THE GODFATHER

May 1st, 2006

Hi there!

I am here to discuss my favourite book, “The Godfather”. Now first of all this isn’t a critics review nor any literary analysis of the book. It is just my personal take on this wonderful piece of literature by none other than Mario Puzo.

Mario Puzo was a nobody to me, just another author. I had first read the book named “Omerta” by him. It was good, had that Italian-American feel to it. I was going through Mario Puzo’s section one day, and found this book “The Godfather”…wait a minute…. isn’t “The Godfather” a movie? Maybe, I didn’t care that much then.

Then one fine day after I had exhausted myself by reading all the Sidney Sheldon books that were there there in the library, I said 2 myself, “For a change let’s see what is so big about ‘The Godfather’”…and that is when the seed was sown.

The book seemed big, well 487 pages won’t qualify as big for a voracious reader like me but the font size was small.

The story starts off in a courtroom. Initially it seemed like the same old poor chap goes to Mafia and asks for a favour…the Mafia gets the job done. Same old crap!

But enter Vito Corleone, Tom Hagen, Micheal Corleone, Sonny Corleone and the story caught my interest. Here was a world where mafiadom was honoured…enter Sollozzo, the drug dealer, and let the story begin. The character i loved the most, in this book, was, of course, that of Micheal Corleone.

After reading the book, I was really getting desperate to see the movie. Luckily I got hold of a DVD rip of the movie from a friend, watched it from start to end and learned why it’s called a MASTERPIECE in cinema. After watchin the movie i came to learn why Marlon Brando and Al Pacino are considered Gods in Hollywood. Man! You just have 2 see the movie to see a totally different style of acting.

One particular scene I loved in the movie was when Micheal tells Sonny and Tom Hagen that he’s going to kill the police captain and Sollozzo, and justifies his decision. Then there was this scene where Marlon Brando takes his dead son’s body to the Father for the last rites. Here Brando doesn’t say a word…but the way he expresses through his eyebrows…really makes you feel the pang of what it feels like 2 lose your elder son. Al Pacino and Marlon Brando were CLASS in the movie.

And before I forget, the theme music of “The Godfather“ is a collector’s item. The violin played in the theme is enchanting.

I may go on and on but I’ll stop here…don’t want to make this entry unnecessarily long. Finally, I wud like to say that those of you who haven’t read the book nor seen the movie, here’s a piece of advise - first read the book and then see the movie. Trust me the experience is everlasting!

ciao!

Posted By TD23

Entry Filed under: movie reviews