Originally posted by swedguy The movie is fucking GREAT.
But the book is AWSOME. I have never read a better book.
I just read the book again a few weeks ago. I have an old tattered paperback copy I break out every couple of years for a read. It is a fantastic book.
My girlfriend also got me an audiobook version of Omerta by Mario Puzo. It's read by Michael Imperioli. The Godfather is the better of the two stories but Omerta is still good.
Another great movie which most of you have probably never seen is Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (Japanese, 1954). Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather) and George Lukas have always been a great fan of Kurosawa and have used many 'cliches' which Kurosawa basically invented.
A must see, even though it's hard to get, black and white and 3 hours long (the original version).
Edit: It's 8th on the imdb movies top 250 of al time, 'Shichinin no samurai' (should be #4 though since a lot less people have actually seen this one compared to Schindlers List).
Without a doubt somewhere in the Top 5. Its hard to say what film is truly the best of all time. The competition is fierce for that numero uno spot.
The Godfather is one of those classic films that you could watch over and over and never get tired of it. That is one of the things that makes a movie great to me.
The casting was flawless. Script was perfect. Direction was magnificent.
My Ex-husband SKULL-BUITRE ran off to Colombia with OUR money and screwed me after I helped him build OUR business.
He is hiding in Colombia and never paid the settlement $ from our divorce!
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