Just one. The first movie is based on parts of the novel. GFII has some of the book in it(the flashbacks to young Vito) butt all of the sceans that take place after the move to Tahoe were made up just for GFII.

god damn man. i didn't even watch all of GFII. it was really confusing. one minute, tony is being shot at in the scene where kay asks him why the curtains are open, and the next scene there are people speaking another language. i'm pretty sure it was vito. i guess the more you watch it, the more you understand.

There is a version of the films that are broken up and put in chronological order, try and get your hands on that version, it will be easier for you to follow, after you have seen that version.

ok, thanks.

Patrick who the hell is Tony?

wil.

yeah hopefully kobiashi speeds up the fuckin car

Thats riGht, but I still think FFC and Puzo miGht ve made a mistake - if you can call a creative decision that - in never actually SHOWING Luca doinG one of his infamous one-man-performances.

So no matter what his reputation miGht be, the only picture remaininG of Luca in the movie is Luca GoofinG of in front of the Don and Luca beinG whacked by Solozzo and the TattaGlias. Hardly the best impressions of a die-hard-professional killer with bestialic Gusto.

In the novel Luca is backed by all this Gruesome anecdotes, in the movie hes not. They shouldve Given us "some Luca" if theyd wanted to show us the Dons leGendary fiGhtinG machine.

But I dont think it was FFCs intention however, since also in the Lebo book, it is said, that he fell in love immediatly with the thouGht of havinG that Luca actor - name escaped my memory, tho - play the role, thus buyinG all the shortcominGs that it brouGht, since he was a wrestlinG pro and no actinG pro, obviously.

I wonder if it miGht one day be possible to carve out those side- and backstories, Al Neris, Luca Brasis, the Bocciccios and all for screen in one way or the other. who knows...

meow, consiG.

Keyser, Yeah Kobyashi cut it a little close at the end, of course you could have lost the limp a few steps earlier also.

wil.

In the novel, Puzo several times writes admiringly of "Sicilian cunning." He says that "no non-Sicilian could ever hope to equal a Sicilian in cunning." The film makes no such mention, and Luca appears tongue-tied for reasons cited by others in this thread. Yet, Vito thought Luca might be cunning enough to fool his enemies: "Go to the Tattaglias. Make them think you're not too happy with our family...find out what he's got under his fingernails."[emphasis added]. Sounds like Vito thought Luca had "cunning."

i know and i really shouldnt have stood there and lit my cigarette, i just should have got my ass in the car...im so dramatic