My old man was a humble roofer. Somehow, he managed to buy several apartment buildings, took care of his family, never had a hand out for anything and was a conduit to his friends lending money at will and being there for anyone who would come to him for help. I didn't know how many friends he had until hundreds of people showed up at his funeral. They had to shut down part of the road and post police officers. For hours, a succession of folks I never knew came up to speak about him and his impact on their lives. You'd think they lost a mayor. I took over as the patriarch for the family and inherited his role. At the same time, I inherited his maturity and a different peace of mind that in spite of feeling overwhelmed, I knew I was going to be alright because everything that he had been preparing me for and investing in me came to fruition and I felt 100% ready for it and it was upon his leaving us that I realized what mattered most in life; Family. I came back to New York to spend the last few of his years taking care of him and thank God that he got to see me become the man he always wanted me to be. And here I was thinking that he was just a humble roofer. He was more than that, not just to me, but obviously to a lot of folks. He was a man's man and I couldn't be 10% the man that he was, but I'll spend the rest of my life trying as hard as I can. And I do my best to pass that on to my grandson who will be a better man than me.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

That is the most beautiful comment I have ever read on KZread. This howl video was worth the effort just to read this.

@YankeeWoodcraft

9 ай бұрын

@@nowyousleep I'm flattered. Thank you. 👍

@SahilArora

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing, this is very inspiring.

@spidey677

5 ай бұрын

God bless 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Vito’s death is one of my favorite scenes ever. I think Vito would agree that, if the last thing he ever did was play with his grandchild, then it was the perfect ending to his life.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@AArkadij

10 ай бұрын

What's more Michael and Vito die in very simillar way. In an iddylic garden, there is an orange involved (Vito cuts one, Michael drops one), there is sunny weather and they die of natural causes and drop on the ground. Yet they die very differently - Vito playing with his grandson and Michael completely alone

@catspaw3092

8 ай бұрын

One would think Sonny's death would be the more favorite I mean they pumped him full of lead.

@premoallah7032

Ай бұрын

Vito died a Man. Remember Vito said a real man spends time with his family.

Vito represents the classic honor of olden times. Even in a business that deals with death, crime and corruption, Vito is a reliable man of his word. He has standards that he will not violate, and because of such, he is a man of reliability that even some of the most ruthless crime lords come to respect. Michael represents the new generation that does away with the old traditions and relies on the chaotic impulsivity of craftiness and hostile takeovers. His generation operates by different rules, so Michael brings new rules (or a lack thereof) to the table.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Yea definatly. That’s a core theme

Generally I agree, but you got some of it wrong. Vito did not let go the vengence for Sonny. He postponed it to ensure the safe return of Micheal and time for his takeover of the family. It is very clear in the book and in deleted scenes, that the "day of settling family business" was planned by both Vito and Michael.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

That’s actually genius I never ever thought of that damn. That’s so dark

@vincentcrowley5196

4 ай бұрын

Vito promised that HE wouldnt avenge Sonny. It doesnt mean Michael was bound by it once Vito died

Michael represents the sacred and Vito represents the propane

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHAH! Yea Micheal never had the makings of a varsity athlete

@willwalker6894

11 ай бұрын

Are you sure your autocorrect messed up and you were trying to say “Vito represents the profane” instead of propane?

@IAmLookingForwardToDeath

11 ай бұрын

Not sure what a liquefied petroleum gas has to do with The Godfather...

@geraldstephens6612

11 ай бұрын

It's ironic that Michael became profane in time; he also learned, like his father had also learned, that the price was much higher than he expected & he will pay it, one way or the other.

@joegibbskins

11 ай бұрын

@@willwalker6894it’s a reference to the final season of the Sopranos where Christopher makes a terrible movie with funding from Little Carmine who is maybe the dumbest person on a show full of dumb characters, and after the premier Carmine’s teenage daughter said she liked the closing shot of a rear view mirror with a clown and a rosary hanging from it, and Little Carmine goes “good catch, the sacred and the propane” because all the mob guys on the show are incredibly dumb people who have amassed power simply because they are willing to hurt people and don’t consider the consequences

What always stands out to me when they bring Vito house, but before they started to ascend the stairs, is Fredo standing with the women and children- symbolic, at least I think, of his emaciated character. While none of us are near perfect and have flaws, Fredo clearly had to be skipped over by Vito when he had to select a successor. Otherwise, the family was doomed.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

That’s such a good insite damn!

