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Sympathy For The Movie The Godfather

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The film "The Godfather" is an excellent one. A story about revenge, family, and corruption all combined into a masterful work of art. Gangster's are more often than not portrayed as a "bad" guy, this is the reason why, I believe, that filmmakers who make movies in this genre may have a hard time in soliciting sympathy from the viewers for the characters in the film. In the movie "The Godfather", I found it easy to feel sympathy for the characters. This was achieve by how Francis Ford Coppola portrayed the Corleone family. He showed a close knit family, one who loved each other dearly and would do anything and everything for each other. I believe this is the main reason why it was easier to overlook their criminal acts. A perfect example of

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