Pretty good, not the best of all time!

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2020)

The Godfather! Known as the best movie of all time. That's about as high as the bar can be set, I think something like this will always disappoint when the bar is that high. Was it a great movie? Yes. Was it the best movie I've ever seen? No. Thankfully it reminded me that movies cannot actually provide as any sense of true purpose, real meaning, or long lasting satisfaction. They're an escape. This movie helped me to remember that movies alone cannot show me who I really am. It can educate and show new perspectives, and show part of who we are, or we can feel happy for a while, but this never lasts. If the best movie ever made couldn't do it then surely no movie can. I'd held out so long for watching this movie, always seeing it at the top of IMDB lists and imagining how good it must be, when it easily beats some of my all time favourites. But at the end of the day its just another movie. Worth watching. Not worth putting all your hope into of being the pincale of movie making. Great acting, great story though. It felt so authentic, very fresh and unlike movies that are made today. Sad that many western cultures today do not have such a strong sense of family and tradition - although in saying that this family and its traditions are not something I would want any part to do with.