@d3nza482

10 ай бұрын

Much like the video above, that's a rather shallow reading. Fredo is the middle child, a spare heir. He gets neglected by his father and overshadowed by his older brother, becomes mother's favorite and she spoils him. He grows up a hedonist, a womanizer and a drunk, who resents his predetermined place in the family but who still wants to prove himself to his father and win his love and admiration - something Vito is blind to. Just like he's blind to the kind of man he's marrying his daughter off to. Or how his heir-to-be is incompetent and a brat. Or that his favorite would literally rather risk dying in a war than be a part of the Corleone family and the future his father imagines for him. Or the plot against him. Or the changing of the world he lives in. But his failure to pay attention to Fredo is what nearly costs him his life - and starts the chain of events which eventually dissolve the family leaving it all in he hands of an incestuous hothead bastard who can't even claim the family name. Though all that pails in comparison to blindness of literally everyone in the story (and many watching it - including the reviewer above) - to what Michael's war record really means. Michael ENLISTED into marines and came back with a Silver Star a Navy Cross and a Captain. All of which is shrugged off as "shooting enemies a mile away". Draft-dodging, war profiteering, goombahs have no idea what it takes to win a battlefield commission fighting Japanese in WW2. Or what kind of a man it takes to do all that and come back in one piece physically and mentally after spending last four years commanding men in battle. E.g. Audie Murphy came out of the war with basically every decoration in existence - "only" a first lieutenant. 6:43 A boy TRYING to become a man? Yeah, sure. If we're talking about Sonny or Fredo. Michael went into war a man, came back a hero - and then he fell. For iniquity of the fathers shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Im not always in the mood for the second best mob film of all time "Goodfellas" but im always in the mood to watch *The Godfather* because the 48 laws of power are all over those films sprinkled throughout & u can honestly learn something new about life every single time u watch it

@daddy_1453

10 ай бұрын

Agreed. Godfather seems like upperclass/refined criminal. Goodfellas is more dirty/crude criminal. I prefer Godfather Pt1.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree, it’s rare such wisdoms appears in cinema.

Vito didn't go soft, he wanted to prepare Michael. He knew he needed a worthy heir since Fredo was useless.

An orange is always present when The Godfather is near death.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Oh wow what a good point

there was a stark contrast between Vito and Michael's deaths, Vito had plenty family that loved him because tradition and family were still at the forefront of American life back then but Michael grew up in a different time where his family almost hated him though he achieved greater than his father ever dreamed. It was worth nothing in the end because his family was estranged because they forgot the traditions and family importance and his wife wasn't Sicilian. If Apolonia would have lived I think Michael would have been happier because she would have understood better and helped Michael instead of judging him all the time.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

I agree with the first half, however I don’t think anything could have helped Micheal. He was always bound for darkness.

@dc6461

10 ай бұрын

Michael wasn't happy with Apollonia. Word " happiness " was exclusively associated to Kay " I very happy with my wife and children. My son is 3 years old and already reading funny pages".... words that would never come out of Michael's mouth had he been married to Apollonia Apollonia was a manipulative goldigger who married him for money. Michael married her bc he had to. There is no sex before marriage in Sicily so to satisfy his thunderbolt aka eraction he had to marry her. He chased Apollonia in the middle of the mafia war, conned her into marrying him at the hight of the danger and killed her with the wedding. She was semiliteral, profoundly stupid, juvenile brat with attention span of a moth.... she didn't cook or clean, never even made them a breakfast. She had no decency, integrity or scrupulous. In bedroom she was shamless, hard core little girl. In a book Puzo is hinting she is capable of cheating. He threatened to murder her father if he tells anyone about him hiding there. He didn't give a fuck if she knew he was a criminal coming from the mafia family. He came into her house disheveled and with armed bodyguards He never looked at her during wedding He never told his parents he met her, noone knew he got married.... Once he had sex with Apollonia he was over it .... pass the bedroom scene there was nothing between them. He didn't hug her, touch her, barely looked at her or spoke to her. Never attempted to build a life with her.

@dc6461

10 ай бұрын

Kay was a perfection of a wife. She gave him everything he wanted. Apollonia wanted to American wife. Kay turned herself into a full blown Sicilian woman ..... utter perfection of a woman. Which is why he lived fir her. . He operated his face bc of Kay He stood the godfather to Connie's kid bc of Kay He killed all the families bc of Kay. Michael has to kill Barzini to save his life but other families were killed for Kay and safety of his family.....so no mafia war would ever happen again . He threatened sitting US Senator bc of Kay He killed his brother bc of Kay. And when he lost her he got diabetes, aged over night stopped smoking, drinking, killing, never took the ring of his finger or touched another woman for the rest of his life..... He was thinking about Kay while being married to Apollonia Michael:" I spent many nights in this room thinking of you " Kay :" Than you got married " Michael:" I still thought about you "... That is the kinda trash Michael found Apollonia to be

@andymoore9892

10 ай бұрын

"Wanna go out in my garden like Godfather/ Grandkids and a rottweiler, got over the block trauma" - Nas EPMD 2

@nehorath

9 ай бұрын

Moral of the story : don't date an American

That is - in parts - a misrepresentation of the movie. It was Vito Corleone's desire that Michael was not getting involved in criminal life. He was groomed to turn the family away from crime into a legitimate business (which is basically what the 3rd part is all about). And he is not "completely disconnected from their culture". He tells his girlfriend all those interesting anecdotes about bandleaders and death threats. Quite matter-of-factly and certainly not with a sense of moral distance or superiority. Not getting involved was not a personal decision, it was a calculated business or career decision knowing that getting involved with the activity of his crime family would ruin any illusion of legitimacy. It was not that he "did not care" and "Hatuna Matata". He was already a hardened war veteran, a marine who saw action and probably took already many lives. At that point there was no further "masculinity" to be discovered. Him turning to crime and orchestrating revenge was an unfortunate turn of events that broke his father's heart and ultimately robbed his family of escaping the immensely destructive life of running a crime family and with it, murder, deceit, lies, assassinations. His turn towards crime results in him loosing his family, his wife leaving him, her having an abortion, he ordering the killing of his brother, he seeing his daughter getting killed.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree, Micheal joining the life was the worst thing he could do.

