Just got finished watching “The Godfather” on DVD. As a movie fanatic, I thought it weird that I’d seen chunks of it on TV, but never the whole thing. Well, call me a heretic, but I don’t see what the big deal is about. It was interesting, and well-acted, but that’s about it. And it was very elliptical for a three-hour movie – not a lot of delving into what made these people tick. One thing that struck me was how there were basically no women in the movie. Michael’s great love, Apollonia, has maybe two lines, and none before they get married. I’m sure Mama Corleone was shown at some point, but she definitely had no lines. Diane Keaton’s Kay is an incredible doormat, and Talia Shire’s Connie is barely there except to get beaten by her husband. I mean, what would “The Sopranos” be without Lorraine Bracco and Edie Falco? If you ask me.