Okay, here's the scenario: You've just written and directed one of the most popular movies of its time. You win three Oscars including the Best Picture Oscar. Your film is being hailed as ground breaking and will probably be on a lot of top 100 movies lists in years to come. How in the hell do you make a sequel to that?
At least that's what would be going through my mind if I had been Francis Ford Coppola coming off the heals of The Godfather. But somehow, he actually managed to achieve one of the most astounding events in cinematic history. He made a sequel to his masterpiece which was considered better than its predecessor! Godfather Part 2 also won twice as many Oscars and is unquestionably the best sequel in the history of film!
It really is amazing that when a film, especially a sequel, is this popular, we tend to forget just how brilliant a film like this is. It is a flawless character study of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)while comparing him to his father Vito (Robert De Niro, replacing Brando in a performance that won him his first Oscar) in the early days of the Corleone crime family. It is an amazing contrast and the film is full of stellar performances, a hauntingly subtle soundtrack, great characters, fantastic stories and a haunting conclusion. The Godfather Part 2 is worthy of all of its acclaim and is definitely better than the original.
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