Posted By: Lavinia from Italy
Did Michael love Kay or Apollonia the most? - 07/06/05 11:15 AM
Call it a girly thing, but I've been intrigued by these aspects of the trilogy since the first time I watched GF! As for me, I think Michael loved Kay in quite a rational way (the question is: is a rational love a true love? but ok, that's another issue): she got what he needed to escape from the "Sicilian thing": she was anglosaxon, protestant, well-educated, emancipated, had no links - directly or indirecty -with the underworld. From this point of view Kay was the perfect wife. But this probably was Michael's will BEFORE he was forced in family's business due to Vito's hit. In fact, after he was involved in it, he had to realize Kay was too a problematic woman for him, wanting him not to mingle with the mafia, a promise he had made to her but was not able to keep anymore. Plus I think Michael did not have a strong sexual attraction for Kay, especially when compared to the one he undoubtly had for Apollonia. I never saw the same "fire" in Michael's eyes as he had when looking at the young Sicilian girl, the anti-Kay. Her father being linked to the mafia, Apollonia would have been the typical Mediterranean wife (in those times): submissive to his husband, outstanding cook, excellent mother, hot in bed. It's funny, but once Michael chose to be "his father's son", Apollonia - who doesn't speak English and lived all her life so far away from the USA - had many more things in common with Michael and the Corleones than the all-American Kay. Maybe Micheal loved Apollonia in a more immediate and instinctive way than he did for Kay. I don't know, maybe I'm biased by the fact that I don't like Kay?
What do the other boarders think?
What do the other boarders think?