Originally Posted By: Don Cardi
 Originally Posted By: Movie Expert
One flaw in the GF is that Michael, given his Marine service, would somehow be nervous or afraid when confronting gangsters (i.e., when he is standing outside the hospital when Vito is being set up for assassination, lights the cigarette, and his hands don't shake; and when he kills the Turk and McCluskey in the restaurant).


Your post confuses me somewhat.

You say that one flaw in the GF is that "Michael would somehow be afraid..."

I did not see, in that scene, any indication of Michael being nervous or afraid. As a amtter of fact we've spoken here on these boards on many occassions that the scene you are talking about may have actually been the defining moment for Michael, the moment that he realized that he "can do this" because as he looks down at his hands as he is lighting the cigarette he notices that he is not shaking. He was cool, calm and collective through that whole ordeal.

So if I may ask, where is the flaw in that scene? Where does it indicate that he is afraid or nervous?


I too don't understand the poster's logic.

I also wich to opine that courage on the battlefield does not necessarily translate into courage off the battlefield. There are a considerable number of different variables associated with each situation that can mitigate courage.

I would also like to explode this myth that somehow Marines are more courageous or capable than the soldiers of other Armed Forces. As a US Army Sergeant I consider myself the equal of any other soldier. The same goes for my Dad who served in the Pacific during WWII.

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