Question for men about the female-characters

Who is the one you like most? Of Course, we don`t have many options, Kay Adams, Connie, Apollonia, Mary, Lucy Mancini, Theresa, and maybe a few more I don`t recall right now.

I like Kay Adams(or Diane Keaton)

Appolonia. I think she was pretty.

sandra corleone- she was pretty

The rotund opera singer at the wedding!

Yes, the actress who played sandra and also Diane Keaton

Mama Corleone was a strong, compassionate, wise woman. Morgana King portrayed the Italian matriach beside a very strong patriach of an extended family.

I have a dark horse candidate:

Bridget (Grace Hamilton) Fonda.

She looked mighty hot in Vincent's leather jacket and no pants.

Excuse me for posting even though I'm not a man ; but when MaryCas mentioned Mama Corleone, I wanted to chime in with my (counter) opinion (which doesn't mean MaryCas is wrong; we just have different positions -- or maybe his view of her is based more on the book, while my view is arrived at just by what I saw in the movie).

But here's my blunt assessment:

Mama Corleone was an inhabitant of her own little domestic universe wherein she turned a blind eye to the criminal activities around her (not strong, IMO), believed in non-interference when her daughter was being abused by her husband (not compassionate), and didn't have a clue what Michael was talking about when he came to her with his anxieties about losing his family (not wise).

Yes, Mama raised four children lovingly, no doubt, and possessed a commendable sense of responsibility even for her grandchildren (as seen in GF2 when she scolds Connie for being an absentee mother to her two young sons). But a great many mothers are like this. It is Mama's unquestioning acceptance of the riches of crime, her utter subservience and dependence, and her unwillingness to open her eyes and see what's going on (she actually tries to persuade Connie that Michael didn't have Carlo killed; Mama, wake up -- your son's a mafia don) that, in my opinion, combine to make her not particularly admirable to me. That's just my two cents .

It has to be appolonia, she got her tits out for god sake!

I like the unseen cocktail waitresses who Fredo bangs "two at a time". They sound like fun ladies.

Just kidding, I'll go with Appollonia for the "thunderbolt" effect.

Most people wont agree with me but I say Connie.

The girl in the opera in the gf2 flashback scenes. (Genco's girlfriend?) The one who Fanucci threatens if her father doesn't pay up.

A very attractive woman.

Fredo

Appolonia.

"...Piu Greca d'Italiana..."

For me, it's still the fat lady - especialy when she sings!

Cristina,

I think that the reason you are feeling this way about Mama Corleone is because you are thinking in the now, the present. It is unacceptable in our society today for a wife, mother, etc. to sit back and remain silent about her husbands illegal activities, the abuse by a son in law of her daughter, etc. But you need to remember that back in the era that The Godfather movie is taking place, it was not uncommon (especially with an Italian wife who came over from Italy) for a wife to remain silent about these kinds of things. Not that I agree that a wife or a mother should have remained silent, but that was how it was back then. So in my opinion, Morganna King along with FFC portrayed the "Italian wife" perfectly for that era. Back then no italian woman would dare interfere with her husbands activities or with the marriage of one of her children. It was wrong, no doubt. But that is exactly the way it was and Morganna King did a great job in portraying the typical italian wife of that era.

By the time GFII rolls around, times have supposedly changed, woman became more modernized, and FFC again brilliantly portrays the small detail of the change of the era by now having Mama speak out a little bit more about the well being of her grandchildren and her daughter.

I agree with MaryCas that the potrayal of the Mama character may have been one of the best out of the 3 movies.

Now as far as looks go, well I have to go with Appollonia for her pure and natural beauty.


Don Cardi

I was waiting for someone to say this.


For me it would have to be Appolonia she had a naive beauty about her.

I agree with everything you said. In fact, I was expecting someone to reply with a mention of the role of the Italian wife in that era... and I've been thinking up a response .

I think this makes an intriguing discussion on its own. So, to keep Don Pappo's subject from straying off topic, I'm going to create a new thread on Mama and copy my premise and your counter-argument over to it (if you don't mind, Don Cardi). See you there.

Not at all.


Don Cardi