電影教父影評英文

㈠ 《教父》人物用英文評價

Michael Corleone
Michael is cold-blooded, ruthless, smart, and determined. His ability to think clearly under fire, to be decisive, and to command respect makes him an excellent Godfather. Of Vito』s children, he is certainly the best candidate to take over the family. But Michael was never supposed to get involved in the Mafia. He was supposed to become a senator, perhaps even president. Even when he does begin working for his father, he doesn』t seem fully reconciled to the decision. He promises Kay before they marry that the family will become 「legitimate」 soon. Over twenty years later, in The Godfather Part III, he still seeks this legitimacy. Unlike Vito, who appears at ease in the role of Godfather, Michael is burdened by the responsibility. One senses that he views himself as a sacrificial hero, slaving away for the rest of the family, sacrificing his soul for the well-being of those around him. In many ways, Michael』s story is a familiar one in American mythology: that of the immigrant』s child. He achieves great heights of success, just as his hard-working immigrant parents hoped for him, but at considerable personal cost. In Michael』s case, this cost is to his family life, as he loses his wife and children.
Michael can also be seen as a classical tragic figure. Immensely talented and powerful, he is undone by tragic flaws: his insatiable desire for vengeance, which creates a web of violence and recrimination that he cannot escape; his illusions of omnipotence, which blind him to the fact that achieving legitimacy is impossible; and his sense of being perpetually at war, which never allows him a moment of rest. At the end of Part III, Michael dies alone in the yard of his Sicilian villa. The death of his daughter, Mary, has sealed his fate, severing his ties forever with the rest of the family, the family that he tried to save and bring to legitimacy. Instead, he brought them only pain and death. If Vito is an ideal, almost romantic figure who might make the naïve viewer want to live the gangster life, Michael』s tale has a corrective effect. His life is tragic and his pain immense

㈡ 用英語表達為什麼喜歡電影《教父》

What a shocking movie! Most incredible achievement movie ever that directed by famous Francis Ford Coppola. The greatest 3-part gangster movie made him won 47th Academy Award in Directing 1974. He is from a superb and legendary movie family. His nephew is the superstar Nicolas Cage, his daughter is also a famous director, Sofia Coppola. The casting of Godfather serial saga is unprecendented: Marlon Brando, Rober De Niro, Al Pacino, Robert Duval, Diane Keaton, all these superstars are Academy winners too.The Movie were so close to describe what really happened in 1950 American gangster story. even it said some part of underground hero style which challenge the sociaty value that moment. The great saga was going through almost 2 decades. the amazing one was Part to Part 3 it took over 16 years long. length of 3 movies was over 520 minutes, it means almost 9 hours, an epic movies truly. Though it took such a long time. it still captured the heart and focus from all fans.I have been seen twice of each part and why? Such a greatest saga woulc never showup up in our history again. superb story, director, actors and actress, film, editing, it could never had such a combination again. countless words for me to describe the greatest epic movies.

㈢ 用英語寫出電影教父的主要內容幾句話就可以

The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding with his wife Carmela. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don't want to follow the old ways and look out for community and "family". An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don's influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don's fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.
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㈣ 電影《教父》

The Godfather 教父的影評

移民與財富原罪

電影《教父》在我看來有三個層次。淺顯點的一句話就能概括，那就是「人在江湖身不由己」。

中層的表現說的是家族紐帶的不可割捨。傳統義大利人很像中國人，家族感很強，有點溫州人沾親帶故成群結隊發財的那種味道。一部分當然是出於情感，但更多的部分是生存法則。移民來到陌生的美國，要生存下去，就要互相依靠，他們來的時候一無所有，有的只是自己人。純真少年麥克先只是突遭家庭變故為了保護父親而殺人，後來轉變為能對費雷德說出：「你是我的哥哥，我愛你，但如果你再幫著外人拆自己人的台，我絕不饒恕你。」 麥克真是個聰明人，一點就通。山尼殘暴而戀親，為了妹妹沒有殺死卡洛，麥克從不亂殺人卻連眼睛都不眨一下就讓姐姐成為寡婦，因為麥克深諳游戲規則，他不為復仇而復仇，他為更大的責任而負責。畢竟一次背叛就有二次背叛，身邊的蛀蟲總有一天會咬死全家，姐姐的個人痛苦不予考慮也不能考慮，一時心軟就會有全盤的覆滅。正如湯姆對山尼說過的：「一切都是business，包括他們對你父親的槍殺，要用理智不要感情用事。」山尼沒聽進，麥克卻聽進了，所以同理，殺死姐夫也是business的一部分，背叛的人要付出代價，是整頓肅清的一部分，是家族翻身的一部分。麥克從天然的家族情感里升華，所以他能夠成為新教父，而山尼不懂關竅就只能命喪黃泉。選擇是有限的，不是贏就是輸，不是生就是死，沒所謂置身事外，這又回到第一層的含義了。

