#thegodfather

The novel and the movie are really quite different. I found the novel much more enjoyable (although the film is very well made) because the book explains the nuances and explains what certain things mean. For example, Sonny showing interest in Sollozzo's offer shows a weakness in the Corleone armour that helps to push for the assassination attempt on the Don. With the Don out of the way, the answer stops being a blanket no and becomes a maybe. I got more of a sense of the puppeteer motif from the book than the film. In the novel all the characters are connected to the Don in some ways and the novel is really about the Don being brilliant in a way no one else is or has been. The movie kind of makes it more of a rise of Michael story. Michael comes across more psychopathic in the film while in the book there is more of a stress of 'it's business'. The killing of Tessio is just that. It's a necessity whether enjoyable or not and his betrayal is also in a way a necessity. It's all a bit like game theory. The ending of the film I have always found a bit flat. It just shows a load of people being killed who vaguely appear in the story. It is the same in the book but the book creates more drama and explains more. #TheGodfather #Movies #Books #Novel