The Godfather Trilogy [Blu-ray]

Like so often is the case with this kind of collection. We’ve all seen them all before. Yet the greatest example of serial filmmaking in history at the times. Filled beautifully the gangsters section of my library. And don’t just ride on III. It’s better than a lot of people say. And Sofia Coppola is actually an excellent Mary Corleone. Unexpectedly thrown into a monolith like The Godfather series and replacing Winona Ryder would not have been possible for anyone to achieve critical acclaim. In my opinion she actually brought a measure of authenticity to the role. What everyone is a gorgeous (And she is that) future Oscar winner? Oh wait… she did that to. Using her brains as opposed to her beauty.

I recently moved and my godfather trilogy was misplaced in the process. Of course, everybody raves about Godfather one and Godfather two. To me they are essentially perfect movies. But I even appreciate it watching the Godfather three this time. I’m glad I have the entire trilogy again.

S P O I L E R__A L E R T! ! ! This is crammed with spoilers. You can’t discuss the theme of a movie or book without them. This discussion of the theme is based on the recent director’s cut of the third movie: “Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone”, along with the original versions of the first two movies. I believe posterity will judge ‘coda’ the real third movie, the one that does full justice to the first two. The Godfather trilogy is a Greek tragedy, on an epic scale made possible by a total runtime of 9 hours, the length of four or five typical movies. In the process of joining the family business and murdering his father’s intended assassins, and later becoming godfather, Michael had several goals: 1. Everything for his family. 2. He wanted to be a not-a-gangster gangster, to take the family business legitimate and bequeath it to his family. 3. By implication, he wanted to maintain some level of integrity. This was made fully apparent by his later guilt in ‘coda’. In pursuit of mafia business, all of this was shattered. 1. Far from maintaining some integrity, Michael orchestrated multiple murders at the end of the first two movies – including his brother Fredo and his sister’s husband Carlo -- and sanctioned another wave at the end of ‘coda’ by making Vincent godfather. In between, he had an innocent prostitute murdered in a scheme to blackmail Senator Geary. In the end, he was racked with guilt over the things he had done. 2. His family was lost to him. -- First his Sicilian wife Apollonia was killed in an attempted assassination of Michael, brought on by his mafia activity. -- Then his second wife Kate left him, repelled by his crimes. -- Then, because of Michael's murder of Fredo, his son Tony wouldn’t join the family business even if it became legitimate. -- The final agonizing blow was the death of his daughter Mary in another assassination attempt. 3. The legitimate world he was trying to join turned out to be no better than the world he was trying to leave. The movie’s portrayal of the Vatican is over the top, but I would maintain that the violence of Michael’s intended legitimate world was more than just a fictional device of the movie. The “legitimate” corporate world is as murderous as the Mafia – not rife with assassinations, but just as violent on a mass scale: deaths due to unsafe working conditions (in numbers rarely publicized), unsafe products (nicotine, oxycontin, …), poisoning of the environment, and wars rooted in the pursuit of profits. The corruption of the Vatican is a reflection of the world they're embedded in. Not-a-gangster gangsters are a mirage. In 'coda', the “death" of Michael Corleone turned out to be the collapse of his dreams, leaving him an empty shell – the fruit of his early fateful decision to join the family business. (I especially enjoyed how the mass uprising of the Cuban revolution demonstrated the real way to end Mafia violence, rendering them instantly powerless, their grand schemes in pieces and fleeing in fear. It provides a nice counterpoint to Michael's hopeless change-from-within approach.) After I knew how things turned out and thought about the theme, I re-watched all of it. I recommend it. In particular I recommend the recently issued version of “The Godfather Trilogy”, available from Amazon, the one with a red and gold cover. It has ‘coda’ and the original version of the first two movies. It features much improved colors and consequent improved visual detail, a labor of love by the restorers. There is also a generous bonus disk that sheds light on the theme, especially Extras > behind the scenes > a look inside.

It's The Godfather, the greatest movie ever made (in my book). This new version, the 4K UHD, is so incredibly clear & the colors are true & vibrant. This doesn't look like a movie that was filmed 50 years ago, yet the film maintained that "noir" touch. This enhancement adds to the experience, it doesn't take away anything whatsoever. I was picking out things & noticing people in the background that had never been aware of, even though I've been watching these movies every few months since I began watching them in '92. This is the most I've ever paid for these movies, but there's a 'but'. I have VHS set, The Godfather DVD Collection, The Coppola Restoration. They were all reasonably priced AND the packaging was beautiful! This packaging is very underwhelming & that's unfortunate. It's very cheap packaging & the DVD binder isn't flush when they're back in the paper binder. The packaging aside, this is still very worth it, even though quite expensive! It's worth because of the restoration & what it adds to the experience. You do also get codes to download the digital version of all the 3 films & add to preferred provider. That's a nice touch because you can then watch & cast to TV. But they sure could've done better on the packaging.

Good flick. Even better now that I can watch it anytime I want.

First off, stop complaining the TV version isn't here. The only copy of that inferior version is in 90s TV broadcast resolution. This is a 4K restoration of the trilogy and if you want to skip it just because there's no TV version, you're a fool. The restoration work on Godfather Part 1 is hands down the biggest upgrade from blu ray to 4K I've seen. The blu ray didn't look good. Low resolution, tons of digital noise and compression, badly damaged footage, all taken from an inferior film source. This version contains the original negative combined with the original optical dissolves that look perfectly clear. The color grading is spot on to the original film prints. It's absolutely astonishing. Godfather Part 2 has an equally impressive restoration, however the color temperature has been changed (especially for Michael's scenes). The present day now has a cooler, muted look and is missing that golden glow of the original. My assumption is this is to make each timeline visually distinct. I prefer the original color timing, however the restoration is still so good I can't really complain. Michael and Kay's fight has also been slightly trimmed a few seconds. It now quickly cuts while Michael is in frame, rather than linger on Kay for a moment. Godfather 3 looks better than the blu ray and has better color but it's not as much of a nessesary restoration. Thankfully all three versions are included. My only major complaint is the box and disc holders are very flimsy. This deserved a hard case with plastic disc holders. If Scream Factory can do it, I know you can Paramount. 4.5 stars for the set.

Bought as a gift. The price was reasonable and the recipient love this!

The Godfather trilogy is the perfect collection of one of cinema’s greatest achievement in filmmaking! Of course, this holds the entire film library (third installment having an alternative edition so that’s an extra win), and miraculously has extra bonus edition discs for me to constantly watch on how this masterpiece was conceived. Overall, the perfect film trilogy for ultimate cinephiles everywhere

Increíble Transfer en 4k hecho desde los negativos originales. Prefiero este Master a el Master del 2008 porque mantiene los colores de la piel y los blancos más balanceados siendo que anteriormente el filtro dorado estaba saturado. Cuestión de gustos claro. Tiene opción de audio en español y subtítulos en español que además vienen con tipografía color amarilla que hace Match con el aspecto visual, un detalle muy bien cuidado. Incluye también en 4k el corte teatral y el corte de 1991 de el padrino 3, además un disco especial solo para extras. Mi primer orden resultó defectuosa pues metía la primera película al reproductor y hacía ruido al leer, además de que se trababa aleatoriamente entre el capítulo 7 y 8. Lo regresé y volví a pedir otra copia la cual ya no hace ruido en el lector y hasta el momento ha funcionado bien.

Very good

La grande trilogie de l'histoire du cinéma

Excelente BlueRay, óptimos extras!

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