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The Godfather deserves all the praise it receives
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58.33%
The Godfather is an overrated film
5
41.67%
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The Godfather: A masterpiece or overrated?
The Godfather has been hailed as one of the very best films in the history of world cinema for decades as a masterpiece.
However, there are some who call The Godfather “overrated”, “boring”, and “full of itself”.
What say you?
Why or why not?
Please be specific with your reasons and elaborate.
Aug 20th, 2019 07:08 AM
Oliver Brown
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The movie is preposterously entertaining, telling Puzo's compendium of old-time Mafia anecdotes with all the gravity of Old Testament epic.
One of the classic movie ever.
Aug 20th, 2019 11:36 AM
steverules_2
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I’ve never seen it, the movie doesn’t interest me
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Aug 20th, 2019 12:17 PM
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To me, The Godfather is one of the single greatest movies ever made with sublime, phenomenal, and astronomically talented acting and filmmaking all around.
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Aug 20th, 2019 02:10 PM
Josh_Alexander
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I remember I was a kid when I saw it... I found it boring.
Looking forward to see it again now. Perhaps I change my mind.
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Aug 20th, 2019 02:21 PM
BrolyBlack
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Hahah! I wonder if Bada knows this. It might irk him
quote: (post ) Originally posted by steverules_2
I’ve never seen it, the movie doesn’t interest me
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Aug 20th, 2019 02:21 PM
steverules_2
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Hahah! I wonder if Bada knows this. It might irk him
Bing smells like rejection and butthole fluids
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Aug 20th, 2019 02:22 PM
Patient_Leech
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It's been many years since I saw it, but I've seen it a couple times and I remember I watched it once with subtitles to appreciate the script more and it was brilliant.
I mean, it's like a lot of classics.. it's solid filmmaking, but won't necessarily appeal to every modern audience. It was a different time.
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Aug 20th, 2019 02:30 PM
BruceSkywalker
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I've never seen The Godfather...
Am I missing something???
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Aug 20th, 2019 06:43 PM
Robtard
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Love the film and the sequel.
Whomever voted "overrated"? Fite me irl, pheggit!
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Aug 20th, 2019 07:52 PM
Mindset
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It can be both.
It's an objectively well made movie regardless of if you like it or not.
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Aug 20th, 2019 09:00 PM
BrolyBlack
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^wow welcome back
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Aug 20th, 2019 09:09 PM
quanchi112
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Always preferred Scarface to this in spades. Pacinos greatest film to me.
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Aug 20th, 2019 10:28 PM
jaden_2.0
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Always struck me as too ostentatious. I prefer the gritty gangster stuff like Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, The Sopranos etc.
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Aug 20th, 2019 11:14 PM
Robtard
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Goodfellas is one of my favorite films and I can sit down and watch it at any point of the film and enjoy it; I can't do that with the GF.
But from a film quality pov, GF is superior, imo.
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Aug 20th, 2019 11:30 PM
jaden_2.0
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Oh aye I appreciate it's production quality and acting. Maybe part of the problem I have is that by the time I was old enough to appreciate it many of its aspects had become clichéd tropes and seemed a bit cheesy. Even if it essentially invented many of those aspects itself.
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Aug 20th, 2019 11:45 PM
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Godfather 1 and 2 are great.
Classics I would not consider overrated in the least.
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Aug 21st, 2019 12:13 AM
Robtard
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Oh aye I appreciate it's production quality and acting. Maybe part of the problem I have is that by the time I was old enough to appreciate it many of its aspects had become clichéd tropes and seemed a bit cheesy. Even if it essentially invented many of those aspects itself.
Fair enough
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Aug 21st, 2019 12:25 AM
Kazenji
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I've tried to watch it whenever its been on tv, Not my cup of tea.
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Aug 21st, 2019 01:17 AM
roughrider
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It deserves it's praise, but I think Godfather Part II is the greatest of the three.
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Aug 21st, 2019 11:26 AM
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