The comparison between the first and second generation of godfathers in the movie shows that the first generation of godfathers attaches great importance to the family. Everything is for the sake of making the family life better, from stealing the carpet to the eyes of his wife, to the tenderness of hugging the child, The care for his wife and friends, his daily gentleness and humility, and his calmness at all times, as well as the first half of the first part, we can see that he formulates principles for the family business on the basis of maintaining the family and making the family live in peace. mediate with the enemy. The most worth mentioning here is that the young godfather played by Robert De Niro made me feel the shadow of the old godfather in the first movie again. The steady appearance and style of doing things, as well as the elusive calm affection are all in place, and are highly consistent with the image of the first part! Greatly increased my fondness for Robert, the last time I admired him was the noodles in Once Upon a Time in America, God knows how much I love this movie!
And Mike's performance in the first part is that the male protagonist has a strong halo, breaking through the obstacles and becoming the core strength of the family step by step, which makes people applaud. But let him be in chaos.
Compared with the family-centered godfather of a generation, Mike's behavior is more self-centered. He has many reasons to hurt his family. When his family's spirit is damaged, he personally picks up the cause and fights against the enemy. Maybe he has to do it. However, before doing everything, it does not make people feel that he is looking at it from the perspective of protecting his family. All the contradictions are: he wants to do big business, he wants to find out the murderer, he wants to revitalize the family honor, For this reason, he could tolerate his wife leaving, and shut his wife out in front of the children, humiliated Tom, and ordered his brother to be killed. He has turned his back on the family that he keeps saying, because these are the people in the family that he should have regarded as treasures. The comparison of the two generations of godfathers in the movie may better reflect this gap. Once the original intention of loving the family is lost, the godfather will make people feel greedy and selfish.
At the same time, Mike lacks the ingenuity of a generation of godfathers. In the first part of the first part, through some simple plots, the ability of a generation of godfathers to deal with all things is rendered. That kind of ingenuity, strategizing, and the respect of his brothers subtly make the audience feel for the godfather. Status creates a sense of identity. And when Mike's godfather was dealing with the incident, he didn't have too many details to reflect his strategy and vision, and in many scenes of negotiating with the enemy, it was impossible to see that he could be as stable as Mount Tai, which made people feel "assured that the godfather is there". Every decision is to reflect the decision-making power of "leadership". When Mike does things, he relies on a direct showdown, which is too straightforward.
As a godfather, Mike cannot bring a sense of security to his family members, nor can he be completely convinced by his brothers. Perhaps the superiority of his own growth environment has given him no chance to experience it. Taking over such a big game, he must be unprepared. Changes in mentality, but he really has no way to stabilize the overall situation. The whole film is dealing with unstable factors. These unstable factors come from the outside as well as from the inside. What makes the brothers willing to betray and then cause panic in the family, what is it? Let external opponents invade step by step unscrupulously. Would it be better if the old godfather took the helm? In addition to the changes in the world, the attributes of the godfather itself are also a big reason.
After seeing Mike in charge, I miss the glorious golden age of the world ruled by the old godfather, but the difference between the old godfather and the old godfather can be used to compare and judge is not the intention of the movie itself, so when commenting on this movie, we all I am very devoted to analyzing and commenting on the differences between the two generations of Godfathers from the information provided by the film. Although the second generation of Godfathers has been criticized, a certain level of "The Godfather 2" is to reflect this difference. As far as the film is concerned, it has achieved its purpose.
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