Michael Corleone in 10 Minutes

But he didnt die with nothing.

@@Alex-sq4rb He died alone

Alex :/ he took the corleone family to the next level, something that never happens with the next generation

Alex :/ he died with millions of dollars. But he died without a close bond to his family. Without a wife. He watched his daughter murdered in front of him. He will die sad and alone- he has nothing

@@marianadesilva9174 :)

kay was not very beautiful

the godfather part 2 was basically michael's de-humanization

L'enfoiré à lunettes she was and she is probably prettier than any girl you’ll ever dream or get.

RedneckSpaceMan lol a man of culture I see

I could.

He boycotted the ceremony because he was nominated as a supporting actor for part 1.

Who were the other nominees that year?

@Well known this man deserves an oscar for each and every role he did, even though he is way above the level of an oscar winner.

Marlon Brando refused Oscar for godfather 1,and he deserved that more than al pachino

AL PACINO should have at least FOUR OSCARS! SERPICO GODFATHER 1 and 2 Scent of a woman!

Dizzy247365plus ROCCO, ALIVE

IN MY HOME! IN MY BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SWEEPS!

makaveli g where my children come and play with their toys

Dizzy247365plus ENOUGH!!!!

someone who is always calm and gets angry is... to understate it a nightmare

Autumn Wyatt I agree 100%. He is the actual definition of a character arc. Al did an amazing job to which is what really ties it together also.

Tragic becoming of Micheal Corleone. He is an Anakin Skywalker turned Vader. You pity him... Convinced the only way do save he whom he loves is turn to the unnatural and dark path. Don Corleone is one of the most ruthless and terrifying of all cinematic villians.

Autumn Wyatt I wish Al Pacino will take on a role like this again. Clenched, calm/cool/cold, smooth & calculated.. Not loud expressive ones though those are good too!

He starts out as a happy and somewhat innocent guy who seems embarrassed by his family's criminal activities, and doesn't want to get involved in them. But because of the attempts on his fathers life, the assassination of Sonny and losing Apollina he loses his innocence with every tragedy and eventually becomes a hardened serious man who has to think multiple steps ahead and never shows his emotions to be the most effective in his business so he doesn't have to lose more loved ones. He never wanted to be the Don unlike Sonny and Fredo, but he had to, because he was the most capable to run the family. He doesn't even look like he is enjoying his position as boss but treats it as his duty.

Autumn Wyatt Micheal NEVER WANTED ANY OF THIS. He makes this CRYSTAL CLEAR from THE BEGINNING. He wanted to marry Katy and live a good life. When Vito died and Mike took over the realization of all that power dawned on him, it seduced him making him everything he despised, costing him everything, even his own daughter

Anger mixed with pain; he wanted to rip his head off.

Kiss of Death

I forgot what did fredo did to Micheal..

Fredo was the last in the inner circle to break his heart.

Fredo has got different kind of smarts😂 as he says in Part 2

I’m SMAAT and I want RESPECT !!

Michael destroyed his family.

Your my kid brotha and you take care of me

But neither couldve banged cocktail waitresses two at a time like fredo could

Jeffrey Bird carlosantino

Bo Zi carlo santino

Bo Zi michael’s sisters husband

I like how half of Michael's face falls into shadow in the moment he tells that lie. If the director did that on purpose, that was brilliant.

@@nothosaur Actually the art of usuing shadows and lights in the GF is very strategic. Theres a whole video about the cinematography of light in the GF. As the movie progresses, you can see the difference. For example, in the beginning was the wedding, it was very bright, cherry and happy, except when Don Vito was meeting with people, then it turned dark. Then you have Michael when he was in Italy, again, he was happy, in love and enjoying life there, thus the scenery is very bright, open and inviting. Then you have scenes like when Michael was talking to Carlo, when Michael got beat up by McClusky outside the hospital and when Michael excommunicated Fredo (GF II), all of which were very dark, gloomy moments, thus the lighting reflected that.

Yes Lawd!!!

saganist not really

saganist your right, short and passionate lived life’s are often felt the most.. sunny died coz he had a good family nature and he ddnt think In the heat of the moment. We’ve had people in history like this who’ve come and gone and there remembered more then people alive today, this isn’t the case for Sunny coz Michael was the most resilient but it’s a lesson in it self

saganist when you live a peaceful life your biggest enemy is your self and your biggest successor is also your self. Just depends which route you take, realisation at a young age is the most powerful tool but only a few young people are lucky to possess it otherwise you just pick it up as you get older..