深層的，《教父》說的是權力的更迭，非法組織的合法化進程。鋌而走險是為了生存，初衷只是想讓日子過的更好一點，想在這片土地上立足紮根，想讓子孫後代不再腦袋提在褲腰帶上血腥地過日子，所以又渴望黑錢洗白。諷刺的是合法化的進程只能以非法血腥暴力來完成。麥克本是存著理想父親本是存著幻想的，兒子不參與家族事業，爸爸希望家裡能出一個參議員，成為操控的人而不是像他一樣充當「打手」，所以他們互有默契。槍聲打碎了夢想，一切還是要用老方法才能實現，短暫的氣憤後是無奈而堅定，麥克的變化之大，其手段之凌厲更勝父上其實早就有強大的信念鋪墊，父子從來就站在同一戰線上，擁有同一的夢想。關於沒有硝煙的談判，馬龍白蘭度有很多經典台詞，印象最深的是「毒品和我們以前經營的事業都不一樣，賭，女人，酒，這些是人們需要的，只是人們被教會不能做這些，但是毒品不一樣，政府警察最終一定會干預，它會在多年後毀了我們。」教父其實和眾流氓們一樣沒有道德原則，他說過做什麼生意對他來說都是一樣的。與其他人牟取眼前暴利不同的是，他的遠大目光，他的終極願景，別人是在圖一時享樂，他是在謀百年後的出路。這些東西，他歇斯底里的女兒不明白，他溫順賢惠的老婆不明白，他莽撞貪色的大兒子不明白，只有他的小兒子是最最清醒的一個，所以麥克是不能有選擇的，他不能放開家族讓它轟然倒塌而只管自己輕松自在，教父是神的使者是不能錯一步的重責在身，從這個意義上來說，一個人要成長為教父絕對值得敬佩。其實，第一代的白手起家多少都有不能說的秘密，短時間積聚財富本不是人生常態，即所謂財富都有「原罪」。教父們從不為罪孽多愁善感，麥克邊為外甥受洗禮邊派人在外展開大屠殺的交叉鏡頭淋漓盡致地表達了教父們的價值觀。沒有主會來施報應，如果我想要改變什麼我即主，世間沒有上帝，也沒有上帝的公平，潛規則才真正實用，一切都得靠自己。或者說我在此披上信奉上帝的外衣並不是虛偽，我正在走向通往你的捷徑，當我擁有你的權力改造了世界，使我能世代在此安居樂業，那麼我才會相信你的存在，你的庇護，成為你純良的子民，總有一天。

最後不得不說馬龍白蘭度的教父形象竟然比小說中的更復雜深邃，是其演員生涯上的一個巔峰。

關於《教父》要說的就是這些，相同的黑幫題材其實我還是對《美國往事》印象更深一些。《教父》的故事干凈利落，是傳奇的一個片段，而《美國往事》更像是散文詩，以傳奇為外衣，說的根本就是整個人生。

㈤ 請一篇電影《教父》的影評

在《教父》這部電影面前，我不得不懷疑自己的鑒賞能力。因為第一次看這部電影給我的最深印象似乎是情節繁冗——電影耗時長、出場人物多，自己恰恰對其背景又缺乏理解，簡直令人看得疲勞。再飽受大片刺激的刺激後，還真很難耐下性子突然去接受這樣一部所謂的經典。重看《教父》的打算早已萌生，卻總擔心靜不下心來走一次那3個多小時的流程，所以一直不敢輕易重溫。對於情節，我早已不存在好奇，因為三部《教父》都領教了，還能留下多少懸念。所以這次重溫是純粹的欣賞，感到自己要好好審視一下教父的出眾之處，再次仔細看看大師馬龍·白蘭度、埃爾·帕西諾的表演。

