The Godfather

[AdamA]

AMC has been re-running The Godfather parts one and two all week.

While I agree that these are very good movies, I've never really understood the almost religious sentiment that they are "the best movies ever." 

Any opinions?

I know this has nothing to do with investing, but figured someone here might have something interesting to say. 

[MediumTex]

I thought the first one was very good.  I didn't like the second one as much.

I don't think any of Al Pacino's work since these movies has been as good, even though he has had some very good performances.

I think that part of the reason that they may seem a bit tired today is because they were really the first of a genre of films and they have been copied many times since.  After you've seen the same movie enough times, the original can seem a bit flat.

[AdamA]

Since starting this thread, I've been watching it (part 2), and, I have to say, I can't stop watching.

[6 Iron]

I really enjoyed one and two, but three is weak.

[MediumTex]

I really enjoyed one and two, but three is weak.

Three was awful.  It's just another cheap Godfather knock-off that happened to have the same director and some of the same actors in it as the earlier films.

Three was made after Al Pacino had entered his screaming phase, and he was like a different actor from the moody, brooding guy in the first two films.