Now there are all kinds of sound and photoelectric effects in movies. Why is The Godfather still the greatest movie?

The Godfather is recognized as a series of films that can't be ignored in the film history. Because of the godfather, Coppola's position as a departmental director will never be shaken. Whenever someone takes the initiative to talk about this film, they will use the word "great", but few people really make it clear where it is great.

It is said that Kubrick said after watching The Godfather for the tenth time, "I believe this is the greatest movie ever." Now Kubrick has gone to heaven to make a movie for God. No one knows why he is so emotional. There must be some film technology in it. After all, the great god is a technical control. I can't say what's awesome about these aspects, because I'm a movie lover at best, and I haven't really made a movie, and those things need to be highly integrated with movies, otherwise they will be like chewing wax and have no meaning at all. So what I'm going to say today has nothing to do with "craftsmanship".

Too many directors like Jiang Wen and Peng Haoxiang borrowed from The Godfather in their films. These quotes have illustrated the greatness of the godfather. After all, good things will never really be lost, but will be used by people behind them in various ways. Even if this type has disappeared, that kind of soul still exists. Film is an art with timeliness. Many times, we don't realize the greatness of great movies, because we are not in the era when we were born, and those shocking things of that era have been shown to us by latecomers in various ways. So many times when we see those classic movies, we will feel that they are not worthy of the name. But even so, there will still be many amazing places.

Let's start with the film itself. Movies are popular culture, which will inevitably affect the public. The most direct thing is popular catchwords, just like Mr. Jin Yong's novels. When Vietnamese politicians attack each other at meetings, they will quote the characters in the legendary swordsman to satirize each other's political goals. Movies also have this effect. Many words may not be original movies, but they are popular in public life. In recent years, the most popular movie vocabulary is "If You Are the One", which is distributed in various small advertisements. Even advertisements that borrow sperm give you a "If You Are the One" ending.

This is a film's success outside the film. Although I like the first film "If You Are the One" very much, there is no denying that the title of the film is more successful than the film itself, and I don't know if the person who coined the word has copyright fees. What other economic columns love to use "Black Swan"? I don't know if this word was invented by the filmmakers. At least most people know this word because of Natalie Portman's film Black Swan. There is also the famous "Rashomon". Maybe not many people have seen this movie now, and not many people understand the meaning of this word, but there are certainly many people who know this word. Here, I pay tribute to Master Kurosawa. You have photographed human nature above different cultures. However, no matter how widely known these words are, they are not as widely used as the word "godfather". Gangster names are widely used in the music industry. There are more singers named "Godfather" than mafia bosses, but who knows that they really deserve it. This is the success of The Godfather, which spread a word to different cultures and was widely used. Of course, I want to thank our Mandarin translator for not translating "God" into a priest.

Secondly, as a gangster movie lover, let me talk about the far-reaching influence of the godfather on gangster movies. Anyway, the first time I realized the greatness of the godfather was after watching New World and Infernal Affairs 2, and I realized the subtle influence of the godfather on gangster movies. Godfather sets a classic benchmark for gangster movies. "The boss is forced to be superior." At first, Mike hated his "family business". He desperately wants to integrate into real American life, but he has no choice but to stand up and inherit the family business and protect it.

Moreover, from the perspective of drama, the protagonist of the drama must be a completely different person at the beginning and the end, which leads to great personality changes. Therefore, I firmly believe that the protagonist of the godfather must be Al Pacino's second-generation godfather Mike, not Marlon Brando's vito corleone. Because the role of Vito hasn't changed much in the film, and I don't know whether the Oscar judges know this film, they actually regard Al Pacino as a supporting role. From this perspective, Li Zicheng and Chen Han are the protagonists of New World and Infernal Affairs 2 respectively. Are forced to change, in the corresponding film completely transformed into another completely different person. I have to admit that both films have countless excellent actors, even the supporting roles are radiant, and they are the two best gangster films in my heart in 2 1 century. But none of them can reach the level of godfather, but they are already very awesome. The two films only perfectly borrowed some good aspects from The Godfather. Of course, many gangster films borrowed from the godfather, and I only found the best two.

Next, let's talk about the third point in combination with New World and Infernal Affairs 2. Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. What is Mike's most self-reproach in Godfather? He must have sent someone to kill his second brother Fredo himself, which completely became the nightmare of the third old Mike.

Mike took over the family when it was in turmoil, and his only purpose was to defend the Corleone family. This is also the biggest change for Mike in the first movie. He completely changed from being self-centered to being family-centered. I think this is also the fundamental reason why the godfather is called a man's Bible. When a man begins to take on the responsibility of a family, he is a real man, and his motivation for doing things will be completely changed. This change is simple to say, but it is really difficult to practice. To put it simply, it is the story that the old coach told Zhang Xueliang in Jong: When I was alone in Zhang, I ran away when I met a blind bear in the forest, but I had a family, a group of wives and children, and I couldn't run away when I met a blind bear, so I had to try my best to kill the blind bear because there was a big family standing behind me.

Facing a blind bear is definitely not a simple matter. This story most vividly reflects the real difference between boys and men. At the end of the first movie, Mike is a man standing between the blind bear and the Corleone family. His task is to defend the Corleone family.