浪漫主義黑幫史詩——《教父》

這個「浪漫主義」頭銜我之前很難理解，至少電影中的仇殺和血腥場景也沒少出現。在這種浪漫與寫實之間，自己也本不了解其界定的出發點。後來，馬丁·斯克塞斯的《Good Fellow》給了我一個鮮明的比對。《Good Fellow》告訴我，現實中的黑幫其實是十分粗鄙的，而這種東西拍成電影簡直讓我看不下去。反觀《教父》，它是裝點得如此富麗堂皇的電影。在片中，維托·科里昂實際是黑幫老大，但他冠上了教父這個身份，而且這絕不單單是名號上的區別。我相信電影所要描寫的不再是那種尋釁滋事的黑幫組織的殺戮和戰爭游戲，而轉向了科里昂家族的人物命運這個話題。他們如同當時社會背景下的一個特殊階層，這個階層在新生都市的紛亂逐鹿中產生（如同《紐約黑幫》所描述的背景）。作為後來的倖存者掌握了強大的權勢和財力，觸手伸及各方各面，甚至還能充當平民的保護神，看似強大無比。但實際上，家族的生存始終是一個艱難的問題，他們不僅要參與黑幫間的明爭暗鬥，在從社會的黑暗代表努力轉向社會主流的道路中更碰到了不可逾越的障礙，在時代的發展中舉步維艱。這就像一場不可逆轉的悲劇，無數的槍殺洗底，甚至包括對自己的親友手下，讓人簡直有些麻木了，這場悲劇就是從《教父》第一部開始。馬里奧·皮左和科波拉的對一切的詮釋是戲劇化的，在科里昂家族的經營中，產生了激烈的叛亂掙扎，涉及政府、親信及各方各面，又加入了細膩的感情戲成分，取材對一部電影來說太宏大了。對比其它的黑幫題材，別人通常只能挖出一小塊題材來拍一部電影，而《教父》這個題材如果引申出去，卻完全可以超越「黑幫」這個主題，映射到更廣的方面。

一部心靈史詩———《教父》中的人物

這又是一個廣泛使用的評語。《教父》中給我印象最深的還是馬龍·白蘭度演繹的維托·科里昂。之前看這部時，電影我對馬龍·白蘭度缺乏了解，只覺這個維托·科里昂很有特色的表演。後來，電影《現代啟示錄》卻使我驚奇發現，白蘭度的兩次表演竟然猶如變身，原來白蘭度並不是本身就看起來是那樣。那他又怎麼會想到在演教父時，把下顎弄得像塞棉花，用沙啞沉穩的配音，連姿態也處理得絕妙，細品他的表演還真是覺得高山仰止。更絕妙的是，在第二部中還能找到生性沉穩的德尼羅做對應就。在我看來，維托·可里昂在電影中是塑造成近似神的人物。他眼光銳利，處事不失大氣。而同樣擁有智慧的第二代教父————麥克·可里昂（by Al·Paccino）卻總是過於太鋒芒。不可否認，兩代教父同樣睿智，但維托在做重大決定時會選擇溫和的手法，他願意放棄紐約的勢力來謀求幫派間的和解，保全家人的性命。在維托這種氣派面前，我要開始同情麥克。他承擔其家庭事業首先違背了自己的初衷，一旦陷入這份事業後，卻簡直無法自拔。麥克是悲劇的最大承擔著，他毫不留情地洗底手下和親信，鏟除一切威脅勢力，而且很難說這種激進的做法不明智，因為這往往是維持家族事業所必需的，就在那種被判頻繁到瘋狂的境地。然而背起這個包袱也意味著其它方面慘痛的損失，親情、愛情方面。我一直很欣賞電影的結尾，在背景音樂中，大門被關上，然後是Kay的一個特寫，這給人一種強烈的隔絕感。Al·Paccino的剛性演繹持續到了門後遠影這一幕，卻預示著不免已經踏上不歸路。或許第二代教父要承擔的東西太多了。Al·Paccino似乎用一種冷峻來表現，他的表情似乎始終如一，做事毫不猶豫，不留情面。我覺得除了這種冷峻的氣質，沒有什麼能支撐人負擔起這個沉重的包袱？

