I understand this is an auspicious post number (and no I am not looking for high fives here or in general discussion), and I wanted to use it to ask the fundamental question "Why The Godfather?"

By this I mean, why do yu think these films have become such an integral part of the fabric of our society? Aside form the fact that the nutcases on these boards can quote the films verbatim, it is also a fact that many lines from the films have become a part of our language. References to the philosophy of the film are universally known in this country, and someone would have to have been comatose for the past 35 or so years not to have this movie deeply ingrained into their psyches.

Over the years there have been many great films made. Certainly if you take any aspect of the GF movies...especially I and II, you can probably point to a dozen or more that had better cinematography, better dialogue, better continuity (as we detail people are constatly pointing out), more insightful social "messages,"
more emotion, more romance and more action. Yet I can think of no film that comes close to the whole of the GF movies, which obviously is far greater than the sum of its parts.

I would linvite the participation of everyone here to say why it is you think The Godfather is as special as it is.

DT