@BigSteppaa.

9 ай бұрын

Resonate much more with this, no disrespect to video creator. Diving headfirst into the deep end of the crime world when his father ensured he kept clean and dry.. but still powerfully clothed (marine, war vet, etc).. is not Michael embodying masculinity and stepping up, it’s Michael forced to abandon a life of thriving for a life of surviving, and is quite sad. Very sad.

You really just talked about my undergraduate thesis on the Godfather series in 7 minutes. It's delightful to see my favorite movie get this much love and different analysis and interpretations even after all these years!

I agree Michael turns dark after his wife (Apollonia) and unborn child (she was pregnant per the book) are killed in front of him. His whole goal from that point on is to protect his family at all costs. After Sonny is killed Vito makes peace with the people who murdered his son. Michael handled Apollonia's murderer differently. He searches for years to find his ex-bodyguard the man that killed his 1st wife. And then personally kills him. The scene was cut out of the movie due to how violent it was. The pictures can be found online.

Great vantage point shared . I reasonably see your insights and points . Ty

the cat to me always represented sneakiness and cunning that lurks in the dark, qualities that would make a mob boss live to be old. Despite being powerful you have to be careful because people can destroy you. Shoot don't even have to be a mob boss to know that.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Wow that’s a really good point

@ShowToSpeak

9 ай бұрын

the cat was randomly added into the scene in one of the cuts.. what you are experiencing is called Apophenia.

@ramsesjfg7668

8 ай бұрын

@@ShowToSpeak Doesn't matter. It's art. Every good piece of art leaves many things up to interpretation, and it often improves the film.

@catspaw3092

8 ай бұрын

The people I know hates cats because their sneaky & they pee everywhere to mark their territory me? I love cats especially for their sneakiness, stealth & cunning.

Really enjoyed this breakdown

Thanks for expressing your opinion in a good way

One of the best and on point analysis of the movie I have watched. Great job!

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much mate! These compliments mean allot

Very well explained, I completely agree. Thank you

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

BARABING...BRABOOM...sleepy..you have some style and understanding..wish you much success..thank you i feel it FROM the heart ❤️

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We appreciate your support so much

Satisfaction toward the next generation is also part of a masculinity I guess. It is little different from maternal love.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

That’s actually a really good point I wish I thought of that!

@joegibbskins

11 ай бұрын

I don’t know, historically one of the reasons to build wealth is supposed to be that it frees your progeny to not have to build wealth. As John Adams said, "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." In the Godfather, it is important to Vito that Michael not do what he has done. Michael is his chance at redemption. But he fails and Michael ends up just becoming another Don. Which is what the failsons of the rich do in real life. For every Joe Kennedy who gets to have sons be presidents and senators, there are a thousand rich guys who have sons follow them into the family business where the sons are merely poor imitations of who their fathers were.

Loved it. Im glad youtube finally pushed a great video of my interest. Keep up the good work mate.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Wow mate, thank your very much mate I’m happy to hear that.

Beautiful review.

Great watch! Love your work Sam x

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

THANKS MELL!!!

This is so insightful!!!! Wow

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thanks you!!

Never thought of the movie in this way, bloody interesting, well done.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thanks alej!!

Watching Michael destroy what's left of his family in part 2 is heart breaking

I had a feeling that, after that conversation between the DiGrasso family about the Godfather and its toxic depiction of masculinity in the second season of White Lotus, it would only be a matter of time before someone talked about it and it did not disappoint. Also, I'm glad you made that Lion King reference, because I always thought that, in the French dub of The Lion King (2019), they could have had Alexis Victor, who dubbed Al Pacino in the 2008 French redub of the Godfather Part 1 and 2, do the voice of Simba.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for ur comment! Did you agree with the idea that Vito Corleone is a toxic male?

@speedracer2008

Жыл бұрын

@@nowyousleep If I remember correctly, I think they were referring to Michael Corleone in that conversation. In any case, I think an argument can be made for both cases. The Godfather could be considered an example of toxic masculinity, because the men in the movie are shown resorting to violence to solve their problems, they don’t treat the women in their lives particularly well, and desire to have power above all else. However, one could also argue they display some positive masculine qualities, like you mentioned in this video. A loyalty to family, a determination to achieve their goals, and wishing a better future for their next generation.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

@@speedracer2008 I could not have said that better myself. What a excellent summary of an idea I’ve been struggling to explain. Thank you!!

