Godfather, the best movie of all times? Gimme a break...

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2003)

Godfather the best movie of all times, and the only movie worth a 9/10, and Godfather 2 the third best movie?? Come on..., the Godfather series has its moments and especially the first one is not a bad movie at all. But, IMHO, almost all the other major movies about Mafia (especially "Goodfellas" & "Once Upon a Time in America") are, more interesting and better art too than the bombastic Godfather series. I find even Brando's acting in these movies below his normal standards.
And let me tell you why many people like these mafia movies so much: it's just because many people secretly in their heart admire and envy the "wild & free" life style of the gangsters. Just the same reason why Bonnie & Clyde etc. are so popular. Or youngsters love to read the Nicky Cruz biography "Run, baby, run" because they find the violent & brutal life of the young gangsters exciting and fascinating, blindly ignoring the fact that the author's message is totally against that. Sadly, it is often the same with movies. You think Quentin Tarantino is so popular among the masses because of his artistic merits? You think wrong.