Originally Posted By: Turnbull
To get back on topic: rolleyes

The Roth/Michael interactions are, IMO, the most interesting and stimulating elements of GFII. The continuing, underlying theme is the deadly ballet the two of them dance throughout the film. Lots of ambiguities and missteps. But the key is the famous "this is the business we've chosen" scene. It's a near-certainty that each of them knew what the other's intention was at that point. And yet, they continued to play out their string to the very end: Michael to find out who the traitor was, Roth angling for the $2 million. Great stuff!

And even then it wasn't over...


FFC may have taken liberties with what we Board members know about Mafia SOP. The main one for me is that Roth didn't have any troops. So, who was he going to turn to to execute Michael? Well, Ola, right? But it's never clear just who Ola is and his Mafia hierarchy standing. I always took him to be a capo. Unless he's a Don himself, Roth had to get the okay from at least one Don to take Michael out, right?. I would think that he would have needed more than one Don given Michael's preeminent position in the underworld. And Roth aligning himself with (just) a crew in the Rosato brothers does not rise to the level of what we probably figured to be Roth's level of intelligence and logic.

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