View Full Version : So, how many people are watching one of the Godfather trilogy tonight ?!
Fever Dawg
27-12-2001, 17:47
I will be watching part of my 'Bargain of the Century' !!!! ;) :clap:
Not sure which one though !
EDIT : OMG, Woohoo, didn't realise .... my 1000th post !!!! :clap: :D :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Well it looks like my set was despatched by MVC about 15 minutes ago! Way hay, I might well be watching them in a couple of days time.
Well done to MVC on this most excellent bargain.
:clap:
I was looking at the actual discs earlier (thank you MVC:D) and they average just under 3 hours each.:eek: I was considering watching the 1st (not seen any) but i said i'd watch Bridget Jones as well and all i want to do is go to bed.:( Tiring work searching for GF boxset today.;) :D
Mine has also shipped early this evening. Afraid to say I have never watched any of the Godfathers so I am hopefully in for a treat.
I got the GF boxset for xmas :D , & normally I would be watching one today, but my Sky+ harddrive is full up with films that I've recorded, so I need to watch a couple of them to clear up space:( ,
So the GF films will have to wait until new years eve. :(
Fever Dawg
27-12-2001, 21:37
Originally posted by Steviey
Mine has also shipped early this evening. Afraid to say I have never watched any of the Godfathers so I am hopefully in for a treat.
Oh yes you are mate ! The 3rd film is crap but the other two are things of wonderment !
It's just a shame that my wife has decided to watch her Xmas present .... so here I am !
Just sitting down to watch part 2 happy in the knowledge that it was £29.99
bluemeanie
28-12-2001, 10:30
Can I just say that Godfather 3 ISN'T crap. Just has a hard time living up to two of the best (if not THE best) films ever made.
DVD set rules though, brilliant extras and interesting commentaries by Mr Coppola himself. Now lets just hope Apocalypse redux get's the same treatment.
Now lets just hope Apocalypse redux get's the same treatment
Um it's already out on DVD and has hardly any extras :mad:
bluemeanie
28-12-2001, 10:50
Um it's already out on DVD and has hardly any extras :mad: [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah ? I thought it was still due to come into the pictures 1st (or have I just missed it) ? Know theres a regular version of Apocalypse now been out for a while.
You missed this on the big screen, it was on a while back
The R1 DVD has been out for a while, details here (http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=R1&title=96244)
Fever Dawg
28-12-2001, 21:41
Originally posted by arkham
Just sitting down to watch part 2 happy in the knowledge that it was £29.99
You were ripped off mate .... ;)
"Godfather 3" has loads of problems as a film - it's obviously the work of a past master rather than a young turk - but it's still one of the most moving films I've ever seen. Pacino is extraordinary - to watch this most volatile (and recently hammy) of actors keeping the power inside once again is quite an experience, especially during his confessional scene. The scene between him and Diane Keaton in Sicily is deeply affecting too, considering their personal history. If it seems doom-laden as a film, that's understandable - the death of Coppola's son overshadows much of it, as it did "Gardens Of Stone".
I paid £25.99 P&P for mine. Unfortunately, when trying to get the BBFC classification sticker off the back, I took some of the cardboard covering off with me. Bloody stickers.
Anyway... I will be watching the Godfather discs in order...
So, there are three options:
Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition
Godfather, The
Raging Bull: Special Edition
Decisions, decisions.
FightForTheRight
28-12-2001, 22:37
Originally posted by Paul490
So, there are three options:
Forrest Gump: Special Collector's Edition
Godfather, The
Raging Bull: Special Edition
Decisions, decisions.
Lucky get! :mad: - I want my Forrest Gump! :D
Anyway, Godfather Part III is not a bad film - just not as good as Godfather Part II! :p
However, I still cannot decide which is the better film - Part I or Part II.
I just this second finished watching the first part for the first time ever. Good film, i guess it's going to take many a watch until i think of it as a great film but i'm really looking forward to the second part tomorrow night.
I have a couple of questions maybe someone can answer.
Firstly was there supossed to be subtitles on the bit before Michael shoots the cop and that other family member at the restaurant?. . They were speaking Italian but i had no subtitles. Although there was plenty throughout the rest of the film.
Secondly who spotted the ghostly figure in the funeral scene???. I forgot it was coming up but it was very noticable. Had me puzzled a bit but i think somehow it is a reflection of a mourner in the crowd. Very eerie.
