#now who's the sonny fredo and connie .

[msfbgraves]

The first Godfather movie is on Y*utube for free now! I rewatched it and it was just as great as I remember, so on to Part 2. But then I went on redd*t to check out some Godfather threads, and was disappointed to see so much discourse on who was hotter, Apollonia or Kay. And why there is so much hate against Kay, mainly because she is “too feminist” and “educated”, doesn’t “obey or support” Michael, and that she’s not as beautiful as Apollonia. All in all a disappointing experience. I didn’t see any male characters reduced to how handsome they were or were not : /

Let me help you there, then, Nonnie - of course Michael was destined to become the new Don - he is far prettier than Fredo, Sonny or Connie. And Vito was prettier than Don Fanucci all along! 😎

All this "Kay isn't good enough for Michael" discourse - he pursued her. Both in film 1 and 3. And the only time I felt Kay was weak, was when she said yes when he returned. Imagine, here is your war hero boyfriend who says he wants a clean American life... and then he shoots two people, leaves the country, ghosts you for a year, tells you he has become a career criminal and then proposes marriage. She should have said no, she really isn't open to this, but is this man, who she knows has people killed with no repercussions, a man she can refuse? As little as Vitelli could really refuse Michael's request to court Apollonia. The first thing Michael says to him is: "If you don't do what I want, I will kill you, and what I want is meet your daughter."

But alright maybe love isn't rational. Maybe they loved each other still. Kay really wasn't suited to mob life and that is on Michael. He knew who she was and it didn't matter, he wanted her. He had barely a clue who Apollonia was, her with no English and he with broken Italian. It didn't matter, he wanted her. Kay would have been perfect for Michael Corleone, aspiring senator, which is what he was when they met. But he didn't care Kay was not suited for who he was now. Why didn't he grieve Apollonia and find another mob wife? Why didn't he remarry after their divorce? Even when he proposes Kay is already reluctant and Michael pushes and pushes and pushes. She must represent something he actually does want, still.

But it's always the woman's fault when relationships don't work out, isn't it? No Kay wasn't a good mob wife. She didn't want to be one. She got out with her children - that is something Michael never managed. And Apollonia is something many men imagine they want, but when they have it, they get bored. I am not saying Apollonia wasn't intelligent, but if you get told to completely erase yourself into motherhood, which means you can't offer more than comfort and sex - that's not enough for a lot of people. And it's not like these women wouldn't have had more to offer but everytime they try they get shut down. And what you get then is Carmella, which may have suited Vito - that man who craved domesticity above all else - but even Sonny and Michael needed more input from her than she could give. So Michael fell for the total opposite. And maybe Apollonia was a fierce presence who might have become to Michael what Connie became, but we can't know. We don't know what she and Michael talked about. We know she was very beautiful and made Michael laugh, and she may or may not have had a slight independent streak. That's it.

I feel that they might have worked because they clicked emotionally and Apollonia knew the life. But Michael didn't look for someone like her again. He looked for Kay, again and again and again.

If she doesn't suit him - and no, she doesn't suit a Don - Michael should try to figure out what itch he was trying to scratch with her. Oh, and that obedience shit - in my experience, boys who go on about that are deeply insecure about something. They couldn't get a well trained dog to obey them, let alone a person!

All these men who think they're owed power while being unwilling to do what they'd have to to obtain it, always want women to fawn. Men who have what it takes to gain power, should they aspire to, usually spend time honing a skill. They rarely throw their weight around putting others down. No matter where they start, the bottom or the top - they put the work in. Michael did, Sonny did, and Fredo mostly complained. As much as we see anyway. If Fredo had done a good job with what he was given, or would have found himself an opportunity, he would have won Michael's respect. Not position,but respect, like Tom. Instead Fredo demanded respect for his position as an older brother.

That's the type of man who whines about having women obey him.

#the godfather #michael corleone #kay adams #Apollonia Vitelli #fredo corleone

[melis-writes]

hi, melis! 💓 idk if you’ve already answered this but can you rate the godfather characters from your favourite to least favourite? i’m curious!!

Hello!! 🤗💕 Ooooooooh my gawd, okay. OKAY. In order from my favourite to least favourite, it would be:

Michael Corleone. But is anyone surprised? 🤭❤️‍🔥 Believe me, his looks aren't the major reason why either (but the sexiness helps smh). 😅 The most cunning, crude, intelligent and interesting character with a hell of a development... He really does have my heart.

2. Kay Adams Corleone. The one and only of course!! 💕 I especially say this towards her character in the book rather than the film. She's much more fleshed out, interesting, supportive and by Michael's side. She makes for such a unique character!!

3. Santino Corleone. That's right, him. 😅❤️ Sonny honestly keeps things very interesting thanks to his infamous temper. He was a hell of an enforcer; Luca Brasi who?? Tbh I was and still am extremely distraught by his death scene. 💔💔

4. Vito Corleone. Don Corleone himself!! What's honestly not to love? His kindness, how wise he is, how he's taken care of his family. This man came from nothing but gained everything. ❤️❤️❤️

5. Fredo Corleone. I honestly think Fredo's an absolute sweetheart and I love his sense of humour, even though wasn't a whole lot shown. He has a good nature and I think he was really misunderstood. 🥺💕

6. Tom Hagen. Love, love, love my boy Tom. 😂❤️ He's the moral compass of the family!! Or.. at least he was until I found out he had a mistress. Still, there's just something from Tom and his wholesomeness and advice that makes you never want to lose faith in him.

7. Connie Corleone. Truly a misunderstood and underrated character. 🥺❤️ I have nothing but love for Connie and I wish we had seen even more of her. She deserved better and I honestly loved her disaster MILF era lmfao. 💀

8. Sandra Corleone + Mama Corleone + Deanna Dunn. I'm grouping both of these ladies together because they're sadly very minimal side characters but from everything I've seen of them, they're still so dear in my heart which is also why I include them in my fics!! 😌❤️

9. Peter Clemenza. Clemenza is actually wholesome and not a traitor unlike Tessio who isn't even worth a damn mention here. 💀 Supported the Corleone's till the very end and didn't undermine Michael ever either.

10. Carlo Rizzi. Eugh... Bleugh.. We've gotten to the least favourite characters section now without a doubt. I hate Carlo. I don't like him at all whatsoever. He's an abusive, disgusting piece of shit and I really wish Sonny would have killed him or that we'd at least get more scenes of Sonny beating the shit out of him. 😮‍💨

11. Hyman Roth. While he did keep things interesting and was cunning on his own in the second film, I don't like him. 💀 He's not likeable. Tf did Michael ever do to him?? 😅

12. Apollonia Vitelli. Yep, she's the last on my list. 😂😂😂 She's by far my very least favourite character. She's hardly a character. Very shallowly fleshed out, boring, uninteractive, and taking advantage of what Michael has to offer. She never loved that man, she loved his car for sure and the freedoms he gave her. Also, she's super fucking annoying and whiny. 💀

#the godfather

[groundofsuccess]

Best Motivational Movies For Entrepreneurs | Ground of Success

Ground Of Success

Has it ever happened to you that you are really demotivated and you watch a movie and after that you are completely energetic, inspired and motivated and all the tension gone? It sure does happen a lot to me. Whenever I am in a bad mood or I feel de-motivated, I turn on Netflix and start watching any random movie. Well watching movies give you some time off your work to relax and enjoy so why don’t I suggest you some movies which will inspire you, motivate you and I am sure, they will keep you entertained throughout. Inspiring movies for enternpreneurs

I’m Now Sharing the Best Movies for Entrepreneurs: Lets Explore

  The Godfather(1972)

“Never let anyone know what you are thinking”.

 Directed by Franc Ford Coppola, the American film focuses on the aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty who transfers control of h clandestine empire to h reluctant son. It was adapted from the 1969 best-selling novel by Mario Puzo.

The story begins with Don Vito Corleone- the head of the Mafia family in New York at h daughter’s wedding. H youngest son Michael also presents there who is uninterested in the family business but the family is interested in him to take over the business.

We find out that Vito very generous to those who respect him but he is very ruthless to those who don’t. when a powerful rival decides to sell drugs, he needs Vito’s permission to which he refuses. And hence begins a mob war and Michael drawn into it.

He manages to save the family and business but there is a certain price he has to pay. To know what it is, watch the movie here-

IMDB Rating: 9.2/10

Cast:

Al Pacino (Michael)

Marlen Brandos (Vito)

James Caan (sonny corleone)

Talia Shire (Connie)

Robert Duvall (Tom Hager)

Diana Keaton (Kay Adams)

John Cozall (Fredo)

Abe Vigoda (Tessio)

 Awards: 21 wins

 Editor’s Choice:

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  Wall Street(1987)

“The main thing about money is Bud, it makes you do things you don’t want to do.”

 Directed by Oliver Stone, this film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young and impatient stockbroker who is willing to do anything to get to the top, even if it includes selling important information by illegal means. Bud gets involved with Gordan Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy unscrupulous corporate raider.

