1. The characters are wearing suits and traditional rich male attire in the early 20th century. They were important because the setting takes place in the city, the wedding, and in Sicily. Also, those in the mafia were usually seen wearing suits for business reasons. 2. The setting occurs at the wedding of Vito’s daughter and at the office of the godfather which tie in perfectly with one another. They also go to Las Vegas where Michael tries to buy the casino from Moe, Sicily where Michael hides out, and in the city of New York where all of the action occurs. 3. The acting was completely believable. Marlon Brando’s character Vito Corleone looked serious the entire time and you can see the anger and hate in his eyes. Everyone who came in to …show more content…
In the movie The Godfather, a man by the name of Vito Corleone or as he is also known as “The Don” is a mob boss for his family. He runs all the operations including drug trafficking and murdering people for reasons of “strictly business.” There are 4 other families that run crime with Corleone in New York that will wage wars against one another if necessary. One day, Vito is out buying oranges at a local market when 2 armed men shoot him 5 times, wounding but not killing him. He ends up in the hospital and because of his condition his older son Santino has to take over temporarily. In order to protect his father from another assassination attempt, Michael stands watch of him, but gets held up by the cops who hold him while the captain punches him in the face. Michael then plans to take the cop out at a local restaurant where there was a hidden gun in the bathroom for him to shoot the cops. Michael kills them both, then flees to Sicily where he is safe and away from the warfare that erupts in his absence. He then marries a beautiful Sicilian woman and then gets word that he has to go back to New York. As he is about to leave, there was an ignition bomb placed in the car meaning when he started the engine the car exploded. His wife said that she would drive to him and then she died in the explosion. Michael then travels back to the states while Vito decides to end the feud after Santino is killed trying to go to his sister’s house save her from her abusive husband at a toll booth. Vito then is at the end of his reign as the don because of his age and his son Michael takes the position as the leader of the family. Michael then marries a woman who has been someone important in his life in the states. While playing with his grandson in the garden in his backyard, Vito collapses and dies. At the funeral Michael is set to have a meeting with one of the other leaders of another family on “neutral” turf. Vito had warned Michael of such thing happening, which is why he