I watched it recently for the first time, and I really don’t get why it’s so loved. IMDB rates it as the second-best movie of all time, but it seems far worse than that to me. I like most old movies and see their hype, but The Godfather didn’t do it for me. What am I missing?

  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    This could be a case of the Sienfeld is not funny trope

    A movie or other work of media is quite revolutionary when it is released, it gets copied so much that many of its features become common in later projects. Then someone goes back to the original and thinks, Why was everyone so impressed with this?

    Citizen Cane is another example.

    Or:

    It could be that you personally don’t like the movie. Taste is not universal and not everyone likes everything.