Which moment in the trilogy moves you the most?
Im sure there are many moments. Like when Michael is in the hospital and tells Vito : "I'm with you now. I'm with you"...(then Vito smiles and cries)..what a powerful scene.
Another is when Vito sees Sonny's body : "Look how they massacred my boy"...very moving.

To me personally, the most moving moment is in GF2 when Michael is talking to Mama and ask her if one can lose his own family...to which she replies with : "one can never lose his family. Never."

What moves me the most is like you already said when Vito says "Look how they massacred my boy." That just pulls at my heart strings and the tears start flowing.

i was thinking about this today.....

the flashback scene in 2 when young vito says "MICHAEL, SAY GOODBYE" as the train is rolling out, really gets me sometimes. next scene is mama's funeral and then fredo goes thereafter leaving just connie and mike.

really makes me think about how much i will miss my family and all my loved ones after we all move on.

Vito's face when Tom tells him Sonny's been killed. And, "Look how they massacred my boy."

Mine is when you hear Neri shoot Fredo.

Every time I hope there isn't gonna be a shot, but every time...

I'm not sure WHY, but the scene early in Part II with the immigrants passing the Statue of Liberty (and the wonderful music playing) always moves me.

Honorable mentions:

• Michael's slow motion cry of anquish when Mary dies
• Tom Hagen's look when Tessio is led away (end of Part I)
• Vito's despair when looking at Sonny in the undertaker's room

Michael's flashback to his post-Pearl Harbor enlistment at the end of GFII is heartwrenching to me.

How young and idealistic he was then, compared to how inhuman he has become.

How he was surrounded by family then, compared to how isolated he has become.

Also how many of those people are dead, some due to Michael's orders.

After Tessio is denied clemency from Tom, Cicci disarms him and then Tessio turns and walks slowly away to his inevitable death with his executioners.

A more insignificant, but moving scene also is when young Vito stands by helplessly with concern as the women treat a bawling Fredo, then an infant, for pneumonia. You can see that it pained Vito that he couldn't alleviate the baby's discomfort.

*Michael at Vito's bedside saying, "I'm with you now Pop. I'm with you". And the tear that rolls down Vito's face.

*The horrific cry of agony from Michael at Mary's death.

*Clemenza telling Michael "We was all proud of you. Being a war hero and all".

GFI -
Fredo sitting at the curb, weeping when Vito is shot.
The look on Vito's face when Tom tells him that Sonny is dead.

GFII -
After young Vito kills Fanucci and he is sitting on the steps holding Michael telling him in Italian " Your father loves you very much."(while the music is playing in the background).


GFIII -
Michael's silent scream when Mary is shot always gets me.
When Michael is confessing to Cardinal Lamberto and he gets to the part where he says "I ordered the death of my brother. He injured me. I killed my mother’s son. I killed my father's son," and he breaks down in tears.


Don Cardi

I find the garden scene between Michael and Vito to be extremely moving. Vito's confession that this isn't the life he wanted for Michael, that he wanted something better for his son, it was almost Vito's way of apologizing for having Michael dragged into the life. And Michael's reply was his way of reassuring his father that he bore him no ill will for it, that he did it out of love for his father.

Also, when Michael speaks to Don Tomassino at his coffin. I've always thought that Michael was truly trying to speak to Vito at that point. But it brings out all of Michael's true feelings for the path he pursued.

GF:
The ENTIRE SCENE where Tom tells Vito of Sonny's death.

GFII:
The ENTIRE SEGMENT at Mama's funeral, from Connie/Fredo embracing to Michael/Fredo embracing.

(Even though we know what's in store for Fredo, it's still moving to see his emotion at being once again united with his brother)
Apple

I think no. 2 for me is the flashback at the Don't birthday party. However, hands down, the silent scream at the end of GFIII. That scene expresses all the emotions, the pathos of the Trilogy. It overwhelms me and I have a hard time watching it.

This is probly not really common but I liked the scene in GFII when Micheal is talking to Mama about losing family and she says you can never lose your family and micheal says times is changing, and it all being in Italian and in the dark is such a great effect

So many scenes to choose from!!

GF: Michael and Vito in the garden, Tom telling Vito of Sonny's Death, "I'm with you now, I'm with you"

GFII: The flashback of Vito's BDay party ( I love Sonny in that scene), Michael asking his mother if he can lose his family..

GFIII: Anthony playing song that causes Mike to have flashbacks of Appollonia....

There are so many more, these just brush the surface!!

When Mike lets Kay know that it is an "impossibility!" for her to take his children away from him... that whole seen brings it all to light the importance of family in Mike's world.

Not importance; usefullness.

Also: Michael's controlling nature, as in "Don't you know me? Don't you know that I'd use all my power..." etc., to prevent Kay from taking the kids.

The most 'moving' moment came at the conclusion of GF...when Michael, Kay and the entire Corleone clan were packed & preparing to relocate to Nevada.

Apple

Or, perhaps, when Clemenza says, "We're gonna give 'em Ex-Lax!"

Signor V.

My favorite part of the whole trilogy lol The scenes in between Mary being shot and Michael dieing..

OR, based on other emotions would be when Michael says "you gave your word, I never gave mine" Those words are said just great

Tell me again: when does the ex-lax scene occur? I have to check it out.

perfect wording Olivant

Really. When does the ex-lax scene occur?

Here is that thread, from earlier this year:

Clemenza "Ex-Lax"?

Signor V.

Mille grazie!

I liked the scene where.... Michael tells Vito... "I will handle it..."

Perhaps when Vito said 'How they massacred my boy'. Take notice of his eyebrows working, of his facial expression that seemed to say 'I cannot understand why the whole thing happens', of his shaking voice, and of the light cast down from overhead that hid his painful eyes in the darkness.

I thought that what Brando did with his face in that scene (and earlier, when Tom told him Sonny was dead) was the most brilliant bit of acting in a brilliant overall performance.