The Wedding Scene

After the "I believe in America" scene, its hard to think of a sequence that could draw you in further, but the wedding scene is one of the greatest sequences filmed. The sequence of scenes was designed to introduce the major characters in the film. Unlike the first scene which shows the weakness people have in wanting success, money, american dream, revenge and how the Godfather capitilizes on that. Bonesara really represents the audience watching, cause most would go the Don for revenge. The wedding scene not only introduces the characters but shows you their true nature and actually foreshadows role each will play in the film. In some ways the wedding sequence is the whole film condensed into scenes which give you the insight into the character and the part they will play in the conclusion. When you watch the characters like Micheal Corleone, talking to Kay. Even though he at this point wants no part of the family business, there still is a coldness in his voice when talking about Joey Fontane or Luca Brasi. Sonny's wildness, that you sub-consiciously know will be the death of him. Tom Hagan's loyality but not quite fitting the familoy role. I remember my first time watching this film and not being surprised what happens to each of these and other characters. It seems this wedding scence introduced the characters and the way it was filmed and written prepared the audience for the outcome. This chapter in the film really is the film summarized for you.