Re: Movie Thread #50: Godzilla gives us permission to nuke our enemies
I like the jumps!
I take your point about both the Vitos and the Michaels. Old Vito is a non-entity; young Vito -- well, it's an incredibly good acting performance and also an awesome story (I'd say Young Vito is up there with Gatsby and Huck Finn and Hester Prynne as the most iconic American stories.)
1 has much more dramatic tension -- Michael is a very good man slipping towards evil. Can he stop himself from succumbing? (Spoiler: No.) There is nothing to compare that in 2 except for the pathos of Fredo. In a weird way Fredo is the greatest character in 2, even though it's as catalyst and not himself.
There's something missing in both of them, but it's not the superficiality of the subject matter. It's less evident in 2 maybe because 2 isn't as close to a true masterpiece as 1. It's like 1 is so close to A+ that you feel a little disappointed, whereas 2 is a solid A with no pretensions so you can just enjoy it.
Originally posted by French Rage
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I take your point about both the Vitos and the Michaels. Old Vito is a non-entity; young Vito -- well, it's an incredibly good acting performance and also an awesome story (I'd say Young Vito is up there with Gatsby and Huck Finn and Hester Prynne as the most iconic American stories.)
1 has much more dramatic tension -- Michael is a very good man slipping towards evil. Can he stop himself from succumbing? (Spoiler: No.) There is nothing to compare that in 2 except for the pathos of Fredo. In a weird way Fredo is the greatest character in 2, even though it's as catalyst and not himself.
There's something missing in both of them, but it's not the superficiality of the subject matter. It's less evident in 2 maybe because 2 isn't as close to a true masterpiece as 1. It's like 1 is so close to A+ that you feel a little disappointed, whereas 2 is a solid A with no pretensions so you can just enjoy it.
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