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The Godfather

What’s Aged the Best?

The Godfather The Rewatchables

The wedding, family politics, food, moral complexity, performances, and precise lines dominate aged-best.

In the discussion (21)
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  • The wedding world-building is praised.
  • The Woltz-house sequence and its later appearance in Fletch are praised.
  • The family structure remains legible and rich.
  • The use of the word consigliere is praised.
  • “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” and the newspaper-wrapped fish are called a great one that went into the lexicon; a participant only now noticed it was rolled in the bulletproof vest.
  • Mama Corleone warning Sonny not to interfere in Connie and Carlo’s argument is praised.
  • The movie’s eating and food-preparation scenes are praised.
  • Michael’s face before the restaurant shooting is praised.
  • Tom delivering news of Sonny’s death is praised.
  • Vito’s prediction about narcotics reshaping organized crime is praised.
  • The story’s shades of moral compromise are praised.
  • The Mafia’s role beside failures of formal government is discussed.
  • Clemenza’s Hitler-at-Munich line is praised.
  • Jack Woltz’s ethnic insults remain memorably performed.
  • Pacino’s controlled performance grows in stature when viewed with Part II.
  • Michael’s presidents-and-senators line remains resonant.
  • Every Fredo scene is praised, including his Vegas outfit.
  • Clemenza’s sauce recipe remains memorable.
  • The “Tattaglia’s a pimp” line is praised.
  • Tessio asking to be spared for old times’ sake is praised.
  • Vito’s garden death is praised.