Best Godfather scene/line

Been a while since I read the book, matter of fact I think my mom sold it at a garage sale. Three times he got the clap, jesus, that's a lot of nasty booty.

 

You would think he would've learned after the first time...but not Freddie.

 

Stank booty must be addictive.

 

All five films were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar (and three of them won)

 

They were childhood friends.

 

Watched the Godfather on DVD last night. First time in a along time that I watched it straight through.

How does Don Corleone realize, after the peace summit, that is is Barzini, and not Tattaglia, who is Sollozzo's main benefactor, and was behind the attempt on his life?

Also, why do they send Tom to Vegas after Sonny's death (you're out Tom)? Is it to protect Tom? Because they don't view him as a wartime consigliere? Or some other reason?

 

1. Because Tattaglia doesn't make a move at the peace summit without Barzini's approval. The Don then knows that Barzini's is calling the shots in everything Tattaglia does, including the assassination attempt on Corleone.

2. They didn't want Tom to get dirtied by the "settling of family business" at the end. They wanted the move to Nevada to be "100 percent legitimate."

 

No. 1 I agree with.

Not 100% sure about No. 2. It might have been that but it also might have been that they wanted to draw Carlo in more to see who was behind the betrayal. I think that Don Vito realized regardless that without the drug business, they would fade as Tom warned and they would need to retreat to Nevada. So Tom was there to lay the groundwork.

 

I guess the part I don't get is that they make Tom feel "out". Like they don't trust him with the details of their entire plan.

 

At least in the book, there was the undercurrent that Michael didn't trust Tom because he wasn't a member of the family. It didn't come out as much in I, but in II, you can see how Michael plays off of this insecurity with Tom, especially post-Cuba.

 

But also in the book, it's clear that, after Don Corleone's death, Tom has figured out what Michael's up to and Michael is just fine by it.

I don't have a Sicilian hat, so I've never quite figured it out.

 

I remember that Tom knew about some things without Michael telling him -- such as Al Neri's organization -- but it's been so long that I read the book that I didn't remember that.