The movie teaches us not to sell yourself and your morals for the sake of money.

IMDB Rating: 7.4/10

Cast:

Michael Douglas as Gordon

Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox

Darye Hannah as Darien

Martin Sheen as Carl Fox

Awards: 1 Oscar | 9 Wins | 5 Nominations

  Office Space(1999)

“An extremely funny white-collar satire filled with enough delightfully askew characters to pack a boardroom”

The true comic king of the cubicle hall has arrived in the form of Office Space, marking Mike Judge’s live-action directorial debut.

 The three company workers Peter, Michael, and Samir hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their boss. This movie strikes an achingly familiar chord with the 9-5 jobs, the world over. Do they remain at the job or get fired, watch below to know-

IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

Cast:

Ron Livingston as Peter

Jennifer Anton as Joanna

David Herman as Michael

Ajay Naidu as Samir

Awards: 1 Win | 2 Nominations

  Pirates of Silicon Valley.

“Steve, all cars have steering wheels, but no one tries to claim that the steering wheel was their invention.”

Directed by Martyn Burke, this film shows the history of the two most famous companies, Apple and Microsoft.

 The story begins with Steve Jobs and h friend Steve Wozniak trying to build a computer that could be personal by creating an Operating System. At the same time, Bill Gates and his friends developed an Operating System and decide to present it to a company that needed their computers.

Steve Jobs was accused of stealing the idea. Can he come clean? Watch here to know more-

 IMDB Rating: 7.3/10

Cast:

Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs

Joey Slothick as Steve GatesWozniak

Anthony Michael as Bill

Awards: 2 Wins | 4 Nominations

  Boiler Room (2000)

“Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn’t fucking have any.”

Welcome to the infamous “boiler room”, directed by en Younger, where twenty so millionaires are made overnight.

 Seth Davis, a man with a dream to make money. He runs an illegal casino out of h house. H father, who a federal judge, isn’t too happy with it. So, when Seth gets an opportunity to become a stockbroker, he takes it, hoping to earn a lot of cash and win back the respect of h father. Unfortunately for him, the firm has a few secrets which may or may not lead to trouble. Watch the movie here to know more:

IMDB Rating: 7/10

Cast:

Giovanni Ribi as Seth Dav

Vin Diesel as Chr Varick

Nia Long as Abbie

Nicky Katt as Grey Weinstein

Awards: 1 Win | 9 Nominations

  The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

“You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it.”

Directed by Gabriele Muccino, this movie received an award for the best breakthrough performance. It inspired by the true story of Chris Gardener, a San Francisco salesman struggling to build a future for himself and his five-year-old son Christopher.

When his girlfriend Linda walks out, he is left alone to take care of the kid. His determination finally pays off when he lands an unpaid internship that only one out of so many people get. But with no money he and his son go through a lot of struggle.

Will he overcome all the obstacles and reach his destination? Watch here to know:

IMDB Rating: 8/10

Cast:

Will Smith as Chris

Jaden Smith as Christopher

Thandie Newton as Linda

AWARDS: 12 WINS | 25 NOMINATIONS IN TOTAL INCLUDING ONE FOR OSCAR

  Flash of Genius (2008)

“From the land beyond… from the world past hope and fear… I bid you Genie, now appear.”

Directed by Marc Abraham, this movie focuses on the true story of a college professor and a part-time inventor, Robert Kearns fighting a battle with the US automobile industry.

The invention was a big hit with a budget of 2 million USD. It teaches us that sometimes to receive recognition, you might need to pay a heavy price. Watch the movie to know what price he has to pay:

IMDB Rating: 7/10

Cast:

Greg Kinnear as Bob Kearns

Tim Eddis as Maryland cop 1

Warren Belle as Maryland cop 2

Karl Pruner as Pete

Awards: 1 Win

The Social Network (2010)

“People want to go online and check out their friends, so why not build a website that offers that? Eduardo, I’m not talking about a dating site, I’m talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online.”

 Directed by David Fincher, this American biographical drama film has to be my favorite.

 The movie begins in 2003, where a Harvard University undergrad and a computer genius, Mark Zuckerberg begin working on a new concept that eventually turned out into a global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he becomes the youngest billionaire ever. But soon he finds some unprecedented success leads. Watch the movie to find out more:

IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

Cast:

Jessie Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg

Rooney Mara as Erica

Bryan barter as Billy Olson

Dakota Johnson as Amelia Ritter

Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker

Awards: 3 Oscars | 171 Wins | 183 Nominations

  Limitless (2011)

“What was this drug? I couldn’t stay messy on it. I hadn’t had a cigarette in six hours. Hadn’t eaten. So abstemious and tidy. What was this? A drug for people who wanted to be more anal-retentive. I wasn’t high. I wasn’t wired. Just clear. I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.”

Directed by Neil Burger this film hit the box office with 16.18 Cr USD.

It focuses on the story of a struggling writer, Eddie Morra who will teach you to take shortcuts and easy ways on the path to success.

With no hope in his life, his friend gives him a mysterious pill that allows 100% of his brain abilities. He soon rises to the top of the financial world. But quick fixes and easy ways are not always easy. Are they? Find out here to know more:

IMDB Rating: 7.4/10

Cast:

Bradley Cooper as Eddie

Abbie Cornish as Lindy

Anna Friel as Melissa

Andrew Howard as Gennady

Robert Deniro as Carl

Awards: 2 Wins | 8 Nominations

  The Wolf of the Wall Street

“I’m not ashamed to admit it: my first time in prison, I was terrified. For a moment, I had forgotten I lived in a world where everything was for sale.”

“One of the Favourite Movies & Recommended by Ground of Success. Give 9/10 on Best Movie

Directed by Martine Scorsese, this movie is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort. It follows his rise and fall as an entrepreneur and shows how his firm is engaged in a penny stock trading and security scam which draws attention to the FBI. The movie teaches us not to be greedy and have some empathy towards others. Will Jordan be able to solve everything, click below to know more:

IMDB Rating: 8.2/10

Cast:

Leonardo Dicaprio as Jordan Belfort

Jonah Hill as Donnie

Margot Robbie as Naomi

Jordan Belfort as Auckland

Rob Reiner as Max Belfort

#inspiring movies for entrepreneurs

[waltzchristophh]

the wedding ♡

sonny corleone x reader blurb

kinda got carried away with this one lol. i am unapologetically in love with sonny corleone. disregard the strange format haha i don't get it either ;o woc friendly as always :) enjoy

"oh god, i want you on my lips..."

background

connie had been your inseparable companion since childhood. the two of you were only 15 when you left for (your state). you never anticipated your family's sudden move, and weren't given the chance to a proper goodbye.

years later, you returned to new york, scraping up enough money for a modest apartment in the bronx.

by pure coincidence, you stumbled into mrs. corleone at a sicilian bakery in manhattan. more than delighted to see you again, she invited you to connie's upcoming wedding as a surprise.

the journey to vito corleone's long island mansion was strenuous; you didn't own a car, and biked most of the distance

the guards promptly opened the gates for you after getting the 'okay' from mama corleone

as you struggled to lug your beaten yellow bike up the crowded gravel driveway in heels you felt a presence at your side, "you need a hand honey?"

his voice was coarse yet smoother than honey

his eyes studied your side profile as you kept your gaze to the gravel, not daring to face him

"that who i think it is?" he asked, the edges of his mouth curling into a sly grin

you knew connie's eldest brother, sonny, as nothing more than a hot-headed nuisance that teased you mercilessly as a teen - which made your feelings for him all the more confusing

finally, you rolled back your shoulders and looked up to face him, trying hard not to smile back at the grinning bastard

"there she is!" he laughed, pinching your soft cheek

you swatted his hand away, turning your head in an attempt to mask your embarrassment. "stop that, sonny!"

eventually, he carried your bike into the front entrance, insulting your beloved vehicle the entire way.

"you still cruisin' around on this piece of shit?"

"hey, it has sentimental value!"

he insisted that he would buy you one brand new, but you declined

the ceremony went smoothly, and connie was overjoyed to see you again

you sat with a glass of wine rested in the palm of your hand, perpetually exhausted from the non-stop drinking and dancing of the wedding reception

a drunken fredo took it upon himself to join you at your empty table, getting uncomfortably up-close and personal with you

"hey, how ya been y-y/n?" he burped

it wasnt long before sonny came to your aid

"aye- freddy, get a move on, will ya?"

fredo stared blankly at his brother, completely dumbfounded

"what are ya waiting for, a kiss on the cheek? get lost," sonny ordered

fredo scurried away to michael's table without another word

you masked your chuckle with a slender hand, "thanks, sonny."

"anytime, toots. what'd'ya say we head inside, huh? i got somethin to show ya."

you shrugged why not and allowed him to lead you into the mansion by hand

you pinched the edges of your satin dress with your free hand, lifting it to keep from tripping

"slow down, sonny!"

