*MASTERPIECE!* The Godfather Part II (1974) FIRST TIME WATCHING REACTION *Best Sequel?* 

The man Vito carved up like a turkey, was the one who earlier had Vito's father, brother and mother killed. Great reaction.

This is considered one of the greatest sequels of all time and I can't argue with that 😁

Watching Michael's eyes after Kay told him about the abortion is awesome. It's a crime he didn't win Best Actor for this.

The man Connie wants to marry, Merle Johnson, was played by Troy Donahue, whose real name was Merle Johnson.

We all used to drink from the hose...lol

The rug really tied the room together.

Nearly 50 years later and this movie has stood the test of time.

Lee Strassburg, who played hyman roth, was a famous acting coach back in the 50 60 70s. His students included Pacino, Dinero, Brando to name a few

"The rent stays lika befoh." I still get goosebumps.

The dude that gave Vito the guns/rug was Clemnza the “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Man. They did set that dude up, drugged him and killed the girl to gain leverage. When Micheal “forgives” Fredo and they’re embracing when he looks over at Al Neri, that is foreshadowing that Micheal does not forgive Fredo and that he will have Al kill Fredo. The ending was symbolic of Micheal always being alone.

My father came to Canada from southern Italy in the late 60s & went endured a lot. Italians were not considered white people for a long time & were treated with suspicion and general dislike (just like the senator acted towards michael). That being said I was raised a very specific way "old school rules" lol. Non Italians always asked " is your family in the mob". It was the stereotype. So I'd never watch mob movies because it made me so mad. As I got older I have grown to love them. The Godfather movies are a masterpiece and it's always awesome to watch people react to them. Hopefully you watch part 3. A lot of people don't like it and it's not as good as 1&2 but it's still a good movie. :)

The guy who takes. Vito to meet the old Don who killed his family and then gets shot as they escape is Don Tomasino who takes in Michael when he flees to Sicily after the murder of Solozzo in the first film.

When we hear the shot that killed Fredo echoing all over Lake Tahoe, I always picture Michael saying to Al Neri when he gets back to shore: "Jesus Christ Al, didn't you ever hear of a damn silencer??"

The actor who played Fredo, made 5 movies in the 70s. All 5 were nominated for best picture

Mike is in Havana when Fidel Castro took control on New Years Eve, 1959. The year I was born.

The first guy questioned by Congress, was Rocky's mob boss, in Rocky!

I loved the actor, Bruno Kirby, who played the young version of Clemenza, he was great in that role.

It really never fails to bother me that so many who watch this movie don't understand that this was going on during the Cuban Revolution, right as Fidel Castro was coming into power. Good job catching it.

“This is the business we’ve chosen!” The battle between Human Emotion and Logic

I ran onto your channel. watched the jerk, and your update with the computer problem. I really like your personality and sensitivity....I find you super funny too. Even tho I dont create content im sure there is a lot of work in getting a video ready to upload. I hope the lack of computer doesnt hold you up too much, but as you mentioned a change in perspective can improve your outlook/priorities. Regarding priorities I think it's great youre aware of importance of time w/ your fiancé and her/your families. On turning 39, many b-days are sort of tough....your thoughts are normal and you will gain (again) perspective and wisdom. Wishing you happiness and health....thanks for your good work!!!

"I don't want anything to happen to him while our mother is still alive." Chilling.

The scene between young Vito and Genco's father (the store keeper where Vito worked) always makes me cry, no matter what. He couldn't afford to keep both, and he knew Vito had a family. It killed him and he couldn't even get the words out. It was detrimental to lose your job then, especially when they were scarce. That's why alot of them turned to crime.

oh my God man, I was eating and watching this. I almost choked on my food after your reaction here at 6:07 . Ahhhh, that shit was funny bruh. I usually think the same when I see that part and use the same southern accent.

Don ciccio the old guy in the wheelchair was the revenge for his parents Diane! Keatons friends had a inside joke where they would always shut the door on her face

30:37 no grim reaper would wear a turtleneck

Couple things, the senator was set up, and the old man Vito kills is the mafia chieftain who killed his father.

Both Godfather movies won the Oscar in 1972 and 1974. Masterpieces.

You should watch the documentaries about the making of these. They're so good and explain a lot about why some of the actor's weren't in some of the sequels.

My favorite line is from Frank “let’s hit em now while we got the muscle “ haha classic Mobster talk love it! Thanks again!

