Originally posted by Ace_Reutzel:
...He had reasons, but they were COLD calculated ones...
As Don Corleone, what other reasons would you EXPECT him to have for the things he did, the orders he gave.
When his brother Santino served as 'acting' Don (and even before during the Solozzo meeting)...the actions he took were rooted in temprament and hot-headedness; emotion and revenge. We can see where it got both the Corleone Family and Sonny himself.
Originally posted by Ace_Reutzel:
...I mean, come on, you have to have grown a little cold-hearted to kill your own brother, betrayed or not....
Why? Did being 'brothers' affect Fredo's decision to work with Roth against Michael? To speak out against the Family in defense of Moe Green?
Anyway...Michael had already professed that Fredo was 'nothing to him now'. Not a brother, not a friend. All brotherly feelings had gone right out the window.
Any reason he should
not have felt that way?
Had anyone else done what Fredo did...the guy wouldn't have lived even that long.
I do agree though...that Michael became more coldhearted as the years went on, as loss after loss, betrayal after betrayal (including Kay's abortion) took their toll on Don Michael Corleone.
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