One of, if not, the best movie ever to be made

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2018)

Picture quality is criminally underrated in this film. The balance between the darkness and light, including it in every scene and the way it was used was absolutely class. The way it depicted it the characters, showing the evil that they possess alongside the good, the way that Coppola wanted was done near to perfection. A risk a lot of directors and producers wouldn't have taken due to the movie picture turning out horribly wrong and then having to re-shoot the whole movie again along with added costs. The way that the movie flowed on the screen was done really well. Went at a slightly methodical pace which was pivotal in telling the story. The scene when Vito speaks to the guy in the opening scene to help his daughter is one for the ages and when Michael kills Sollozo and McClusky in the restaurant in New jersey might be one of the best character changes/breakthroughs ever. To be critical as well of the film, even though the general pace of the film was good to tell the story, the wedding scene went on for a bit too long for my liking, but it's understandable as they had too in order to portray the main characters for the story. A lot of movies have this problem for me, it just seems to be a general thing with films. Alongside that, Diane Keaton really didn't to the character of Kay any justice, her acting being as bad as it was, was magnified due to the great performances put in by Brando (Vito), Pacino (Michael Corleone)), Duvall (Tom Hagen), Caan (Sonny Corleone)), Castellano (Clemenza) and Cazale (Fredo Corleone).