Originally posted by BarrytheBull:
...I wonder if they would have gone after Vegas if Sonny would have lived or if they would have stayed in New York. My guess is that Sonny would have stayed in New York and run the family there, and Michael would have gone to Vegas ...
Frankly, the story is more about the family and various locations are secondary and taken from real life events of the time. Fact is Sonny HAD to die and would've been killed eventually regardless of where he was. He could NOT have lived and could NOT have remained Don since he was such a bad one anyway.
Had it not been for Sonny's death, Michael would not have run anything, anywhere.
The main point of the story (in my opinion) is the gradual shifting of reigns over several years, to the most unlikely and most resistant of Vito's sons....Michael Corleone.
Without that main focus there is still a story...but not a very interesting one.
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