I personally feel like the first Godfather movie is better, probably because it has Vito Corleone (this movie was not the same without him). While Godfather Part II really shows Michael's stress with carrying his father's syndicate and dealing with the problems in his family, I just feel like it was too slow. Yes, it took its time but there also wasn't much that happened. I didn't have a reason to care for what happened to the characters, everyone except Michael and Tom. I did love seeing Tom stay loyal to Mike and Michael use his wisdom and critical thinking to make good choices and see who betrayed him, but what did it do for him in the long run? Is he just going to keep killing everyone close to him because this business means so much to him? I wanted to love this movie more... Maybe it's because I was extremely tired and had to force myself to sit through it that I didn't notice what made it good, but it's really nothing special to me.