Early on, Vito tell Sonny “ never tell anyone outside the family what you’re thinking” But it seems to me in the meeting with the five families he tells them a great deal about his thinking.
At the wedding, I sensed some antipathy for Tom from Michael. "He’s not Sicilian but he’s a good lawyer” is kind of cold. Later they do have conflicts. Am I imagining this early antipathy or is there something to it?
Early on, Vito tell Sonny “ never tell anyone outside the family what you’re thinking” But it seems to me in the meeting with the five families he tells them a great deal about his thinking.
At the wedding, I sensed some antipathy for Tom from Michael. "He’s not Sicilian but he’s a good lawyer” is kind of cold. Later they do have conflicts. Am I imagining this early antipathy or is there something to it?
OP is referring to the meeting with the five families, but your point applies there too - Vito tells people what they need to hear to further his interests, but doesn’t reveal what he’s thinking. What he’s thinking is what he later reveals in the car - that he has worked out who was behind everything - Barzini.
shareThanks. It makes sense. As I recall there also may have been some slight distance because he had discussed Michael's future with his father before Michael joined the army and Michael was not thrilled about that.
shareAbout the Hagen question - I don’t think the line “He’s not Sicilian” was meant to be an insult or anything. Michael and Hagen were all right at this point
They do have conflicts later, but Michael has conflicts with basically everyone in Part 2, as he becomes a ruthless and stone-hearted don. He ends that movie basically sitting by himself after he lost everyone he loved