The scene where Michael shoots the gangster and captain, fantastic scene. But I saw it as that pivotal moment of a man, deciding to step over the threshold to a world that he can never return from. The forces around him were pushing him, but HE made the decision, he had a moment to think about it, at that moment, he chose evil. He did it to preserve his family, but it cost him his soul.

You are 100% right.

Correct Vito outwarded reacted calmly, but in the deleted scene Michael says “you gave your word on not seeking revenge, but I did not.” And Vito smiles at Michael and says, we have time to discuss. He knew Michael’s oils avenge Sonny’s death even after he himself was gone. And felt at peace with that. Vito was not the calm exterior peacemaker her constantly presented, and the books elaborate on this as well. Vito, while outwardly not scolding Carlo for beating Connie, had his men start to watch carlo’s every step. Michael avenged Sonny for not just himself, but for his father. And his father knew all about it.

Dude, the godfather is not about a boy becoming a legend, it is about a boy becoming a ruthless senseless robotic mafia boss and destroying his family and himself for money and power.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Yeaaa I’m beginning to think that

@barsozturk9500

9 ай бұрын

​@@nowyousleepgood for you and your future family

Really good point.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!!

everything powerful is gonna be relatable to all kinds of people. its a representation of a life alot of people actually lived. its crazy to think that nothing about this movie is an exaggeration cuz things of that sort actually happened

Accurate interpretation of la familia Italiana...or other romance cultures.. MASCULINITY..and family

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Yea absolutely!

Good sense of interpretation,man!👌

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

Good explanation of one of my favorite movies. It's truly sad, however, that in more and more instances, family doesn't have the significance that it once had. For when an individual concludes that they are healthier and will be more productive away from kindred, clearly something has gone awry in a household.

@jeffreyjackson5229

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct- something has gone awry. Worst of all, those who you have to leave don't see it, or, worse, have the mentality of, "that's just how it is" and would rather stay in it because it's familiar. Sad picture to watch, my man.

@chevexx1111

10 ай бұрын

People r 2 selfish to live for family like Vito and his wife. Vito was wealthy, yet would never think to have his children raised by nannies, or have dinner out all the time or even employ a chef. The family meant a real mother and father.

Nice video, I liked your other video on the roblox story as well

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! We thought the roblox video was trash but I’m glad someone liked it!

Great video Sam!! - Zita 😃

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

thanks Zita!!!

Awesome !

Movies and people have great difficulty coming to terms with the fact that both angels and demons can live in just one person. The greatest acts of kindness and love can come from someone who commits the greatest acts of cruelty and evil. That is certainly a unique characteristic of what it means to be a human.

You deserve more subscribers!!!!!

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much mate!!

I'm surprised, given the title I was expecting the comment section to be nothing but variations on "And may their first child be a masculine child."

well done mate

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!

Just a few comments or ideas. The flaw in Vito's fatherhood is that he lives above emotion. He does not let emotion drive him. Michael is the same, but he has learned the lesson almost too much, which leads him to (SPOILER ALERT) kill his own brother. So this extreme dedication to "family" is not without its weaknesses. Without independent thinking or compassion, it leads to the death of the family. Michael's mother: "a man cannot lost his family." Michael:"times are changing." Also, Michael is driven to defend his country. People often chatter and babble about men, "real men", being willing to defend their country. Without outright defending this viewpoint, the fact is, all of the freedoms that allow a man to have a family in peace and protect them and work and provide for them, are a result of the country in which he lives, at least to a large extent. But Vito and the mafia in general flout and spurn the value of one's country, and Vito as well as Sonny scorn Michael's desire to defend it. So where do we draw the line? Does a "man" defend his country or not? Or does he simply accept the fruits of others' fight as his own without being willing to defend them himself? Or indeed even to earn them by playing by the rules? Basically, at what point does the idea of "manhood" contradict itself and lead to foolishness, when conscience and critical thinking go by the wayside in service to some abstract, misunderstood ideal, with simple self-interest at its base?

i havent seen the movie yet, but so far watching your video, hes like spiderman, taking on the responsibility

@TheRomanianWolf

10 ай бұрын

You should watch the movie, it's one of the best!

@yingphokonyak4349

10 ай бұрын

I envy you

NO MOVIE EVER HAD THE COMPLEXITY AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE GODFATHER. Vito Corleone and Michael couldn't have been more different. The one and only thing that united them was their common desire to protect one thing. THEIR FAMILY. Before Vitos near Assassination Michael was as separated from them as an Ocean from a Desert. Vitos near demise transformed him from an aspiring Choir Boy, figuratively speaking, into a Killer. Michael is the first to suggest that Solozzo and McCluskey must LITERALLY BE ELIMINATED. If not, Solozzo and the other Families would send the Corleone Family into an Abyss. During Michael's exile in Sicily he marries the beautiful Appolonia who soon carries his child. Here is where the Story Line's After Burners kick in. Michael discovers that Sonny has been slaughtered by the other Families in a horrific ambush. Then before Michael can even process this, Appolonia is murdered by a car bomb intended for him!! INCREDIBLE. Vito beautifully engineers a peace between the Families that assures Michael's safe return. Learning from his Father's masterful plan. Michael responds so passively to Barzinis Power Grabbing tactics that Barzini fatally underestimates him. Michael was as cunning as his Father. They were different in ever respect, but one. They would stop at nothing to preserve their family.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Wow! That’s a better summery then ours haha. You made an even better case for family being at the centre of this film.

