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Awesome Weekend Reading
By John
Picked it up off of Amazon after A&E (or AMC? dunno) aired the trilogy. What a read! I know recommending The Godfather is about as cliché as suggesting Catcher in the Rye or some shit, but I've been surprised at how many folks are enormous fans of the films, but have never read the book.
Anyway, I couldn't put it down. Finished it while pulling two long, idle shifts Friday and Saturday. It's delightfully graphic, more so than the films, and focuses mostly on Don Corleone rather than Michael. I always felt that the Don was a more intriguing character than Michael, though I understand why Francis Ford Coppolla focused on Michael's story in the film. Sequel potential, unlikely hero, I get it.
Lots of great quotes that didn't make it to the screen as well. My favorite? After Michael's Sicilian wife is killed in a car-bombing, Michael contacts home and says "Tell my father that I'm ready to come home. Tell him I'm ready to be his son." The beautiful translation being: "I'm done fighting my destiny. I'm ready to become a Don."
So in related news, I plan on buying a BluRay DVD player, and I've decided that the Godfather Trilogy will be the first BluRay discs in my collection.
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I read it back when I was at VMI...good escape for an engineer and all.
I remember it being absolutely outstanding. You should also read Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi...better than the movie, too.
Goodfellas being the movie incarnatin of Wiseguy...
Of course there's no way the whole book could've made it onto the big screen, but after reading one of the best books I ever laid my hands on, I was SO disappointed in the movie!
And some things in the movie go unexplained, maybe because they ended up on the editing floor? (Why does Michael Sniffle during the last half of the movie?)
Read it. You'll be glad you did.
because of his fractured jaw courtesy Captain McClusky!
I'll probably give it a second read, it's so good.
Read Catcher in the Rye as a senior in HS(71-72)it sucked.
Very good site. Thank you.
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Interesting. I never really thought of picking up the book, because the movie was so good. But after reading your post I may just do that. Thanks.