Yeah, at least Sonny had a heart: he'd beat yah almost to death but he wouldn't kill yah. Capece?

About Michael Corleone he was quite ruthless the neat thing in Godfather II is it a phase back to when he was idealistic young kid who joined the Marines I want to change

What made him intimidating was that yes he was calm and strategic but he only said things once, and sometimes not at all, and after he said it, if you disobeyed him, he just killed you without saying a word, he really never let emotion get to him. All this ruthlessness though caused him to loose everything he loved

I think part of Michael died when he saw his wife blew up in the car, which made him cold-hearted

yungjax Michael was very quiet .it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for .

Rather be a Vito Corleone than Michael Corleone

Had Apolonia lived and come to America with Mikey, she would have been his wife and Kaye would have been relegated to gommah status.It may have worked.

Idk she would have just got dragged down into the shit with every one else around him. Michael Corleone was a vortex of desolation. Everything he touched turned into shit. True Ta'Veren.

Yes she was.

Sabrina Hutt in the books she is.

Appolonia was his true love. He married Kate, because she was his girlfriend before he go to Italy. When you feel deep love, than you don't look to another person...

Michael is such a dork, such a spineless lightweight... now if it was Bryce or McDermott, I'd understand.

Yes. Followed by Homer J.Simpson😁

Antonio Montana

And micheal scott

I agree, Rupert Pupkin is second

True, Michael"s marriage with kay was a big disaster..she was not worthy

Couldn't disagree more. Michael wanted nothing more than to spend time with his family. But his fathers life decisions has ruined his entire family, mainly Michael.

@@TK0S3 yeah michael could have progressed in higher ranks in marines which he liked

@@TK0S3 never thought of it that way but Vito did kind of ruin his life

@@adnanjusic4890 true "SHE" wanr worthy

Yes thats right!! He not just plays the characters....he become the characters!!!! Awesome

@@coolfotbalplayerroblox119 Yeah so do those other actors.

Nate and he won the oscar playing a blind man

Mitchell D Go to hell please

@Mitchell D it's possible for them both to be great actors you know... Al as Michael is fucking frightening.

Jamie Lannister True

The things we do for love :)

The extraordinary thing about GF1 and 2 is that even most of the minor characters have an intensity and colour that other movies lack. Duvall's is only one of (at least) half a dozen utterly brilliant performances - Solluzzo, Freddo, Pentangeli, the Meyer Lansky figure - all were amazing. Other fine movies are dominated by one or occasionally two stunning performances, but this is a great ENSEMBLE piece.

Duvall is an incredible actor! Tom is an incredible character!

Ken Oliver just a quick note, “the Meyer Lansky” figure was played by the late Great Lee Strasberg, one of the founders of The Actors Studio”. He basically trained most of the Brilliant Actors in this Film. Most of these fine actors were students of Mr. Strasberg and members of the Actors Studio. In my humble opinion, this cast was/is the All Stars of the craft of Acting, hence, the across the board high level of performance. Be well.

It's hard to lose your head when talking to someone as good as a brother to you about his child he just lost.

Tom character was the symbol of pure wisdom

tom is a badass, he is eternally grateful to the family, especially sonny...

Survival skills... If anything, he knew life, death and loyalty could turn in an instant!

He did not yell at him irrationally. You should watch the complete scene again, it's true that Tom ignores his questions ever since he gets back. That's the power of don, he kept you in charge but develops only a minor attitude and instantly pays for it. Because Mike is very smart he notices it very quickly and puts him in his place. No disrespect to Tom though, he has stood by them through thick and thin.

My uncle Marty is a dead ringer for him, same age.

When?...and I love dah guy!

Yeah then his looks changed drastically

I wouldn’t expect a straight man to say that

I agree omg now he looks ok but back then damn he was hot

You are brushing under the rag everything he went through, any other man would have popped

@@guacaquio You always have a choice

@@zenleek2129 not as clear as someone from the outside might think; after Don Vitto death Michael was the only remaining piece for the total destruction of the family, everybody was after him his own brother, business partners, underbosses, sister and his divorcing baby killing wife and he had to remain strong even more than Papa Corleone for the sake of the family

To OP, to avoid confusion, but there are a dozen of characters in the background going through the very same transformation. While not primarily mediated through both acting and the direction, it's still profound in the script. Michael's is the most obvious arc, but everyone have their own arcs even if not on camera or depicted in any scene. While the novels sure brings some light on this further, it's still masterfully adapted for the motion picture medium in that it's always off-camera, in the background and clearly reflected via our main characters and their interactions with everyone else.

