*MICHAEL IS TERRIFYING!* The Godfather Part 2 REACTION! | First Time Watching | (commentary/review) 

That "Kiss of Death" Michael gave Fredo is one of the most powerful scenes in cinema history. Fredo who was such a care free spirit in shear terror cause he knows what is coming

Did you notice that we see Santino and Fredo crying as infants, but the first time we see baby Michael, he's calm and silent? I'm really not sure if the filmmakers did that on purpose, or not.

On the directors commentary Coppola talks about how each of Vito’s sons have a certain piece of his personality - Sonny had his strength, Fredo his heart, and Michael his cunning. But they all failed in their own ways because they didn’t have the total package which is what made Vito who he was and allowed him to become the godfather while never losing sight of what was most important.

Al Neri is Michael's right-hand man. Michael's glance across the room to Al Neri is chilling and gives Neri the signal to kill Fredo.

The actor who played Fredo is the most successful actor in history. Every movie he was ever in won the Oscar

I see the difference in Michael and his father in the way they use power over others. Both are rooted in fear, but Vito’s end goal is to create a family legacy rooted in love. Michael chooses to take the power position in honor of his father, but earning his credibility came at the cost of sacrificing his family. The exact opposite of what it was intended. There’s such a difference between becoming powerful in your own right and becoming powerful because of family obligation.

You’re right. The Godfather is a tragedy. Michael started out wanting to protect his family but look at what he eventually did. He ordered the hit on his own brother. Shows how far he fell from the good man he used to be.

Is this the part where we mention John Cazale? He played Fredo, and he appeared in five full-length feature films, all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Deer Hunter all won the award, before dying from cancer at the age of 42. What a talent! So sad to have him die so young.

Both movies are masterpieces but the first Godfather will always be absolute cinematic perfection for me.

I always respected Francis for ending part 2 like he did. It isn't supposed to be a happy ending. It was Michael's destiny to be alone and there never was supposed to be a part 3. Coppola never wanted to make that. The studio just kept throwing more and more money at him where he eventually did it.

So good!! I hope you give Pt 3 a chance when you can! Most reaction channels stop after 2 and they miss out. It’s totally fine to almost think of 1&2 as the full story and 3 is the epilogue of Michael’s later years.

"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" Fun Fact: This was the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Lost In Translation Fact: Robert De Niro spent four months learning to speak the Sicilian dialect of Italian in order to play Vito Corleone. Nearly all of the dialogue that his character speaks in the film was in Sicilian. Lost In Adaptation Fact: This movie and the first movie, was working off the same book. Francis Ford Coppola stripped all the backstory spread throughout the novel in order to focus on the main story. However when work began on this movie, he included all the material that was left out of the first movie. Method Director Fact: The door to olive-oil business was rigged so that it would not open if a nail was inserted into the lock. Coppola kept this a secret from Leopoldo Trieste, who played Signor Roberto, and his difficulty in opening the door was real. Coppola wanted to film Trieste, a known Italian comedian, improvising his way through the scene. When Genco Abbandando opens the door, Frank Sivero surreptitiously pulls the nail out. Music Enthusiast Fact: The orchestra that plays in the band shell during the party scene at Lake Tahoe was actually the Al Tronti Orchestra that played nightly for big names like Elvis Presley and Tom Jones at the Sahara Tahoe Casino/Hotel on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe while this film was being shot. Al Tronti himself sits in the orchestra in the front room (only seen in shadow). He wasn't allowed to appear as the orchestra conductor since he looked "too Italian" and the orchestra in the movie was supposed to be a West Coast group that is not able to play any traditional Italian music.

The attitude from Senator Geary is one of contempt for the Corleone family, but even more, he has a racial distain for Italians. This is an attitude held in mainstream US for 100 years.

Winner of 6 Oscars including Best Picture.

Great freakin’ movie. You can stop here if you want, but if you wanna react to Part III, make sure it’s the director’s cut The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone.