Fever Dawg
29-12-2001, 00:28
Originally posted by Robby
I have a couple of questions maybe someone can answer.
Firstly was there supossed to be subtitles on the bit before Michael shoots the cop and that other family member at the restaurant?. . They were speaking Italian but i had no subtitles. Although there was plenty throughout the rest of the film.
Not sure about the 'ghost' .... but there isn't supposed to be subtitles in the scene that you are talking about. There never was.
Thanks for that. I kept rewinding it to try different subtitles to see if something had gone awry. Good to know it's meant to be that way.
Idle Child
29-12-2001, 00:52
i too have just finished watching the 1st godfather movie for the first time. it's definately "cinema" on a grand scale. A slow burner, but a good one. i agree, i can't give it undue adulation, because i've only seen it once, but i liked what i saw and with repeat viewing it'll be etched as a classic because the ingredients are there. can't wait to hear the commentary on the key scenes, but i think i'll try to watch the movies a few more times each before i delve into the commentary.
Originally posted by Robby
I have a couple of questions maybe someone can answer.
Firstly was there supossed to be subtitles on the bit before Michael shoots the cop and that other family member at the restaurant?. . They were speaking Italian but i had no subtitles. Although there was plenty throughout the rest of the film.
i didn't get any subs at all in the movie... at times i was wondering whether Coppola had on purposely made a foreign movie within an english speaking movie.
no italien spoken scene had subs. so i find it interesting that you say "there was plenty throughout the rest of the film".. i sat there trying to guess and make my best estimation as to what was being said - some of it was obvious, other bits, not so. I have a thomson dvd player, so maybe it's an issue with my player.i even pressed the subs button to force english subs in those scenes, and nothing came. but the english subs did appear when the actors returned to speaking english in the movie... so i therefore assumed (until i read you're post) that the italien bits were meant to be just that - without translation, where the audience would have to observe and figure out for themselves what wasw being said..
hopefully, it'll be godfather part 2 tomorrow night. ;) looking forward to that one as well..
KeyserSoze
29-12-2001, 09:13
just to let you know, i noticed there are 2 english subtitle options. The film should on most players automatically have the second english subtitles on.
the first are Subtitles for every spoken word.
the other is only for those italien scenes, maybe your player defaults the subs as disabled.
remember this second english sub is at the end, so press your subtitle button and flick through all foreign languages until you hit another 'english'
KeyserSoze
29-12-2001, 09:17
^^
(dont u just hate it when you quote instead of edit)
deftone666
29-12-2001, 10:47
I too watched the first part for the first time in my life and loved it. Absolute masterpiece,if you didn't know the actors and the age of the print it could have been made recently as opposed to a film that is older than me!! I feel guilty for having not seen this sooner but better late than never!! And for £24.99!!:clap:
Part 2 this afternoon me thinks.;)
I have been watching these with "the family" over the last couple of days... Brilliant.:clap:
...I got it for £38 from Tesco, but as they forgot to charge for Snake Eyes it's an even better bagain. Those people who bought full-price must be kicking themselves.
PS - About the subs, on all three films there are 3 English sub tracks:
Track 2: English subs throughout the film, all language subtitled (apart from in the restaurant).
Track 7: English HoH, as above but with sound effects subtitled too.
Track 8 (Default): English subs for the Italian parts.
Fever Dawg
29-12-2001, 13:55
Originally posted by Madm@tt
...I got it for £38 from Tesco, but as they forgot to charge for Snake Eyes it's an even better bagain. Those people who bought full-price must be kicking themselves.
I'd be kicking myself if I'd paid £38 ! :D
(Have you been in the bargain forum recently ?!)
Idle Child - As MadM@tt says you need to select subtitle track 8 for the Italian subs. I had the same problem ages ago when i first got the Mummy, so whenever any dialogue comes up i can't understand i just have a flick through the subs to see what is there.
I found my player defaulted to track 8. Gonna stick part 2 on in a bit as everyone has gone out.:clap:
Earl Jolly Brown
29-12-2001, 15:36
Coppola, in one of the featurettes on the Extras disc, mentions the restaurant scene, and emphasises that the Italian lines aren't important.
I've also watched it with a Greek friend who translated the conversation for me - they're pretty standard reconcilitary remarks - "I have great respect for your father... I want to resolve this.." etc. Presumably the focus of the scene should be on Michael's interior conflicts rather than the hollow promises of his enemy whom he has already chosen to kill.