寫到這里，我覺得寫得並不順暢。一想到寫《教父》，頭腦里似乎立即發散出去，能想到的內容用鍵盤永遠打不完。只是覺得經過這次重溫電影，有熱情寫點東西了，最後卻發現也只能挑了自己想法一小部分表達出來。

此時此刻，在imdb上，《教父》仍然一騎絕後塵，以9.1/10 (130,668 votes)穩居top1，Won 3 Oscars。

㈥ 求一段關於《教父1》的英文影評（500字左右），可以任選角度

影片的一開始，是殯儀館老闆向V闡述自己女兒的不幸遭遇。這時候的鏡頭里，只有殯儀館老闆在表演。但是隨著鏡頭的拉遠，我們可以看見有人在看著他，就像我們看著他一樣。當殯儀館老闆講述不下去的時候，V輕輕的一招手，有人立刻送上一杯酒，讓我們知道了，此刻這間房間中，出來這兩個人，還有其他人，而且可以初步認定，是V的手下，很親近的手下。讓殯儀館老闆提出要求後，V的眼神跟著他，鏡頭給成了房間的全景。我們可以發現，房間中的另外兩個人，一個站著，一個坐著。這似乎暗示了他們之間的關系：同為V的左右手，但是顯然TOM的意見更加重要些。而這時，V拒絕了殯儀館老闆的請求，或者應該說是要求。老闆顯得很急切，他告訴教父：你要什麼，我都給你。顯然，他低估了V。這樣的話語簡直可以視作是對V的侮辱。而V慢條斯理的教育了殯儀館老闆，他說話的語氣，和殯儀館老闆形成了鮮明對比。 而此時V語句中的重點，顯然並不是覺得殯儀館老闆給的報酬不夠，而是他反復提到的一個詞：友誼。我想這就是老V最吸引人的地方，他在影片中始終遊走在道德底線的周圍，卻從不越雷池一步。在後面他與索倫索談判的時候提到過自己的生意：賭博只是些無傷大雅的事業。他行事的手段殘忍而血腥，但是卻總是出師有名，他用非法的手段籠絡政客維護自己正當的生意（賭博業在當時並不違法）。