More like man to monster. He was a man when he was simply a WWII Marines war hero coming home to enjoy the lighter aspects of his family life. In love and hopeful of the future but rational all the while.

David Pierson it really is one of the most beautiful moments in all of cinema though. It is sad but the beauty is amazing and micheals face of just pure ruthlessness and brutality and his look of power. He really was a monster who took anything he wanted, and in the end that caused him to loose all that he wanted

That's my all time favourite shot. A fuck load of emotions and yet so subtle. Just beautiful

SAD????

i agree it is a 'tragedy'.

This movie demonized oranges.

The best one lol after never go against the family

Is the ink at that time that bad?

@@erlindaalba1682 the statement is about carlo who mike gave the hit to clemenza at the end.

@@gamingwithsnoop937 yeah i understood the reference, but not the metaphor lol. I mean ink quickly dries isn't it? 🤔

@@gamingwithsnoop937 It means Connie married some dude after Carlo, and it didn't work out, so she got divorced.

He went through too much, disrespected as a veteran, betrayed by his brother, the love of his life killed, buried both his parents, his older brother killed by his stepbrother, betrayed by his brother, kids baby killed by his wife, asking other things. He did what he had to do, he remained strong for the family

I’m not so sure his story is tragic. He took over and acted in accordance to his nature to become top dog of crime in a whole country. Is that tragic? I don’t think so. All actions have consequences, and not much of it was beyond his control.

Someone famous once said the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

he became what he needed to be in order to survive what was coming.

That was the overriding change bought about after the mob flourished in America but then had to deal with the cold hard realities of American greed and corruption... MONEY made the mob rich but brought about their downfall!

Wardell Stephen Curry II Stan what’s so funny is I never saw Michael as heartless, but rather solitary. He takes control to help his family, but at the end of the story he has nobody left. The family he sought to protect is dead, and he’s left alone.

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Danae. Stardoll I did, but they are very short clips..

Enzo, the Baker?

For your father, your father

Michael’s hand was steady as a rock when he lit Enzo’s cigarette. He surprised himself. Piano note sealed the deal.

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yes, I will never get that...he deserved academy for so many of his performances, he is simply great in every role he does.

Yeah Joel Grey got it that year for Cabaret - a worse movie I never saw. And he was pointless....it was all about sentiment for Liza Minnelli that year due to Judy Garland.

100% true. He also deserved Oscars for Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon. The Academy is truly a bunch of clowns 🤡

nah marines are just good at taking orders. michael had to learn that from his pop

@@TheDipset1233 he learned much more than that if he was island hopping in the pacific. Up front nasty and mean combat.

@@TheDipset1233 bad mouthing marines. You ever serve?

@@LvoZee05 how is that bad mouthing. Poisoning the well much? Marines take orders and have no opinions. How is that not a fact. Salute to marines who defend peace. Not the others tho

@@TheDipset1233 They’re humans like us all. I’m joining in 2023. They aren’t machines. Maybe I came too aggressive. Marines do more than take orders. During a firefight or mission, an ungodly amount of obstacles could come their way. They improvise, adapt and overcome. They’re some of the smartest.

Dont make dangerous trips anymore😀

Titus Virilius i like big tits

@Titus Virilius Character implies a set of traits surrounding a well established personality. You could have a fantastic character who's defining traits would be their crippling vices. Michael knows exactly what he is, knows how potent the combination of his rage and shrewdness can be, and doesn't hesitate to keep using it. The few times he second guesses himself are the times someone very close to him plays the judas

Ghaffar_KH cause the ending to his character isn’t until gf3 when he pays the final price losing his daughter.

Yes, the 3rd one was completely unnecessary and I do believe they ruined such a precious development of Michael's character and what he represented.

Agreed!!

Its Coppola during his drug era. Forgettable film. When I saw it in the theatre, I could not wait for it to end. An expensive mediocre film. And Coppola casting his daughter, painful.

Agreed!

Love this comment! I think that an actor can honestly say their best work is when you forget the actor is acting, because the character becomes real in it's own right.

you just told what I wanted to say, that scene and the acting is one of the best from pacnio.

