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That movie is glorifying criminals
by siva7 5y ago
That movie is glorifying criminals
- agumonkey 5y agolike a long string of mafia movies, somehow they all got great reviews, weird
- bexsella 5y agoIt doesn't glorify criminality. Everyone either dies, or becomes a heartless, lying mafioso.
- vkou 5y agoI'm not sure if we've seen the same movie, but between the first and the second film, the lives of every[1] single person involved are completely ruined. [1] With the possible exception of Johnny Fontane, who can't help but fail upward, and Enzo the baker, who got his immigration issues sorted out.
- rodgerd 5y agoThe undertaker and his daughter get some measure of justice.
- rodgerd 5y agoThe movies weren't intended to, but audiences came away with an intended respect for the mafia; indeed, trying to hammer home the message that Michael's life is a disaster was the motivation for the ill-fated Godfather 3.
- acuozzo 5y agoNo, it does not. With that being said, I suggest reading this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_union_busting_in_th... When/if you're done reading, please tell me who defends the little guy when both the legislators and enforcers are corrupt and/or willing to turn a blind eye?
- msla 5y ago> When/if you're done reading, please tell me who defends the little guy when both the legislators and enforcers are corrupt and/or willing to turn a blind eye? Not murderers, racketeers, and traffickers, that's for damn sure.
- selfportrait 5y agoThe whole lesson of gangster films is centered around regret and the tragedy that befalls the family. It's actually a good test on people and their views of status. If someone emulates gangster bravado, it reveals a lot about them and how they've missed the entire point of the genre.
- goto11 5y agoSure, but it is a bit like Truffaut's observation that anti-war movies end up being pro-war. Maybe the "point" of the Godfather movies is that being a gangster is bad, but along the way it makes the mafia look really cool.
- elcapitan 5y agoIt's only business.