Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 28 January 2014 - 01:06 AM
This thread's all about the amazing trilogy known as The Godfather saga, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, John Cazale and Diane Keaton.
Discuss the highs and the lows. Favourite scene? Favourite actor? Yap away.
Commander
Posted 28 January 2014 - 02:04 AM
Favourite film? Part III.
There. I said it.
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 28 January 2014 - 02:12 AM
Favourite film? Part III.
There. I said it.
Part III is actually a great film, except for Sofia Coppola, but I'm gonna say the first one's my favourite.
Commander
Posted 28 January 2014 - 05:26 AM
Favorite? Number One. Because it was the first one and the biggest surprise.
Best? Number Two. Because it was more complex and ambitious and actually succeeded in everything it set out to do.
Absolutely underrated? Number Three. Because it told its interesting story extremely well and treated its characters to an intelligent continuation of their arcs. The press slaughtered it like other films before that became classics - and lazy journalists still use the "Sofia is a bad actress"-argument, although she actually brings a welcome note of realness to the proceedings.
Lieutenant
Posted 30 January 2014 - 04:12 PM
I love 1 and 2, to me the thing in 3 that is Off is Pacino. From his haircut it to his voice to his manner, he just doesn't seem like Michael.
Lt. Commander
Posted 04 February 2014 - 08:49 PM
Sub-Lieutenant
Posted 05 February 2014 - 03:22 PM
I love 1 and 2, to me the thing in 3 that is Off is Pacino. From his haircut it to his voice to his manner, he just doesn't seem like Michael.
This.Upon recent revisiting, I've really come to dislike Pacino's performance for all the reasons you've listed, but particulary the mannerisms. Last time I watched it, I felt he rested his face in his hands in pretty much every scene to convey his emotional state.