The Godfather

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972, this movie is based on the homonym novel by Mario Puzo. It tells the story of the ageing patriarch of an organised crime dynasty who transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Its main characters are played by Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan. 

There isn't much I can say about this master piece. 

The action is pretty good balanced so that, even it's a pretty long movie - it's nearly 3 hours long - the viewer doesn't get bored of it. 

The dialogues are very cool. And Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone has some really creepy lines. The characterisation of is really well done and his acting before dying is awesome. 

Also the whole camera work is really good. Plus the lighting is really cool. Specially how it gets darker around Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino as the whole movie progresses. At the beginning, when all his mafia family are dressed in black tux, he's the only one that dresses in green, with his uniform. He starts off as a young man who rejects the crime empire his father is the head of. And then, slowly he  starts wandering into the darkness, and in every scene he's less and less lit, the colours surrounding him turning dark and opaque, until the last scene.

I really love the last scene between Michael and his wife. And it portraits the characters very well, how they've evolved from the first scene in which the main character trusted her with all the dark family secrets. 

The part I liked less of the movie is when Michael is sent to Italy for a whole year. Yet it's beautifully acted and the scenery is very beautiful.

THE GODFATHER TRAILER

The acting, the camera, the light and the music, everything in this movie is worth being checked up. But you'll better don't be very tired, for it is rather long and every second of it demands full attention.