Hi ladies and gents. I have a confession to make. Until AMC's Godfather marathon weekend before last, I had never allowed myself to watch the Godfather series.

I've always known plenty of people who like the series as well as the book. And I suppose being from rural south Georgia and having predisposed ideas about the Mafia are the reasons why I never had watched them. I've seen a couple of episodes of the Sopranos. But I pretty didn't allow myself to catch on to it for the same reservations that I had about the GF series.

But a week and a half ago, I was absolutely mesmerized by it all. First I watched them out of order and in bits and pieces. Then I started GFII from the beginning before being interupted. But I saw enough to make me care about the characters - especially Michael.

I've been reading this board now for 10 days. And I know that I have a long way to go. I've already learned a lot from all of you. And have taped the movies so that I can go back and watch some of the scenes and characters discussed.

I've been transfixed. And I think it's a safe bet that I'll be watching the movies again and again, trying to figure out the answers to all of my questions.

I'm not Italian. But count me in as a definite fan. I guess I'll have to read the book now. ;-)

Welcome to the boards!

I would recommend trying to find the uncut versions of the three films. The ones shown on AMC were edited/censored a bit for commercial television viewing. All three films are available on videotape and DVD.

Then, you may want to catch the chronological Godfather Saga the next time it is shown on Bravo or SpikeTV. It is edited/censored also, but you will be seeing a lot of deleted footage restored to the films (GF 1 and 2) which, IMHO, enhances the Corleones' story.

And, yes, it's time to read the book!

Signor V.

Thanks Signor! I was wondering if the unedited version would make a difference. I'll pick up a set as well as the book.

The unedited video/dvd will make a great deal of difference. Sonny's death alone is so much more graphic and wrenching when seen uncut.

Only Spike TV has shown them in their entirety...but even then, you have to deal with the commercial breaks.

Definitely get the uncut stuff.

Apple

ps - speaking of admitting things, I was in Target the other day, finally ready to perhaps purchase The Trilogy...fortunately for my wallet but unfortunately for me, they didn't seem to have it on hand so I'll wait till another day.

I can definitely understand this. I didn't have to worry about this, because the first time I watched the Godfather movies were a few years ago. I watched an old taped version of GFI from encore. I then rented the second two. Though I got the entire storyline of the GF trilogy, I did have trouble following another Pacino movie due to censorship on cable channels. That movie was Devil's Advocate. I had no idea what was going on while watching it on TNT, so much was cut out (the suicide part, especially) and it confused the hell outta me. Fortunately, I was able to watch it all on HBO (and I thought...wow! there's more to this scene). But yeah, it's as if you have to have already seen the movie, to actually enjoy it on cable television.

I had never bothered to watch them 'till recently too, but now I have a mild obsession with the story.

Nearly finished the book now it really is a must, although I read "The Dark Arena" (Puzo's first book) before starting on The Godfather. He was a great author.

I don't think you can ever stop noticing new things in the films, from what I have been told, and what I gather here.
This is a good place for information on the films and book, there are a lot of very knowledgable people here.
See you around.

Welcome to the BB swGAboy. This is a GREAT place to discuss the GF Trilogy. Feel free to post your thoughts and questions. I am looking forward to reading your thoughts and views on the GF.

I didn't really bother to watch The Godfather until a few years ago when I found out it was on TV and my mom wanted to watch it. I used to think that The Godfather is supposed to be a very long, boring, critically-acclaimed piece of waste of time. I just thought I'd give it a try and I was absolutely shocked what a great film it was. The next thing I did was to rent all the trilogy, hehe.

I guess we can both start reading the book, hehe.