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Which is a more Tragic Event..
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02/08/09 10:10 PM
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Hey guys. Just watched the Godfather 1, which I haven't seen since november. But I was just wondering, when you first see these 2 scenes (right when the event actually happens, not the aftermath and scenes that follow) which scene do you guys think is more sad/tragic...when Don Corleone gets shot in the street or when Sonny gets pumped on the causeway.
I think that although Sonny actually dies in his scene, the fact that he's shot about a thousand times just makes his scene disgusting and revolting, and not necessarily tragic/sad.
Don Corelone on the other hand, is a sad/tragic scene because he is afterall the Don and the cornerstone of the empire. Also, the fact that he is an older man makes it a little depressing. However, Don Corelone does not die. And we are left with that ambiguity at the scene.
Just wondering what you guys think.
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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I'm not sure that "tragic" is the right choice of words. Both Vito and Sonny were murderers in their own right. When you choose to live by the gun, it can't be considered "tragic" when you die by it. Maybe "sadder" is a better way to put in. And in that case I'd give the edge to Sonny because he was younger, he had young children, and his parents had to bury their son, which is the saddest thing in the world. To me, the only tragic death in the trilogy was Mary's. She was a total innocent, proving that the old adage, "we only kill each other," is a total crock of shit, accident or not.
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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To me, the only tragic death in the trilogy was Mary's. She was a total innocent, proving that the old adage, "we only kill each other," is a total crock of shit, accident or not. Carrying on an incestuous relationship makes her a total innocent?
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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To me, the only tragic death in the trilogy was Mary's. She was a total innocent, proving that the old adage, "we only kill each other," is a total crock of shit, accident or not. Carrying on an incestuous relationship makes her a total innocent? Okay, half-way innocent.
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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To me, the only tragic death in the trilogy was Mary's. She was a total innocent, proving that the old adage, "we only kill each other," is a total crock of shit, accident or not. Carrying on an incestuous relationship makes her a total innocent? Okay, half-way innocent. You bet your gnocchi half innocent.
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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I'd go with Vito's near assassination. If he would have died, then power would have unquestionably gone to Sonny, and that would have been disastrous, IMO. He lived long enough for Michael to realize he wanted in, and was "with" Vito, and therefore suitable for power and control of the family. I believe that even if Sonny had not been whacked, Michael still would have been given power.
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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To me, the only tragic death in the trilogy was Mary's. She was a total innocent, proving that the old adage, "we only kill each other," is a total crock of shit, accident or not. Carrying on an incestuous relationship makes her a total innocent? No, but Worst Actress Ever ought to count for something!
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Re: Which is a more Tragic Event..
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04/22/09 05:42 AM
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Vito would of lived, but this was the end of Santino, i did feel sorry for Vito the first time cause i thought to myself that he had died already.
The more i see, the less i know - John Lennon
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