Please watch Part 3.

Pls don't stop watching, there's the third chapter! 🥰🫰🏻Love from Italy.

When you watch part 3 - and you really should - watch the original theatrical version, NOT the recent recut Coppola did - I think it's called Coda - The Death of Michael Corleone or something.

When I watch The Godfather part 2 it gives me a sense of melancholy because of the story line between Vito and Michael . His father Vito had good reasons for not wanting Michael in the Family Business . All in all the Godfather trilogy is probably my favorite trilogy movie.... growing up Italian this movie was played in our home many times . I have so much respect for the actors men and women in this trilogy.... some scenes are very hard to watch happen . I still to this day cry every time I see Sonny get ambushed in the first Godfather (my personal favorite). I really enjoyed your reactions and comments for this movie and I think you are right about Michael forgiving his older brother but he broke Michael's heart and he paid the price . I don't like it at all but I get it . Your reaction to Kate's bombshell was priceless . I know that I was not surprised by Michael's response . I did not like it but I could not blame him or her . They both did what felt right to them and their family was torn apart . That was the saddest part for me ; at least Vito and his wife passed away still married and in Love with each other . Thank you for your reactions and comments and I hope you react to #DeathProof ~ 2007 by Quentin Tarantino

The way you interpreted the original movie as a tragedy was how the director saw the movie however most people didn't see it that way and saw it the way that guy in your comment saw it. Ford Coppola was so upset that people didn't get the point of the original movie by glorifying Micheal that when he had the opportunity to make part 2 he was gonna make sure we the audience got the point that you always concluded from the beginning

It’s impressive you caught the slicing of the cake to represent the division of Cuba. Very few people pick up on that the first time.

The cake is Cuba, that is why Hyman Roth says he only wants a small piece the country is not among his main interests. The ease with which people like that divide a country among their "friends" is something that will never change. Vito is worried about Fredo because in those days pneumonia was deadly and even more so for people without much money. The gun Vito used to kill Fanucci was his own, he gave Clemenza's guns back and never told him he knew what it was. It is not a trial as such it is a Senate Hearing.

Hey Oscar, another great reaction. Please react to "The Godfather Coda" which the last of the Godfather movies. I think you'll like it. It's not as great as the first two, but it's still a good movie,and it ties everything together. I like the scene when Vito is on the roof of the brownstones. It reminded me of my childhood in Brooklyn, New York. We lived in a very old brownstone built in the mid 1800's, and my brother and I would go up on the roof in the summer. We could see the Statue of Liberty from where we lived, as well the Twin Towers. Sometimes, we'd hop from roof to roof because they were all close together. As I got older, I'd go up there to think or to write. I ended up being a writer for newspaper in NY that I still write for now. My parents were immigrants to the US, such good memories.

Thanks, Oscar! 🌹 I'm fortunate to have seen this on the big screen in a revival in the early 2000s. #TheCocoaCouch #FrancisFordCoppola #TheGodfatherPartII

I always have fun watching your reactions, man. Glad you're feeling better! Enjoy the family time! 😊

They said it in the first movie, it's not personal, it's only business. Michael takes everything personal which causes him to be cold. Both were calculated, but Vito was still driven by sense of community and honor. Vito earned respect, but Michael demanded. Even Michael's first marriage back in Italy was rooted in a murder threat against her father...

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Hello There. I became an instant fan of yours due to you displaying your obvious intelligence in saying that you just don't understand HOW anyone could think that The Godfather Part 2 is better than the FIRST MASTERPIECE, my favorite film of all time. Similar to those sayin that the 2nd Alien & Terminator films are better than the FIRST MASTERPIECES. NO WAY! Being a 65 yr old highly intelligent lifelong movie lover gives my opinion sum cred. I UNNERSTAND MICHAEL CORLEONE! What a way to settle ALL family problems! I also adore Killer Klowns From Outer Space & have embodied the little girl Killer Klown here in real life in the "D". ❤

Deniro stars in a comedy with Billy Crystal called “Analyze This”. Based on everything I seen in your reactions…I’m convinced you’d really enjoy that comedy.

