I can't write a short review and write a long-lost long review.
This week, I listened to a live broadcast by Mr. Li Yang from Peking University School of Art. He talked about the text and social and historical background of the Godfather, which inspired me to watch the Godfather again. Ten years later, I watched Godfather for the second time. Because the first time I watched it, it was too young, and I had no impression. It was the same as the new film. I originally gave four stars in the short review, but it seems that there is no option to rate after it becomes a long review, huh? I am hesitant to give four stars, because after so many years of studying film, Godfather has long since become a discipline, a culture, and a symbol. Countless dialogues and plots have been replayed by later generations, such as the Vegas casino owner's "You don't buy me out. I buy you out." or the temporary change of wards in the first act, or the office to meet people to relieve disasters. It's hard for me to objectively evaluate film history classics, but I've always lost patience with 180-minute gangster movies at the end, like the New York gangsters, and the Irish (someone should criticize the Irish as equal to the Godfather). Coppola's film is this feeling. The Conversation has such a good script, and the middle of the second act is still a bit dull, or the film is too old. Michael lied without blinking, he was a scumbag, hahaha, when he got back to New York, he wanted a new wife.
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