"better learn to keep up, y/n."

the two of you arrived in what you remembered to be his old bedroom. you were never allowed into it, of course, but it appeared to be untouched since the last time you saw it

"alright now, close those big eyes'a yours"

you hesitantly closed your eyes one by one, smiling like an idiot

"hold out your hand."

"if you pull something sonny, i swear to god."

when you opened your eyes, you found a gold-plated gemstone bracelet resting comfortably in your hand. it was a sacred family heirloom and the only tangible piece of your mother you had left

"no fuckin' way. sonny!"

he had his hands fixed in his pockets, smiling humbly

"i found it after you left, and i knew what it meant to you so uh, i kept it for a little bit; in case you came back."

in that moment you wanted to hug him with every fiber of your being; to kiss him on his soft pink lips; to lay with him on that very bed, and never let go

"i can't believe it. you don't know how much this means to me."

the sonny that stood before you was a version of him not many had the pleasure of knowing. he was kind, gentle, considerate

tom hagen entered the room, alerting sonny that the family photos were ready to be taken

you slipped the bracelet onto your wrist and coyly exited the room, returning to the reception

you watched as the corleone's prepared for the family portrait, waving shyly at sonny with a soft smile

"c'mere," he beckoned, as the cameraman readied his device

connie encouraged you to join him, waving you over

(forgot to mention! sonny's wife and kids don't exist in this au)

sonny snaked a strong arm around your satin covered waist, and reeled you into his chest

afterwards, the cameraman insisted to take a picture with the two of you alone

you planted a kiss on sonny's deep dimple as the camera flashed

you smiled into his light stubble and felt yourself melt beneath him

you danced with him for the remainder of the night, and just as you were about to leave he offered to drive you home, but not without taking you out to eat first

the two of you spent the evening sharing milkshakes and laughing loudly at a nearby diner

sonny played your favorite song on the jukebox and it was a miracle to you that he even remembered it

he dropped you home with a slow, tender kiss

"pick you up tomorrow?"

#the godfather #sonny corleone x reader #sonny corleone #the godfather imagine #james caan #michael corleone #vito corleone #sonny corleone fluff

[lovingcorleone]

“Stronger Together, Weaker Without” — Michael Corleone x Reader

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Summary: Y/N and Michael were put into a difficult situation, when unexpected things happened just before their wedding.

Pairing: Michael Corleone x Fem!Reader

Request: "Hello could you do one where Michael Corleone and his wife are having a difficult time at the wedding and are trying to talk to resolve it?" — @loveilovetoo

Author's note: (English is my second language.) ; I needed to overcome writer's block, and that's why it took me so long - my sincere apologies! I really hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Warning: strong language, sappy conversation?

STRONGER TOGETHER, WEAKER WITHOUT

Friday, the day before wedding.

It is safe to say that many things went wrong on your and Michael's wedding weekend. It all started a day before the ceremony and you weren't sure what to think about it. First, the main bridesmaid, your best friend B/F/N, called you early in the morning, telling that she was sorry but she didn't feel twice as good and probably caught some illness. That would be okay, it wasn't a big deal, because these things just happen and you cannot really prevent them. Little did you know that it was only the beginning of a nightmare.

With this information you went right to Michael to tell him the news, but he only assured you that, yes, it was dissapointing, but nothing that couldn't be solved easily. You only wished this was the first and also the last unpleasant thing of the whole wedding. Another suprise came later in the afternoon when Michael got a call from Tom. Your soon to-be husband was hesistant at first if he should tell you that place where you two were suppossed to have your first dance as married couple, was completely burned down. He quietly came to you and gave you a tight hug. „I have good and bad news.“ he started, „I guess you want to hear the bad news first, huh?“ You pulled back from his hug and gave him worried look. „What happened?“ „So ... the thing is that our venue is gone. Burned down. I'm so sorry, sweetheart. But! The good news is that people who did that are already caught.“ After he had spoken, you were speechless. You couldn't find the words. You blankly stared at Michael, then turned away from him and hugged yourself. „Why would someone do that? Why? We deserve to be happy too, why can't we be?!“ you raised your voice a bit and a few tears escaped from your eyes from pure frustration. Your fiancé was desperate just as much as you were. His blood was boiling, but he knew he should be calm and supportive. Michael was heartbroken too. It was supposed to be his happiest weekend in his life.

Fortunately, your day ended without any more complications. You couldn't sleep with Michael in the same room, because tradition clearly said that it was forbidden and it brings bad luck, so you two just called each other that night. „Everything will be just fine. I promise you that. No one will take away our wedding day from us.“ „Michael, that sounded a bit threatening..“ you laughed, „But yeah. Tomorrow's about us.“

Saturday, Wedding Day, 6:00am.

You didn't have to wake up that early, but the thing was that, you had a very strong feeling that you should be fully awake no matter what. Also, around 7:15am Connie and Sandra promised you to come and start with your preparation for your big day. By that time you were just sitting on your bed watching sun rising up through your window. The bed felt so lonely without Michael in it. You got used to falling asleep and waking up next to him. You wondered if he was still sleeping.

In the middle of your showering, there was a loud knock on the door followed by excited voices of two girls mentioned above. „Come on, sleepyhead. We need you to get ready!“ said Connie with joyful voice. You opened the door with a towel covering your body and wet hair. „About damn time, dear. I hope you slept enough, because I'm sure that right after wedding there will be no sleep for you.“ continued Sandra and winked at you giving you a sign what she really meant by it. You giggled and hugged both of them. „Thanks. Thanks a lot for helping me. I don't know what would I do without you two.“ you sighed and sat at the chair in front of big mirror. It took Sandra about one hour to make your hair looking like it belonged to a princess. It was exactly what you wanted. Then it was Connie's turn with doing your make-up and, of course, it turned out even better than you expected. All of you were so satisfied with final result. Then you put on your dress. Now, you looked like a real princess. Your B/F/N was the one who helped you decide which dress was, metaphorically, made for you. Even though, she couldn't be there with you, the dress reminded you of her. For a minute, all your troubles suddenly disappeared and you were filled with pure joy.

Your silent admiration of your look was however interrupted by someone knocking on the door. Connie was the closest person to it so she carefully opened, but only her face was seen, in case if it was Michael looking for you. Luckily, it was not Michael, but his brother. Which was not good scenario either. „Sonny? Don't you have a work to do?“ Connie asked in quite annoyed voice, because he obviously interrupted their –girls moment-. Sonny was visibly nervous and his hairline was covered in drops of sweat. His sister could swear she saw a glimpse of fear in his eyes. „I need to speak to Y/N. Like right now.“ he said urgently and tried to step into the room, but Connie didn't let him to do so. „C'mon Connie. Just let me in...“ „Who's that?“ you asked with a raised voice so the person on the other side of the door could hear you.

„It's Sonny. I need to tell you somethin'.“ You nodded to Connie that she could let him in. He didn't hesitate and made his way right to you. His first reaction was adorable, because his look fell on your dress and then on your face. He widely smiled ready to give you some cheeky compliment, but he quickly remembered why he came there. „Okay, now, don't be mad.“ As he said that, your happy face dropped. „Everytime when someone says „Don't be mad.“, something really bad happened. I hope this is not that case.“ He made a squinted face and took a deep breath. „Look... aaagh...Something happened.“ „Continue...“ „You know.. your wedding rings...Well...ughh...they are kind of gone. We can't find them and we looked for them everywhere.“ he finally admitted as you fell down on your chair. „Oh my god.“ Sandra whispered and ran to hug you and Connie's jaw dropped down. „But ..how..? They were put in a safe place. Does Michael know?“ Sonny scratched the back of his head. „Tom and Fredo are tellin' him now.“

You felt your chest got tight and it was a bit harder for you to breathe. „Bridesmaid's ill, the venue is gone and so are the rings.“ you whispered holding back tears. For a moment there was a tense silence, and everyone in the room felt kind of embarrassed. The best day of your life turned out to be the worst. Connie didn't even had a chance to comfort you because you stood up with emotionless face and went to the door. You were about to stepped out of room, but Sonny gently grabbed your elbow. „Where are you going? You can't see Michael. It's a tradition..“ You angrily glared at him „Fuck tradition. I need to talk with Michael.“ Sonny let go of you very quickly and felt ashamed of his words. The situation was way more important than some tradition.

Your soon-to-be husband had the same idea. He was on his way to your room when you two bumped into each other at the corner.

