Episode 43. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather (Plus: Zack Snyder's Justice League)

Yes, it's April Fool's Day. Yes, we're back. No, it's not a joke,
we're really back. Seriously, there's a real movie episode that's
now live. It's not just Goodman going off the top of the dome for
45 minutes on Tenet (with only 5 minutes being the actual
review). We repeat. This. Is. Not. A. Joke. Which is a shame,
because it would've been a pretty good one.

And what better way to kick off our return than a dissection of
the classic American film saga, The Godfather series directed by
Francis Ford Coppola based on the books of Mario Puzo, written by
both of them (with Robert Towne thrown in for good measure for
the first film), starring Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan,
John Cazale, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire (little nepotis), Robert
De Niro, Bruno Kirby, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Sofia Coppola
(little nepotis) and so many others!

All April, we're celebrating all things Godfather. We're talking
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, AND
Francis Ford Coppola's latest director's cut of Part III, Mario
Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
(really, that's what it's called?).

In this episode you'll learn some things you probably never knew
about The Godfather, such as:


Who does a better Brando impression, Dre or Goodman?

How the movie Predator ripped off The Godfather

The appropriate number of times to scream after your favorite
horse has been decapitated and put under your sheets, then you
wake up to find said horse's bloody head seeping blood all around
you



But before we talk Godfather, Dre gives a lightning round rundown
of what he watched in March: Butter, The Chase, Harold and Maude,
Nomadland, The Grey, 22 July, Bowfinger, My Octopus Teacher,
Screwball, Belushi, Fargo Seasons 1 & 2, and Brockmire.

Goodman forgot half of what he watched, but he did remember
watching the Russell Crowe Gladiator (aka the worse
Gladiator—shouts to James Marshall), Eddie Murphy's sequel Coming
2 America, and Billions Season 1.

Then we break down Zack Snyder's Justice League and discuss
whether it's an improvement over the original (spoiler alert: we
guess, but that's not saying much).


So join us for a bit of film history while we make podcast
history. This is The Godfather.

SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert