I’m so over mafia movies in general.
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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
I’ve never gotten the mass appeal of The Godfather series, personally. But I like a lot of shit movies, so I can’t pass judgement.
humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It was a leap forward in gangster movies. The genre had peaked in the 1920-30’s, then it flipped to becoming more detective/police focused. The gangster film was fairly dead by the 70’s. The entire vibe you think of as a modern ‘gangster movie vibe’ is The Godfather.
There’s a lot of movies that don’t exist without The Godfather coming first. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) was Sergio Leone’s attempt to do the same sort of thing. Which was meant to be 2 movies. Goodfellas (1990) also borrows a lot, but gives a significantly faster pace to the storytelling. The gangster film was pretty much reborn anew, all in the wake of the success of The Godfather.
If you tried to make any sort of gangster movie today, you might not even realize you were borrowing from it. It’s genre defining.
moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You forgot the cinematic masterpiece Mafia!