„Our rings are gone.“ both of you said at the same time and he pulled you into a hug. Though his mind was full of emotions and mostly full of anger, he did notice how incredibly beautiful you were. Of course, for him you were beautiful everyday, but seeing you in wedding dress made him tear up a bit. He then suggested to move to some empty room so you could talk in private. You sat on a bed and Michael joined you. His arm hugged you over your shoulders and you gently put your head on his chest. After overcoming primary shock, you spoke first. „I don't feel like this is all just stupid coincidence.“ you sobbed and let the tears make their own way down your cheeks. „Then what do you think it is?“ he asked quietly. You raised your head and looked into his eyes. „What if this is a bad sign? At the moment, I feel like everything is ruined and we are just helplessly standing in the middle of the chaos not knowing what to do. What if we are not meant to be married.“ your voice broke and you couldn't keep looking into his eyes anymore. His arm fell off of your shoulders. He wiped away his own tears and got down on his knees grabbing your hands, which made you look at him. „So? Even if we are not meant to get married, that doesn't mean that we are not meant to be together, Y/N. I believe in us. But I need you to believe in us too.“ His voice was steady but you could hear how hard he tried to remain being steady. Not only your heart was breaking, his was too. Some couples would turn this situation into a humorous one, but for you and Michael, it was really serious. You sniffled and bit your lip. „I believe in us too. But these things don't happen without a reason. I just- I don't know.“ „I love you. Do you love me?“ You were shocked by his question. „Of course, I do. You are my everything, Mike.“ you sobbed again and his finger moved to your face and wiped away new tears. „You are my everything too. And I know how long you've dreamed about this day. We can cancel it if you want. Or we will face this very eventful day together. Like we always do with everything that crosses our path. How does that sound to you, hm?“ a very faint smile appeared on his lips. He made a good point. You could've run from it or face it. „The venue is destroyed, we don't have our rings and we also broke the tradition...Every single thing is against us. Maybe marriage can break this curse or whatever it is. Maybe we should shoot our shot.“ your lips formed into a weak smile. He took your face into his hands and kissed you softly. Then he added: „We will be okay. From now on.“

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[fangirl-imagines]

Going to the Chapel//Michael Corleone x Reader

A/N: Requested by anonymous who wanted something about Michael and the reader’s wedding day. I hope this is close to what you wanted.

Standing in front of the mirror you smoothed your hands down over the white lace of your skirt. 

In the mirror you took in your reflection. Your full white dress, your delicate veil pinned in your hair, your carefully applied makeup. You took a deep breath out through your mouth and smiled. 

You weren’t nervous though like you thought you would be today. 

Not when Michael was waiting for you. You wondered where he was in the church right now, if he was nervous? You knew that even if he was he wouldn’t be showing it. He’d probably have the same serious, calm expression as he always did when he was trying not to show his emotions. You could always see through it though. You knew your Michael better than that and the thought made you smile. 

You bet he was with his brothers right now somewhere else in the church. Probably sharing a drink that Fredo had taken it upon himself to pour to calm the nerves Michael denied having, while Sonny keeps teasing him about the wedding night. It was their job to keep Michael and you separated before the ceremony. You were so caught up in your own thoughts you didn’t notice Vito coming up behind you until he put his hands on your shoulders. You jumped in surprise but relaxed just as quickly when you saw the gentle smile on your soon to be father-in-law’s face. 

“Y/N, you look beautiful, my dear.”

You smiled at him, reaching up to cover his hands on your shoulders with yours. “Thank you, Mr. Corleone. Have you seen Michael yet?” You asked hesitantly, turning to see Vito better. 

Vito nodded, “My son is waiting for you right now. He asked me to come check on you. I believe he’s afraid you’ll change your mind.” 

You giggled, the very idea ridiculous in your mind. Perhaps Michael was more nervous than you thought. You opened your mouth to reply but were cut off by the excited squeal of your matron of honor rushing into the bridal room. Connie’s hands covered her mouth, she looked beautiful in her y/f/c dress. 

“Oh, Y/N, you look beautiful, honey! Michael is just going to die when he sees you!” She rushed forward, grabbing your hands in hers and squeezing them excitedly. 

“Well, then we best not keep him waiting.” Vito directed gently, offering up his arm to you. 

With a deep breath and a small smile you took Vito’s arm in yours and with your other hand took the bouquet of y/f/f from Connie and let them lead you towards the chapel doors. Just inside you could hear the sound of the processional starting. There was no going back now but you wouldn’t have it any other way. Connie offered you a wink as the doors opened and she began her walk down the aisle. How long were you supposed to wait before you started out again? 

Vito squeezed your hand gently before taking a step forward, leading you on his arm down the aisle. You’d dreamed as a little girl of this moment. In those dreams you had envisioned the kinds of flowers you’d have, how beautiful the church would look with the light coming in through the stained glass windows, how your mother would cry over how beautiful you looked as you walked down the aisle, but now as it was happening you couldn’t be bothered to notice any of that. 

All you could see was Michael. 

He stood at the altar between the priest and Sonny looking as handsome as the day you’d met him in his black suit with his hair slicked back carefully. His brown eyes bore into you, watching your every move as if you were the only other person in the world. Sonny clapped him on the shoulder with pride but even then Michael’s attention remained locked on you. As you reached him, he smiled at you gently, the corners of his lips curling up in one of his rare smiles, and suddenly you felt as if you could breathe again. Vito kissed you on the cheek, placing your hand in the hand of his son before returning to his seat beside Carmella. Wordlessly, Connie took your bouquet from your hands and Michael reached for your free hand. He squeezed your hands in his and you knew, everything would be fine. You couldn’t look away from Michael as the priest spoke. 

Until it was time for the vows.

Michael spoke earnestly and deeply as he vowed to love you, honor you, and cherish you for the rest of your lives. The seriousness of his words washed over you, bringing tears to your eyes. With steady hands, Michael slipped the cole metal of your wedding band onto your finger. You were so overcome that you almost tripped over your own word when it came time for your vows. You took a deep breath and squeezed Michael’s hands as you began. 

“Ti prendo Michael come mio marito sposato, per avere e resistere da oggi in avanti, nel bene e nel male, nel più ricco, nel più povero, in malattia e in salute, da amare e da amare, finché morte non ci separi” You recited the words you had practiced so many times in private just for this moment. 

Michael’s proud smile and teary eyes as you slipped the wedding band on his finger made the hours of practicing and learning your vows in Italian worth it. It was the first time you’d ever seen Michael get teary eyed and it was a sight you’d never forget. 

The priest was still talking but you only half heard his words, still too focused on Michael and the way he was looking at you. 

His eyes never left yours until you finally heard the priest say, “You may now kiss the bride.”

Michael’s hands cupped your face softly as leaned into you and pressed his lips against yours as passionately as he could in a church. It was over too quickly though before the two of you were pulling away from each other and Sonny was clapping Michael on the back and Connie was handing you back your flowers as the church bells rang. Michael still smiled at you though, a small smile with a glint in his eye that broke through his normally serious exterior.

You smiled back at your husband. 

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[misslemonteababe]

Michael: So. Who broke it?

[Whole room in silence]

Michael: I'm not mad, I just want to know.

Connie:

Connie: I did, I broke it.

Michael: No, no you didn't. Fredo?

Fredo: Don't look at me, look at Sonny.

Sonny: What? I didn't break it.

Fredo: Huh, that's weird. How'd you even know it was broken?

Sonny: Because it's sitting right in front of us, AND IT'S BROKEN.

Fredo: Suspicious.

Sonny: No, it's not!

Tom: As if it's matters, probably not, but- Y/N was the last one to use it.

Y/N: Liar, I don't even drink that crap!

Tom: Oh, really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

Y/N: I use the wooden stirrers push back my cuticules. Everyone knows that, Tom!

Connie: Ok, let's not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it, Mike.

Michael: No. Who broke it?

[Whole room goes in silence again]

Sonny: Michael.. Kay's been awfully quiet.

Kay: Oh, really!? Oh my God!

[Everyone start arguing with each other and Michael looks at the imaginary camera]

Michael:

Michael: I broke. It burned my hands so I punched it. I predict ten minutes from now, they'll be at each other's throats with war paint on their faces and a pig head on a stick.

Michael:

Michael: Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

[From across the room]

Vito:

Vito: I hope they just don't burn up the house. I'm begging you, God.

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[rye-views]

The Godfather Part III (1990) dir. Francis Ford Coppola. 7.7/10

I didn’t even care about Mary, but I teared up for her.

The order I liked the three movies is 1st, 3rd, and 2nd.

I can completely understand how Michael ended up here after starting off not wanting to be part of the business.

It’s Rossi.

