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Its quite rare that a good book has been translated to a good movie. There are many illustrations in Hollywood to support this point. For ex the movie Da Vinci Code did no justice to the book… considering the craziness that book created ! Or take The Bourne identity…the book is amazing and the movie by itself is good......... although the gist remains the same, deviations are found. Movies like The Firm, Air Force One are a few exceptions which follow the book.

Among all these “books made into movies” ritual, one which adheres to the tradition is “Godfather”………….. I finally got myself to watch the first part of this movie over the weekend…. well if u r thinking “what took me this long to watch GODFATHER !!”….. well then let me introduce u to my ever procrastinating self. The way I got to read this book was funny actually. First time I heard of this book was when in college…… the whole mafia description abt the book put me off … although all my fnds had good things to say abt the book !…. But 2 years bak when I’d a leg injury and was confined to bed for a few days… the only book I’d to pass my time with was godfather...and it did captivate me immediately!

Now that I’m in a spree of watchin ol’ classic English flicks… godfather was one among them.
This flick is virtually the book itself in action.... expressive and descriptive. When comparing a book to a movie, I sometimes feel when we get engrossed in a movie, we fail to recognise the subtle descriptions mentioned in the book. But in godfather I noticed all the subtlities… maybe bcos the author Mario Puzo has done a part of screenplay along with the director Francis Ford Coppola. Movie is marked with powerful performances by Marlin Bando and Al Pacino..... nothing too boisterous but just a silent yet impactful dialogue delivery. Al Pacino’s performance is very convincing... he conveys a hundred thoughts thru his eyes.
Although it has been 2 years of me having read the book… as the movie unfolded, the characters and the story came flooding bak to me…. It surprises me specially owing to the memory power I’ve ! But the last scene of Kay going to the church with her mom-in-law is skipped. Nevertheless the movie is just perfect…..

And this was my first movie whr I saw Al Pacino so young and swear it… he is truly handsome… Italian men, famous for their looks :)
On the whole be it the book or the movie The Godfather experience makes me go into a trance.