The Godfather (1972) Is Amazing! | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction 

Hey friends! I hope you enjoy my reaction to The Godfather. This was quite a ride 🤩

The Godfather 2, considered even better by many people. A must see.

Talia Shire who played Connie Corleone would go on to play Rocky Balboa's wife, Adrienne, in the "Rocky" movies. Another fact is that both Marlon Brando and Robert DeNiro each won the Academy Award for Best Actor playing the same character of Don Corleone. Watch the sequel, Godfather II, for another excellent film.

Just FYI and satisfaction, at the end of the novel we find out that Michael finally tracked down Fabrizio. He had moved to America and opened a little pizza place in upstate New York. He had a big tattoo on his chest and even years later Michael's hitman makes him pull up his shirt before he kills him.

In case you missed it, Carlo beat Connie for Barzini, in order to enrage the hot-tempered Sonny--who could then be easily ambushed by Barzini's men on the causeway. Carlo's abusive behavior with Connie was merely a ruse to piss off Sonny.

You didn’t understand what the Don was saying, “Women and Children can afford to be foolish but not men.” Meaning Men dealing with other Men end in violence and death. Children are protected and Women are exempt.

Brando putting the orange in his mouth and pretending to be a monster was an improvisation so the child's reaction was genuine but Brando knew it would work because he had done that with his own children.

I enjoyed watching The Godfather with you. Loved hearing your spontaneous reactions & sense of humor. I like your reaction style. Good job 👍 Thank you!

The singer was not Jerry Vale, it was Al Martino. Also, Mama Corleone was played by Morgana King, who was a well-known singer who later became an actress.

They don't explain it in the movie, but that cop broke the cheekbone in Michael's face. That's why it looks that way so long, he finally got it repaired about a year after he got home

What a perfect film.. cant fault it in any way, cant think of any way to make it better. Cinematography, lighting, pacing and actin all flawless. Stands the test of time 51 yrs old now. Excellent commentary and reaction after really enjoyed !

On the Waterfront was considered Brando's best film before this came out

Sterling Hayden (Captain McCluskey) was a real life tough guy and war hero. He was a 6' 5" Marine who won a Silver Star for his combat actions in Yugoslavia. He was briefly a member of the Communist Party (c. 1946) but this led to one of the few things in his life he wasn't proud of - his testimony before the McCarthy hearings where he "named names". He can also be seen as the general who orders an attack on Russia in "Dr. Strangelove".

One of my fav movies all time

I highly recommend The Godfather II as well. It gives you the back story of Vito Corleone, so you're better able to understand how he became The Godfather in the first place. And, if you're a reader, I highly recommend the novel. It explains in so much more detail who the characters are, and how their culture is rooted in traditions that are very old and unique to Sicily, in particular....Not that you don't see parallels with some other cultures. I read it for the first time more than 40-years ago, and I couldn't put it down.

GREAT reaction!!!! So many reactors here on RU-vid, i dont even get 10 minutes into their videos because they try to just put the spotlight onto themselves, do stupid jokes, act all goofy, don't take the movie seriously or talk thru it...... You just got right into the movie and your reaction/ commentary was FANTASTIC!!!! Keep up the good work!

“Hello Carlo” 😊

Sonny's "man at McClusky's precinct" was the same cop who was reluctant to arrest Michael at the hospital.

Well done. For what its worth: Clemenza was Sonny's Catholic-Godfather. Therefore, with Vito passed, vengeance fell to him. At they end, Kay wasn't naïve anymore -- merely in a serious state of denial. I've heard that GF-II is even better.

Love your reaction. I'm not surprised that you're also a musician. I was getting that vibe.

The move on the bridge was to see if they were being followed. Kay and Michael were just starting dating, so Kay knew nothing about his family. It is also a plot device, as Michael is telling us, the viewer, about his family too. Connie's husband knew full well what family he married into. He was upset the didn't give him a bigger part of the family business. One reason he set Sonny up.

