I am not in the sons shoes so obviously I can never understand what it's like. In the end, and I don't say this as if anyone should die like this, its as if the cancer was sort of the price to pay for Tommaso's past life. At least he died naturally and not by someone trying to kill him. Just saw it, excellent i recomend it to anyone interested in Mafia history. Perplexed by the bad reviews regarding "I don't speak Italian" don't these people not know Netflix offers a very easy system to add subtitles?
My 8 year old child even knows how to do it, honestly the mind boggles these bad reviews based purely on this should be removed surely on such a ridiculous basis due to the viewers incompetency? God sake. At least 3 different commentaries about the "Italian language issue" because they don't understand that language, and that's is a reason to rate under this film.
It's incredible that we have people that review films meaning that they usually see films and probably have used Netflix or Amazon prime a couple of times at least, but they are not capable of putting manually the subtitles on the film.
By the way: The documentary it's incredible; It helps you to realice what really means to be a gangster, and the consequences of being one; for you and everyone you love. When you take the oath Omerta you give your life to Cosa Nostra.
No one else would die but you. As the old Don's passed away, the Mafia changed with the times. You're married to the mob and you have no choice but to change. He wanted no part of selling drugs so he moves to Brazil and wants to be left alone. The Mafia heads want him dead for leaving so they lie and tell everyone he's a major drug distributer.
He gets arrested even though he never got involved with drugs or traffiking. The new Mafia decides to kill all the Buscettas connected to Tomasso.
Something that was never done before. Most get life sentences and hits are on the heads of all Buscettas. I am of Sicilian descent and raised as a child, when a promise is made, it is imperative to keep that promise. That's all a man has is his dignity and trust that he will keep that promise.
It was a sad story of a man looking for redemption but never getting it for himself or his family. When it comes to the mob life, it is often glamorized in Hollywood. While some aspect of that is true, it downplays the aftermath of it. Sometimes a good film will just end the story with a wink or that they were placed under witness protection. Buschetta and quickly dives into the aftermath of being a mafioso.
Not just the hiding but the mental shifts he took. The fear, anger, and sadness. While it does drag in some parts of the film. This is a film about a man trying to protect what's important to him. His real family. It was another tale of a Mafia family that lived long hard life because of a man with who was finished with the Mafioso life.
What he did had grave consequences for a good many members of his family. Being put in that situation I would have left that alone and rather keep my family safe. It's a shame that those in the high escalon of government most asuradely made a name for themselves in doing this. Although Michael knows Carlo had a tendency to beat up Connie, the 'farce' that he's talking about is the specific beating that led to Sonny's death.
Connie gets a call, presumably from Carlo's mistress. She goes haywire, smashing things-which leads Carlo to beat her with his belt. Connie calls Sonny, who races out to help her-and is ambushed along the way by rival thugs who kill him. It seems like a spontaneous tragedy, but Michael knows it was all staged--the fight and the beating--to lure Sonny out so he could be assassinated. He gets Carlo to admit it. The scene of Micheal firing the lupara at Fabrizio was possibly deemed too far from the main storyline to be included in the final film.
He was with Luca Brasi sleeping with the fishes. Bonasera owns a very successful mortuary. The Don, at Connie's wedding, promised Bonasera he would punish the two men who beat and raped the man's daughter in exchange for providing his services as a mortician.
When Sonny was killed, his assassins made sure to shoot him to death in a manner that would make it difficult for the Don to have an open casket at the funeral. The description of Sonny's wounds is told in greater detail in the novel: the reason the last man kicked Sonny in the face was to disfigure his face and one of Sonny's eyes had been blown out by a bullet.
Other shots had also hit him in the face making his corpse look even more gruesome. The grievous injuries to Sonny's body would make Bonasera and his staff's job of making the corpse at least presentable for an open casket and likely would have cost more than the mortician's usual fee for his work.
The Don also didn't want his wife to see how badly Sonny's injuries were, which would have left her and the rest of the family emotionally devastated. Knowing that, the Don cashed in the favor he'd asked of Bonasera, who would either do the work for free or at a greatly reduced rate. Don Vito was suspicious of Sollozzo. So he asked Luca to pretend to be unhappy with the Corleone family and go to the Tattaglias to find out what he could about their deal with Sollozzo.
When Sollozzo offers his hand to make the deal, Luca doesn't accept it. This may be because Luca thinks of himself as honourable, knowing he wasn't actually betraying the Corleones, he couldn't in good conscience shake Sollozzo's hand to make the deal, which tipped Sollozzo that Luca was trying to spy or he simply took offense to the snub which is why he stabs Luca in his right hand while one of Tattaglia's men strangled Luca.
