Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Jazz Inmate (R) on December 19, 2012 at 14:37:49

In Reply to: RE: No. YOU need to. The corrupt politicians and police were specifically shown to be similar to the Mafia. You posted by tinear on December 19, 2012 at 11:54:23

The mafia power structure was portrayed as more honorable in that regard, but there was still a constant wish to go "legit" in that Vito wanted Michael to be a senator or congressman and Michael himself kept trying to put himself in a position to get out of his criminal activities.

Frankly, I think the movie at its core was about the eroding of family values in America. Vito was totally motivated by doing the right thing for his family, from avenging his father's and brothers' deaths in Sicily to providing for his family in New York. Michael had similar motivations but he was never able to reconcile his power with his American wife (you have actually used a line from a conversation between them as your thesis for the entire saga) and ended up destroying his family and killing his own brother.
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