My Movie Minute

I just finished watching The Godfather trilogy. Yeah, it's something I should've done long ago but better late than never right?

One of the things I liked most about these movies is how real the makeup looked. I mean, you were able to watch the characters age right before your eyes. Yeah, I've seen this done a million times in other movies but in The Godfather even the different actors that played the characters at different ages looked alike.

Ok, if that confused you allow me to explain. In the Godfather Part II, Robert Dinero didn't particulary look like a young Marlon Brando. However, with the hair and makeup combined with the facial expressions and body language you could see how someone that looked as svelte and sexy as Dinero could one day look like a stockier Marlon Brando. Very realistic.

And a young Al Pacino! I kept having to go back to the original Godfather to take a look at how tender Pacino looked back then. But it's amazing how easy the directors transformed him into a ganster and eventually to a dying old man whose memories were tainted by death.

I noticed that Nicholas Cage helped direct The Godfather part III. What? Maybe he had something to do with all the symbolism hidden within the storyline.

And I saw the DaVinci Code last night too. Boy was that movie long. But it's weird watching a movie for the first time but you know exactly what's gonna happen next. You see, I have the book and I've read it twice.

I actually prefer to read a book first than see the movie first. With a book you read it little by little and let the suspense build up. And when you're done you move onto a new book because it's not a page turner anymore. With a movie, you can watch it over and over and "see" things you didn't notice before. A book will literally spell out all of the mysteries as you read along.

Speaking of the DaVinci Code would any of you still view Jesus the same if he in fact had a wife and child? We'll discuss this further in a post I'll title - "Holy Crap".