"It'd be IMPOSSIBLE to get to him...". -Tom to Michael. "Darling...you have NO IDEA what's possible!". -Hela to Thor

This movie showcases the rise and the fall of the Corleone family. It's so powerful and painful... Michael was always running from the family and when he became Dom he didn't know how to do it FOR AND WITH THE FAMILY. Vito was all about family, he was a loving man and he would have forgiven Freddo... even Sonny with his temper was all about family. But michael didn't trust anyone (well... He had his reasons tho 😂) he was not about second chances

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Michael's hug of Fredo: Hold your friends close, but hold your enemies closer.

These two films are the masterpieces of all masterpieces. Part III is definitely the weakest link, but I think it's still worth a watch just for completeness sake. In my humble opinion the climactic final scene of Part III is some of the best acting of Pacino's life.

Great reaction to this amazing classic! I hope you’ll do Part 3, which is excellent but nowhere near the level of the first 2 films. But how many films are, really? If you do react to 3, I strongly urge you to do the version called “Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.” It’s Coppola’s preferred cut and the best version.

The reason Brando didn’t appear in the family flashback because of contractual issues. Coppola rewrote the scene without Marlon to make his entrance offstage. I recommend listening on RU-vid to Francis Ford Coppola’s commentary on the first two Godfather movies now that you’ve seen them both. Fascinating. Another good listen is THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE by producer Bob Evans who has lots to say about the productions. Loved watching your reaction to Godfather 2.

Fun fact, Robert deniro and Marlon Brando were the only 2 actors to ever win an Oscar for playing the same character in 2 different movies

Francis Ford Coppola was THE MAN in 1974. He had two movies nominated for Best Picture that year: The Godfather Part II and The Conversation. He won Best Film and Best Director. I think Gene Hackman should have won Best Actor for The Conversation, but he wasn't even nominated.

You can't play Hearts with 3 people! lol

46:04 Michael was sending a message to Frank Panangeli. You rat on us, and you'll never see your brother alive again.

Some of these scenes are based on real-life events like that bar scene with Frank being strangled and the cops walk in and there's a shootout. They got that scene from when Carmine Persico tried strangling one of the Gallo brothers in a bar and the cops walked in. Also Joe Bannano the boss of the Bannano family got ran out of New York and relocated to Nevada. In the first movie, Mo Green is based on Bugsy Segal

Two of the Greatest films of all time. And if you can ever get your hands on it (and have 7 hours to spare!), watch "The Godfather Saga." It's these 2 masterpieces in chronological order, along with all the edited scenes. It has only been on TV twice: in 1977 on NBC ( it was the TV event of the year) and HBO had it in 2016. Only available in VHS format😳

Pro tip, the towel catching on fire from the gunshot, was an accident!

Willie Ciccio was based on the very real Joseph Valachi, whose boss was killed by the Genovese and Bonano crime family. And Valachi was arrested trying to protect his boss. The mafia tried to kill him 3 times in prison and Valachi killed all 3 would-be assassins. This was the one very tough guy the mafia could never get to. And Valachi exposed the mafia to the light of day. Charles Bronson played him in a biopic. Fitting.

Fredo the LEGIT most tragic character in the saga. Day One: The gun-down of Vito under Fredo's watch. The lingering notion of his unreliable persona were cemented that day. I only noticed recently during part one when Michael met Moe in Vegas. They spoke AROUND Fredo like he wasn't there. The camera caught his shamed expressions until Michael's first and ONLY warning about "The Family" with the fade-out staying on Michael. Fredo...the LOKI of the Corleone Empire. He said Mama teased him that Gypsies abandoned him. Better than Frost Giants.

Greatest sequel of all time.

I love your reactions man

Giving Fredo the "kiss of death"...great reaction!!

Like in the first film, some of the characters are based on real-life mobsters. Roth = Meyer Lansky, and Cheech (mustached guy who snitches to the committee and laughs about "buffers") is based on Joe Valachi. Part II Michael takes on some vague aspects of Carlo Gambino, although Gambino never lived large or spun out into a fratricidal tyrant.

And his sister is Rocky's wife!!!😮 And she turns out to be a badass in part 3. I don't think he was going to have Fredo killed, but when he was hugging Fredo, Michael looked up, and saw his main hitman, lower his head, shamefully. So he had to pop Fredo.

