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?
What you’re forgetting completely (like 90% of “movie guys”), is that most people don’t care or notice most of what you’re talking about. Godfather is fundamentally a boring film. The story is banal, was back then probably too. You can have the best lighting you want, if the story is boring, the movie sucks.
But that’s the thing, the story isn’t boring.
The story about a war hero turning into the capo di capis can be criticized for a lot but BORING? Are you serious?!?
Yes. It’s not interesting at all. It’s absolutely predictable after a pretty short time.
Becoming powerful via revenge isn’t exactly complicated or anything even remotely true.