UCLA will never hire another Wooden Duke will never get another Krzyzewski. Splendid examples include megachurches and college sports teams and political parties. But when an organization succeeds disproportionately under one person, history shows it’s never the same afterwards. Yes, supposedly de Gaulle and several others claimed the opposite. While Vito stood up to thugs, freed his neighborhood and reaped rewards as a result, Michael did things in reverse, measuring every relationship as a zero-sum game.īut there’s a better explanation for the second film - that charismatic leaders are virtually irreplaceable. It is said that the second film is about greed, that a talented man lost his soul and any connection to decency because of his remarkable success as a gangster. Some have observed that the second film makes no sense for anyone who hasn’t seen the first - quite possibly a valid hypothesis, if there were actually anyone eligible to test it. Some say “Part II” begins during the first film, when Michael confronts Moe Greene in Las Vegas. The material in “The Godfather” is sandwiched by the parallel stories in “Part II,” a concept that likely has never been attempted since. A lot of critics prefer to consider the first two films as one movie. “Part II” upends the notion of neat, singular movie criticism, among the reasons it is a landmark production. Roger Ebert went from 4 stars (1972) to 3 stars (1974) and, after installing the original as one of his earliest Great Movies, waited another 11 years to accord similar recognition to the sequel. The American Film Institute puts the first film at No. The latest Sight & Sound poll puts “The Godfather” at No.

“The Godfather: Part II” is the fulfillment of the tragedy, which is why it is superior to the first film and rightly regarded as the greatest motion picture ever made.

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