The short story is, Roth engineered the Michael hit, but Pantangeli performed it, saying words and using Pantangeli's stupidity, against him. Because Roth let it be publicly known that he and Mike were backing the Rosatto brothers in New York, tho Michael never said that! Irony.... Vito's first guy that got him into crime? 20 years later was in one of the funniest movies ever, with Marlon Brando playing a Godfather caricature of himself as Vito, in a movie called, the Freshman!

Loved your reaction, you seemed really captivated and didn't over narrate.

Took many years for me to "get" the power of that final scene when he chose Combat for America and eventually Power Grappling for their Empire. Vito's plan for Michael was the opposite. A further "Expansion" towards Washington. The Avenging Arkangel...flipped the script and set in-motion the downfall of Vito's Empire. In the end, only Connie and Tom survived. Vito and Sonny, Fredo and Mama...gone. Carlo was shady from the intro. He infiltrated THROUGH Connie.

Did you notice that the actor who played Frank Pantangelli also played Robert Forster's boss in Alligator? I loved Robert De Niro's performance as the young Vito Corleone. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for it. I felt bad for Fredo at the end. I think Michael should've forgiven him. All in all, The Godfather Part II won the Best Picture Oscar beating Chinatown and The Towering Inferno. Loved your reaction to this David! I really enjoyed it!

51:03 if your listen carefully he says “ Ohh I been to the bookstore”

I watched part 1 and part 2 dozens of times. When you watch part 2 again, you will note the incredible acting by the actors that played Freddo, Frankie and Hyman Roth. Kay's character was mostly bland until her powerful scene with Michael about the abortion. Just great acting by Al Pacino and each of these actors around him.

Waiting on part 3 you won't regret it! I promise!

This is considered the best follow up to a part 1 ever. It was in my opinion because it unfolded the life of Vito and the continuation of his son as Don, where the 1st film left off. Brilliant.

Excellent selection and reaction. I liked original because it had Sonny in it. (James Caan). The flashbacks here were great.

Welcome to the second, and even better, film in the series. Again, I hope you react to the "Coda" version of the third film. Though weaker than the first two, it still was a strong film. Again, a great reaction.

U see, everyone loved or respected Vito, even his enemies, because he was a REAL family man, first. Michael wasn't, and in the last table scene here, u could tell, Michael truly wasn't a member of the family, like even Fredo or Tom felt. Which is why he could dis his sister, his wife, kill Fredo.

Michael did tell Fredo "never take sides against the Family again." And meant it! But Fredo got caught in Roth's trap via Johnny Ola. Fredo was always the weakest link

Master piece the best

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James Caan agreed to do that one final scene if they paid him what he made for the whole first movie. And they gave it to him. Brando was supposed to be in the scene, but he flaked out and didn't show and they filmed it without him.

29:59-30:03 Fredo lied that he'd never met Johnny Ola and that they'd never made a deal behind Mikes back thanks to Roth, but he did.

You didn't notice the old man, Don Ciccio, that Vito killed in Sicily was the one that killed his brother and father. It was a revenge.

Great first time recation David And I actually like godfather part 2 over the first one

This is my favorite movie of all time. The original is my 3rd favorite movie of all time

Mafia is family, Gangster's are a sport's team...

And keep in mind, the Corleones were Catholic, so the abortion hit much harder than just as a betrayal.

Wow! it's been six months since you did the first one! Looking forward to the reaction. As far as which is my favorite: they're both virtually the same, they're a set. They look the same, they were made back-to-back and they both are so classic. One has Brando, the other has De Niro.....and they're BOTH totally Vito Corleone. I can't choose! (but if pressed, I give the first one a slight edge).

Just a bit of trivia: sharp eyed viewers may notice King of the indie/B movie industry Roger Corman in a small speaking role as one of the Senators grilling Michael at the anti crime hearing. Corman gave Coppola his start in the business and the role was a tribute. Several of Corman's protégés put him in small parts or cameos. Jonathan Demme put him in Silence Of The Lambs. Joe Dante used him in The Howling.

Would love to see you react to the Godfather 3!

GF part 2 is my favorite out of the franchise.

We ALL drank from a hose in our time and we're ALL still alive and unharmed not like the pampered generation of today 😆

This is the 5th or 6th reaction of GFII I've seen and half the viewers are split on Fredo's fate. It's literally the hardest choice ever posited on film.