When this film was in the cinema , there was an intermission to give movie goers a break due to the length of the film. This "Intermission" was the actual break in the film.

He didn't want the power, never wanted it. He had the leadership role thrust upon him by circumstances. It was understood by him, his Dad, his brothers, EVERYONE, that Michael didn't want it and was never to be in "the family business". The long-term plan was for the family to be totally legit in his father's time, but as his Dad apologized, "I never wanted this for you, Michael, there just wasn't enough time." Ironically, Don Vito probably would have accomplished it if Solozzo and drugs hadn't come on the scene, which couldn't have been foreseen. The Don wouldn't have been shot, which sped up his aging and death, Sonny would be Don, with Tom as consiglieri, Fredo would be in a minor role as always. And Michael would be CEO of US Steel living in an estate in Connecticut with his wife and children or something. THAT was the vision. Michael's and his family's vision were destroyed and there was no one left to carry on...whatever it cost him. But he can never say, "I don't want this", and besmirch his father and brother's memories.

I don’t know if you noticed it but he knew his brother was the rat because he just said he never met the dude and then five minutes later he overheard him talking about how they used to go there all the time

he was stupid. I was lucky. I'll be visiting him soon- such a great line!

One glimpse of the old michael still remains in the last close up shot at the end. Michael still has his wedding ring on.

Vito assembles his oldest friends: Genco, Clemenza, Tessio. Thus starts the empire that he builds. You did recognize the kiss of death that Michael gave to Fredo. You missed the look that Michael gave to Neri at the mother's funeral. Fredo was living on borrowed time from that point on.

The part I like about the final brother dinner scene is that Fredo is the only brother who SUPPORTED Micheal and shook his hand when Mike joined the Marines. Of ALL his brothers Mike had to kill the only one who unconditionally supported him no matter what he did. Sadly, Fredo was stupid and weak and liability. The VITO solution would have been to cut him out of the family loop to mitigate damage, like Vito did with Carlo. "GIve him a living, but never let him into the family business." VIto was perfectly willing to let a liability like Carlo live harmlessly but PRUDENTLY alongside his family. Mike had the same choice, but decided to kill a family member, instead. Interestingly, Michael said in the book, "You cant forgive betrayal because they will never forgive themselves, and that makes them unpredictable and dangerous."

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I don't know how anyone can watch this trilogy and not think it's a tragedy.

Welcome back! Glad to see you better, mate!!

The Sicilian friend who gets shotgunned in the legs is the old local Don in the wheelchair who protects Michael in his exile a generation later.

I juat saw the notification and boom click!! Welcome back and hope you had a good mental/ physical health day!! #teammarshmellow ❤

Although the script is the definitive version of The Godfather saga I can't help but think that Michael really Lost his hope for a Real Italian Family when his 1st wife Apollonia was killed. She NEVER would have turned against Michael and would have had his back regardless because that is the world she was born into, not like the Idealistic Kay.

I really really hope that you see through comments about that part 3 is soo bad and not to see it.. the story about Michael is too great and you have to see through the point that yes it's the lesser of the movies -but it's still a good movie overall and you need to see it if you liked the first two movies.

The only time Mike was truly happy was in the Marines, away from his family and against a clearly defined savage enemy. Bonds formed then were stronger than any other bonds, even family.

