History Awesome / TheGodfather

** Remember that Enzo '''also''' was a soldier. He was in the Italian army and got captured and sent to America to help the war effort. He must have experienced combat as well but still wasn't as calm as Michael. So it's a double moment of Awesome for the both of them - Michael was able to do it with NervesOfSteel, and Enzo [[CowardlyLion kept on even though he was scared out of his wits]].

** Remember that Enzo '''also''' was a soldier. He was in the Italian army and got captured and sent to America to help the war effort. He must have experienced combat as well but still wasn't as calm as Michael. So it's a double moment of Awesome for the both of them - Michael was able to do it with nerves of steel, and Enzo [[CowardlyLion kept on even though he was scared out of his wits]].

* In a scene only shown in the ''Saga'' edition, Michael's cronies have tracked down his treacherous bodyguard Fabrizzio. He is shown getting into his car, turning the ignition key--[[ExternalCombustion and the car explodes]], [[LaserGuidedKarma killing him the exact same way he killed Michael's first wife Apollonia.]]

** Clemenza's recipe for spaghetti sauce and meatballs has been tried in RealLife and deemed [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome pretty damn good]].

* In a scene only shown in the ''Saga'' edition, Michael's cronies have tracked down his treacherous bodyguard Fabrizzio. He is shown getting into his car, turning the ignition key--[[LaserGuidedKarma and the car explodes, killing him the exact same way he killed Michael's first wife Apollonia.]]
** In the book, they [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoot him]]. Not as poetic, but at least the bastard's KarmaHoudiniWarranty expires.

* When Tessio realizes he's going to be executed for his betrayal, his only attempt to get out of punishment is a calmly try and appeal to Tom to let him off the hook. When Tom makes it clear he can't back out of this, [[FaceDeathWithDignity he allows himself to be lead into the car without a fight.]]

* The whole story of Vito Corleone's rise to becoming the Godfather is basically just one Crowning Moment of Awesome after another, culminating in this line: "My father's name was Antonio Andolini...''[[GuttedLikeAFish and this is for you!]]''"

* Sonny's bastard Vincent Mancini shows he's his father's son by expertly taking out two goons sent by Joey Zaza to kill him in his apartment. The scene is made even more awesome by the framed picture of Sonny on a shelf in the background, smiling as if to say "Yeah, that's my boy!" It also shows a bit of Vincent’s character. He may have never known his father, but he still loved and respected him.
* The mass assassination of the Commission by Joey Zaza and Don Abetello: almost a SerialEscalation from the infamous Baptism massacre from Part I where a ''helicopter'' is brought in outside the meeting room and [[MoreDakka military firepower]] gets unleashed on the entire Mafia leadership. One critic noted it was "an unholy matrimony" of the ''Godfather'' series to Coppola's other epic work ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

* Sonny's bastard Vincent Mancini shows he's his father's son by expertly taking out two goons sent by Joey Zaza to kill him in his apartment. The scene is made even more awesome by the framed picture of Sonny on a shelf in the background, smiling as if to say “Yeah, that’s my boy!” It also shows a bit of Vincent’s character. He may have never known his father, but he still loved and respected him.

** Remember that Enzo '''also''' was a soldier. He was in the Italian army and got captured and sent to America to help the war effort. He must have experienced combat as well but still wasn't as calm as Michael. So it's a double moment of Awesome for the both of them - Michael was able to do it with nerves of steel, and Enzo kept on even though he was scared out of his wits.

** The fact that Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/RobertDeNiro were the only actors ever to both win UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s for playing the same character for almost fifty years is pretty damn impressive as well.[[note]] The second ones to pull off this feat were Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix for their portrayals of ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'', respectively.[[/note]]

** The fact that Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/RobertDeNiro were the only actors ever to both win acting Oscars for playing the same character for almost 50 years is pretty damn impressive as well.[[note]] The second ones to pull off this feat were Creator/HeathLedger and Creator/JoaquinPhoenix for their portrayals of ComicBook/TheJoker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/{{Joker|2019}}'', respectively.[[/note]]

** In the book they [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shoot him]]. Not as poetic, but at least the bastard's KarmaHoudiniWarranty expires.

* Tom Hagen gets an understated moment shortly before that. Woltz, explaining ''why'' he doesn't want Johnny Fontaine in his new film, breaks down into a violent rant and angrily demands Tom get out. Hagen calmly sets down his utensils, stands up, and quietly thanks Woltz for the pleasant tour of his home (which it had been, up until that point), and says his farewells without once losing his cool. Even before the scene with [[spoiler:the horse]], you know he's gotten the upper hand.

* The mass assassination of the Commission by [[spoiler:Joey Zaza and Don Abetello]]: almost a SerialEscalation from the infamous Baptism massacre from Part I where a ''helicopter'' is brought in outside the meeting room and [[MoreDakka military firepower]] gets unleashed on the entire Mafia leadership. One critic noted it was "an unholy matrimony" of the ''Godfather'' series to Coppola's other epic work ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.

* Sonny's bastard Vincent Mancini shows he's his father's son by expertly taking out two goons sent by Joey Zaza to kill him in his apartment. The scene is made even more awesome by the framed picture of Sonny on a shelf in the background, smiling as if to say “Yeah, that’s my boy!”

* Sonny's bastard Vincent Mancini shows he's his father's son by expertly taking out two goons sent by Joey Zaza to kill him in his apartment.

* Despite being used to punctuate a tragic ending, "Cavalleria Rusticana" is a piece so powerful that at times it raises about the drama.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435mkg6_eGQ The final flashback]] of ''Part II'' on Vito's birthday day and after Pearl Harbor. In just a few minutes it manages to summarize and flesh out the traits of many posthumous and still young or not fully developed characters back then. Special mention to Sonny's role, who takes over several of Vito's lines from the novel after Brando made was a no-show. Vito, who is about to arrive still manages to haunt the scene being a literal [[TheGhost looming ghost]], as even in absentia he dominates the conversation.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=435mkg6_eGQ The final flashback]] of ''Part II'' on Vito's birthday day and after Pearl Harbor. In just a few minutes it manages to summarize and flesh out the traits of many posthumous and still young or not fully developed characters back then. Special mention to Sonny's role, who takes over several Vito's lines from the novel after Brando made a no-show. Vito, who is about to arrive still manages to haunt the scene being a literal [[TheGhost looming ghost]], as even in absentia he dominates the conversation.