@anaccount8474
Al Pacino's eyes seems to completely change from a wide eyed doe to a dead eyed killer. The most convincing character transformation ever portrayed in a film, and it happens so gradually it's entirely convincing.
@bugraozbek4605
"Did he choose this life or did life simply make him an offer he couldn't refuse?" Not gonna lie, that was gold
@salgamate13
The turning point, for me, was always Michael lighting Enzo's cigarette outside the hospital. The way he, for a moment keeps looking at his hands, perfectly stable and unshaken, tells so much with so little. A triumph of script, direction and acting.
@d0ntreply
the crazy thing about his transformation not only how he carried himself, but also he physically looked different but it was subtlely done. the best change in a single character i've ever seen in just 2 movies.
@herewego4015
Al Pacino’s performance as Michael Corleone is my all-time favorite. Can’t get it out of my mind.
@Wyzzkyd
To think he joined the marines to get away from the family business, but it equipped him with the skills to do exactly that.
@Tommykey07
A key scene at the hospital. When Enzo the baker tries to light his cigarette, he can't because his hands are shaking. Michael does it for him and he notices his hand is completely steady.
@ildivincod1n0
When Vito was young, he didn't have anything. However, he had everything when he died. Michael, on the other hand, was born wealthy and died after losing everything. That story has always touched me. The Greatest Movie of All Time. This is indisputable.
@stipe9k
I always viewed Sonny, Tom, Fredo and Michael as four different combinations of two things necessary to inherit their father and become a crime boss - intelligence (or you could say patience) and ambition. You need both to be worthy of the role. Sonny - ambitious, but unintelligent. He wants to be the boss all the time, but he does things on impulse. When you have a character that is so much exposed and yet not smart enough to play his cards well, you can expect him to die first and soon. Tom - intelligent, but not ambitious. Tom is a smart guy, but chooses to operate from the shadows. He's content to be an advisor. Perhaps it's because he was adopted, so he appreciates just being a part of the family without having to lead it. He's the polar opposite of Sonny. He's very intelligent, but never exposes himself or makes himself a target. When you have that kind of a character, you can expect him to live long and die peacefully, which is precisely what happened eventually. Fredo - neither ambitious nor intelligent. Fredo stays away from the spot because he's not interested in being a leader, just like Tom Hagan. He's a softie who wants to be left in peace. What makes him different to Tom, however, is his lack of intellect. He doesn't read people well enough and easily gets manipulated. It's natural to expect such a character to stray from the family the most and end up a traitor. That's why he's killed by Michael. Michael - ambitious and intelligent. Michael has both the ambition to be a leader and the intellect to make it happen. He's the true heir to his father. Because of his ambition, he's always a target, but he's strong enough to defend himself and defeat his enemies. In the end, it's his exaggerated care for the family and his lack of morals when fighting for what he wants that he gets alienated from the family and dies poorly and miserably. He lived long but not happy.
@anaccount8474
What's tragic about Michael is that at no point in his descent are his motivations to become evil, he's motivated to protect the people he loves and to extricate his family from the world of crime. Yet to achieve these goals he has to cross moral lines from which you don't come back.
@OverlyPositiveFanboy
"We are all different people, all through our lives. And that's OK, as long as you remember all the people you used to be."
@luckypyjamastv1473
It always seemed like Apollonia was the only Michael's true love. The whole sequence in Sicily looked like a dream. Just beautiful.
@BobPantsSpongeSquare97
I always liked when Michael tells Carlo "you think I'd make my sister a widow?", and then immediately has him killed. Even though Sonny and Michael weren't best buds, Michael still avenged him and used his own ruthlessness
@guuialmeeida
"A great man doesn’t seek to lead. He’s called to it. And he answers."
@benjaminngopwaamos6878
Vito was not a common gangster driven by selfish desires for power, money and control. He was a man of principle who weighed every decision he made against the best interests of his family. He wanted the best for his family.
@vitezjura
Life made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
@rebecastevens8892
I can’t get enough of this movie. The mythology, the characters, the life lessons.
@kman215
The way Michael facial expressions changed after becoming Don was incredible. Pacino is a Goat actor
@JPMM316
You can see a hint of Michael's transformation in the scene where he proposes killing Solozzo. At the beginning of the scene Michael is slouching in his chair,, and Sonny was in control. By the end of the scene Michael is sitting straight up, legs crossed, focused on what has to be done. He's in total control of that room. And Sonny backs him.
@JustanObservation