Most people miss out on this. Michael never tried to kill frank. He new Roth was the one that tried to kill him at his home. It was Roth that tried to kill Frank's in the bar. But the cop walks in and they fail to kill frank. But frank thinks it was michael because they said," michael corleone says hello" which wasnt true. So thats why he testifies against michael. Michael trusted Frank but frank thought michael betrayed him. Another thing people dont catch was the dead prostitute in fredos hotel. The senator never killed her, they drugged him, killed the prostitute, and blackmailed the senator. Evil

This one was more of a tragedy for Michael. He was trying to raise his family's status in society, by doing that he lost his family. He lost his family's tradition and togetherness. He prioritized business over family, even though family is what he did it all for. Vito, no matter what, prioritized his family over business. When he would go home, everyone was waiting for him and happy to be around him. Opposed to Michael who came home and no one greeted him. Vito said it best in Part 1 when he and Michael were in the garden: I never apologized for how i lived my life, that was my livelyhood. To provide for my family. This movie highlights their difference. Vito was warm and welcoming, Michael is cold and distant. No matter what happemed to Vito, he never lost his heart, Michael's heart hardened more and more with everything that happened to him to the point he lost it.

At the end of the day, Michael Corleone became the very thing he swore not to become. Part 2 really was all about Michael's fall from grace as the new Godfather.

To see you see this for the first time made my heart happy ❤

I don't know how familiar you are with the Bible, but kissing someone before a betrayal is a reference to Judas kissing Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane so the police recognize him, leading to his arrest and execution.

Love your reactions! ❤❤

Wonderful reaction! Now, on to part 3 !!!

This movie breaks my heart.

don't let Godfather 3 go by because of other opinion! its well worth the watch!

Godfather 3 is not as good but do watch it. If you ever get a chance watch Godfather 1 and 2 TV series during 1978. For a week I believe it was CBS that showed it and left the deleted scene. Great reaction enjoyed it.

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When they tried to kill Michael, he killed them.

Clemenza changed his testimony not because his brother was threatened. (He wasn't) Clemenza couldn't be a Rat in front of family, returning to the Old Country. He would destroy the Clemenza family name. As they leave Tom Hagan say's to Clemenza's brother in Italian "Your Family Honor is Safe"

Loving the reactions to this trilogy! I agree with your analysis of Michael and his father. Please watch pt 3. It gets so much criticism, but I loved it. It’s definitely a different tone to the first 2, but I thought it was a compelling end to this story. 🩷

This movie is great but we are missing Brando.

You would like document of Al Capote. 😏

Since you're enjoying organized crime movies, I highly recommend Goodfellas

Keep 'em coming, Oscar!!

Don't watch the fairly recent reworking of Part III. I think the end scenes are much weaker, even though admittedly it improves the storytelling somewhat. Just watch the original theatrical release.

Yes, whoever told you this wasn't a tragedy was *mistaken* (or perhaps too immature to understand its entirety). It's about people who think they're protecting their family... but they get corrupted by power and money... and blinded to the violence. Ultimately they lose, endanger or alienate their loved ones which is completely antithetical to their original goal.

For me, the second part was the weaker of the three films. Especially because of the flashbacks, which no longer interested me in the second film, since Vito was no longer part of the plot. The third part, which many do not like, was for me actually equal to the first part. That also had a lot to do with the cast.

Brilliant

You'll Love part 3 😉

I like Godfather II but it's not as good as original. It's two different movies in one. They should have made it two separate movies.

I.must be the only person who thinks the second isn't a patch on the first...it's still a good film but the first was just infinitely better

You haven't said anything about the musical score

Please react to Part 3.

brother .... love this reaction for you sake and mine PLEASEEEE dont ever watch GF3 ...... i know it is hard to resist but please it is just a disaster and will warp the other two .. made 2 decades later just please

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Part III is ok, but not on par with the first two.

Good reaction but the editing was a lot better in your reaction to Part 1. Almost impossible to follow the story line with the editing in this one. Just showing us one or two lines of dialogue from a five minute scene isn't enough.

Please DON'T watch The Godfather 3, you WILL be disappointened!

Fun Fact: Part 1 and 2 was the first time (and maybe the only time) that 2 different actors won Academy Awards for playing the same character (Brando and DeNerio)