This movie was rated R in the year it was made, but I felt it was nothing compared to some of the PG-13 movies of our day. I enjoyed the drama and the acting was amazing. I would recommend this movie to anyone who thinks it might be too violent. I kept waiting for it to become too much, but it never did. I enjoyed the fact that I could understand the many quotes I'd heard throughout my life- "swims with the fishes" and "going to the mattresses" or "may your first child be a masculine child". I like being in the "loop".
5 stars
5 stars
Good to know. I'll have to watch this one.
ReplyDeleteI will say that even though there were the scenes where I squirmed in my seat and was kind of creaped out, it wasn't the same as the effects of today. None of the blood and guts you expect with this film are as real as they make them today. There is brief nudity- a woman takes off her shirt. You blink and you miss it. I don't remember the language being an issue either really. It's mainly rated R for violence.
ReplyDeleteIn 1972, I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember my English teacher telling her students that we needed to grab a fake ID so we could see this movie. I didn't do that, but I did watch it once I was old enough. What a great, great movie. The final scene is just chilling! And I adore Marlon Brando. And John Cazale, who played Fredo, was engaged to Meryl Streep, but he died in 1978, right after making "The Deer Hunter", for which Meryl received her first Oscar nomination. (She didn't win until the next year, for "Kramer vs. Kramer".)
ReplyDelete"The Godfather" won Best Picture in 1972, and the sequel won Best Picture in 1974 ... the only time that has happened. However, the 3rd installment of the franchise did not fare as well, receiving several nominations, but winning none. 1972 was also the year Marlon Brando famously refused the Oscar he won for his performance in "The Godfather", as a protest to the way Native Americans were being treated.