Advantages: Engaging, immersive, great script Disadvantages: May be too violent for some people
The Godfather: PartII is the second installment in the Godfather saga, chronicling the life and times of the Corleone family. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written with Mario Puzo, this film won 6 academt awards, including best picture and best supporting actor for Robert De Niro.
A noticeable difference with this film is that it presents two parallel storylines. One involves the now head of the Corleone family, Michael (Al Pacino), from 1958 to 1959 as he tries to expand the family's business by opening up a casino in Las Vegas, the other is a flashback showing his father, Vito "Don" Corleone from his childhood in Sicily to his founding of the Corleone crime family in New York.
As with the first one, there is a lot of violence and murder, so it's not to everyone's taste. I know this film is held up as the exception to ...
Advantages: Nice to see what the 1980s thought of the 2010s are like Disadvantages: None
Back to the Future PartII is an excellent follow up to the original. It was made in 1989, 4 years after the first one. It has lots of interesting concepts. Is it better than the first one? Read on...
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Back to the Future PartII is a science fiction film about time travelling, starring Michael Fox and Christopher Lloyd as the 2 main lead characters and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The first film was about the invention of the time machine and Marty travelling by mistake to the year 1955 changing history.
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Everything turned out well after Marty's little adventure in 1955 - his father can now stand up for himself, Biff now washes peoples cars and the McFlys are richer. Now happily in 1985 (BTTF 2 is set in 1985 despite it being made in 1989) the doc suddenly appears and said something happened to their ...
Advantages: Another superb film Disadvantages: Slow in parts
The Godfather II is the second part of the Godfather trilogy. This film sees Michael in charge of the Corleone family having taken over from his father Vito. Running parallel to Michael's rise to power and reign over his father's mafia empire is the story of Vito first coming to America as a boy from Sicily and his rise through the crime ranks.
The arrival on the young Vito in America gives a background to the character portrayed by Marlon Brando. The story of the young immigrant puts into context Vito's insistence on family being the most important thing. Watching how he has struggled as an outsider to create his reputation as a man on honour makes you realise that this is a legacy that must be passed on and that 'the family' must stay together.
This film goes further than the first in exploring the idea of loyalty to 'the family ...
