The Godfather Trilogy - Which character has impacted you the most

[Lensherr]

For me, it's probably Fredo. I always felt so bad for him and he's just a tragic character in general.

 

[AnOminous]

In terms of characters I'd actually want to be, Tom Hagen.

 

[Lensherr]

In terms of characters I'd actually want to be, Tom Hagen.

I had a lot of respect for that guy. Most other guys would buckle under the pressure of the situations he's in, the kind where one acts as the go-between for powerful criminals who could order you dead at the drop of a hat, but Hagen always kept his cool.

 

[MrTroll]

Don Fanucci, the most reasonable, well-adjusted mobster in the entire trilogy. He just wanted to get his beak wet, unlike the avaricious, brother-murdering sociopath Michael Corleone.

 

[Piss Clam]

The guy with the Garrote. Chock it off, bitch.

 

[Monika H.]

Don Fanucci, the most reasonable, well-adjusted mobster in the entire trilogy. He just wanted to get his beak wet, unlike the avaricious, brother-murdering sociopath Michael Corleone.

I loved him thanks to Gastone Moschin's impeccable performance. Knowing Italian, hearing him speaking the language as a native speaker was just bliss. De Niro's Italian too was good, a bit like mine.

 

[Someone in a Tree]

I think Frank Pentangeli is an underrated character, even if he was only introduced to replace Clemenza.

 

[Maxliam]

Don Vito. He escapes from a mob boss to America, works and lives like an immigrant and then in an odd twist of fate becomes a mob boss. It's an interesting, zigzagging condemation and celebration of the American Dream a lot of immigrants pursue when they arrive to the "land of opportunity". It's like him and Michael are dragged into a life that they didn't want. That moment when he's talking with Michael and tells him with a poignant sadness "I never wanted this life for you...". Even in what people perceive as a station of almost unlimited power, it shows how powerless even the most powerful person is in the face of things like fate and death.

It's a toss up for me between Don Vito and Michael. Both characters do what they feel is right but Michael becomes a very fragmented and darker version of his father.

Also, fuck Godfather III. Saw it once and I honestly felt like I was watching some shitty tv movie.

 

[Monika H.]

For me, it's probably Fredo. I always felt so bad for him and he's just a tragic character in general.

Totally agree. It's quite poignant that's the only murder Michael feels guilty over, and even breaks down in tears when confessing it to Cardinal Lamberto.

 

[Rolo_Tomassi]

Rocco had to know he wasn't going to get away clean with just basically walking up and shooting Hyman Roth - he was really going for it.

Same with Calò, who weaponized Licio Lucchesi's (who looks WAY too much like Giulio Andreotti) glasses in Godfather Part III . No way that guy was getting away with it. Suicide mission.