I was wondering why there were 3 English subtitle options though... :confused: so that's been cleared up anyway
Chyna Tsui
29-12-2001, 19:07
.........looks like just you then.
ian_davies
29-12-2001, 19:32
Gonna watch part 3 in a minute. A brilliant boxset, I got it for Xmas, so I'm not too fussed about the price. Haven't told the folks about the cut-price yet either :D
I just finished watching the second part. I enjoyed it as much as the first but i can't help but think i'm going to have to watch these a lot to really really appreciate them. Pacino and De Niro were excellent as always. Personally i think i prefer the first one as i wasn't to taken with the location jumpin (Vegas, Miami) in part 2. I liked that close family unit that was suggested in the first more effectively (for me anyway).
So i guess it's the last part tomorrow night. I've heard a lot of people call it a stinker so it's going to be interesting.
I also can't help but think what the commentaries are going to be like. Oh there's not enough time in the day.:rolleyes: :D
deftone666
30-12-2001, 00:07
Originally posted by Robby
I just finished watching the second part. I enjoyed it as much as the first but i can't help but think i'm going to have to watch these a lot to really really appreciate them. Pacino and De Niro were excellent as always. Personally i think i prefer the first one as i wasn't to taken with the location jumpin (Vegas, Miami) in part 2. I liked that close family unit that was suggested in the first more effectively (for me anyway).
So i guess it's the last part tomorrow night. I've heard a lot of people call it a stinker so it's going to be interesting.
I also can't help but think what the commentaries are going to be like. Oh there's not enough time in the day.:rolleyes: :D
I too watched the second part this afternoon and loved it although I think I'll have to watch them both again to truly appreciate them. To me the style of filmaking was more of a commentary on there way of life than a real story (it'll shoot to a scene where it doesn't go back to when you think it will).
True class though,my Dad's been banging on at me for years about how good these are and tonight,possibly for the first time in my life,I've sat down and discuused a film in depth with him.It's also left a lasting impact on me unlike any other film in recent times.Top stuff.
Fever Dawg
30-12-2001, 01:57
Originally posted by Chyna Tsui
.........looks like just you then.
:confused: EH ?
If there had been no replies to this thread then I could understand your post but :confused: again !
Chyna Tsui
30-12-2001, 22:50
Originally posted by Fever Dawg
:confused: EH ?
If there had been no replies to this thread then I could understand your post but :confused: again !
Yeah, I know what you mean. Weird isn't it.
Getting Relegated. Reaching the 4th round of the FA Cup. Last appeared in Europe in 1973 and got knocked out in the first round.
The Treble. Accept NO Imitations.
Well, I really can't be bothered to watch this right now. It looks very good, but I seem to be a bit uniterested in it.
I watched about 15 minutes of it the other day but turned it off.
Fever Dawg
31-12-2001, 08:36
Originally posted by Chyna Tsui
Yeah, I know what you mean. Weird isn't it.
Getting Relegated. Reaching the 4th round of the FA Cup. Last appeared in Europe in 1973 and got knocked out in the first round.
The Treble. Accept NO Imitations.
Sorry .... but it doesn't quite have the same 'ring' to it ! ;) :rolleyes: :nuts: :nuts:
Chyna Tsui
31-12-2001, 08:54
Originally posted by Fever Dawg
Sorry .... but it doesn't quite have the same 'ring' to it ! ;) :rolleyes: :nuts: :nuts:
Tell me about it. I follow Cov City :D
To get back on track, watched all three GF films - Gotta say I enjoyed all 3.
Just started watching the extra's disc, which is full of fascinating stuff. Francis Ford Coppola seems to have gone through hell to make movies!!! (I've watched the making of Apocalypse Now -Hearts of Darkness too)
micks_address
31-12-2001, 10:57
Hiya,
Just catching up with the thread - you mentioned mvc doing the box set for 24.99. I tried mvc.co.uk and its 53 quid there. Where did you buy your copy?
Cheers,
Mick
Fever Dawg
31-12-2001, 11:34
Originally posted by Chyna Tsui
Just started watching the extra's disc, which is full of fascinating stuff. Francis Ford Coppola seems to have gone through hell to make movies!!! (I've watched the making of Apocalypse Now -Hearts of Darkness too)
I know. The pressure that Paramount were putting on him was amazing. I can't believe they had another director following him around so he could take over if they decided to sack Coppola.
