A "Near" Perfect Movie

Rating: 7/10 (4 July 2018)

It's no secret that this is one of the best movies of all time, and any praise that I could bestow upon it will have invariably already been said. The ensemble cast carries forward an amazing plot that perfectly balances the allure of these characters with the dark realities of running a mob. I do have just one point of contention. I can not for the life of me figure out why the plot had Michael Corleone hiding out in Italy, taking him out of the action to put him in a marriage that goes largely no where. He arrives back home and I found myself thinking "Why did that happen? How did that serve the plot?", a question I have been unable to answer to this day.