Originally posted by Michael Corleone 14:
They're both different, Vito is building up the Family, he marries Carmella he becomes a father, while when Michael is the Don you see the Family crumbling down, and Michael is just becoming a zombie, losing Kay and Anthony and Mary. They're basicly the opposite, that makes it so tough to pick a favorite. And, it makes it even tougher when the two greatest actors of all time both are in the same picture, so I picked the toss-up.
Very astute observation! Though they were both dons, and father and son, they were really completely opposite. Mike was formally educated, his father not, and as you pointed out, Vito built up the family, and Mike destroyed it. Vito did it out of survival,and Mike did it out of greed.
