The Godfather

The Godfather is a great movie depicting the crazy and eventful lives of an old Sicilian family living in New York in the 1940's. "Don" Vito Corleone is the "Godfather" and head of one of five of the most powerful mob families in New York. When Don Corleone refuses to put money into a drug investment all hell breaks loose between the Corleone family and the other four head families, to the point where everyone is fighting for their own. We witness the importance of loyalty and family throughout the rest of the film. When the time is right, Michael one of Vito's sons is forced but also chosen to take over the family business, he has to make a choice whether to risk running the business his way, or the way that his father, the "Godfather" so famously ran it.

Going into this movie I really did not know what to expect because I had never seen the movie before last night. I had heard about bits and pieces of it and I had seen a scene or two beforehand, but never in its entirety. I was so quickly surprised how much I found myself enjoying the film from the moment it started to the moment it ended, because at times I almost felt like I was right there in the film sitting back and watching everything that was going on. I could feel the emotion and love that Vito had for his family and the people that he cared about right away, and even though he is regarded to be a terribly rough and heartless character, I was persuaded right away in the opening scene that he was not as bad as everyone made him out to be. He is a caring man who wants only to take care of and protect the people he cares about, and well if that involves offing someone then so be it!

I loved the movie and everything about it, it is definitely a must see in my book, and I will most definitely be watching it again and also the second and third one as well so I can see how everything plays out.