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logicalfallacy234 t1_je6l2mz wrote

Reply to comment by SharedPodwAdibisi in The Godfather movies are so relaxing to watch. by AndyKaufmanSentMe

Intereeeeeeeeesting, since Kubrick is actually often seen as the slow and ponderous and boring director! Though the three Kubrick films you mentioned are much more "pop entertainment", if you will, than stuff like 2001 or Barry Lyndon.

Ari Aster is excellent though! And a huge Kubrick fan! Eggers is too, I believe.

But yeah, The Godfather is paced a lot more like War and Peace or Crime and Punishment or something like that. It's not a crime film like pop culture makes it out to be. Godfather is quite far away from the modern crime dramas on TV that it helped inspire.

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SharedPodwAdibisi t1_je77fdw wrote

I've actually watched and enjoyed 2001. I think I may just not like mobster movies.

I've seen Goodfellas and thought it was fine. I think it's a genre thing.

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logicalfallacy234 t1_je7ijfu wrote

I think so too! I mean, what do you think of Pulp Fiction or The Departed or The Town? Or No Country for Old Men or Fargo? Since I think those are much more plot driven movies.

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SharedPodwAdibisi t1_je7l60s wrote

I freaking love pulp fiction. And no country and Fargo.
So yes plot driven

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logicalfallacy234 t1_je7mi9c wrote

Yup! Funnily enough PF is character driven, but the characters are far more likeable and warmer and personable than the Corleones. Any feelings/thoughts on The Wire, The Sopranos, and Breaking Bad? And Mad Men, even?

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