family in the long run; Michael gave up his life and took over the family business for the family, and fighting with other gangsters is for the family , to remove the traitors within the family, also for the family. It is based on this that the core values of the godfather in the film resonate with the audience, and the audience can't hate them. · Gangster epic Before "The Godfather", there is no movie like it, which can show the gangster in a magnificent and mesmerizing way before the audience's eyes. Yes, there used to be a lot of movies that looked like "gangsters", but they weren't really gangster movies in the strict sense. They should be classified as noir or crime movies. Most of them talked about gangsters. individuals, not the gang itself. The "Godfather" is the first of its kind in history. It uses very delicate techniques to make the unique group of gangsters a picture of all beings from different angles and multiple levels. The reason why "The Godfather" is a gangster epic is based on this. It methodically, from the inside out, tells the ins and outs of a criminal organization, conflicts of interest, living conditions, love, hatred, hatred, and hatred. There are also microscopic (individual). Almost all gangster movies after The Godfather are more or less influenced by The Godfather.
Most Chinese audiences have seen "Shanghai Bund". Chow Yun-fat, who plays Xu Wenqiang in the film, especially likes "The Godfather", and imitates the Godfather's interpretation method in "Shanghai Bund" and many subsequent roles. For example, he often wipes his sweat with a white handkerchief, imitating Michael, played by Al Pacino. As a digression, Chow Yun-fat said many times after his development in Hollywood that if he had the opportunity to act with his idol Al Pacino, he would not pay for the film and the role. Too bad they haven't worked together yet.
Before "The Godfather", gangsters were a special and secretive group. Ordinary people knew very little about them and felt very mysterious, but they knew that mystery would bring romance, and romance was what the movie needed most. From this point of view, the gangster element is one of the reasons for the popularity of "The Godfather". ·Tragedy of human nature The godfather 's youngest son Michael has received a good education, served as a soldier and won a medal. He has a good and long-term plan for his life. His life could have been very beautiful. Michael understands his father, but has always resisted getting involved in the family's gang affairs. He once told his girlfriend Kay at his sister Connie's wedding, "I understand and respect my dad, he gave a lot for his family, but I didn't want to be like him. The old godfather Don Kryon also tried his best to prevent Michael from repeating his mistakes. It is a pity that when the old godfather was shot and admitted to the hospital, because the eldest son Sonny was short-tempered, and the second son Frodo was a coward, they were both embarrassed and the important task of protecting the father's name and saving the family from danger could only fall on the natural composure. , on the calm and wise Michael. Out of love for his father, out of love for his family, Michael chose to take a path he didn't like, and from then on walked alone on this dark path.
Michael's life is a tragedy. In order to protect his father and save the family, Michael decided to shoot the drug lord and the police during the negotiation. This is one of the most important turning points in Michael's life. In this scene, the audience should have a fresh memory of Michael's constantly wandering eyes. At this time, Michael was experiencing the most intense struggle in his heart. He could choose not to shoot, choose to escape, or choose to shoot. no return. For the sake of his family and his family, Michael finally chose to "sacrifice" himself, his future and his future. After shooting the drug lord and the police, Michael completed a real transformation. Since then, his eyes have become deeper, colder and firmer. After his father's death, Michael fell into true loneliness. No one in the world could understand him, understand his responsibility, understand his actions, understand his sacrifice, and understand his heart like his father. Even his wife, Kay, and his sister, Connie, couldn't understand that Michael was doing it all for them, for the family.
Michael's life inevitably took a dark and lonely road, which is a tragedy; and the lives of every one of us in the larger gangster deep in the real society, isn't it another tragedy?
I wonder if everyone has noticed an important detail, whether on the movie poster or in the film, the title The Godfather has a hand holding a line, and the godfather is the doll tied under the line. This detail profoundly hints at the tragic fate of the characters in the film — whoever you are and what role you play in society, inevitably becomes a manipulated doll.
Thanks to "The Godfather", it is like a glass of mellow wine, which is more and more fragrant as time accumulates.
This text is sent to "The Godfather", one of the greatest movies in my heart.
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