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Anthony
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When Michael tucks Anthony into bed after the shooting, there are two things that stand out for me as a little "off" in that scene.
First, isn't it odd that, as a parent, Michael says absolutely nothing comforting to Anthony? I mean, there were just strangers shooting up the house! Plus, guard dogs running around, alarms shrieking, spotlights shining, and so on. Wouldn't a small kid be a little upset, and need Daddy to tell him it was going to be OK? Instead, they talk about his presents.
Also, would Michael really have wanted this life for Anthony, especially since someone just tried to kill him? If he was sincere about getting out of the life, would he have been manipulating Anthony??
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Re: Anthony
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01/15/07 03:26 PM
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When Michael tucks Anthony into bed after the shooting, there are two things that stand out for me as a little "off" in that scene.
First, isn't it odd that, as a parent, Michael says absolutely nothing comforting to Anthony? Wouldn't a small kid be a little upset, and need Daddy to tell him it was going to be OK? Actually when he first walks over to Anthony, if memory serves me correctly he strokes Anthony's head and tells him that everything is going to be ok. That scene has always stuck out in my head because I always felt, being the parent of a boy and a girl, that I would have went on to comfort both my son and my daughter. I believe that FFC not only wanted to "set up" the foundation for the possibility of a GFIII with Anthony a part of Michael's business, but also wanted to show us that Michael, the old school italian mafioso, was concerned more about his son than his daughter. Hence the later scene "was it a boy?" Don Cardi
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Re: Anthony
[Re: klydon1]
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01/17/07 12:00 PM
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Very good point. It reflects the fact that Michael was void of any sense of paternal feelings or emotions. As Michael was cold and unfeeling, so too he expected this for Anthony, who was being raised to serve him.
Kay was rightfully upset when she confronted Michael about Anthony not being normal. Michael was confining him to an environment where the boy's only friends were buttonmen. Yes but because of this harsh upbringing Anthony turns out to be a sissy boy tenor.
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Re: Anthony
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01/17/07 12:24 PM
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I think this is one of those areas that separates a movie from reality. The story has to keep moving on, for the audience's sake, more than the characters, not just for time purposes but for the flow of the action. Had Michael spent any more time with Anthony in GF2, it would have been too touchy-feely for a drama.
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Re: Anthony
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01/17/07 07:53 PM
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I've always enjoyed how FFC went from that scene into the young Vito scene. After Michael talks to Mama about losing his family, the flashback goes to young Vito, who has now reached a point where he has begun to secure his family, both his blood family and his mob family. Showing how the son was begining to lose and dismantle his family, and how the father was begining to secure and build his family. Brilliant. Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Anthony
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01/17/07 10:02 PM
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I've always enjoyed how FFC went from that scene into the young Vito scene. After Michael talks to Mama about losing his family, the flashback goes to young Vito, who has now reached a point where he has begun to secure his family, both his blood family and his mob family. Showing how the son was begining to lose and dismantle his family, and how the father was begining to secure and build his family. Brilliant. Don Cardi Great contrast, DC.
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Re: Anthony
[Re: olivant]
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01/17/07 10:15 PM
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I've always enjoyed how FFC went from that scene into the young Vito scene. After Michael talks to Mama about losing his family, the flashback goes to young Vito, who has now reached a point where he has begun to secure his family, both his blood family and his mob family. Showing how the son was begining to lose and dismantle his family, and how the father was begining to secure and build his family. Brilliant. Don Cardi Great contrast, DC. Thank you Olivant. You know, a couple of years back a good friend of mine from these boards once told me that the correct way to watch the Godfather II was in it's original form, and not in the chronological format. He was 100% right. You cannot appreciate the artistic beauty of the side by side similarities and yet contrasting events of what's going on in Michael's life compared to what went on in young Vito's. Again, it was pure brilliance by FFC. Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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