Frank's character was meant to actually be Clemenza - something half-foreshadowed even in the first film. The actor who played Clemenza refused to reprise his role, if the character were to betray Michael, and as such, they had to come up with a whole new character. Personally, I feel as if this weakened the character - as if he comes out of nowhere, "Heeey, Michael, remember me? Old pal!" I bet there will be many disagreements, regarding this - but in my opinion, they had the right idea, and I think it would have been an even stronger film, if Clemenza was kept as a character, instead of introducing Frankie.

48:50 The pin drops big time! Kay was really brave to tell Mike the truth about the abortion!

Loved it. One note, if I may, if I'm correct you are not using "come-uppance" correctly. If I'm wrong blame it on me being high. 😀

Out of about a dozen Godfather 2 reactions, most of them pretty interesting you were the only one to comment on Hyman Roth's modest life style. Roth is Meyer Lansky, Moe Green is Bugsy Siegel. Johnny Fontaine is Frank Sinatra , the big movie break was From Here To Eternity and won Sinatra an Oscar reviving his career. Sinatra and the Rat Pack made Vegas a mecca for entertainment. Sinatras Rat Pack member Peter Lawford married JFK's sister and introduced him to Chicago Mob Boss Sam Giancana who rigged the Illinois electoral vote winning JFK the presidency. Senate hearing was the Kefauver Committee.

"The French Connection" is another good 1970's Movie. It's a fictionalized adaptation of the 1969 true crime book The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore. Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his role in this Movie.

Great movie thanks again for your awesome reaction and thoughts! I still enjoy the first Godfather more mainly because of Marlon and also I don’t like how he killed Fredo no matter what he did,he’s simple minded and he could have just took care of him knowing that, anyway thanks again!

They set up the senator and killed the girl to get senator Geary on Mike's side.

Colonizer was hilarious I feel you

You cut it from the reaction, but of his brothers, it was fredo who congratulated michael for enlisting.

Yoh, I never noticed this till now, but Kay getting a new hairstyle dying her hair brunette could be a symbol of all the time she'd spent since then making herself what Michael wanted in almost every way including giving him kids preferably boys and thus losing herself and who she is in the process by the beginning of the sequel. It could explain the deep resentment she had for him. I now personally think that her little blow up over Michaels lifestyle and crimes and how it's somehow demonic wasn't about that. A woman who is committed as she was in Godfather 1 would've learnt to accept that due to her dedication. But Michael never really loved her, he only ever loved Appolonia and she never had to fight for his attention and love like Kay did. That's why Kay resented him, because he never really loved her on top of being who he was and all the weight put on her to lose herself and become the person he wanted. Just a thought. Feel free to leave your comments in my section as per what the rest of you Godfather fans also think of it.

Michael (The Avenger) and Vito (The Godfather), Thor (The Destroyer) and Odin (The Allfather). Loki (Adopted, Jealous), Fredo (Abandoned, Envious). Hela...Connie? 🌋🌐

Johnny Ola and Fredo knew each other. At this moment, Fredo is lying to his brother 26:52. At the sex show, Michael discovers the truth

You see as strange as it might seem back then there were actual scripts & plots. The bonus? Real actors, amazing huh??

Of the 6 men sitting around the table at the end (Michael, Sonny, Tom, Carlo, Tessio, Fredo) half of them will be killed on Michael 's command.

At the party when everyone was escaping and Micheal called FREDO to come with him in the novel micheal was trying to offer forgiveness if he had gotten in he would've forgiven him

The senator was setup in the hotel with the dead hooker by Micheal. The end wasn't a positive one. Micheal lost, mostly by his own actions, his family. That was a very depressing ending with him sitting on the bench alone. The close family full of love and loyalty turned in to...well, we all saw what it ended up like. If Vito ever saw what happened. Contrast the first movie with the second. It's a stark one

Greatest movie EVER!!!!!!

Agree. Godfather part 2 is a classic.

Anglos built this country, they were pioneers.

It's always a flashback to family and present Michael as nothing he's all alone despite his best efforts to legitimize his family and to save his family he lost everything his brothers his mother is father his wife his children his second wife. Better I see all the other parts but I see the incredible sad part 2. And three I don't really bag on it because it's kind of his attempt to redeem all the loss and again Michael's curse it all explodes

They couldn't get Marlon Brando in the last scene because the actor had bad experience with Paramount studio and Brando chose not to return.

They all celebrated Vito leaving Michael the Outsider. His forced attempts to build a bloodline failed in Sicily and were corrupt with Kay.

Speaking perfect Sicilian, too!