I dint like the way it was directed. It should have been x suttle to go with Kay's character. The vengeance is in the suttleness. Just like the last scene in part 1 where she asks mc ... is it true... ? in that sense... I approve ... edit it out :)

theonlyantony That whole scene is amazing. The perfect acting, the amazing dialogue. And Pacino's commitment to the role (my God, did you see his eyes, bloody terrifying)!

Yes. Deadset agree. That scene was soooo intense you could feel it oozing out of the screen. Definitely one of my fave scenes.

theonlyantony I agree that scene is a cinematic masterpiece and it really is a big part of Al’s character, it should have been in this.

No it doesn't

that wasn't the point

An attitude and delivery similar to "You straightened my brother out"? I love Green's reaction to that. He was flat out scared considering the family didn't have muscle anymore.

@@jfq7223 Right!!!

RIGHT HAND MAN THE MOST RUTHLESS. ROCCO TILL THE END

i was loyal to him until the end, even in a shitty movie called "godfather 3"

@@babalarassrah i dont know why everyone hates that movie; everyone ages and dies, he had aspirations like his father, then realized vincent was the only one who could stop their own family from being killed. they were too deep, it would be the worst vendetta.

@M B but the plot was so good, I know it was out of wack in a way but it made allot of sense that this life comes with many karma's especially when your trying to get out

@M B lol you mean Don Corleon. But if you ever knew anyone even close to that type of Life style that try to go clean and there past comes to haunt them you would see where I'm coming from, I'm still mad that they could have made that movie into the altimate Godfather movie but messed up like 80% of the movie, it's that 20% of classic in it that I love and can relate to

RIGHT

Tony Montana both great all time chracters al pachino the greatest actor ever in my opinion

While it's true that it gradually happened I think that you can pinpoint events that changed him : his father being almost killed got him closer to his family again, him killing the cop made him a part of the criminal business of his family, his Sicilian wife dieing made him colder and fredo betraying him gave him the rest.

3 is not bad 😩

Every body but tom laughs. He knew Michael was serious.

@@thomasgreen1557 No, Tom laughed aswell.

what's the story behind your username, man

You forgot Carlito's Way

Fredo's reaction after the kiss showed his actions were all premeditated.

I think it's what makes his character so unique. I mean, Sonny himself said it at the end of GF2. "That droopy little thing over there's Michael." So he was a droopy little nobody going into the army the earliest we see him. And what did he do with it? Built an empire out of it! It's just, Wow! Frankly, it's inspiring in a way. Goes into the Army, Goes to Sicily, the birthplace of the Cosa Nostra. Michael's always going some place. Cuba, Nevada, etc. Always searching. Always seeking something greater.

Danny Long I agree with you 😂

Also why he wasn’t afraid that this would come back to bite him in the ass.

Danny Long she'll find out eventually so you have to tell her the truth

She wasn't his new girlfriend at that point. They were talking marriage already.

They had been together since college

Gary Williams very well said young man that's FACTS! 👍

Never go against the channel's subscribers

Now you made a comment that I can't refuse.

leave the comment, take the cannoli

Keep your comments like yours and your replies kind . You are bang On !

Wow we're on the same thoughts patterns about Michael

According to the book, the don didn't want him to forget his real family out of respect to them.

ITALIAN FAMILY VALUES

Death Shock Why do you say that?

Michael isn’t adopted

@@dcwatcher4644 He never said he was.

OldSchoolGaming silvio dante

Yes,I think some can relate to the feeling.

Ye sad true

Michael wasn't cold. He was intelligent and emotionally stable. " If he was any different he would be dead"....that is a sentence from the ending of the book/ final chapter which tells us why Michael behaved the way he did. Sentence made it into gf2 script

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Vito was partially responsible for sending Michael down the path of bloodshed. At the end of Godfather 1, Michael made Vito his consigliere and together they planned the massacre of the other heads of the five families. Vito ultimately died before it was carried out but he was involved in setting it up. And Michael was operating in a different world and faced some challenges that Vito never had to face, like being betrayed by one of your closest relatives. That's why Vito is so sad and remorseful during his last scene with Michael, telling him he never wanted this for him. He knew in that moment that he had set his son on a very dark and violent course that he would not return from.

@@silversnail1413 top tier writing

An Italian has to have something to eat every 20 minutes or he (or she) will pass out.

Notice that Sonny takes a piece of bread and dips it in the sauce to taste? That's how it's done.