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What's with the hype for The Godfather? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by canihasaccount@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I watched it recently for the first time, and I really don't get why it's so loved. IMDB rates it as the second-best movie of all time, but it seems far worse than that to me. I like most old movies and see their hype, but The Godfather didn't do it for me. What am I missing?

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't know, because I've never seen this "The god-FATHER". Can someone please explain the plot of this "the God-FATHER" to me?

(A distraction? I don't know what you are talking about.)

[-] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Are you familiar with the Nickelodeon show The Fairy Oddparents? Well if you ate not, that show is about how sad kids get fairy godparents to fulfil their wishes, so that they are not so sad any more.

Well that show is like a prequel to The Godfather, except that it takes place after The Godfather. It takes you through similar events to what happened to make the character of the Godfather how he is.

You see when he was a child he had Fairy godparents to furfil his wishes and make him happy. So when he grew up he also wanted to make people happy, by fulfilling their wishes, and he called himself The Godfather, after his Godparents. Who now was gone to help another kid in need.

A fun fact is that in The Fairy Oddparents we are actually following the same Godparents, just with a different kid, but on a similar journey. It was a very experimental form of a prequel, but one that worked marvellously well.

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Oh yes, that is definitely the actual plot of "the GOD-FATHER" and I, Margot Robbie, am very interested to hear more big, strong men explain the intricacies of this movie while we do nothing suspicious in the background at all!

Maybe we can watch the Snyder Cut later too!

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