Spoiler: [About Michael donating a large sum of money. He receives an honor at the church, which his family comes to see. Kay is remarried and has their children, Mary and Anthony. Kay says she’s here for Anthony, because he wants to stop with his law degree and pursues singing. Michael is against it and tells Anthony he can do it after finishing the degree. Kay convinces Michael to give in and he does. At a reception, Vincent, Michael’s bastard nephew through Sonny, appears and talks much with Mary. He also talks to a reporter and sleeps with her later. In the meantime, he is spiteful of Joey Zasa, who is also there and is his boss. Zasa talks to Michael and brings up Vincent, who then requests to switch to working for Michael. Zasa and Vincent are told to make up and hug until Vincent bites Zasa’s ear. Michael invites Vincent to follow him for a bit. When Vincent is sleeping with the reporter, two men come in to kill him, but he kills them after they reveal they work for Zasa. Archbishop Gilday, head of the Vatican Bank, talks to Michael about how’s good at getting people to give money for the church, but not good at being a banker. He has amassed a debt of $600 million. Michael buys his shares of the organization, Internazionale Immobiliare. This allows him to the be the largest shareholder and a chance to keep his life out of the criminal enterprise. The board approves of this situation after Gilday approves, but it must now be ratified by the Pope himself. Don Altobello wants to get in on the day and so do all of his partners who want to keep their business relationships with him. Michael refuses because he wants to go straight. Michael pays them what’s due after selling all the casinos instead. At this meeting, Zasa receives nothing and tells everyone about how he earned them money and now Michael is his enemy. Don Altobello chases him to clear up the situation. Right after, a helicopter shoots the room down from the window, killing almost everyone. Michael escapes with Vincent and his bodyguard, Al Neri. Neri says everyone who was spared was in it with Zasa, including Don Altobello. Michael has a diabetic stroke and Vincent uses this time to get back at Zasa, against Michael’s wishes. He gets approval from Neri and Connie. During a festival with Zasa’s Italian American civil rights group, Vincent shoots down Zasa. He also starts a relationship with Mary. Michael is upset at everything that happened and also tells him to break it off with Mary, because it’s a danger to her. They all travel to Sicily for Anthony’s opera debut. They stay with Don Tommasino. Michael sends Vincent to go to Don Altobello saying he’s unhappy with Michael disapproving of him and Mary and needs help. He does so and is introduced to Don Licio Lucchesi and learns of an assassin, Mosca, sent to kill Michael. He learns of a swindle with the Immobiliare Deal by Archbishop Gilday, the accountant Frederick Keinszig, and the head Lucchesi. Michael talks with Cardinal Lamberto, since he is most likely to be the next pope since the current pope is gravely ill. Cardinal pushes him to make a confession after he goes through a diabetic relapse, saying the body hurts when the mind hurts. He confesses to Fredo’s murder and Cardinal says he is right to suffer, but can be redeemed. Mosca and his son dress up as priests to kill MIchael and walk to Don Tommasino’s home. Don Tommasino sees the priests and offer them a ride. When he realizes it’s an assassin he knows, he refuses them a ride since they wanted to use him to get in. They kill him. His body is found and Tommasino’s bodyguard wants revenge and asks Michael for permission. Michael, at this time, is exploring Sicily with Kay. They talk about how they will always love each other and he talks about how he couldn’t help entering this life since his people were going to be hurt and he loved them. At Tommasino’s funeral, Michael vows to never sin again. Cardinal Lamberto is approved to be the new pope and he ratifies the deal. Michael lets Vincent take over as the new don if he gives up Mary, which he

does. While is watching Vincent’s performance, Vincent exacts his revenge. His men kidnap Keinszig and hang him from a bridge. Connie gives poisoned cannolis to Don Altobello for his birthday. Tommasino’s bodyguard visits Lucchesi saying he has a message from Michael. He is cleared of weapons, but stabs Lucchesi in the neck with his glasses. Archbishop Gilday poisoned Lamberto using the tea and then he is shot by Al Neri. Mosca is aiming to kill Michael at the performance. He kills Vincent’s men, but loses Michael. At the end of the performance, Mary has been broken up with by Vincent and confronts her father. As she does, mosca shoots Michael twice. One bullet kills Mary. Michael is only wounded. He cries. He is now sitting alone in Don Tomasino’s villa and dies.]

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[greatcomets]

ummmmm ok takeaways:

not bad at all but the movie is MUCH better

tom hagen rules but he should've been better to connie. i mean him and everyone else, but

sonny corleone had an army at 16

definitely some weirdness. like a man did write this

i really liked being able to see into kay's head more honestly of all things

i was gonna be like "i wish we saw more of fredo" but honestly like fredo was nothing in the first movie & the only reason they wrote him a bigger part in pt ii was because john cazale was a genius

the uh hm. the TREATMENT of lucy mancini, like, by the book. was painful. but if it had just been a normal fucking story about a girl sonny had fucked around with who then moved to vegas to kick it with johnny & nino & fredo & her doctor boyfriend i wouldve been into it

re the above mario puzo did not have to use the phrase turgid flesh. like i really wish he had not done that

the afterword in my copy talks about how the godfather marked the shift in american society from westerns to mob stories which i thought was rly cool & interesting & also made me want to watch the sopranos

again ok tom hagen is the best character in the godfather. genuinely he is lol. now in the MOVIE alfredo's performance alone gives michael a vast lead over him but man. in the book? man

yeah i think like im glad i read it but im not sure i wouldve been able to appreciate it without the movie? like it's the perfect companion piece/extra dimension but like. you know. anyway.

i kind of want to watch the movie again after this to see if it changes anything for me esp w/ tom & kay 👀👀?????????

#ok goodnight!!!1!1! #from me #the godfather #sarfo

[basil-films]

28-12-2020

The Godfather Part II (1974)

i’m not gonna lie, this movie was a lot to keep up with. it always feels like just when you’re starting to get it, there’s another key part that you’re missing except you have no clue what it is. anyway, here’s my not-so-analytical analysis // “things i’ve noticed list” of this masterpiece i wish i had the brain power to fully comprehend. this is definitely one that i’ll be rewatching dozens of times.

A Ceremonial Beginning (again)

an observation my dad actually made right from the start, is how both part I and part II start with some kind of ceremony. whether this was the director’s intent or not, i don’t know, but still: the first part opened at Connie’s wedding, a celebration of love, while this one opened to Vito’s funeral. the contrast of the two openings is a sign, signifying how hopeful everything used to be, compared to how hopeless they seem to already be now.

Rags to Riches Storyline

right from the start of the nonlinear storyline, we see Vito being treated almost like a peasant at the American boarder. since we already know everything he goes to achieve in his lifetime and that this is merely a flashback, we can’t help but notice that this is pretty similar to a “rags to riches” storyline. the purpose of a nonlinear timeline seems to emphasize Vito’s growth throughout his lifetime and show just how unpredictable Vito’s future will be, given that we already know how it ends.

Never in Private

another minor note that strengthens the connection between the past and present is how Michael’s talk with the senator was not in private, but with security in the room, just the way Vito would have done it. this is something we notice in the first film too, as the only times Vito’s spoke with someone one-on-one was with people, i forget who exactly but i’m sure Sonny was obviously one of them, he has a special relationship with.

while this is clearly just a safety precaution, it’s still noteworthy that this happens to be yet another trait Michael takes after his father, a habit of ensuring the safety of both himself and his family, as we find out later.

“Trying to fit in with other Americans”

one interesting cut between scenes (and timeframes) was between the scene of Vito half-innocently entering the United States (past) and Michael being insulted by the senator, being told he’s “trying to fit in with other Americans.” the concept of revenge, or even karma (if we see the “Americans” as the receiver of karma) is apparent with this one transition between scenes.

A Walkthrough of Life

It’s no surprise that the 3:22 hour movie is slow paced - just like any of the Godfather films. Other than detail, the only other reason a team would decide to make a movie this long is for the effect of it feeling like some sort of walkthrough of life and death. That’s pretty deep-sounding, but what I’m trying to say is that the entire film is paced in a way that makes you feel like you’re an outsider to the Corleone family, living each day with them.

Kiss of Death

This is one of my favorite parts. I watched this film with my dad so he had to enlighten me, but basically, there’s this this in Italian mafia culture called the “kiss of death.” When Michael finds out about Fredo’s betrayal, he kisses him smack on the lips, something you wouldn’t expect two straight mafia members to comfortably do. This is Michael’s way of basically saying, “I love you, but I’m gonna kill you.”

This raises the question of why? If someone betrays you, why wouldn’t you just kill them and get it over with (I’m talking about 20th century Italian gang culture here, please don’t turn me into the police)? The kiss of death goes to show that Michael genuinely cared for his brother and that Fredo’s slip up is one that hasn’t changed their brotherly feelings for one another. Instead, it simply means that Michael has to do what he has to do, no matter how much he may or may not want to.

Power Through One’s Family

The entire concept of both gaining power and becoming vulnerable is obtained and lost through one’s family. Whether that’s through one’s kids or his wife, if someone is messed with, the family of the perpetrator is the initial target and always in immediate danger. I think this says a lot about the values of these men. Despite their hard shells, they all know their biggest weakness: their own family.

Harsh Transitions into a New Color Palette

I’m not gonna lie, I noted this down without a specific example, but here’s my thought: Whether it’s between murder scenes and weddings or parties or whatever, there’s often these really contrasty transitions between scenes with completely different color palettes. I like this, because the two main elements of these kinds of films are family and brutal murder, some pretty heavy contrast, if you ask me. The palettes often contrast in warmth as well, leaving the warmer tones with close and family-oriented scenes, obviously. The transitions, though harsh, are an eye-opener to the unpredictability of the film and can really wake you up in case you’ve started to doze off 3 hours in.

