The Godfather, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

You're going to have to prepare yourself for a new tidal wave of 'The Dom and the Sub(scriber)' jokes like you've never seen before.

Elizabeth Crowe

Wait...only HALF the people surveyed have seen 'The Godfather'?! That really surprises me.

Jo and Gareth

I remember reading the book and quite enjoying it, but the whole subplot on the woman with here large...ahem...lady part always struck me as odd. Still, the book was a fun read for me and I love the movie! It remains number 2 in my all time favorite movies. I always took the attitudes towards women in both the novel and book as indicative of the culture that the book embodied. Having grown up in a very macho Mexican culture, I actually understood a lot of it...in a way. This movie is a true masterpiece and I only wish they would release on blu-ray the recut edition that included deleted scenes and played the whole story chronologically. OH! I love that you used the original Doctor Strange for the Vegas doc!

David Perez

What's also fascinating with the Godfather is that Mario Puzo had zero ties to actual crime families when he wrote the book and the screenplay. The numerous details he adds about mafia's customs are entirely made up (fishes in newspaper, for instance). Despite this, the movie was so striking that a lot of actual mobsters started mimicking the fictional Corleone and some of it still sticks today. If you're so inclined, you can read more about it in Diego Gambetta's 2009 essay on the subject: Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Comunicate.

Well, that explains that suicide mission...

Saiyasha

We may have to agree to disagree on what makes someone a "big deal". Or worth their backstory explaining in the last chapters...

Dominic Noble

I am honestly looking forward to the update to your TVTropes page when this officially comes out.

I was totally freaked out by most of it... (I hate violence and disturbing imagery.) But I love the ending.

Just finished it. Wow, you weren't kidding about this story being horrible to women in both version. I think I'll skip it, thanks; though I am glad to get your seal of approval for not watching it--even though it got you sentenced to... reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey? That's rough, buddy.

Hey now Dom, the cop was Al Neri , He was the guy that killed Moe Green in the book, which was closer to the middle of the story, not the end. He was a big deal, he was Mike's Luca Brasi. Otherwise I loved it, good job

Chad Roy

OMG You're petting a little Charmander! <3 *ahem* Anyway, on with the review. (God, you have NO IDEA how much I needed this episode today. Thank you!)

Wow. Everyone is so messed up in the story. I had to pause the video after you mentioned what happened with the midwife because it genuinely shocked me. Also the director was a pedophile? Okay yeah all sympathy I had is gone now. Good review and...I'm sorry I'm so sorry. Damn that's rough.

I really needed this today--thank you so much for always making even a really crummy day just a little more bearable. :) *hug*

Amy Reynolds