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㈧ 電影教父的影評

1、拿屠刀的優雅紳士 「我准備向他提出一個他不可能拒絕的條件。」這就是他的談判技巧。他是一手拿馬丁尼，一手拿屠刀的優雅紳士；是談著骯臟買賣，穿著高貴西裝的職業劊子手；他只需要一個手勢，便可以讓別人身家難保；也只肖一個微笑便足以將干戈化成玉帛。他們是令人敬畏的角色，同時也是善舞的刺客，無論是政客還是殯葬館老闆，似乎永遠都在等待聆聽著他溫文爾雅的召喚，只因他那高貴的承諾「總有一天——也許這一天永遠也不會到來，我會讓你為我做件事情。但在那一天到來之前，請在我女兒的婚禮上接受正義，這也算是我送給你的一件禮物！」那麼，是什麼賦予了教父如此深邃的魔力？讓他只是坐在那裡，那間黑暗屋子的一角，就彷彿置身於宇宙黑洞的中央。人們尊敬他，愛他，也畏懼他，他是如此復雜，也如此深沉。紅色的血與禮服的黑色是電影《教父》中最凝重的基調。教父了不起的地方在於，他深知自己作為「地下皇帝」所肩負的責任，如《蜘蛛俠》中那一句：權力越大責任越大一樣。所以他永遠恪守著自己的信條，決不販毒害人。為此他拒絕了毒梟素洛佐的要求。也正是如此，《教父》告訴了我們，只要你可以體面地面對這個世界，你也就可以體面地活著。所以，他可以漫不經心地與政界高層人物游刃有餘的交往，從社會的最底層到最上層，他也可以編織出一張無形而繁雜的大網。於是，無論是家族利益的紛爭還是手足相殘的詭計，教父似乎永遠擁有掌控一切的能力與氣魄，孤立於芸芸眾生之上，俯瞰蒼穹。
「是什麼讓男人們如此迷戀《教父》？」《電子情書》里的梅格.瑞恩疑惑不解地問。湯姆.漢克斯詭秘地回答她：「它就是我們男人的聖經，那裡麵包含了所有的智慧。」
2、一切不能回頭，按照江湖規矩辦 據說《教父》前後三集拍了18年，關於這書和這電影的評論已經是汗牛充棟了。黑幫片和江湖片的經典之作應該非它莫屬---最近的《無間道》似有出椽之勢。引人的故事得力於原著魅力，其中的音樂現在比電影本身流傳更甚，我只能談演員的表演了。馬龍-白蘭度飾演的老教父永遠是有些漫不經心有些玩世不恭的紳士派頭-----他已經不需要使用外在的暴力和威壓了，他混沌不清的話音，每一個字都是可以改變外面世界，都可以引起人間紛亂。這也許就是所謂老男人身上散發的抓人之處----一切盡在掌握。他甚至不需要別人的回報，只要別人承認他是教父，接受他的友誼。這完全是一個強勢者的心態，登峰造極的自我實現感。對此，我們也不難理解，為什麼當今之世這么多所謂成功人士/財富精英，都喜歡以一種親和的示範性的做派示於人前。男人就是需要人們崇拜如神。為了這種幻覺，他們不惜一切手段。我還是喜歡比爾-蓋茨的回答，為什麼我這么有錢？也許，是上帝給我的運氣。所以，我認為馬龍-白蘭度的表演太真實了，也許這也是他的本色。帕西諾飾演的麥克，從一個純真的戰爭英雄好青年，一步步成長為狠毒陰險的新教父，表演也極有層次。當他在老教父葬禮上冷眼看著其他幫派老大假惺惺的弔唁，他陰騭冷峻的目光彷彿在透出寒意----他已經決定了，一切盡在掌握，一切不能回頭，按照江湖規矩辦。 我在發哥的《上海灘》里同樣看到這樣的眼神，也許，一個男人當他決定不擇手段地成為弱肉強食世界裡的最強者時，他接近了男人原始的動物本性。 3、安息吧，我尊敬的教父 我最愛的電影是《教父》。在這一點上，我可以同許多男人達成共識。馬龍的表演實在令人心折。在少年時代，我深深著迷，甚至模仿他那含混不清的說話方式，卻並不成功。一個平凡的小人物，喊破了嗓子也找不到認真的聽眾，那個口齒不清的教父，卻沒人敢忽略他說出的每一個字。他總是面無表情，背後卻潛藏著不可忽視的力量——一種優雅的狂暴、平靜的殘忍、化妝的邪惡，如同毒蛇與猛虎的混合體。他輕蔑地說，「讓我開一個你無法拒絕的條件」——這是男人的威權；他溫和地說：「不經常與家人呆在一起的男人，永遠也成不了真正的男人。」——這是男人的價值。而事實不是這樣的。那個真實的教父，生活中的馬龍·白蘭度，是個十足的混蛋，他的家族則是一窩混蛋。

當然，他們是迷人的混蛋，令人同情的混蛋，應該被寬恕的混蛋。

白蘭度家族中，女人個個紅杏出牆，男人個個酗酒成性，且盛產自殺者。小馬龍的童年在陰郁中度過，父親很少回家，母親終日喝得酩酊大醉，與一個又一個男人發生關系。小馬龍生活中惟一的溫暖來自一個友善的同性戀教士。這使得他成為一個雙性戀者，因為同性戀行為被軍校開除。

為逃避這一切，他來到紐約，躋身百老匯，陰郁生活賜予他的狂暴氣質令他成功出演《慾望號街車》，名聲鵲起。「彷彿一覺醒來坐在糖果堆上」，他不能承受這種名氣，感覺自己是個騙子，不得不求助於心理醫生。為了幫助他戰勝焦慮，醫生甚至為他宣讀希特勒的講演詞。

上世紀50年代初，馬龍步入影壇，開始輝煌之旅。他拿下了七次奧斯卡提名，兩次奧斯卡獎。與此同時，他不停地結婚離婚，生下一大堆性情陰郁的子女。他的妻子總在爭吵，他的情婦總在自殺，他的子女則陷入無盡的麻煩。 馬龍的大兒子克里斯蒂安·白蘭度吸毒、私藏武器、干非法交易、與父親的情婦吉爾上床（吉爾後來在汽車上自殺）。切娜是白蘭度的小女兒。這個太陽般美麗的姑娘在家中得不到關愛，就到毒品中尋求慰藉。