The American Way of Life Designed by Italians

The scenes of young Vito’s first(?) murder that takes place in the crowded streets of the street market are possibly some of my favorite in the movie. The significance of that particular scene is that it reminds you that this isn’t the classic American Dream. The life all these guys and their families are after is the American life made by the Italians. The Italian culture is preserved through the body language, formalities//etiquette, etc, all while still aiming to ‘blend in’ with the American lifestyle.

I think this is beautiful, since it goes to show that their own culture isn’t something they’re willing to sacrifice for the sake of living in America.

Lonely, I’m still Lonely

There’s probably a much deeper meaning to the way the film was brought to an end, but here’s my take on it. The focus of the second film in this trilogy was Vito’s youth and Michael’s growth. Just like what my dad said when we watched this together, this is Michael’s film and his chance to grow into his father’s shoes. For this very reason, we finish on a shot of Michael sitting alone at the table, while everyone else rushes to see the surprise or whatever it was that caught their attention at the front door. This essentially leaves him alone with his thoughts, as he is after all ‘the next heir to the throne.’ He’s left in a state of deep contemplation over everything he’s just done, especially the murder of Fredo.

Sorry for another lengthy analysis! Feel free to skip around the topics and just read the ones that sound interesting to you :)

#cinema #film #The Godfather #movie #movie analysis #film analysis

[cinema-tv-etc]

Why The Godfather Part III has been unfairly demonized

By Caryn James1st December 2020

he mafia trilogy ended with a closing chapter that has long been vilified. But as a new recut is released, 30 years on, Caryn James says it deserves to be re-evaluated. T

The final part of the Godfather trilogy is considered such an artistic disaster that you'd think Francis Ford Coppola had forgotten how to make a film in the 16 years that followed The Godfather Part II (1974). Part III's most famous dialogue – Al Pacino as the aging Mafia don Michael Corleone snarls, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" – has become an easy laugh line.

But 30 years after its release, it is time to rescue Godfather III from its terrible reputation. Pacino's eloquent, fiery, knowing central performance is supported by several bravura set pieces that are mini-masterpieces in themselves. With deliberate echoes of the earlier Godfather films, there is singing and dancing at a family party, a bold murder during the San Gennaro street festival, a tragedy on the steps of an opera house in Sicily.

In the film’s confusing main plot, Michael gets tangled up in dealing with the Vatican  

Hindsight alone would tell us how seriously the film has been undervalued, even without Coppola's newly restored, re-edited and renamed version. It now has the title Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Calling it a coda emphasises its connection to the earlier instalments, and even hints at its lesser stature. And the word 'death' signals its dark inevitability, although the meaning of that word is slipperier than it first appears.

Twelve minutes shorter, it rearranges some key episodes, eliminates a few minor scenes and trims a line here or there. But until its altered ending, it is fundamentally the same film, better in parts than as a whole. It is too flawed to come close to the accomplishments of The Godfather (1972) or its sequel, both among the most towering and influential films of the 20th Century. They have penetrated the culture, from their language ("I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse") to their quintessentially American story of immigration and upward mobility. But the new version clarifies Coppola's epic vision, revealing how much the Corleone story was always Michael's, a deeply moral saga of guilt and redemption. He just happened to be a mob boss.

For me the tragedy of The Godfather, which is the tragedy of America, is about Michael Corleone – Francis Ford Coppola

Coppola was always lucid about the trilogy's vision, even when others were confused. "For me the tragedy of The Godfather, which is the tragedy of America, is about Michael Corleone," he says in the extras on a DVD set of the three films released in 2001. He wanted The Death of Michael Corleone to be the title back in 1990, but Paramount, the studio releasing it, did not. The film's initial reception was measured disappointment, not dismissal or horror as we now assume. Roger Ebert actually loved it. Pauline Kael did not love or hate it, but offered the withering, condescending assessment. "I don't think it's going to be a public humiliation." Expectations were high because of the legacy of the earlier films, yet low because Part III came with a whiff of desperation and of selling out. Coppola had resisted making another Godfather for years, then wrote the screenplay (with Mario Puzo) and edited it in a rush to meet its Christmas Day release. It even got seven Oscar nominations, including best picture and director. It is an odd example of a movie whose reputation has declined over the decades.

Why the film is misunderstood

Then and now, the series has largely been misunderstood. Crime movies like Coppola's and Martin Scorsese's are so seductive that audiences have embraced them for apparently glamorising the love of raw power and the concept of honour among thieves. Beneath the Mafia-friendly surface, though, they are built on ethical themes their more hot-headed characters don't grasp. The Godfather Coda tells us that crime really doesn't pay when you're ready to search your soul. The young Michael struggles with the idea of killing and crime in the first Godfather. The consequences of his decision are central to Part III, which takes place in 1979, 20 years after the events of Godfather II. Michael, a billionaire living in New York, has made his businesses legitimate and is left to grapple with his guilt for so many crimes, especially ordering the murder of his  brother Fredo, who betrayed him.

The film still has problems that no amount of editing can change. In a needlessly confusing main plot, Michael tries to take over a European conglomerate called International Immobiliare. By buying the Vatican's shares, he'll be bailing out the corrupt Vatican bank. The family part of the story revolves around Michael's nephew, Vincent Mancini, the illegitimate son of his brother Sonny. Andy Garcia is as good a Vincent as you could hope for, handsome, swaggering, rough around the edges, dynamic on screen. But his character never makes much sense. Vincent has his father's explosive temper and appetite for violence, but somehow goes from a not-so-bright thug to a shrewd, controlled crime strategist in a matter of months. His change is far from the engrossing, methodical character trajectory that takes the young Michael from idealist to murderer in the first Godfather.

And the film's most severely criticised element is no better than anyone remembers. Winona Ryder, who had been set to play Michael's daughter, Mary, dropped out weeks before filming started and was replaced with unabashed nepotism by Coppola's teenaged daughter, Sofia. Today, we know Sofia Coppola as a brilliant director, but it's easy to see why her amateurish performance made her another target of Godfather III jokes, particularly for the unintentionally awkward and passionless romance between Mary and her cousin Vincent. Coppola actually snipped a couple of Sofia's lines in the new version.

He makes a major change at the start of the re-edited film, eliminating the lovely original beginning. It set an elegiac tone by showing images of the abandoned family house in Lake Tahoe from Part II, and includes a flashback to Fredo's death, while Nino Rota's familiar soundtrack music evokes the past. The new version begins with a duplicitous archbishop soliciting Michael's help for the Vatican, a scene originally placed later in the film. The change highlights the finance plot without making it any clearer.  

The exhilarating start

But the film soon picks up with its true, exhilarating beginning. Several generations of Corleones, along with friends and business associates, gather at a party celebrating Michael. His sister, Connie, sings an Italian song, while shady-looking visitors pay homage to Michael in his office. He now has bristly grey hair and a lined face, and controls his family and business with authoritarian power. The extravagant 30-minute sequence echoes Connie's wedding at the start of The Godfather, and the First Communion party in Lake Tahoe that began Godfather II. Michael's office even has the same light slanting through the blinds that we saw in his father's office in the first Godfather, when Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone received visitors. Throughout, these call backs to the previous films add resonance while trenchantly revealing how things have changed.  Michael is burdened by conscience in a way Vito never was. "I don't apologise," Vito tells Michael near the end of The Godfather, justifying his brutality because he was trying to save his family. Godfather III is all about Michael's need to atone.  

Al Pacino's performance may have become an object of derision, but he knows what he's doing.

The party scene flows easily as it brings every character up to date. Diane Keaton is as deft as ever as Michael's ex-wife Kay, who pleads with him to allow their son, Tony, to pursue a career as an opera singer. Kay can be chilling. "Tony knows that you killed Fredo," she warns Michael. Yet she has never got over him, as we see in a later scene when they have a tearful tête-à-tête in Sicily, a scene Pacino and Keaton make painfully real.

Connie, played with glorious sharpness and wit by Talia Shire, has morphed into Lady Macbeth. Mafia princesses can never run things, but they can pull the strings. It's Connie who ruthlessly tells Vincent, "You're the only one in this family with my father's strength. If anything happens to Michael I want you to strike back." She has asked the right person.

Vincent is central to many of the set pieces. During a meeting of Mafia heads in Atlantic City, when Michael announces he is out of the crime business, a helicopter approaches the window and shoots most of them dead. Vincent rushes Michael, the main target, to safety. The intrigue and rapid-fire violence in the perfectly orchestrated scene might obscure the real point: Michael can't escape his past. That attack causes his cry: "Just when I thought I was out..." Pacino's performance may have become an object of derision, but he knows what he's doing. He is raw and angrily over-the-top in some scenes, but modulates those outbursts with quieter moments. When a stress-induced diabetic attack sends him to the hospital, in his delusional state he calls out Fredo's name. Pacino shows us a conflicted Michael, weakened yet clinging to power.