Great reaction! The Godfather is the best movie ever

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." I love it!

You've seen two of Brando's three greatest performances...I like his Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront even better.

I love how they all somehow underestimate Michael when he proposes the killing at the restaurant meeting. They seem to forget he was a decorated Marine Corps WW2 veteran who saw all those brutal island battles in the Pacific. That was death up close and personal with enemies who did not surrender.

A couple of notes: Clemenza was Sonny's godfather, so for him getting rid of Carlo was personal. Also, Michael was a highly decorated officer from the Marine Corps--he'd been in hard combat fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, so that meant he wasn't just "Joe College", but an experienced leader. When you watch Godfather Two--and you absolutely should--keep that in mind.

Just a note the cat the the Don was holding just walked on the set & Brando just picked it up

My favorite movie of all time 🙏🏿🙏🏿

You didn't forget about Enzo, you're among the few who remember him at all! Nobody trusts poor Enzo :D

Gotta do part 2. Skip 3. Great reaction my friend.

Thanks for this reaction. Though I didn't interact with her, I once had the pleasure of standing immediately in front of Talia Shire in line at a movie theater.

45:20 - When Don Corleone said "women and children can be careless....but not men", he meant that women and children likely wouldn't find themselves subject to the same kind of brutal reprisals the men (who ran everything, after all) would face.

Excellent reaction--perceptive and very descriptive. Many people say this was/is the greatest film ever made (and/or the sequel). It surely is among the top few films ever made. Bravissimo! Btw, I'm a third generation Sicilian from the Bronx from back in the 60's and from the time I was a boy I was taught the ugliest, most obscene word was the "N word"--I should never --ever--say that. ("F bombs" weren't great, but not anywhere near as ugly)

Fun time on the reaction, glad you enjoyed it 🏆

The Italian singer that shows up to the wedding is supposed to be Frank Sinatra in real life. And the movie he’s talking about is from here to eternity.

Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. One of the most quoted lines in movie history. I admit thinking it every time I see a cannoli.

Great reaction as always, Court!

For Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Francis Ford Coppola put a jaw prosthesis in his mouth and a gauze, to give him that particular face. Brando was relatively young in this film, and Coppola pretended to age him and also look more threatening.

Appolonia would have been a much better Mafia wife than Kay 😢

Masterpiece, part ll is even better 👍

A great film the 1990s, The Freshman, stars Matthew Broderick and features Marlon Brando as an underworld kingpin. For anyone who enjoys The Godfather they need to see that film.

@04:16 don bazini didnt want any photos bcuz he didnt want anyone else to like families to know he was there.

The singer, Johnny Fontaine, at Vito's daughters wedding was modeled after Frank Sinatra. The movie he wanted but they wouldn't give to him was "From Here to Eternity" Only Franks "friendship" was with Sam Giancana of Chicago, not a family in NYC

All the ladies smile at Carlos last scene😊

Fact: The baby that was baptized is actually Sophia Coppola ...

Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen plus Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now 😊

I had watched it on TV every year and then finally saw it in the theatre on the 50th anniversary. Still a masterpiece...

I love watching people experience this movie for the first time. ❤❤

Smart reaction. Regarding Michael's "loophole," he said he would let Kay ask about his business. He didn't promise to tell the truth. He just told her what she wanted to hear.

In the garden scene just before the Godfather starts coughing we can see him take the orange out of his mouth so he clearly died of a heart attack, not from choking.

49:45 "Tom, can you get me off the hook, for old time's sake", "Probably not" 🤣🤣🤣

2:22 The cat was a studio rat catcher that strayed into the scene. Coppola was ready to scrap it until he saw the dailies, and left it in the film.

You'll love the sequel, it's both future and also about Godfather, when he was a kid, then grows up, showing how he becomes that way, why also showing Michael as Godfather with story, movie goes back and forth, makes it a legendary like this. I played trombone in school orchestra and in the smaller Jazz Band. Sure now you play the skin flute...haha!