His whole life revolves around his family, so many people think The Godfather is a family movie. Domestic thieves are hard to prevent, and internal problems are often more terrible than external dangers. Throughout The Godfather, Mike is basically calm in the face of every foreign enemy, because he is smart and brave, and every enemy can be destroyed by him. The five powerful families, the cunning Haimen Ross, can calmly wait for the opportunity and give a fatal blow no matter what external opponents Mike faces.

As Wang Yangming said: "If you don't move your heart, you will have to improvise." The same is true of fighting. Only a calm person can make the best judgment as soon as possible. In other words, there is no mood swings, no mood swings and ruthlessness. Mike seems to be born with this kind of "heartless" talent. From the time he started to protect Vito in the hospital, this kind of "heartless" quality was clear at a glance. Of course, this is probably related to his participation in the war. It is reasonable for people who have experienced the baptism of real guns to have this quality. There are many movies, the most representative of which is Ranbo. Ranbo in the jungle is a killing machine, which keeps calm in times of crisis and skillfully uses various environmental factors. In reality, Grandpa Deng Xiaoping is also a good representative. No matter what the occasion, he is leisurely and carefree. This is the general demeanor given to him by the war. Mike is the same, but in a different way This excellent quality exists in the first film. So I said that the main character of the first film is Mike. The first film is to activate his Sicilian mafia lineage, and with the excellent qualities given to him by the war, who can compete with him?

Look at the godfather carefully. Mike's fatigue and anger are all due to his family. In the face of his enemies, he is always in a cold state, and his emotions are invisible. Only the betrayal and incomprehension of his family bothered Mike the most, because there was "love" in it. What bothers him most is his second brother Fredo and his wife Kay, and his sister Connie is much better, so he can't go around in circles. The second brother is the most dangerous to this family, and the contradiction between him and Mike is also the deepest, because he can't recognize the fact that he is weak. Coppola explained what the second brother was when the old godfather was assassinated. He can't be standing between the Corleone family and the blind bear. When my brother is in power, my brother is inevitably lost, but I don't even know the distance, which is a bit sad. Selling Mike to the family's sworn enemy several times is selling out the family. And from the last conversation between the second brother and Mike, we know that the second brother is stubborn and his dissatisfaction with Mike has reached irreconcilable levels. People like this around him are undoubtedly a time bomb for the Corleone family, so for the sake of the family, Mike made a decision that he regretted for life. Everything is for the Corleone family.

In my opinion, no matter how deep the contradiction between Mike and his second brother is, it's just that his brother is jealous of his younger brother, which is a bit dangerous in the gangster world. In contrast, the contradiction between Mike and his wife Kay is not as dangerous as the second brother, but it is also much more complicated. It is the conflict between Sicilian culture and American culture, or the conflict between Sicilian culture and the culture advocated by the United States. After taking over the family, Mike completely inherited the Sicilian tradition: the way to protect the family is a good way, whether black or white, and can sacrifice everything for the family. On the other hand, Kay is a thorough American at heart. She believes in the Declaration of Independence, practices the core spirit of American independence and freedom, and takes the individual as the center. At first, Mike also believed in this set, but later the long-hidden Sicilian spirit was activated. These two ways are inevitable, but two people are so in love and can live together for so long. It's only a matter of time before two people get together and part. The explosion point was that Kay knocked out Mike's child, which caused substantial harm to the family. With Mike's style, he couldn't forgive Kay because it hurt the Corleone family.

Kay believes in American egoism in his bones. What she needs is a normal life recognized by her heart. Mike wants to protect the Corleone family, and he can do anything for it. People can't help themselves in the Jianghu. At the end of the third movie, we also know that Mike can't live without the mafia. So Kay can never really accept Mike. What he did for his family was unacceptable to his family. He protected his family and hurt it at the same time. Second brother and Mike are the same. Second brother betrayed the family. In order to maintain the family, Mike had to get rid of his second brother. Getting rid of this family is also to protect this family and hurt this family. Mike's tragic life was doomed from the beginning, and this is fate.

Comparing New World with Infernal Affairs 2, they skillfully borrowed the gangster story from The Godfather, which also involved the family level. In New World, Li Zicheng's wife was forced to spy on Li Zicheng, and in Infernal Affairs 2, Ah Xiao was simply a Hong Kong version of Michael Corleone. However, neither of these two films has the complicated and tangled family conflicts like The Godfather. Of course, these two films have their own characteristics. I'm just comparing these places involving family. To illustrate the level of the godfather story, it is so complicated, but everything is doomed and everything is natural.

The godfather is greater than I said, and has made brilliant achievements in business and art. I will only say my strongest feelings here. Countless latecomers pay tribute to the godfather in their own films, and draw nutrition from this film, which affects not only gangster films. He also made Brando, De Niro, pacino and diane keaton … the best actors in Hollywood. Commercially, The Godfather has earned more than 1 billion dollars at the box office with an investment of 6 million dollars, which truly appeals to both refined and popular tastes. Professionals have seen countless stunts, ordinary audiences have seen wonderful stories, and there are many ways to live, and they are even regarded as men's bibles. People of different ages will get different things from it. I believe that in ten years, I will feel different when I watch The Godfather.