Excellent analysis!

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Brian we are a brand new channel and we appreciate your encouragement greatly!

Sonny ALSO depicted masculinity in a big way, especially the way he tried to protect his sister.

@deoui5807

4 ай бұрын

no sonny didnt at all he was violent reckless greedy n wasnt loyal. vito n michael on the other hand protected their family all whilst being rational n were always devoted

@yesterdayproductions1019

4 ай бұрын

@@deoui5807 You're crazy. LOL

I feel like the title is a bit misleading, the godfather is not a message of masculinity, Vito is. He is the epitome of that ideal, but not the story.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Probably true

Michael’s masculinity is first established at the hospital, not in the diner, when he sees that his hands aren’t shaking.

I first saw the Godfather when I was in high school when it came on NBC for the first time. From the opening scene where the mortician was asking the Godfather for 'justice', I immediately saw Vito as a man of unnatural power and respect. Not that I ever would want to join the mob, what stuck with me is that, as a man, to be in control of your envirion and to be able to be provide protection to your love ones no matter what the odds. I rather be the one to be asked for help than the one to ask for help.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely I think every man feels that to some defree

Very nice

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

Yes, of course you're right. The film is rooted in nostalgia for an America that was rapidly disappearing by 1972. But how to celebrate the old world - patriarchy - you have to disguise it as a gangster movie to make it successful.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Do you recon patriarchy is entirely bad?

@Kessekom

2 ай бұрын

@@nowyousleepcompletely. In my eyes, humans gain their worth from character, not whether they were born with balls or not.

The underlying theme of the book was that your destiny is already set in stone and eventually to have to give in to it, there's no other way. Nice analysis. That's why I cannot watch any other Mafia movie. This movie was just about family and bonds.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Oooh intessting I didn’t even know it was a book

The very best movie ever.

Vito's death in the book is better. He dies in Michael's arms and says, "Life is so beautiful." Despite everything that happened to him in his life, he dies without regret, unlike Michael.

People realize Vito is orphaned right ? Family, he watched his mom get killed in front of him, more Vito context.

Ykkiyak1998 is certainly correct that Michael was the most similar to Vito among all the Brothers. Including the adopted Tom Hagen!! Most of all in his brilliance and cunning. Where his Genius and Insight truly shines like a Beacon from a Lighthouse is in the Family Meeting after Vitos shooting. Even the vicious and brutal Sonny is cowed after Tom warns him that Solozzo is invulnerable while being guarded by McCluskey. Not one of them can process the simple fact that Solozzo will stop at nothing to Assassinate Vito. Michael immediately chimes in, "It can't wait. It can't wait. I don't care what Solozzio says about a deal. He's going to kill Pop. That's the key for him." Only after Michael interjects do all the family members realize there is no other option. Even the ensuing bloody war between the Five Families is infinitely better than losing Vito. All their Political and Police connections would crumble. From that point on Michael's destiny is set in stone. He can't go back , anymore than a plane low on fuel can return to its Hangar. The mission must be completed. All these complexities and plot twists, are why the Godfather sits squarely at the Mountaintop among all films ever created. Michael is the only member of this powerful family that can retrieve their position. How he goes about doing this is perhaps the most compelling reason for the Godfather being the greatest film of all time.

@zq9m3xh8

9 ай бұрын

Sonny wasn't cowed. lol

Diserve more subs mate should make more mob movie videos 💯

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Maybe man, I appreciate your kind words

It may instead be about adherence to one's own values, and principles. Michael risked his life to fight for a system that betrayed him, and others who believed in it. The crux comes when the corrupted police officer punches him, tied down, after the hit on his father. This betrayal is like that of Bonasera, for example, at the very start. It shows the futility of seeking justice from corrupted police, judges, senators. Betrayal, by a system believed in. It leads to seeking justice on one's own terms. It poses the issue of what to do about a wrong suffered, due to failures in a system believed in? Fight it? Join it? Maintain your own standards? Or adopt those of others? All human beings face this dilemma, in some way. It isn't a question of masculinity. It's a question of character.