Godfather 2 is another masterpiece sequel .. some say it's better than the first one...

Good point about Michael's loophole about killing Carlo.

In the book, right after Sonny's death, Carlo became the perfect husband - which is why Connie was pissed because she thought things were going better.

Also directed by F F Coppola. In the 70,s he had diected 5 movies that were at least nominated for best picture with 2 in the same year those being Godfather 2 and The Conversation. The latter is a great movie on its own which deals with the moral implications on recordings done in secret. Excellent cast with John Casale who plays Fredo in the Godfather. BTW I haven't found anyone who has reacted to it on RU-vid. Its a GREAT movie.

Terrific reaction! Thank you! Part 2 is a must-see - it’s part sequel and part prequel. It juxtaposes Michael’s continuing consolidation of power against his father’s backstory. Marlon Brando’s Vito from the first film is seen as a child and a young man (played by Robert De Niro in an uncanny performance-he doesn’t look like a young Brando, but it’s so believable that De Niro’s Vito would age into Brando’s Vito that the lack of physical resemblance is beside the point. The cutting back and forth between Michael’s timeline and Young Vito’s is perfection! As a stand alone film The Godfather is perfect; but Part 2 enriches your experience of the first movie. Part 3: I don’t dislike it, but it’s unnecessary (and a bit jarring because the characterizations don’t completely align with the characters in the first two). There’s no fourth film. The movie called The Godfather Coda is a recent recut of Part 3 (I think it is an improvement, but a lot of people don’t). Finally, there’s The Godfather Saga (also known as The Complete Novel for Television). The director recut the first two movies adding many deleted scenes to retell the first two movies in chronological order (starting with the De Niro scenes, then on through Brando and ending up with Pacino.). It originally aired on NBC as a miniseries. It was restored and presented on HBO about 5 years ago. It hasn’t a home video release since the VHS days, but you can track down the HBO version fairly easily. Thanks again for your great reaction! 😊

This is my second time watching your reaction and I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed it

My favorite movie of all time. A cinematic Masterpiece! Consider the script, screenplay, lighting, direction the cat was not planned, Coppola found it running around the set and handed it to Brando, casting, costume design, set design, the performance of the actors, the cinematogra 1:39 phy! It has it all.😊

Great reaction. - The Godfather Part 2 next please. It is at least as good as this, maybe better. 11 Academy Award nominations and won 6 categories.

Just found your page and I love it and you! Loved this reaction and I look forward to more. Keep doing your thing sister!

One detail from the book that's left as subtext here is that Vito is actually terrified of Luca Brasi, with good reason. Luca is pure evil. The Don employs him only because he doesn't want him as an enemy.

i love your commentary throughout the film, you we're very entertaining.

I played clarinet too, also bassoon.I loved marching band, great fun.

Great reaction! Thank you so much.

The cat wandered onto the set, and Brando insisted on adding it to the film. Marlon Brando loved animals. He beat a military academy roommate nearly to death when Brando returned to their 3rd-floor room and found his roommate tossing a litter of stray kittens out the window. Sonny absolutely misreads Michael's toughness when he chides his little brother for not being accustomed to close-up killing. Michael was in the Marines, which means he almost certainly served in the Pacific theatre of WW2. The Japanese were savage, fanatical enemies whose tactics often involved banzai charges or creeping up on the Allied soldiers at night, even jumping into Marine foxholes and attacking with swords and knives. I believe that is why Michael turned out so much more ruthless than his father: Vito ran his Family based on respect and diplomacy, preferring to mediate solutions to disputes. Michael's combat experience taught him to kill his enemies as soon as they reared their heads.

You just watched a true classic! I can't wait to see your reaction to part II. Of course that means I'm subscribing. Loved this reaction. You're good!

