That I Do Not Forgive

Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, lays down the law with the Five Families to assure his son Michael's safe return from Sicily.

[raghavendravaspula]

youtube making a recommendation you can't refuse

[joellahrman]

This meeting would not have had the same effect had it been a Zoom call.

[innerversion]

Had to wear a suit to watch this clip.

[A.Santos]

“Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.”
Corleone, Michael (book)

[c.galindo]

He really got his point across without actually saying the exact words he meant

[nathan]

"If he steps on a lego piece"

[DonDeckaTV]

If he's struck by a bolt of lighting. That's a hell of a line.

[blahblahbleebleeblah]

I love how Brando pauses after "If he should be struck by a bolt of lightning."

[CraftySouthpaw]

Notice how Brando makes Vito's voice sound more strained as the movie goes along, to coincide with his declining health. What an incredible performance.

[siaahmadi]

"My youngest son was forced to leave this country because of this Sollozzo business. Alright then, I have to make arrangements to bring him back here safely, cleared of all these false charges. But I'm a superstitious man and if some unlucky accident should befall him; if he should get shot in the head by a police officer; or if he should hang himself in his jail cell; or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning; then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that I do not forgive."

---Don Corleone

[wolfy]

That’s how a wise man says “I know what you might do, so don’t do it or there’ll be a big problem”

[politecat]

My friend: *takes my pencil and never gives it back*
Me: *That I do not forgive*

[Thwarptide]

"But let me just say that I swear on the souls of my grandchildren that I will not be the one that breaks the peace we have made here today."
Under his breath: "Michael will"

[tonym]

this is probably the best writing ever done in that Godfather series. a warning from a man who's taking the risk of appearing weak, while sending notice that he will be anything but, if his youngest son is harmed in ANY way. and it's delivered by Brando at his best.

[Stopitpls]

“If he’s struck by a bolt of lightning”

Basically saying, if they even silently pray for Michael’s death, muthfukas gon die

[ChimcharrNo]

The biggest mistake they ever made was underestimating Michael Corleone. You think he would forgive these guys for attempting to kill his father and killing Sonny? No chance.

[cemmany]

All the dislikes are from the Barzini family, Tattaglia family, Moe Greene, Solozzo, Hyman Roth, Joey Zasa, Fredo, Don Altobello., Captain McCluskey, Rossato Brothers, Don Claricuzzio, Don Santadio, Archbishop Gilday, Don Ciccio, Johnny Ola, Tessio, Paul, Senator Geary, Don Fanucci, and of course the headless horse… !!

[Alpha-jkbe]

Michael is the bolt of lightning that killed almost all of the people in that room...

[VideosdeDomingo]

In the book he literally said: “But let me say this. I am a superstitious man, a ridiculous failing but I must confess it here. And so if some unlucky accident should befall my youngest son, if some police officer should accidentally shoot him, if he should hang himself while in his jail cell, if new witnesses appear to testify to his guilt, my superstition will make me feel that it was the result of the ill will still borne me by some people here. Let me go further. If my son is struck by a bolt of lightning I will blame some of the people here. If his plane show fall into the sea or his ship sink beneath the waves of the ocean, if he should catch a mortal fever, if his automobile should be struck by a train, such is my superstition that I would blame the ill will felt by people here. Gentlemen, that ill will, that bad luck, I could never forgive. But aside from that let me swear by the souls of my grandchildren that I will never break the peace we have made. After all, are we or are we not better men than those pezzonovanti who have killed countless millions of men in our lifetimes?”

[Shane]

The brilliance is that he turned the predators into the protectors. Suddenly, they all want to make sure Michael is safe.