The Godfather Part II - End Scene

[ItsTimeIDisappear09]

Only Pacino could deliver such a powerful scene without even saying a single word. Gives me chills every time.

[BreakWatcher]

I would have love it more if it was a minute longer. When I saw this, I felt michael is contemplating on what just happened. So for us, as viewers, I believe this was also a good moment for us to contemplate too on what we saw. you know, share the moment with michael.

[Kellztube11]

In "the godfathers return"s-ace garachi-the guy who set freddo up to (unknowingly) betray the family-even he admitted that freddo was a sweet guy-n he wished that he didnt have to screw him over...

[kelko32]

He became everything he hated.

[Blargstonecity]

Just tell me how did Pacino manage to turn his optimistic gaze that he had in the 1st movie into that cold, calculating stare? The eyes only should have granted him an Oscar! But instead they gave it to Art Carney! Carney was good, but Pacino was MAGNIFICENT! Well, with or without AcademyAward, Pacino was the years best actor, no doubt

[ItsTimeIDisappear09]

@Blargstonecity I think the exact same thing. Just look at him at the beginning of Part 1 then throughout part 2. Its really amazing, that stare is legitimately scary

[moneymike21000]

actually here in the scene michael hasnt realised anything. as the camera zooms in half of michaels face is covered in shadow. this represents michael's loss of perspective. he is so caught up in his 'nothing personal strictly business' policy that he loses all sense or morality or right and wrong. he is cold, emotionless and alone.

[futurebestseller84]

in a weird way, you really can't blame Michael. who wouldn't be tempted with all the money and the power in the world at your disposal?

[pollitttyler]

@futurebestseller84 Yes you can blame him because he killed a member of his family! Only a cold hearted piece of shit would kill a family member for money and power!

[Sinco1967]

In this scene you see micheal thinking about what he has become. He never wanted anything to do with his family business. He realizes that he lost everything in the pursuit of power.

[RealHipHopHere]

Beautiful scene, where we see that he gave up his own family for "the family"

[Krypton88]

@Bobbyhamster Fredo was an idiot. Kind hearted and 'sweet' but also very stupid and naive. Roth took advantage of that and manipulated him. I seriously doubt that Fredo would've gone on with it if he knew they were planning to kill Michael.

Fredo simply didn't know any better and was absolutely remorseful about it. Michael however, didnt' want to hear any of it, thus ordered the hit on his own blood. And those who've seen pt.3 know...he goes on to regret this decision the rest of his life.

[Cuteitaliangurl16]

i heard rumors that Rocco is alive is he??

[AuronGuthix]

@Cuteitaliangurl16 Rocco was the man who killed roth, Sadly, he was shot and killed by agents in the same scene

[JokinglySerious]

@AuronGuthix Ive forgoteen, which ones were rocco and roth?

[thestranger4812]

The ability of Al Pacino to portray the transition from an essentially good-hearted kid to a soulless psychopath over the two movies borders on the superhuman. 

[gqiq]

@thestranger4812

The Michael Corleone was never a "soulless psychopath". Not in Part 1, not in Part 2, and not in Part 3. He operated on a set of principles that was passed down from his father, and those principles conflicted with an operating environment that was much different from his father's.

[Lag1914]

@gqiq Insightful observation. That's what I thought. Michael's world was far different and darker than his father's.

[biggzGW]

As simple as this scene is, it says so much about Michael and what he has become. Greatest ending of all time.

[CKDindustry]

you don't give a shit about the music

[DragonOfAlkor]

this was actually supposed to be a scene between michael and his son that takes place years later. his son tells him he will not follow in his footsteps and leaves him with no more family. but they ran out of light before they could finish the scene and just left this. check imdb if you dont believe.

[paocomovo]

@DragonOfAlkor Yes, and it was supposed to be in 1968, you can see Michael is a little older,another trivia: in the flashbacks scenes, Coppola considered Marlon playing Vito as a young man, but i think things turned out better this way, De Niro would agree lol. The absence of Marlon made things more nostalgic. This close on Pacino's face w/ the ending music is epic, kinda summed up all the guilt and pain Michael's feeling. Shame on the Academy for not giving him the Oscar.

[AQGOAT24]

@Bobbyhamster Well, supposedly Fredo said he was not aware of the assassination attempt. He did have a reputation for not being the brightest bulb, so he might not have seen between the lines when Hyman Roth was asking for his help.

[ayment]

Absolutely amazing ending.

[thatsbad100]

at 0:15 when the theme starts its the best scene in the movie by the way can anyone tell me the name of the music

[JordanSayz]

I saw this for the first time not so long ago and it was amazing but I felt so sad for Michael, having condemned himself to being a ruthless monsters and so different from his cunning and honorable father. So sad.

[1373anthony]

@proopatr-does his hair start to grey here?

[cpufightclub]

While I agree with what has already by said about the ending to Godfather Part II, I must add my own interpretation. Looking over the series of movies Al Pacino made, I have come to see Michael Corleone in a new light. In the Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino plays say. A role similar to the role played in Scent of a Woman, although not satanic. I see Michael as the devil who eventually matures in the 1997 film already mentioned. The music in closing scene here is a lament for those who remain alive.

[blablaidontcarewhour]

All alone

[lawrencefollower]

Wins the world...loses his soul.

[Ciesin]

I think, Godfather II is the best part of trilogy.

[Shelby596]

Al Pacino is a genius. He doesn't have to say a damn thing.

[BigDogJang0]

I like how the music was delayed until the very end. Absolute genius.

[satanicmechanic11]

I hate to nitpick but I wish you could have included the flashback scene before this. The contrast between the way things were and where mike is very sad.

[LonghornPhysicist]

cold blooded monster

[ElMaruecan82]

@LonghornPhysicist Maybe, but it was the price to pay to protect his family, which ultimately made him losing it ... talk about an ironic fate.

[aeroforce14]

24 seconds, and yet it explains it all. This is pure excellence.

[Hyman74Roth]

"I won...and yet I lost at the same time...how can that be?"

Beautiful, haunting end. Probably better then the end of the first Godfather.

[whowiseedet]

Inside Michael's head: Oh man should I have killed Fredo? Of course, he betrayed me and the family. But he is part of the family! But not when he betrayed me! I killed Carlo and he had become part of the family! But he was a jerk! Fredo wasn't a jerk! But now I have a lots of power! For the family! But I killed a family member to get it for the family!

Either that or "Hmm, I wonder if they'll find the body."

[Crkt4Eva]

So Subtle yet so effective, this truly is the Greatest ever Film ending...

[SkaterRingo]

So good. Should have been the last we saw of Michael.

[DaCevkoch]

thats where he finally realizes, that he traded power for humanity

[csskafa]

@DaCevkoch

in my opinion this is bad selection of words ... power is not everything but family... he trade his brother for family .. ironic i know,but think a little a bit more ..

[l1vefordaweekend]

@DaCevkoch No. That was where he realises he left the oven on at home!

[wafflecushioned]

@l1vefordaweekend He then runs home screaming thinking his house is on fire.

[futurebestseller84]

@DaCevkoch he also realized that, "I am the fuckin king" lol

[XXhELLFiReXX01]

24 seconds of the greatest ending ever

[sanmarcoandres]

I've always loved that scene

[blizzfool]

in my opinion, one of, if the not the greatest ending to any movie ever.