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What's with the hype for The Godfather? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by canihasaccount@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I watched it recently for the first time, and I really don't get why it's so loved. IMDB rates it as the second-best movie of all time, but it seems far worse than that to me. I like most old movies and see their hype, but The Godfather didn't do it for me. What am I missing?

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

'The Maltese Falcon' seems like the most cliché ridden movie imaginable. Then you realize this is the movie that created all the cliches.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You got a point see? Mah!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

*said while hand-rolling a cigarette with one hand

[-] Arotrios@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I rewatched this recently, and yeah, all the cliches are there (some rather clumsily filmed even by 40s standards) - but fuck me if Bogie still doesn't blow it out of the water with that performance. I can't think of a single film noir protagonist that matches what he pulled off in that film. He's better here than he is in Casablanca by a long shot imho.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

If you liked the movie, try reading 'Red Harvest,' by Dashiell Hammett, the original author. A tough private eye shows up in a corrupt mining town and decides to clean it up by starting a war between the biggest crooks. Now that's an idea that's been redone a few times.

[-] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Was thinking that the other day. I love the Maltese falcon, it's got so many tropes for film noir. Then I remember, and then I recall showing my wife The Matrix and her eye rolling so hard at things that became so popular they were overdone. Didn't expect a laugh at the slow mo bullet scene but it definitely cracks me up now too.

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