Mick
There is a couple of threads in the bargain forum. You can probably still pick some up at that price from a store. I think the prices have been going up and down but all the info is in those threads. :)
Anyway i finally watched the last part last night. I put it on a 10:45, not thinking it was as long as the others.:brickwall
Still i enjoyed that one also. I can finally say i've watched all the Godfathers:clap: .
I can see where people are coming from in saying the 3rd isn't as good as the previous two. The whole Vatican/conspiracy thing did confuse me a bit, for me i preffered the the family relationship with his daughter/cousin and the fact that Corleone was losing his power.
My overall impressions of the trilogy are that they are something to behold. I've said before that they will probably need to be watched a heck of a lot more on my part to really understand them well but there is no denying their scope and the passion of the filmaking that has gone into them.
The DVD too is a really excellent package, i'm looking forward to going through the 5th disc later. My only gripe i would have with the trilogy isn't to do with the films but rather the picture quality. I realise these are old films but there were times when the picture was quite bad (throughout all three films) where it actually stood out and took my attention away from the film. But that's just a small gripe, i guess it helps keep that 'classic' feel to the Godfathers.
Crikey i've bantered on long enough. Fantastic films, fantastic boxset, ridiculously fantastic price (thank you MVC) and i'm pleased i now own what is considered some of the finest films known in cinematic history.
Fever Dawg
31-12-2001, 11:39
Originally posted by micks_address
Hiya,
Just catching up with the thread - you mentioned mvc doing the box set for 24.99. I tried mvc.co.uk and its 53 quid there. Where did you buy your copy?
Cheers,
Mick
Check out the thread in the Bargain Forum .... loads of people have been having problems with the MVC website as the price keeps changing. Somebody even bought it at the sale price but their credit card got charged full price !!!
Like me, if you live near a store you are better off getting yourself down to it and hoping that they have still got some left in stock.
Fever.
EDIT : Typed at the same time as Robby. Same advice !
got the set 4 xmas 'er in door's has never seen any of the now she can't wait 2 watch em !:clap:
Had my copy for a while and managed to watch it over Christmas, I had forgotten how long it was. The first two are fantastic but the third one what a stinker, I haven't got around to the extras yet.
Idle Child
10-01-2002, 16:44
watched all of the discs recently - at last.
godfather 2:
like robby, i thought it was good, but the setting/place of the movie didn't really inspire.
young vito corleone's rise in 1900s didn't seem fitting for the stature of gangster he grows to become in part 1, but the punishment he dishes out to the old fella on the porch was fantastic
i know it's a movie over 3 hours long, but i was a tad annoyed that the movie is spread over 2 discs, meaning it's virtually the same as a flipper and interrupts your viewing. could they not try their damndest to put it onto one discs, and lose some subtitle tracks for instance? oh well.
godfather 3:
i think it doesn't deserve to be called the weakest out of the three. I think it's extremely harsh to label it as crap.
imo, it's still fairly uniform and consistent with coppola's previous two movies (you can tell the films are made by the same partnerships/production team). The pope/vatican storyline i thought was a worthy turn of business interest. I'm glad coppola didn't turn part 3 into an actioner or overblown vengence movie, or some hip expletive filled gangster flick (trying to turn godfather into some kind of goodfella's trip).
first i was dubious of the andy garcia character as he seemed a little arrogant and smarmy, a small time street bum, but as the film progresses you know he's capable of kicking back and i thought by the end was fitting to take over from Pacino. I also liked the ending on the steps outside the theatre and aproved of the final outcome for Pacino in the last few shots of the movie
the bonus disc:
watched the making of and had no idea:
that paramount wanted to get rid of pacino for being a no-name, or indeed that the hollywood studio was so ruthess (but ofcourse i really knew they operate that way, which disheartened me somewhat
but the "making of" was a great doc, and you got a sense of honest opinions being expressed, with the godfather team giving the two fingered salute to paramount.
i thought the extra with Coppola going through his storybook was a great insight.
terrible that mario puzo's died while wrting a part 4 showing the rise of the original don vito corleone, and his first kid, Sonny. i think i'd be an insult for paramount to even consider starting production of a part 4 now he's dead, as they clearly weren't interested in the prospects when he was alive so he could realise his dream. more disgusting practises by hollywood. :mad:
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