Nice work. I know the knee jerk reaction when it comes to toxic masculinity so bear with me. This video makes me think about toxic environments and the consequences of toxic behaviors that affect young men. Michael Corleone was seemingly a kind and devoted man to Kay Adams. The Mafia, through its intrigues, corrupted and hardened Michael. He no longer truly respected Kay and viewed her as a vessel to produce heirs and officers to expand his empire. He focused on his own needs for conquest instead of his real family's needs. He became a cold and toxic man that saw treachery everywhere and in everyone. Michael Corleone is a tragic Toxic Masculine character. Strong, smart, selfish and self destructive. On the other hand Vito seems to have been able to find a balance between work and family life.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Such a great and tragic point on how he wasted his relationship with Kay

I have a few problems with this interpretation. The main thing is your assertion that Michael's turn for the worse started with Apollonia's death, because the moment Michael learned of the attempt on his father's life he began to grow distant from Kay, and become more cold and calculated, plotting the killing of Sollozzo. I also think that Vito's character is a little more complicated. He shows that isn't as professional as he shows himself in business, like how he cleary doesn't care about Luca Brasi as much as he tells him he does. From my view, and somewhat based on how Copolla talks about the themes of this movie, I think what it's getting at is the war/balance between family and business. Vito clearly cares about his family a lot and that drives his business decisions, while Michael becomes only focused on the business side of things, even having family members killed. "It's not personal. It's strictly business"

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Ooooh daaamn maybe he never had good intentions from the beginkmg

As Freud said, a boy cannot become a man until his father has died. And Jung’s rejoinder, “Yes, but that death can also be symbolic.” Micheal cannot begin to join the family until Vito is shot down in the streets.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Wow that is so deep I love thst

We all carry deep flaws, Vito is certainly of all the characters, the best man, but he has done a lot of evil. It was understandable, that's the way of this dark world, he was vengeful, but patient. But Vito was truly held from utter depravity by good traditions. You learn as you grow older, traditions we had really show their virtues and necessity, and often we find ourselves in a place where we've lost them. Our culture vilifies family, the kind that begets without much outside help, it treats men as a cancer to be treated if not eradicated, and it demonizes tradition. The best lessons we can learn, is to honor our Fathers and our Mothers, to like our Fathers, look out for our Mothers, and emulate the hard work our Fathers build for. We all fall short of this, as our Fathers have also. The point is to understand that despite the human imperfection, that the family that has gone on since the First Man and First Woman, that our ancestors carried to new lands, are good, and need to be preserved at all costs. In other words, a great video, one that certainly outdoes the normal filth of the internet.

I agree with much of this analysis, but it ignores the Godfather 1 and 2 critique of that patriarchal masculinity. That kind of masculinity ends up being utterly toxic, not only to the many victims of Mafia crime and the mafiosi themselves, but also to their families--and the whole point, supposedly, is to serve your family. It's interesting that the analyst dismisses Michael's achievements in the armed forces as meaningless to him. I think that's wrong: they mean a lot to him and to his family, and in the end Michael would have done far better to embrace the form of masculinity that he exemplifies at the beginning, a masculinity that serves, not just the narrow interests of oneself and one's family, but the country and society as a whole.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

I suppose I was claiming Micheal drifts into the mafia because he feels emasculated despite all his achievements. I certainly would agree that Micheal should have perused another life.

Effin right

Such a good video bro! I make Godfather videos myself on tiktok, Can i use a clip from you video for my tiktok?🔥🙌🏼

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Go ahead!

You missed the whole point man. You missed that puppet held by the strings. The puppet is all the main characters and the strings are invisible destiny. They are just being played by destiny and have no actual power. They are all moving towards their tragic end. All of them. This is not a story of power and victory, its a story of self destruction.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Wow that’s a really good point. Really poetic.

Michael wasn't individualist. Michael was a man who had a dream and a plan not to ne like his father. That dream was Kay, only woman he loved and cared about. " I promised myself I would not be like my father , but I loved him and he was in danger , what could I do ".... Michael in gf3 Out of love for his father he offered himself to save the family It was his destiny to become godfather but he wanted different destiny for him and Kay. He wanted legitimacy and to get family out somehow he failed " He betrayed himself, he corrupted himself, he became his fathers puppet " .... Coppola while commenting godfather

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Wow that makes a lot more sence

"Chud misses point of The Godfather, projects weird hangups about his dick onto it, Part 17,274."

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Lol

Michael after Apollonia died. He came home bc his father could no longer guarantee his safety. They are speaking in Vito's backyard " Pop, what about Sonny,what about Sicily. If we don't respond isn't that gonna be sign of weakness "... Not even mentioning her, not even saying her name let alone addressing her as his wife. He is not angry nor is he calling for revenge .He is worried about status of his family So, what about Sicily ? Well, Barzini tried to kill him but he got away. GOT AWAY.... those are the words Michael used in a book when he was speaking about Sicily with his father. Vito :" Why do you think Barzini tried that.Did he try to kill you before we made a deal or was it too late to stop it " Michael :" Yeah but I got away "... I wouldn't behave like that if a dog with flees died bc of me, instead of me or infront of me. That is how a man behaves when he buys a goldigger for a necklace just for sex. And yes,she was a goldigger " Wedding was set up in two weeks bc she thought he was rich ".... that is a sentence from a book perfectly captured in a movie. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE.... Michael after house got attacked in gf2. Kay didn't die but almost. Michael sat on a train that very same night without even changing his clothes and went to NY to speak to Frank P. In that same house, his old father's house this time screaming bloody murder " Did you hear what happened in my home, in my home, in my bedroom where my wife sleep and where my children come to play with their toys. In my home. I want you to help me get revenge ".... That is how a man reacts when he truly loves. And by the way.... point of the Godfather story is not for Michael to have someone who will facilitate his mafia behavior. But bitch slapped him into sanity.... which is what Kay did. She even saved his life in gf2 ... she was the one that saw drapes being opened seconds after she opened her eyes. Brain dead imbecile who can't memorize seven days in a week in a roll would never do that.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Hmmm intresting, seems like Kay was the only sane person in the story.

