Monday, November 28, 2011
How does The godfather glorify the mafia
In the movie The Godfather, the Corleone mafia seems to be "glorifying the mafia. This being said, a lot of people are already into guns and violence and action in their media, but In the godfather, it seems that everything is being made into something that could be acceptable. Through the camera angles, the storytelling and the characters, it feels like these are good people and you can relate to them. I feel that the mafia is being glorified since its showcasing the lives of the Corleone as if they were a normal Sicilian family. This is best shown in the wedding scene at the beginning of the movie. It looks like a normal wedding but in truth it is all consisted of mafias and criminal masterminds. For example that scene where that guys takes a picture of that mafia boss. He orders some people to give him the photo picture and he ripped it up. The FBI was also at the wedding writing down all the licence plates of the cars parked outside. That doesn't happen at normal weddings. these people are powerful and they glorify what they do by calling it "good business". From what Ive seen, they treat it as if it is an honest living. In reality its not a honest living. Its a crime and they are all criminals with distinguished records. Its just the way the movie is set up, it feels like your a part of the family and make you sympathize and even accept the fact that they are all killers. Its also represented through the manners of the mafia members themselves. They all seems so "gentlemen" like.
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Vito is credible as a man who had his parents killed in front of him - that is, that he could be a stone cold killer. Michael is not. People that kill easily have had something terrible happen to them. Nothing happens in a vacuum. Could have been the war. But no back story there.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, these movies do indeed glorify the mafia, gentrify it
I'd say that godfather is a tragic story of the "black cheep" of the Corleone crime family, Michael. The youngest son of Vito Corleone was ment to stay as far away as possible from the "family busines" but he fails and goes along with it. In the end Michael turnes out to be the most ruthles of them all.
ReplyDeleteThe dark shades of the movie, and brutal killing scenes don't actually give any kind of glory to the consept of mafia. They more like show how horriffic and merciles the world of mafia is.