He may have also become suspicious that someone like Luca, who had a reputation for being a fiercely loyal Corleone enforcer would so easily betray them for some money. Michael may have become aware of this; as in The Godfather Part III, he tells Vincent to go to Don Altobello and act displeased with Michael, but if Altobello asked him to betray Michael, to act offended, because that would be his trap to determine his loyalty.
Alternatively, Sollozzo needed Luca out of the way because he was already planning the hit on Vito and even if he hoped Luca's defection was real, Luca likely wouldn't be happy about them killing Vito. So Luca had to die. As Tom says, "Not even Sonny will be able to call off Luca Brasi", to which Sollozo replied, "Yeah, well let me worry about Luca", as he already had him taken care of.
Because Sollozzo and the Tattaglia Family knew that Fredo was only a harmless and incompetent man. Fredo was not a major member of the Corleone Family and would never take on a position of power, so Sollozzo decides to have his men kill Vito and kill Fredo only if he poses a real threat to them, as killing Fredo would only cause additional bad blood and make Sonny even less likely to agree to a truce and commit further violent actions against the Tattaglias.
After the meeting of the Five Families, Vito expresses to Tom his conviction that the Barzini family is running the narcotics operation and that they were behind Sonny's death, Tattaglia being too much of a "pimp" to "outfight" Santino during the Five Families War. During the meeting, it is Barzini who repeatedly reprimands Vito for refusing to share his police and political protection to the drug operation.
Vito figures he would only be taking offense so strongly if he were the man behind the operation. From the beginning, Carlo was never a trusted member of The Family, as evidenced by his low position as bookmaker aka: "bookie", i. Carlo is a cowardly thug who knows that he is not valued by Don Corleone, but he cannot take his frustrations out on Vito, Sonny, or any of the other high-ranking members of the Family, so he does the next best thing - he is abusive toward Connie.
Carlo's treatment of his wife leads to further distrust by Don Corleone. Additionally, it puts strain on his relationship with Sonny -- though the relationship isn't fully explained in the movie, in the novel we learn that Sonny and Carlo have been lifelong friends. When Sonny confronts Carlo about abusing Connie, Carlo instead flees and Sonny brutally beats him up on the street in his own neighborhood in front of Carlo's own men and several witnesses. In the scene, Carlo is clearly displayed as a coward since he makes no attempt to fight Sonny or hit him back.
After Sonny beats him up, Carlo feels completely humiliated and seeks vengeance against Sonny. When Barzini apparently hearing about the incident asks for his help in setting up Sonny, Carlo is more than happy to comply. Vito himself likely suspected Carlo's role in Sonny's murder, but since he could not prove it and he didn't want to tip his hand so early , he pretends not to know. Connie, being the youngest child of Vito, had been spoiled and doted upon all her life and Vito doesn't want to see her widowed during his lifetime, something that, despite how horribly Carlo treats her, would upset Connie greatly and make her resent him.
A little later, Michael is informed of the sequence of events that took place on the day of Sonny's murder by Vito, Tom, Connie and others which as follows: A mystery woman phones Connie and Carlo at his home.
The very pregnant and emotional Connie gets angry and starts to throw a tantrum giving Carlo an "excuse" to beat his wife knowing full well that she will call Sonny and tell him that Carlo has beaten her again. It is possible that Carlo may have somehow phoned the Barzini people to inform them that Sonny is on his way to the city, thus giving them the opportunity to ambush and kill him at the toll booth on the Causeway.
When Michael sits down with Carlo in the final scenes of the movie, he needs to know without a doubt that Carlo was responsible before giving the go-ahead. He decides to bluff to get the frightened and cowardly Carlo to admit to his role in Sonny's assassination. It works, and once Michael has confirmation that he has good reason to make his sister a widow, he gives the order to kill Carlo.
Carlo's position as son-in-law was the only thing that allowed him to live as long as he did. When Connie finds out her husband is dead, she hysterically says to Michael, "you waited until Papa died so no one could stop you, and you killed him! Technically, no. Vito's goal in bringing the Commission together is to bring an end to the war in the hope of allowing Michael to return safely to America.
Sonny has just been brutally murdered, and the war has gone on long enough, with heavy losses on both sides, both in resources and personnel. Despite their differences, the other men in The Commission know Don Corleone to be a man of his word, so when he swears that he will not seek vengeance for Sonny's death in the interest of ending the violence, the other heads of the Families believe that they will be safe from any acts of vengeance under Don Corleone's orders.