Family. Is this a review of fast and the furious?

Every time he says Michael I hear Marco

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

I was saying Marco

The Cat is not in the book. I highly recommend reading The Godfather, it has hidden Sicilian Messages- READ THE BOOK. The movie is a masterpiece but the book…read the book.

So let me see if I understand this. Michael's eldest brother is murdered after being set-up by his brother-in-law. Michael murders said brother-in-law, his sister's husband. Then he murders his actual brother. His first wife is murdered and his second wife leaves him after aborting their third child because Michael is the personification of pure evil. His daughter has an incestuous relationship with his nephew before she too is murdered. How is this a representation of masculinity except for the worst kind of masculinity? In the second movie, in Michael's return from Cuba he asks Tom Hagen what he got his son for his birthday so that he knows. Is this meant to be noble? Is this meant to be the sign of a family man? What this movie makes clear is that the Mafia's preoccupation with family is just a tool to keep everyone in line, and has nothing to do with family at all. A point The Sopranos makes over and over and over again. And on a smaller point, you mention that before the attempted murder of Vito, Michael was more concerned about being an individual rather than being a family man, and using him being a WW2 veteran as somehow being evidence of this? What? He volunteered to join the fight against Germans and Italians in Europe but this is somehow a character flaw and he only become a man afterwards? Come on... Michael is a fascinating and complex character, but this emphasis on masculinity is BS.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Some of the most evil men in history deceived themselves into believing they were doing something good. Micheal is evil but it’s his delusions of family and masculinity that motivate him.

@LisztyLiszt

4 ай бұрын

​@@nowyousleepWatching The Godfather Part II again, and I was reminded of this, so I came back and had a look. Are you agreeing with me, that if these films are about family, and being a family man, that Michael, and pretty much every male character in these films, are not men that men in real life should take inspiration from, especially those men who are family men?

The ther story, is how Kay behaved. She knew Michael was bad, and she married him anyway. And she committed a moral crime. She aborted her husband's baby.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

I think Micheal kept his evil way pretty secret 🤷

Vito dies at the height of his masculinity. Having achieved his telos, there is no reason in continuing, and so he ends, completed. To have continued would have been almost profane in a way. It would not do to live beyond your allotment.

Try watching "American Me". Makes the "godfather" look like a Walk in the park.

rad

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Achievement unlocked: gain comment from famous KZreadr. Cheers dude!!

This is an English guy talking about the Godfather; it’s not a clip from the Godfather.

Quite a poor take IMO. "Starting to take on the mantle of masculinity" It wasn't like he had volunteered for WWII and ending it as a captain with a navy cross commanding a company of marines , but that is all egoism to you. You make it out like Michael ran away from responsibility, yet Vito never allowed him to take part in the family business, he was groomed for a legitimate life. His father didn't want him in the war but Michael defied him as a patriot. The same sense of duty and responsibility that made him serve his country is what compels him to protect his family when his father can't do it himself. There was never a moment in time were he wouldn't have sacrificed his "individualism" to do so. Also Vito certainly didn't forgive or forget he planned his revenge with Michael for years.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree with both points, we are looking to understand these characters. Not to agree with them.

This was the perfect video until you said “this video does not condone the actions………blah blah blah” If anyone out there thinks that then they are already lost. Such a soft world that we must add these comments. Great video though

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!!

Marlon was gay just so you know. He was dating the Cuban Superman, a freak that was hung like a horse and he would perform with animals. This concludes today's history lesson.

@nowyousleep

9 ай бұрын

Ain’t no way

@wistfulgraph

9 ай бұрын

He wasn’t gay. He was bisexual.

I saw this film when it first came out -- my uncle had to take me as I was 12 yrs old and the flick was rated pg 13. It wowed me then and I still love it. I've never taken issue with violent masculinity or cinematic violence in general, but I just have to say; "The best depiction of masculinity"? Remember, this is a fairy-tale depiction of what was actually an organization of murderous criminals. Even Nino Rota can't smooth that out. I can't disagree with the core sentiment of the reviewer, just the title of the vid.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Yea you might have a point there haha. I think i still believe this movie is the best depiction of masculinity. Even if this depiction takes place in a corrupt and evil world, we can’t deny that the reason people love it, is because it tells a mans coming of age story, perhaps better then any other film to date. Idk, maybe if we can admit what draws men into organised crime, then we can start finding healthy alternatives to encourage true manhood. Thank you so much for your helpful criticism!!

@RB-bj9ms

11 ай бұрын

I agree 100% A glorification of murderous criminals. No moral ethics whatsoever. If he really cared about his family, he would not have become a killer and mafia boss. Because he lost all morals, he lost his wife's love.

