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To: nickcarraway
I always admired Vito Corleone. In the first movie, he seemed to be above it all. He focused on his family, was clean living, generous to friends, full of life-experience

I spend my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.

6 posted on 04/12/2012 11:00:23 PM PDT by PGR88
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That was one of the great contrasts of the book and the movie. Vito was a ruthless killer but he somehow retained his humanity. Michael started off as a good decent guy at the beginning but had lost his humanity by end.


9 posted on 04/12/2012 11:25:12 PM PDT by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: PGR88

It would be interesting to make a movie that further elaborates on how Vito got to where he has, II only scratched the surface, but you don’t see how he went from the neighborhood boss to the head of a large organization.


24 posted on 04/13/2012 6:37:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: PGR88
I always admired Vito Corleone. In the first movie, he seemed to be above it all. He focused on his family, was clean living, generous to friends, full of life-experience

Excellent analysis.......and don't forget to add that he was also against drugs.

I have my favorite movies and most of them, if not all, are science fiction. But The Godfather is at the top of the list......it's the only movie that I've been willing to watch more than twice.....

46 posted on 04/13/2012 1:33:04 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Would I like to be young again? No, I worked too hard to become old,)
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