Movies that are made like this are hard to resist watching.

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2001)

If there was one valuable and simple lesson that I learned from watching "The Godfather". I learned that movies that are made like this are hard to resist watching.
This film was based on the unforgettable novel by the late Mario Puzo and it was wonderfully adapted into the story that was written by Puzo himself and Francis Ford Coppola, who directed the film.
The film is like the book itself, it's extraordinary and respects the subject that it focuses on. Marlon Brando and Al Pacino are terrific in their roles and there are several scenes that left me both surprised and in awe. Some of the violent moments aren't only graphic, but very grizzly as well. The baptism massacre, one scene where Sonny (James Caan) is setup and is shot up like a piece of Swiss cheese, and another scene where Vito (Brando) is shot in public and Fredo (the late John Cazale) can't even shoot the two hoodlums best illustrate how ugly living in the Mob can get.
Besides the other film that was directed by Coppola ("Apocolyspe Now") that I deeply cherish, this film has a great supporting cast and I've mentioned a few of those key actors.
Even Coppola's daughter, Sofia, who would later star in the third "Godfather" film and have also directed her first film ("The Virgin Suicides"), is unbilled as the baby that is baptised in the church before the unpleasant massacre starts.