The power of the re-edited finale

The tone becomes more ominous and the themes more spiritual when the entire family goes to Sicily for Tony's opera debut. (There are spoilers here, but the time limit on spoilers has expired after 30 years.) Michael grapples with the Sicilian Mafia, for reasons linked to the Immobiliare deal, but that is less important than his inner crisis. He makes a confession to a cardinal, breaking down in tears as he says, "I'm beyond redemption." When his protector, Don Tommasino, becomes another victim of Michael's power struggle, he sits by the coffin and says to God, "I swear on the lives of my children, give me a chance to redeem myself and I will sin no more." In this version, Coppola eliminates lines in which Michael asks why he is feared and not loved, removing that plea for the audience's sympathy. Michael gives Vincent control of the family, but does he really have a clear conscience when he knows too well the vengeance Vincent will plan?

The Trump era has been full of Godfather references; Trump himself regularly attacks CNN's Chris Cuomo by calling him Fredo.

That revenge plays out in the elaborate, gripping final sequence at the opera, a counterpart to one of the most famous episodes from The Godfather, when a baptism is intercut with a series of murders. That first sequence was about Michael's rise to power; now he suffers the consequences. While the family watches Tony on stage, Coppola weaves in scenes of Vincent's crew settling scores. One shoots an enemy who plummets off a beautiful spiral staircase. Another murders a rival by stabbing the man's own eyeglasses into his neck. At the opera, hitmen are after Michael, which leads to the shooting on the steps, and a bullet meant for him that kills Mary. For him there is no coming back from that, no possible way to forgive himself.  

As the film ends, Coppola makes a brilliant editing choice. The original ending flashed ahead years to the elderly Michael, sitting alone in a gravelly yard as the camera closes in on a face still full of desolation and sadness. He falls to the ground, obviously dead.  With a tiny cut, Coppola transforms the meaning of the scene. It now ends with the close-up of Michael's face, still alive. Living with his guilt is his true death, a death of the soul and of hope. Coppola adds text at the end, which says: “When the Sicilians wish you ‘Cent'anni’... it means ‘for long life’... and a Sicilian never forgets.” Michael is doomed to a long life of remembering.

Godfather, Coda restores Coppola's original darker vision, but one element creates a jolt even he couldn't have seen coming. The locations listed in the end credits include Trump Castle Casino Resort in Atlantic City, where the exterior of the helicopter attack was shot. The Trump era has been full of Godfather references. Some are from mainsteam media, including a 2018 Atlantic Magazine article with the headline Donald Trump Goes Full Fredo, comparing a Trump tweet saying that he is “like, really smart” to Fredo famously insisting in Godfather II, “I'm smart! Not like everybody says, like dumb, I'm smart!”  Similarly, Twitter trolls routinely mock the president's circle and his grown children as Fredos, portraying them as weak and bumbling like the character,  including pasting Donald Trump Jr’s head on a photo of Fredo's body.  Donald Trump himself regularly attacks CNN's Chris Cuomo by calling him Fredo. Godfather II even turned up in court documents charging Trump's advisor Roger Stone with obstructing justice, citing an email in which Stone asked someone to protect him the way Frankie Pentangeli covered up for the Corleones. Today the location credit lands like a coda to the end of the Trump presidency, and offers a reminder of how influential the Godfather films have been, even when they were embraced for all the wrong reasons.

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[msfbgraves]

You mentioned that in Mobverse, The Sound of Music’s Captain would be an Alpha which makes perfect sense, considering his clueless behavior around his own children lol. Would Maria be an omega, then? 

But now The Godfather cast!

Vito and Sonny are both 100% Alphas. Would Michael Corleone still be a beta or an Alpha JUST IMAGINE if Michael actually was…an omega. Lol. The idea amuses me greatly. Anyway, I’m conflicted on if Fredo is a beta too, or a loser omega. Sorry Freddie, still love ya ♥️ 

And Connie…Connie confuses me most of all. She leans omega in movie 1, but more beta in movie 2. And 3…who can say? Carmela is either an omega or beta.

In my universe, there is fierce debate over Maria. Most read her as beta, as this is Hollywood, they're not going to be transgressive and betas as second marriage mates is very well accepted. Also Maria is very outgoing and independent in story, very ready to cede territory to the Baroness, also planning to be a nun and therefore childless, and takes no shit. Betas, women especially, are fiercely protective over her as a bonafide romantic heroine who also wins the love of all these puppies, and the handsome Alpha. Like, omegas are not better parents or mates, see the Captain being smitten with Maria.

There is an omega counter argument saying that Maria simply was an omega with a delayed presentation, what with having been around beta women all her youth. The second they really connect, Maria may have suddenly presented off screen, in seclusion in the convent. This they substantiate with the fact that once married, Maria's demeanour is peak omega, leaving much of the action to her Alpha mate.

This rubs betas the entirely wrong way ["show us the bitemark, then, where is it, where?!" "Not EVERYTHING is about YOU!!"], which I find funny to imagine, and goodness, there's merit to both readings, though I lean towards beta too. Jane Eyre definitely is, to go for another classic. The only one in TSOM who is 100% omega is Uncle Max! 😄

Oh the Godfather. Michael omega? Now that would be interesting! I think he is beta, though, always have. Because he is so detached, impassionate most of the time. Dangerous because of his very clinical approach to power.

If Fredo were omega, that would solve so many problems for the poor bean! Doesn't have to hold his own, simply needs to be married off! Wish that he were. He's not Alpha, he doesn't have the fire. If he is beta, then the whole "I am your older brother!" makes more sense.

What about Tom? He too could be beta, but I feel he is Alpha, just not Sicilian style, and therefore feels he's "not Alpha enough". It's the German in him. German Irish is a hard combination to wrangle, I say this as the daughter of a German who was too passionate for Germany, and now I am too passionate for Holland, and feel strangely at ease in Ireland, but like, still with a German sense of caution, just like Tom.

Carmela is omega. 100%. Perfect spouse, sweet, beautiful, and with zero interest in getting involved in the business, or building anything other than a safe space for her mate, her everything, and her children.

Connie has been raised as a Sicilian traditional girl, and there would be very little difference in expectations of a Sicilian beta or omega girl in my book. That's why she is so hard to read. But an omega would remarry yesterday and start a new family and would probably never even want to become Michael's consigliere. No, she's beta.

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[melis-writes]

Hiii! Just wanted to ask If you’ll ever consider writing for Luca Brasi or Tom Hagen? my adhd is fcking me over with my Godfather hyperfixation and i’ve found that there’s so little content of basically anyone who isn’t Michael (not that i’m complaining about the Michael fics). Also i’ve found that i’m so in love with Sollozzo, which frankly feels like a betrayal but oh well. And i need to mention that your stories have been a saving grace during this period 🙌 impeccable writing!

LUCA BRASI??? 😳😳😳 SOLLOZZO?!?!? Now there's two names I haven't ever heard before for writing!! 😅 While I can't say I'd write entire oneshots or prompts for the two (at least, no 'x reader' lol), the consigliere of our heart, Mr. Tom Hagen will definitely get his own romance/fluff oneshot with a reader. 🥰

I am of course totally open to taking prompt ideas for The Godfather in general too! I do Godfather x Reader/or other Godfather character prompts for Michael, Sonny, Tom, Connie, Kay and...errrghh... I guess Ap*llonia too 💀 but I received a lovely prompt from @succsessions (my beloved) a little while back where it was requested to see what was going through Michael's mind moments before he had Fredo assassinated. 👀 So, yes! Smut and romance aside with the reader or other pairings, I can write general Godfather prompts and am very open to doing so. 🥰

Thank you soooo much for your sweet comments, love and support!! 🥺 I hope to write much more of my silly little fics and prompts for you guys!

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[sob-dylan]

Do the godfather lol

God bless you.

the first character i ever fell in love with: Tom Hagen. I adored him right off the bat the first time I watched the movie, but the book really cinched it for me. 

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: Michael. It’s not that I don’t like Michael anymore, but over the years my opinion on him has changed pretty drastically. I still think he’s an incredibly captivating character, but I don’t love him like I used to. When I first saw the movie (I was like 12?) I actually admired him. Definitely not the case anymore.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: The first time I watched Part I, I actually thought Michael/Kay were pretty cute. Part II definitely changed that.

my ultimate favorite character™: Tom Hagen

prettiest character: Connie (I love Talia Shire

my most hated character: Carlo Rizzi

my OTP: Tom/Sonny (these fics by hollycomb are some of the most beautiful shit I’ve ever read btw)

my NOTP: Michael/Kay (the abortion scene is the nail in coffin)

saddest death: Sonny (Look how they massacred my boy!)

favorite season movie: Part I

least favorite season movie: Part III (I will never forgive Robert Duvall for turning down this movie. If you haven’t already, definitely go read about Coppola’s original plans for Part III involving a kind of Michael/Tom showdown).