I would have to disagree with this idea that Vito and Michael are good or accurate depictions of masculinity for multiple reasons. For one, Michael and Vito don’t just care for their family because they love them, they also use their family as tools for their own personal gain, which is not an admirable masculine trait. While a masculine man would help people out of the kindness in their heart because he has the ability to do so and asks for nothing in return, but Vito mainly helps people if he thinks he could use them in the future, like with his own godson Johnny. Michael and Vito care just as much about their power, wealth, control, and status just as much as their family, if not more. They are manipulators. Secondly, Vito has some examples of “toxic masculinity” that shouldn’t be overlooked. Take for example how he slaps and scolds his godson, Johnny Fontane, for crying and being vulnerable with him. Now Johnny Fontane was no saint, but Vito scolding him just for not “being a man” (even in the company of Johnny’s own trusted people) is an unhealthy and harmful projection to young men of what a man should be. Thirdly, this movie is not supposed to be an accurate representation of the Italian or mafia lifestyle, values, or morals. The mob actually had a hand in production of the movie and removed things that they thought made the mafia look too evil, so as to portray the mafia as the admirable outlaws and cool. Goodfellas did a good job showing accurately how disgusting, brutal, and dishonorable the mafia is. They beat women, sell drugs, murder those who disrespect them, steal, lie, are racists, have weak temperaments, and have no regard for justice unless it’s for their own personal benefit. While Vito and Michael are somewhat sympathetic and admirable, those are just the qualities of any good protagonist, but it’s not an accurate portrayal of masculinity unless you gloss over the context and subtle motives of their character. Michael and Vito are not bad characters, but they are not admirable men in any capacity.

@nowyousleep

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I guess I just feel there good examples of what draws men into organised crime

@thelatinoguy

11 ай бұрын

Only real men are racist tho

LMAO a part of the reason why they bring up the cat is because of masculinity. The movie is about balancing power with family, Michael Corleone is cursed with not being able to do so. Vito is the benchmark for how to do it. It’s exploring how to be a real man, you must balance power with love, ambition with family. And Michael Corleone cannot do this. That is what the cat symbolizes. It seems like you didn’t understand the movie completely. But rather one small aspect.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Yea I’d say your right

@bossisin2510

11 ай бұрын

@nowyousleep great response

I don't need to watch the video Vito is the one

Eh, really has nothing to do with being a man or tradition at all, taking up the mantle maybe, but not some old age masculinity bs

What nonsense. Criminals aren’t admirable. All they do is put their families in danger. They think they’re protecting their families. Instead they either end up dead, in jail, or their families end up in the crossfire, dying themselves. Michael ends up alone and abandoned in the end because he bought into his father’s way of life.

lol

Fruit of his labor, not harvest, the fruit is the harvest dude. Only criticizing for improvement.

Meh... it's better to be an individualist in current times.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Yea sometimes I wonder

2:28

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Is this your favourite part?

@PureSparkles22

11 ай бұрын

@@nowyousleep yea

I need to be real I don’t get it at all. I was so bored by this movie

Opinion. Everyone has one.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Lol true

I don’t know that the “masculinity” in the godfather is supposed to be admirable. The movie is about maturing into the role tradition has handed you, but it’s supposed to be tragic. Michael begins the movie as a young man who judges how his father makes his money, and then through a series of events ends up becoming his father. It’s an allegory for the baby boomer generation’s position in the early 70s. The family is betrayed as a regular wealthy family, because the moral weight of the film is supposed to be how easily they kill other people. I’m not sure that the movie is successful on that front primarily because the people the family kill are all scumbag criminals. It’s a closed system. You don’t see their soldiers shaking down store owners, or pimping women, or destroying people’s lives over gambling debts. All of that is of course happening. But the movie isn’t interested in that. The book actually goes out of its way to make it clear that Vito is a sociopath. He has lucabrasi cut bodies into pieces, his smile unnerves people because there is no humanity behind it, if someone doesn’t agree with him in a business meeting he has them killed, etc. During the Sonny and Carlo beef, there’s a section where Carlo feels emasculated because he realizes it would take a lot of effort for him to be able to kill Sonny, whereas Sonny would kill him without thinking. The narrator then interrupts Carlo’s thoughts to specifically say that it doesn’t occur to him that the reason for this is that Carlo (the wife eating scumbag) is actually the better man. I think Godfather II explores these themes better, although I prefer the first movie. Vito as immigrant make hard choices and through it all builds a family and community around himself as he rises in power and wealth, only for his son to destroy both that family and community in the quest for ever more power and security. The sins of the father will be revisited on the son. The moral rot at the heart of late capitalism eats all of the good things that once made life worth living

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

The sins of the father will be re-visited in the son. That’s brilliant! Yeah I totally agree, this video aims more to understand why audiences love the Godfather.

All men are not mobsters and heavily male chauvinist, honor in the mob is false honor.

@nowyousleep

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, we do not condone the mafia

It is about being a sociopath, not a human.

@nowyousleep

10 ай бұрын

Agreed, this is about why people love the god father. Not about weather the charterers are morally admirable.

A very toxic vedio