Turnbull...just curious.

I suppose of all the Gangster BB members I'm asking just the wrong person...but don't you find the latter scenes of the Saga just a tad lifeless (for lack of a better word) without the early Vito scenes being interspersed?

I'm thinking that minus those ingenious flashbacks of Vito's humble beginings and rise, contrasted with Michael's present-day leadership, GFII would not have received quite the degree of acclaim that it did. Nor would it be the classic that it is today.

Maybe because we're used to it and have had the rare gift of being able to view it both ways. Otherwise there would be nothing to discuss on this matter. I think the early scenes breathe life into the movie.

While the early and middle (Brando) segments of the Saga are terrific, I still enjoy GFII more as a FILM, and not the latter-day, deleted-scenes-included, part of the Saga.

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