1990年5月16日，馬龍生活中最大的悲劇發生了：兒子克里斯蒂安殺死了女兒切娜的男友戴格。當警察趕到時，戴格已經死了，顴頰處射進一顆子彈。切娜坐在沙發上，手裡握著一個打火機，面前擺著一杯酸奶。人們至今搞不清楚究竟發生了什麼：據白蘭度家的人講，是一場毆斗；據辯護律師講，是一場意外；據切娜講，「是我父親安排了一切。」後來，切娜自殺。馬龍沒有參加女兒的葬禮。

記者問馬龍是否感到應為這種亂糟糟的局面承擔責任，他說：「當一隻海鷗從2000人頭上飛過，誰知道它掉下的羽毛會落在哪裡？」 然而，馬龍真的可以把沉重的罪過當成輕浮的羽毛？他彷彿中了詛咒，正如他在《巴黎最後的探戈》中說過的台詞：「你一直是孤單的，你無法逃脫寂寞的感覺，直到你死去。」——隱然就是他一生寫照。

我曾經想過，這個雙性戀男人到底愛過誰？也許，只是他那個沒出息的殺人犯兒子。我永難忘記《教父》中的情節：兒子桑尼被亂槍打死。他對殯儀館的化妝師說：「你看，他們是這樣對待我兒子的。」昏暗的燈光打在他額頭上，臉的下半部隱沒在陰影里，他的眉毛蹙起，形成悲傷的皺紋——我的心抽緊了，緊得發痛。我也有個可愛的兒子。我能夠感受一個父親遭遇這最大的不幸時，那種洶涌的痛苦與復仇的狂怒。現實中，為了給兒子克里斯蒂安脫罪，馬龍耗盡家財，窮困潦倒。克里斯蒂安仍然被判入獄十年。受此打擊，馬龍暴飲暴食，體重驚人，昔日的「性感野獸」變成一頭肥豬。如果想要嘔吐，你大可以去看馬龍在大爛片《人魔島》中的扮相，臉上塗的粉厚過日本藝妓，如同一噸塗脂抹粉的肥肉。

後來，他終於死了。聽到這消息時，我愣怔了一會兒。在記憶中，馬龍早就死了，永遠地葬在了1972年。那一年，《教父》問世。他扮演的教父在花園里頹然倒下。喪鍾鳴響，經典誕生。32年後，他死了第二次。這次，他是徹底地死掉了。馬龍的身後，遺留下一長串數字：1個不朽的角色——教父，5部經典的影片——《慾望號街車》、《現代啟示錄》、《巴黎最後的探戈》、《碼頭風雲》、《教父》；6個自殺的情婦；17個律師；大約25個不幸的子女；1100萬英鎊的巨額債務。

安息吧，教父。只是，我要糾正一下你的說法。盡管你不經常與家人呆在一起，但你仍是真正的男人。因為，你的扮演角色教導無數男孩成長為男人。僅為這一個理由，我將永遠尊敬你。

㈨ 急求《教父》的英文影評

The New York Times | Vincent Canby
One of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment. [16 Mar 1972]

Washington Post | Desson Thomson
A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments.

LA Weekly | F. X. Feeney
The Godfather traces the arc of this doomed idealism with a beauty that is still fresh.

Chicago Reader | Dave Kehr
Sharp, entertaining, and convincing--discursive, but with a sense of structure and control that Coppola hasn't achieved since.

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan
Overflowing with life, rich with all the grand emotions and vital juices of existence, up to and including blood. And its deaths, like that of Hotspur in "Henry IV, Part I," continue to shock no matter how often we've watched them coming. [16 Mar 1997, Calendar, p.7]

Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington
Brando made Don Vito something we rarely see in movies: a tragicomic villain-hero, a vulnerable hood. The don is so close to a comic character -- the movie itself is so close to comedy -- that Brando's capacity to move us in the role is doubly impressive. At the end, it is the older Godfather's tenderness and sagacity we recall. [21 Mar 1997, Friday, p.A]

San Francisco Examiner | Barbara Shulgasser
A handbook on cinematic lucidity. All events are described clearly. Motives of all the characters are set right there on the table next to the pasta for our consideration.

