I think its a great movie for many reasons - but i can totally understand feeling its overrated. The hype around it has grown massively. Reminds me of how in the 90’s people talked about Citizen Kane being the best movie of all time as “the accepted opinion” so it was very difficult to watch it without having the reaction that its overrated. Seems like the Godfather is kind of in the spot now. Like Kane its great and matters film history wise, but nothing can live up to the hype of the best movie ever™
Part of the Godfather was that it played on a lot of popular themes and styles of the time. I forget where I read that but I know that these kinds of slow burn french inspired but low dialogue thrillers were much more common then. I think its best to understand these movies as both historically important, and being the best of their time, or of a certain genre or style. I think of sports the same way. People endlessly argue over whether its Ruth, Bonds, or Mays but really each of the three was the best of their own era. Ruth is the most dominant player of all time, Bonds is the most dominant of the modern era, and Mays is the most complete player of all time.
i guess it pushed boundaries for its time but doesn’t fully hold up to new gens judging by modern media influenced by an endless amalgamation of references. i found the themes and character development pretty interesting but not nearly enough for a plot that just felt bare and drawn out
it’s like when my mom told me the Truman Show “broke her brain”… and then i watched it as someone who binged Black Mirror in middle school and thought it was just alright
never saw is that like a xillennial cringe cult classic?
some of my favorite movies are slowburns and oldhead stuff. the godfather just felt like something a certain type of person forces themselves to like / look at from “objective film-making standards” removed from how immersive or resonant the storytelling actually felt to them. also can’t see it as being at all evocative for many people who aren’t older, white, anglo men
The Truman Show was overrated when it came out lol i saw it in theater, its okay, but yeah some people really love it.
I think it is interesting to see how different generations react to movies that were given a lot of accolades and kind of held up as “the best” or one of “the best” of all time. I think when something gets built up you eventually get a reaction against it (in general i mean, I’m not saying your critique is just reaction or anything).
Hell yeah, probably like it even better than the first one. I can see why someone would find it overrated. If you get told its the “greatest movie ever made” how is anything going to live up to that! But i think they’re still great movies
Same lol. Yeah greatest X ever made is always silly. It sets up for a bad time due to over hyping, and it’s not even accurate since they’re still making movies!
I think its a great movie for many reasons - but i can totally understand feeling its overrated. The hype around it has grown massively. Reminds me of how in the 90’s people talked about Citizen Kane being the best movie of all time as “the accepted opinion” so it was very difficult to watch it without having the reaction that its overrated. Seems like the Godfather is kind of in the spot now. Like Kane its great and matters film history wise, but nothing can live up to the hype of the best movie ever™
Part of the Godfather was that it played on a lot of popular themes and styles of the time. I forget where I read that but I know that these kinds of slow burn french inspired but low dialogue thrillers were much more common then. I think its best to understand these movies as both historically important, and being the best of their time, or of a certain genre or style. I think of sports the same way. People endlessly argue over whether its Ruth, Bonds, or Mays but really each of the three was the best of their own era. Ruth is the most dominant player of all time, Bonds is the most dominant of the modern era, and Mays is the most complete player of all time.
Yeah i totally agree with that. Art like anything else has to be understood in the context of its time and place.
i guess it pushed boundaries for its time but doesn’t fully hold up to new gens judging by modern media influenced by an endless amalgamation of references. i found the themes and character development pretty interesting but not nearly enough for a plot that just felt bare and drawn out
it’s like when my mom told me the Truman Show “broke her brain”… and then i watched it as someone who binged Black Mirror in middle school and thought it was just alright
It’s when the same babies never shut up about Muppet Christmas Carroll that call such films overrated.
never saw is that like a xillennial cringe cult classic?
some of my favorite movies are slowburns and oldhead stuff. the godfather just felt like something a certain type of person forces themselves to like / look at from “objective film-making standards” removed from how immersive or resonant the storytelling actually felt to them. also can’t see it as being at all evocative for many people who aren’t older, white, anglo men
That is exactly the term for it.
I don’t want to hold up the godfather with everything you said. But I wish for a future generation that has the energy to enjoy art again.
The Truman Show was overrated when it came out lol i saw it in theater, its okay, but yeah some people really love it.
I think it is interesting to see how different generations react to movies that were given a lot of accolades and kind of held up as “the best” or one of “the best” of all time. I think when something gets built up you eventually get a reaction against it (in general i mean, I’m not saying your critique is just reaction or anything).
I thought Godfather 2 was great also 🤷
Hell yeah, probably like it even better than the first one. I can see why someone would find it overrated. If you get told its the “greatest movie ever made” how is anything going to live up to that! But i think they’re still great movies
Same lol. Yeah greatest X ever made is always silly. It sets up for a bad time due to over hyping, and it’s not even accurate since they’re still making movies!