The Godfather DVD Collection (The Godfather/ The Godfather - Part II/ The Godfather - Part III)
Actor(s):
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
Director(s):
Francis Ford Coppola
Label: Paramount
Publisher(s):
Paramount
Studio: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Binding: DVD
Format(s): Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Rating: R (Restricted)
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
All three parts of this classic movie set.
Amazon.com essential video
Throughout his long, wandering, often distinguished career Francis Ford Coppola has made many films that are good and fine, many more that are flawed but undeniably interesting, and a handful of duds that are worth viewing if only because his personality is so flagrantly absent. Yet he is and always shall be known as the man who directed the Godfather films, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understand. Coppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as The Godfather Saga. The films are our very own Shakespearean cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tone. Murder, it turned out, was a serious business. The first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceived. The entry of Michael Corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold. And it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later The Godfather, Part II balanced Michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of Cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slums. The stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate, and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned. (Has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than Al Pacino's Michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) The Godfather, Part III was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in, but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings Michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himself. --Bruce Reid
Customer Reviews
Overrated
I have never cared for the Godfather. I think it really goes nowhere. I can remember going to the Ocean one year (25 years ago) with some guys, and one guy loved this film, and is Italian. I can remember getting up and saying "What the hell is this?" I think this, and the whole 70's gritty, violent, New York thing is annoying. With some exceptions, see below. And I don't mind gritty. It can be quite good/excellent. But not this.
Brando after On The Waterfront was way overrated. I find that after Streetcar, and on the Waterfront he almost appeared to sulk through his films. But many folks seem to think otherwise. Fine. I don't agree. I like Pacino, but think he is also overrated. And Justice For All, or Serpico are his best films, and really showcase his ability, and are excellent films. Maybe The Panic In Needle Park, but I don't think it's as good as the other two I just mentioned. And The Devils Advocate is always fun. But many of his films are way overated, as is his acting. I would say Duval is underrated. Can we say Network, just to name a few? See where I am going. I want a movie to mean something if it's great. And this just doesn't.
I find this violent soap opera film annoying, and nothing redeeming about any of it's characters. Give me the classics. Film Noir. Something that really does have an edge without the soap opera nonsense. Or the films I mentioned from above, along with some other great films of the 70's that if you look them up on here you will be lucky to find 15 reviews on many of them.
At last
I waited for many a year to add The Godfather to my collection. At last I can. Thanks to a very competent seller
Number One Best Movie in the World!!!!
Title says it all! What more is there to say? Great acting, great directing, great soundtrack. All 3 parts flow together like magic. There, I guess I found something to say LOL!
Godfather Review
Excellent - if you can carve out a day to watch the movies back-to-back. The movies were well done and time was taken to really tell the story. I enjoyed it immensely and feel these are the greatest movies of all time.
The Godfather still one of the best movies
I've never taken the time to watch all 3 of the Godfather sagas until now. It has stood the test of time and still a great movie trilogy.
