Movie #231 - The Godfather

The Godfather
1972 - Rated R - 2 hr 55 min
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Abe Vigoda, Talia Shire

I have to admit something shameful.  *Somehow* I made it to almost 30 without watching this movie sequentially. I don't know how this happened, but it did.  I've long thought I'd seen the movie, got the gist of it anyway, and then I watched it today.

It is so freakin' good. What the hell is wrong with me?

So I got sucked into the drama of this Italian mob family and I'm totally blown away by how young everyone freakin' is and how insane the plot of this darn thing is... holy cow! If only I could write something this complicated... Yeah, I've got a brand new respect for Mario Puzo and basically everyone who even breathed near this movie.

Sweet Jesus, that was good.  And man, I'm embarrassed that I have to admit this publicly. Geez!

Movie #168 - Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco
1994 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 37 min
Director: Jeremy Leven
Starring: Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway

A Johnny Depp movie I'd never seen... hooray!  And I liked this one a lot, too.  If you're not familiar with the premise, a mental patient thinks he's Don Juan, the world's greatest lover.  Is he really? Or is there a darker, sadder past he's covering up?  And does it matter?

Marlon Brando plays his psychiatrist, a man who needs to meet a patient like this and change his way of thinking, just before retiring.  Together, these two both find a happy common ground and everyone gets their happy ending.  It's sweet and romantic, and empowering. And if only they didn't play that "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" song throughout the whole movie, it would be perfect. 

I really can't believe I've had this movie all this time and never watched it before.  I guess this is what the movie wall project is all about, huh?