5 Stars Except for the Deleted Scenes and the Lame Part III

Who on Earth are the clowns on here calling the Godfather I and II overrated films? You have to be either crazy or stupid to really think that. Rather than go into yet another review of the films I will focus on the DVD set. This would get 5 stars but what really irritates me is that there is no uncut or directors cut version of this on DVD. There are MANY scenes missing and who the hell wants to have to wait until the end and put in yet another disc to see them. I am guessing that I can only see that on the VHS box set. But if anyone knows about how I can see this on dvd please e-mail me at josephmarkdavis@aol.com. In a perfect world Coppola would go back and re-do the Godfather III all over again. Sophia Coppola is not pretty or alluring enough to be a lead. That wouldn't matter if she could act but she can't do that either. Not without having the most affected facial expressions on the face of the planet. And not paying Robert Duval the money he wanted to do this film was perhaps his biggest mistake ever. It just doesn't work or hold your interest without him in it. It ends up being a sad and depressing effort with a couple of good action scenes.

In my earlier criticism around the missing scenes, I am aware that they were foolishly left out of the theatrical release and were later added to the television broadcast but I think that they should be added back in now. They really help to tie everything together. Despite what some of these morons on here say, The Godfather I and II trumps every other mafia pieces out there including Goodfellas and The Sopranos. They do unfortunately romanticize the mafia, particularly with certain viewers, something that concerned Marlon Brando enough to almost turn down the lead role. But I and II are so good that you will most likely watch them multiple times throughout the years and are smart additions to your collection.

Two great films and one very good film!

The Godfather series is my all time favorite series. With the ranking of The Godfather Part II, then The Godfather, then The Godfather Part III. These movies are just so deep and have the biggest rewatchability to them. If you haven't seen them yet, then you have to pick them up, if you have seen them, and you don't have them, then you need to pick it up :)

One of the Most Over-rated Movies Ever!!!!!!

Where do I begin about this movie? Over-rated like Scarface, just like goodfellas. This is a trend now with these mafia movies. Again, I bought this out of curiousity to see what was all the hype of this so-called "greatest" movie of all time, next to Scarface, and yet, again, I was disappointed. Now, the movie was OKAY, nothing more and nothing less. It's certainly not all that. Some of the storylines were interesting like Michael Corleone and his rise to rule the family, and all the betrayals and backstabbings. A lot of it, however, was rather dry and boring. I can understand why people don't like part 3 of the trilogy. In part 2, I thought that Micheal forgave his brother, Fredo, for his betrayal, so when I watched the last series and happened that Micheal had him killed then I did not quite get that. I thought that he should have forgiven him since he was still his brother regardless. Then his daughter falling in love with her cousin, Vincent, his nephew was really disgusting and repulsing. Seriously, the only really good mafia movie is the Last Don. That movie really rocks! The first part is over 4 hours and last part is close to 3 hours, and never once did my brother or I get bored because the movie was so good. Great acting, good plot, interesting characters, good storyline, every bit was good. The Last Don should be on the list as the best mafia movies, not this garbage, though it's by the same writer. I know people will get mad at me for saying this. I don't see why people should take this so seriously...it's only my view. I realize that I am in a minority when saying it's over-rated, but please, let's not be so hostile and angry. Peace, people, peace.