TV Guide | Staff (Non Credited)
The Godfather is a generational saga; it's also an action film; but above all, it catches the imagination of audiences because it suggests that the career of a gangster is not so very different from the career of a businessman or a politician.

Film Threat | Ron Wells
One warning however: James Caan's shoulder hair, when seen on this size screen, may frighten children considerably (you'll at least want to discuss it openly after the show, answering any questions your kids may have in an honest and direct manner).

Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten
Just about as great as a movie's ever gonna be... As for the storytellng, The Godfather is an intricately constructed gem that simultaneously kicks ass.

ReelViews | James Berardinelli
The picture is a series of mini-climaxes, all building to the devastating, definitive conclusion... It was carefully and painstakingly crafted. Every major character - and more than a few minor ones - is molded into a distinct, complex indivial.

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert
The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the Godfather's world.

San Francisco Chronicle | Edward Guthmann
In scene after scene -- the long wedding sequence, John Marley's bloody discovery in his bed, Pacino nervously smoothing down his hair before a restaurant massacre, the godfather's collapse in a garden -- Coppola crafted an enring, undisputed masterpiece. [21 Mar 1997, Daily Datebook, p.C3]

Variety | Staff (Not Credited)
Overlong at about 175 minutes (played without intermission), and occasionally confusing. While never so placid as to be boring, it is never so gripping as be superior screen drama.

