Enjoyable but disappointing

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2015)

The Godfather seems to be one of the most critically successful films of all time with many people claiming it to be 'the greatest movie of all time'. This makes it impossible to watch this film with a truly open mind. Anyone wait bing this film will most likely have very high expectations for this alleged masterpiece.
The film wasn't bad. The narrative was interesting, the dialogue was clever and it was executed perfectly with some of the greatest acting talent ever seen on screen. It was a good film, a great film in fact but the greatest film of all time? Not quite.
The film felt too long and was at some points hard to watch, almost even boring and although there are few things wrong with the film it just feels as though it is missing something special that would be expected from 'the greatest movie of all time'.
That said the film was somewhat enjoyable however it's reputation left me wanting something more and sadly the prequel films weren't quite that something.