Why The Godfather Rocks !!!

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2008)

I saw the movie some years back mainly due to the hype.. I liked it & would have given it 6/10 at that time..
Three years later I bought the book(accidentally).. Well just for the sake of buying something really wasn't going to read it anyway (so I thought)..
A few days later I read a few pages & started loving it.. I was hooked on to the book like a Harry Potter fan & couldn't put it down..
THEN..I watched the movie ... Then I knew why there was so much hype around the movie even after 30 years...
The movie just brought back the characters to life...
I loved it & thus the rating 9.6/10 However the movie is not as good as the book.... but I think it's as close a movie will ever get to the original.. Which by the way is a masterpiece..
The casting for the movie is flawless..You really feel that they belong in the book..
All in all The Godfather won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Writing (adapted screenplay) (Francis Coppola, Mario Puzo)...
The film was nominated for eight additional Academy Awards. Furthermore, it won five Golden Globes, one Grammy, and numerous other awards...
My final piece of advice...
"READ THE BOOK THEN WATCH THE MOVIE"
If you really want to enjoy it..