In 1945 immigrant families, divorce is unheard of and domestic abuse, while not common was an accepted part of married life. You can catch a glimpse of this culture when Sonny threatens Carlo at the dinner table, but Mama Corleone, says "Sonny, dont interfere." In the novel, the Don was a GREAT judge of character and knew that Carlo was incompetent, unfaithful and a bad match, yet the Don was wise enough not interfere in his children's love lives. It was a different time. That's why he didnt want Carlo to be allowed into the family business at the beginning of the movie. Turns out, Don Corleone was right about everthing Carlo.

Whoa. I did not expect to come across such a great reaction. You’re inquisitive and a bit goofy in a charming way which is highly entertaining. Your channel is gonna do well :)

57:50 There's only 3. They just made a directors cut of Part 3 and renamed it 'The Death Of Michael Corleone', which was the original intention for the name. Part 2 is just as amazing as Part 1, so jump on that one without hesitation, but I wouldn't rush to watch Part 3.

6:30 - "I don't know what's happening at this table but, whatever it is, it's making them giggle." Oh, you sweet, innocent child. lol

Definitely watch Part 2. It's my favorite film in the series, and in my Top 5 all time. Great reaction!

The fact u said ,"i wanted to see more bloodshed" made me chuckle lop

10:30 That's the house where Senator (later President) John Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline spend part of their honeymoon in Beverly Hills in 1956. It was later used as Steve Martin's house in his great comedy "The Jerk." 28:58 The series of news photos and the piano playing in the background was actually directed by a brand new movie maker, an unknown guy named George Lucas.

“Are they kidnapping him?” 👏🏻🤣

Great reaction 💯 Godfather II is my favorite of the three

I’m new. I saw Godfather reaction, so here I am. Looking forward to more of your content.

You've got a pretty good cinematic eye. Because of that, you've got to review part 2. Believe it or not, part 2 has a better script. It tells everything before and after part 1. Fun fact: Marlon Brando AND Robert De Niro both won the oscar for playing the same character of Vito Corleone...

One of the characters mentions in the opening wedding scene that it’s a Sicilian tradition that no man can turn down a favor on his daughter’s wedding day.

When Woltz said "Put him out to Studd" it meant he would not race him anymore but, would breed him. The Book said that horse was an undefeated racing horse. Woltz will breed that horse with other horses, hoping the offspring will be as powerful in racing as this horse.

Always a great watch. One of my grandsons plays those instruments that you play. Vegas, it's been awhile but you have to go just to Enjoy. The last time I went we had three cars from LA to Vegas. All ladies and me the only guy.😎.❤.

I just found your video and subscribed right away 🙂. This happens to be my favorite movie in the world and your comments are great - you get it! Thumbs up 👍

When this came out, there were critics who knocked it for “glorifying the mafia.” Go figure.

I just subscribed. I truly enjoyed this reaction... ok. Gotta run... forgot the cannoli in the car

the detective who said Mike was a war hero was Sonny Grasso, the most interesting actor in the entire movie, google him

Richard Castellano who played Clemenza in real life was Paul Castellanos nephew

Great reaction. Thanks!

I love this woman! Her reaction was great and I had so much fun watching with her!

i admire your mind. thank you.

Yes, Godfather 2 is even better. Also, if you like period films, check out "Once Upon A Time in America". Very good reaction!

Really enjoyed this one. Keep up the great work.

You REALLY don't know what Sonny's wife meant when she was holding up her hands to the other women at the wedding?

brilliant reaction...blessing sista

nice job, Marlon Brando does a really good character near the end of Apocalypse Now, a really good epic war film

Loved your reaction to this 😊 - You should probably have mentioned Al Pacino...but still loved your reaction to The Godafather here

Great reaction . Part 2 and 3 are fantastic also .

The Godfather Part 2 is at least as good as the first movie. It's a must-watch. The third one is an OK film, but not nearly the equal of the first two.

I've watched many Godfather reactions and I have to say, you are very astute in your play-by-play observations. I would love to see your reaction to part 2 here on YT in the very near future. It's as good, if not better than the original.

Excellent reaction