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: Like I said, I don’t hate Michael per se (though sometimes I do), but I definitely don’t love him to the degree that most people do. I watched Parts I and II with a buddy of mine a few months back, and I was SHOCKED by how much he legitimately worshiped Michael.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: Sonny. I love him so much. Big dick, bigger heart.

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Kay. I’m not saying she’s isn’t willingly naive or complicit in a Carmela Soprano kind of way, but she deserved better. Also,Tom, especially in the book. 

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: Fredo/Moe Greene 

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: idk if i’d call it cute, but I do find Tom/Michael intriguing, in a “neither of us ever got the necessary amount/appropriate kind of affection from Vito so let’s perpetuate that unhealthy relationship with each other” kind of way… Also, I think there was a scene cut out of Part II in which Michael blackmails Tom over an affair he’s having with Sandra. Regardless of how you see Tom and Sonny’s relationship, the idea of Tom and Sandra coming together in grief after Sonny’s death, both trying to hold on to a piece of the man they both cared so deeply for, is so great.

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[constanzia-corleone]

Over the years, I’ve watched The Godfather more times than I can count. It is, without a doubt, a crown jewel of American cinema. No matter how many times I see it, though, there’s one part I can never make it through without getting a little lump in my throat. That’s because with each viewing, I become more convinced that had Sonny Corleone been driving a car equipped with E-ZPass, he would still be alive today. You recall the iconic scene: With tensions rising between the Five Families, a trap is laid for Sonny, who, shortly after handing a bill to a man behind a tollbooth, is brutally gunned down by rival gangsters. It’s a hard two minutes for anyone to watch, but for me, the chief executive of a multistate electronic toll-collection system, it’s especially tough. You see, with an E-ZPass transponder affixed to the windshield of his vehicle, the eldest son of the Corleone family likely wouldn’t have had to slow down past 10 miles per hour, let alone come to a complete stop as he passed through the toll plaza. Nor would he have had to pay his toll in cash and wait around for his change. No, at a participating E-ZPass facility he would have quickly and comfortably passed through the collection booth, living to see another day. The ease and convenience of E-ZPass would have saved his life. End of story. Watching Emilio Barzini’s foot soldiers open fire and riddle Sonny’s body with bullets, all I can think about is how by registering his 1941 Lincoln Continental with E-ZPass, the young Corleone scion would have been granted access to a specially marked lane where any amount he owed would have been transferred instantaneously from a prepaid account of his choosing. Talk about convenient. Then, regardless of whether he had opted for the E-ZPass Basic or Commuter plan, Sandra Corleone might not have become a widow, Connie might have had the support she needed to move past Carlo’s transgressions rather than suffering a complete mental breakdown following his garroting, and Tattaglia would have lacked the leverage to push Vito into sanctioning heroin distribution in the tristate area. Simple as that. Everyone’s happy. And yes, while it’s true E-ZPass customers in New York must pay a $6 annual fee for their monthly billing statements, surely that is far less than the toll the Corleones paid in blood. Just imagine if Sonny could have kept driving past those hitmen and had access to dedicated E-ZPass lanes in 15 participating states. He could have traveled as far as North Carolina, Illinois, or Maine and found a place to lie low for a while, thanks to a system that now has more than 24 million transponders in use and collects more than $9 billion in annual toll revenues! And if Sonny had survived to succeed his father as don, one cannot help but assume that Michael—who never wanted the life of a mafioso for himself—would not have felt the weight of the family crown on his head and, while his older brother continued to take advantage of the generous E-ZPass discount offered at all MTA-managed bridges and tunnels, would have gone on to the life of public service he seemed destined to lead in his youth. Governor, or perhaps Senator, Corleone. You have to believe that Vito’s dreams for young Michael might have come true if Sonny had been freed from the hassle of rummaging through his pockets for cash at that tollgate—an annoyance we commuters know all too well. Additionally, with E-ZPass, Sonny would not only have helped the environment by doing his part to reduce traffic congestion, emissions, and fuel consumption, he would have helped his family continue its operations in Long Island instead of being forced into Hyman Roth’s flytrap in Nevada—I mean, that son of a bitch was waiting for them the entire time. It’s heartbreaking to consider, but it seems quite clear that if only Sonny had his E-ZPass that fateful day, he’d be the one who carried on Vito’s legacy, there’d be no congressional investigation into the Corleones, and not one prostitute would die in Sen. Geary’s hotel room. Not to mention Moe Greene would have been able to finish his massage in peace. Admittedly, not even an E-ZPass could have saved Michael’s beautiful bride, Apollonia. However, I am certain that, had she otherwise managed to survive that car bomb, she would have found the electronic toll-collection system in her new country very convenient once she felt comfortable enough to begin navigating its highways. My eyes well up every time I imagine her, Michael, Sonny, and Sandra driving without any stops or interruptions to Long Beach well into their old age. Though it goes without saying that I wouldn’t have wanted Fredo to use an E-ZPass. I’d never do business with a fucking snake like that.

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Why The Godfather Part IV Never Happened

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The question first came up in the 1990s, following the release of The Godfather Part III, and it has surfaced occasionally over the years: will we ever see The Godfather Part IV?

The fact is that we came fairly close at one point — but a potential fourth entry in the series was ultimately stopped in its tracks.

While The Godfather Part III was a modest success with both critics and audiences (it earned $136 million in 1990 money at the box office), it was not enough of a blockbuster to indicate that there was a large audience out there still hungry for more of the Corleone family.

Nevertheless, the Godfather movies in total were lucrative enough that Paramount Pictures would not necessarily say no to more. And sure enough, in the late 1990s, director Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (author of the original novel and co-writer with Coppola of the first three films) began talking about a fourth movie. The reasons were primarily financial, although Coppola — who had done Part III as a way to get his production company out of debt after a string of box office flops — was not the one who needed the money this time.

The director told GQ in 2012, “Mario knew he was sick and wanted to leave his kids some money. So I said to Paramount, ‘Give Mario a million dollars to write it and I’ll work with him for free.’ And at that time, Paramount had a very low-budget mentality and didn’t do it.”

Had The Godfather Part IV gone forward, it would have focused on Vincent Corleone’s (Andy Garcia) reign as head of the crime family, after we saw him anointed as the new Don by a retiring Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in The Godfather Part III. The film would find Vincent steering the family fully into the drug trade that his predecessors did their best to avoid, essentially turning it into a drug cartel, with the film tracking its descent back into corruption, decline and eventually final destruction.

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Much like The Godfather Part II featured flashbacks to Vito Corleone’s early days as an immigrant in Little Italy (where he was played by Robert De Niro) and the start of his criminal empire, Part IV would have also looked back to the peak years of the Corleones. Vito (to be played again by De Niro) would have been seen at the height of his power, with his eldest child Sonny just beginning to flex his own criminal muscles. The younger children — Michael, Fredo and Connie — would gradually learn the true nature of their father’s business.

As for what the older, more matriarchal version of Connie that we saw in Part III might have done in a fourth chapter, Talia Shire — who played the role in the three existing films — says with a laugh, “I don’t know. Maybe she’d be a senator. There was always this thing about, ‘Let’s become legitimate and who knows, we could get ourselves a president.’ Francis was a drama school major. He knows about 2500 years of dramatic literature…you feel all of these epic-sized themes in his pieces, dramatically. I don’t know if there would have been a fourth one, but franchises are an interesting beast in what they can and cannot explore. So I can’t say.”

Puzo had reportedly written a treatment for the fourth film and the UK press even had Leonardo DiCaprio cast as the young Sonny Corleone. But then the author died in July 1999 at the age of 78, and the project died with him. Elements of his story — the Sonny Corleone portion — formed the basis of a 2012 novel called The Family Corleone by Edward Falco, which was published with the permission of the Puzo estate and led to a legal fight with Paramount that was later settled (Paramount continues to own the rights to make more Godfather movies, although no plans have been announced to date and Francis Coppola says he’s no longer interested).

“Not a week goes by that someone doesn’t come to me and say, ‘Hey, man, where’s Godfather IV?’” Andy Garcia told the New York Times. “I say, ‘I’ll let you know when I get the call.’” Garcia also recently told Business Insider that he’d be happy to reprise the role with Sofia Coppola or another director behind the camera, and would be interested in doing a limited TV series based around Vincent as well.

While you can never say never when it comes to anything in Hollywood — after all, it took 35 years but they eventually made a sequel to Blade Runner — it seems somehow appropriate that the Godfather saga ended where it did. A fourth film about Vincent’s rise and fall might have been interesting in its own way, but it would take the story further and further away from its core: the corruption of an idealistic young American whose loyalty to his family is twisted by the evils of the world.

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For now, the story ends with The Godfather Part III, which has just been re-edited and restored by Coppola under the title Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.

Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is out now on Blu-ray and digital.

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