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Why The Godfather Endures: Viewers are still beguiled by its fantasy of righteous vigilante justice.
National Review ^
| 12/05/2017
| Kyle Smith
Posted on 12/05/2017 7:16:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Wow. Turning a conventional gangster movie into a variety of social metaphors.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:19:56 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SeekAndFind
leave the gun....take the cannolies
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:20:26 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(oks like)
To: V_TWIN
“a world in which problems are solvable by violence that can be controlled.”
Why, that’s islam isn’t it?
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:21:48 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(oks like)
To: SeekAndFind
Hmmm...as I recall, Michael Corleone’s daughter was assassinated and he croaked of Diabetes on some Sicilian farm while overwhelmed with guilt over the murder of his brother. Hardly rewarded - did the author watch the movies??
To: miss marmelstein
Michael Corleone tried to get out of the business but....
To: V_TWIN
Best line of the movie/book wasn’t even delivered by one of the main characters.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:26:20 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: V_TWIN
Well, put the gun in the toilet tank. ;) You never know when you might need it... LOL!
Great movies.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:27:09 AM PST
by
proud American in Canada
(Very tired, on an existential level. We must continue to pray for our Republic.)
To: SeekAndFind
Michael: How bad do you think it's gonna be?
Clemenza: Pretty goddam bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they was just asking for trouble.
At least the Family were Americans. Not so for the DemocRats of today.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:27:32 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:28:16 AM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: BenLurkin
“...into a variety of social metaphors.”
Better the Godfather than Darwin.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:29:59 AM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: SeekAndFind
We watched this about two weeks ago. I don’t think it is as bad as everyone says. But we always laugh at this section. Thanks for posting!
To: proud American in Canada
I always thought III was better that II.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:32:42 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(oks like)
To: miss marmelstein
Corleone’s daughter wasn’t assassinated, she caught a bullet meant for Corleone himself.
Thought Part III is generally not given very good reviews, it does contain the ultimate justice for a man who had no trouble destroying other families, many of them innocent.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:33:21 AM PST
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: SeekAndFind
Yes. Rank and base.
Piece of garbage movie.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:34:45 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: SeekAndFind
Come on, no spoilers, please. Some of us haven’t seen it.
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:35:35 AM PST
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump.)
To: miss marmelstein
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:35:48 AM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: miss marmelstein
To: SeekAndFind
“What if you could lord over a thriving business empire while having the people you don’t like strangled with piano wire?”
I’m not a Clinton....
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:36:29 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: SeekAndFind
I still love da Godfadda........parts one and two. Third was a dud IMHO. Reprobates and murderers that should turn people off but if the acting is good as it was in the first two movies, you relate to the characters TO A POINT! Somehow you pull for the bad guys.......I must be nuts..........sigh
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posted on
12/05/2017 7:37:01 AM PST
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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