However interested he may be in restoring the peace, Vito is hardly a pushover, so it is somewhat puzzling to Tom Hagen and the audience why Vito would be so quick to roll over and promise to not seek vengeance in the murder of his eldest son. However, if you listen carefully to the words Vito chooses, he says: "But that aside, let me say that I swear, on the souls of my grandchildren, that I will not be the one to break the peace we have made here today.
When Michael returns from Sicily, he immediately begins learning the ropes from Don Vito, in preparation for the day when Vito would retire or die, and Michael would take over as head of The Family.
This is specifically addressed in a deleted scene. Michael and Vito are talking in the garden after Michael has taken over as the Don, and Michael says "You gave your word that you wouldn't break the peace. I didn't give mine. You don't have to have any part. I take all responsibility. There are many events in this film that cause him to take such a turn, the first being that he felt he was forced to join the family in order to help keep his father from being killed, e. Also he committed two acts of cold-blooded murder Virgil Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey Sterling Hayden , because he felt he was the only one who could get close enough to those two men -- remember, Michael specifically says "Sollozzo's gonna kill Pop".
Then he had to spend about a year hiding out in Italy and leave the woman he loved, Kay, behind with no explanation or chance to say goodbye to her. In the novel, Puzo makes mention of the boredom that Michael feels at having to wander Sicily. He learns much about the Mafia and its traditions as well as the frame of mind of men like his father. This is probably the point at which he turned into the Don he would become. He meets and falls in love with a young beautiful Sicilian woman, Apollonia.
Shortly after they're married, they plan to move back to America. However, one of Michael's trusted bodyguards betrays him and places a bomb in a car that explodes and kills Apollonia causing Michael to close off his emotions from his business.
In turn, this let him become a much more calculated and ruthless Don. Also it should be remembered that Michael is a World War II Marine Corps veteran who had killed men in combat prior to his career as a mafioso. Following the baptism, Michael ties up the rest of loose family business. First, he has Sal Tessio Abe Vigoda escorted away, presumably to be killed. He visits Carlo, having learned of his involvement in Sonny's murder, and gives him a plane ticket to Vegas.
When Carlo gets into the car for his trip to the airport, he is garroted from behind. Michael goes home, where he is confronted by an hysterical Connie, who has figured out that it was Michael who ordered the assassination of Carlo. Kay Diane Keaton asks Michael if it's true, but he denies it. When Kay leaves the room to fix some tea, three of Michael's capos enter. One of them kisses Michael's hand and calls him 'Don Corleone.
There are probably many differing reasons for Michael's actions. Here are a few ideas: 1. When the big meeting takes place between Michael, Clemenza, Tessio, Tom and Carlo where Michael 1st announces his desire to move the Corleone family to a legitimate business status, he talks about "negotiations being made that are going to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems" in answer to Tessio's and Clemenza's frustration over Barzini moving in on their respective territories in New York.
Those plans likely included the massacre. During the meeting the Don tells Tom, " Michael and Vito might have placed some of the blame for Sonny's assassination on Tom.
Though it turns out that Carlo Rizzi plotted with Barzini to set Sonny up, Michael and Vito probably believed that Tom didn't do enough to stop Sonny from leaving the safety of the family compound that day to find Carlo. Part of Tom's job as consigliere is not only to advise the Don on strategy and business dealings but also to protect the don, especially during times of inter-family war.
Think of Tom as the US President's chief of staff in that regard; a person who acts as both an ambassador to and organizer of the President's top advisers. During the meeting mentioned above the Don tells Tom, "I advised Michael" on Tom's ouster , and further says, "I never thought you were a bad consigliere. I thought Santino was a bad Don, rest in peace.
Michael also says, "you're not a wartime consigliere, Tom. Though Vito dies before the massacre takes place, he was alive long enough to help Michael plan it. Tom had the ability to advise the Don on what business dealings to secure, but violence wasn't his thing, at least in the later years of his being consigliere. Sign In. The Godfather Jump to: FAQs 25 Spoilers Was Tom Hagen the one who put the horse's severed head in Jack Woltz's bed?
What is the conclusion of this movie? Who shot Moe Greene?? It was , so we can rule out CGI. Michael has a bruise on his cheekbone under his left eye from when he was punched at the hospital. Is there an explanation for why the bruise, and his sinus drip, lasts so long?
This is the pivotal point where Michael makes his bones and sets off on the path of becoming the Godfather. It doesn't really matter what Sollozo says , Michael is bound and determined to kill him and McCluskey The audience also already knows what this meeting is about—Michael and Sollozzo are trying to reach a truce.
Pacino has to pull off a very difficult feat here—he must convey to the audience his nervousness and doubt while simultaneously conveying to the characters in the scene that nothing is out of the ordinary. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Why were there no English subtitles provided during the conversation between Michael and Sollozzo?
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