Sure, 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

Sure, 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.