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RE: But, a day later and the political message of the film has come a bit more into focus: it does have a

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: But, a day later and the political message of the film has come a bit more into focus: it does have a posted by tinear on December 19, 2012 at 09:19:50

I think you need to rewatch The Godfather films again, if the overarching message you got out of it was "governments are as violent and corrupt as the Mafia".
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi

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No. YOU need to. The corrupt politicians and police were specifically shown to be similar to the Mafia. You - tinear 11:54:23 12/19/12 (2)
may not agree with Coppola's message, but that was it. It specifically was said by Michael to his wife in the first film. Too bad you missed the central point.
- No, they weren't similar at all. The legit power brokers weren't motivated by respect, heritage or family ties - Jazz Inmate 14:37:49 12/19/12 (1)
  The mafia power structure was portrayed as more honorable in that regard, but there was still a constant wish to go "legit" in that Vito wanted Michael to be a senator or congressman and Michael himself kept trying to put himself in a position to get out of his criminal activities.
  
  Frankly, I think the movie at its core was about the eroding of family values in America. Vito was totally motivated by doing the right thing for his family, from avenging his father's and brothers' deaths in Sicily to providing for his family in New York. Michael had similar motivations but he was never able to reconcile his power with his American wife (you have actually used a line from a conversation between them as your thesis for the entire saga) and ended up destroying his family and killing his own brother.
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  We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
  - I disagree, but you state your arguments well. nt - tinear 17:54:07 12/19/12 (0)
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