I’m continuing to work my way through my ever growing list of movies I haven’t seen. This weekend I was able to get through two that were high on my list. Coincidentally, they both featured Al Pacino.

The Godfather (1972) — Doing the math, I’m 35 years behind the ball on watching this one, but thankfully I can now say that it is timeless. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It was fun seeing some of the actors in their younger days. And it was fun watching the movie develop. I had originally thought about renting all three and watching them over the weekend, but with each being at least 3 hours, I had to pace myself. The only complaint I had was that the transition of Michael Corleone from apathetic to full out support was a tad sudden. I would have liked to have seen some internal struggle there. Regardless, I’ll be watching part two this week, and the box set is going in my Amazon.com Wishlist.

Ocean’s 13 (2007) — Big fan of the Ocean’s here. I even liked Ocean’s 12. The cast is so fun together, and the music is always great. I think the best part about 13 is that you can probably watch it a few times and still not catch all details on all the different scams they had going. It was a touch on the predictable side with Linus’s dad and the diamonds at the end, but still fun. Speaking of Linus, he probably stole the show. The Brody was killing me. (BTW, did you know that was a reference to actor Adrien Brody?) Speaking of trivia, Rusty’s ringtone is “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League.

Now here is where the fun comes in. Remember, I had just seen The Godfather for the first time the day before. Well, sometime in the middle of Ocean’s 13 when Reuben wakes up and speaks to Danny and Rusty, he says “I hear cars coming and going, I hear Linus crying. I think you should tell me what everyone seems to know.”

That’s straight out of The Godfather! What are the odds?