㈩ 求一段關於《教父1》的英文影評（500字左右），按題目作答

Speaking of "The Godfather" protagonist Michael's life, many people behaved evaluation is turned into an endless fall, thereby shedding step by step process of the human shell. People always seem to relish the old godfather, said that despite his extraordinary means, but there is still tender feelings of humanity, and Michael almost cruel, cold-blooded, psychotic synonymous. In fact, looking back at "The Godfather", Michael is my understanding of the fate of the most tragic characters, as he was champion of Lu Xun alone, traveled alone in the dark. "The Godfather" Michael is the fate of three main line runs through its ambitious narrative structure has always been praiseworthy man to show the essence of the role of Michael in terms of the mentality or the carrier. Let us remove the head of the godfather of Michael halo, from the perspective of human nature to analyze the tragic fate of his tragic life can be summed up in one word: alone. Can say that the eyes of his father Michael has been a peak. Unlike the third generation of Godfather Michael Vincent, the nature of the desire for power is not fanatical, he is completely out of his father's love of family. He once said that I do not want to be like him, but I love him. The pure love, so that after the accident he heard his father, desperate to protect their loved ones. Found in his father arrived at the hospital had been shot once again facing the danger, the camera shows the most touching scene: he fell on his father bedside, gently stroking his father's old face, said nothing, Dad, I to protect you, me and you. Then kissed his father's forehead, leaving the father could not move his party tears. In the most perilous moment the whole family, the father life threatening at any moment, he can not consider all of the sacrifices made by their own, decided to take on drug lords and the police chief to remove the task. Please note that before this he had never directly intervene in family affairs. We see the end of the second firm flash gyrus Michael leave school to join the army already had on their future plans, but now all been actively involved in family affairs, people stand to one side, and to destroy his life by Michael the expense of the future to restore his father's life. Videos in shaping the image of Michael is very attention to the use of eyes, this is Pacino the actor's greatness. Michael has been very firm eyes watching the same direction, many people commented that you looked at his empty eye hole, there will be chilling feeling, but in Michael to shoot drug dealers and the police chief, his eyes is the only time when scattered. He did not watch each other, but bowed his head, such as constantly looking for something out of the window with the sound of approaching trains, the atmosphere more and more nervous, but Michael's eyes are more free, finally, he decided to carry a decision on the fate of his hand fired the bullet. This is a major focus of rendering is to show Michael the biggest turning point in the fate of the psychological state of temporary confusion in his eyes he can see how intense the ongoing ideological struggle, because he has to pay, is his life. After this point, as his solemn eyes, Michael embarked on a path of no re-added. Father has been strongly opposed to his involvement in family affairs, in his post-injury to get rid of the enemies heard that Michael, the lens appears in her father's fading face, shook his head and closed his eyes and I sigh, as the father of Shangqie Michael's future has been destroyed bitter, Michael how much I have to bear the pain? But Michael never showed it. Godfather in the old garden talk with Michael in that scene, the camera is very clever deal, the two of them one after the other, suggesting the transfer of the last two generations, the father of the lens front, said: I did not want you to interfere in the hope that Can you come out ahead, I hope you can become governor of Lyon. And in late position to think about Michael at this time is no longer simple, he has to play alone, from the family's affairs. On the one hand, he assured the family to console his father, one must also work hard to achieve his father hoped he was the head has become the legitimate hopes of the world's elite, the phrase I tell you I can support the live, I can require much perseverance in the back support ah! After the death of his father, Michael can be more alone in his soul who no longer fit with them, the only position to understand the situation of living in The Godfather father passed away, this feeling in the second part of the Michael the performance of a dialogue with the mother head. Very dark color processing room, the only light is lit the flame of the fireplace Michael half of the face, indicate that he is extremely ambivalent. He asked his mother: the idea of telling my father, he is very strong, For the family firm, the family he failed before? ... ... This is not my loss, but the entire family out. Mother said: You can not let the whole family out ah. Can be said that the important task of the whole family to bear by one Michael, he has been trying to make his strong, in order not to lose the family and strong, but the firm was behind poignant loneliness. Michael from man to the godfather of the transformation process is to some extent reflected the lives of everyone it? Perhaps the tragedy of life and human nature alone, is really the fate of mankind. People - Godfather Review of Michael's life, we must ask that this tragic and lonely thing behind it? What caused the tragedy of Michael it? I think people with power, institutional and social opposition between the eternal. Human nature is complex, because people always in the id, ego, superego constant balance. This balance involves not only indivials, but has a more complex social reasons. Person as an indivial, in the process of integration will continue to lose their own nature, and Michael is even more special, because he has to complete one from a pure to the changing role of godfather. This shift was looking forward to the family and other factors continue to contribute to society's expectations. In this process, factors to suppress the self to a minimum, because the more a person to become part of the established rules, the more to rece the proportion of self. In this conversion, he faces is a powerful system, but the special nature of the role of godfather to Michael Powers and evil must be faced with the problem throughout society, in which the relationship between human nature is fully reflected in the dark side, the indivial person's role in this most vulnerable groups have to face their own form from the darkest abyss, if you can not be part of it, it can only become a victim of its reality. The abyss has a religious aura, has a shocking and bloody, with the cloak of civilization, but the deepest of which is the integration of evil human nature. Group of people who are poor from the ancient hard to survive in the natural environment of the important reasons to the present, but also human nature to become the best stage show. Relations in groups, to establish a balance between the human constraints of the system, but the rule-makers and actors out of the same nature, which determined that the nature of the system. However, this system has a strong binding to human, they do not act according to the system will be eliminated, so the people will never have to sacrifice their own sake only system, it is also this makes Michael constantly lose sight of yourself to be thrown into darker situation. If in the first "Godfather" in Connie's children to complete in the holy water of baptism wash away that Michael to the baptism of blood at the same time completed the transformation from the indivial to the Godfather, if he does not do that, his life offerings will be another evil, which, in essence, reveals the top of power between the human relationship. "The Godfather" to express a character through which, in fact, the problem of all mankind, the indivial is helpless, they can not escape the old godfather said he is fighting the end of their refusal to become a big shot in the hands of the doll, the one is to become the so-called big man, Michael also followed such a trajectory, the tragedy for the indivial as the only means to survive. In such circumstances, the indivial alone with nature is always a state of mind, which in this environment is still the only source of conscience, which alone comes from indivial and group conflict can never be reconciled, the person impossible for the integration of groups than when alone, because the group is the integration of me, but always the potential of self mind, silently looking at everything, which is why people are the cause of indivial existence. Self by various factors from the extrusion group, faced with the expense of their own at any time for a balanced position. It is the only support comes from the kinship of mankind, this is the only pure natural relationship, a real dilemma when faced with the export of the ideal, always hopes future generations, or to find a soul all his actions support, this is one of the human virtues, completely without the purpose of self-sacrifice exists only in such a relationship. However, when people have lost their last hope that when everything is completely back to the dark abyss, lonely and always linger in the mind become inescapable in the state. Michael from man to the godfather of the transformation process is to some extent reflected the lives of everyone it? Perhaps the tragedy of life and human nature alone, is really the fate of mankind.