The Hollywood Family: Part 1

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2000)

Francis Ford Coppola's movie about the Corleone family is the story of the ultimate Hollywood family. Although "The Godfather" has lost some of it's original steam. In 1972 the causal treatment of violence was beyond shocking. With films like "Natural Born Killers," "Goodfellas" & "Pulp Fiction" (any Tarantino film for that matter) savage violence done in an "every day life" manner is no longer as shocking. Although there are a few scenes that stand out, even today. When Michael Corleone paid back those gentlemen for the attempted murder of his father. That is one of the greatest scenes in the history of film. And of course the scene were one of Mr. Ed's comrades makes a cameo. The most amazing thing to myself is how much of a family this really is. The Corleone's love each other, and that shines through above everything else in this film. But even with all it's greatness it lasted too long. So this great film just doesn't make the 10 cut for me. 9 (would be 9.8) out of 10.