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TheBoost
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Article on prequel films. Note: Does not pertain to Godfather II, which isn't a prequel - it's a sequel with extended flashback sequences - or a partial prequel to some.
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4-Nov-2010, 5:31 PM

xhonzi said:

 

Boost says:

Godfather II is not a prequAl.

Anchorhead, the legend of Brian Daley said:

Godfather II is the gold standard of prequAls.

I'll leave this to you two to sort out. 

 Godfather II is not a prequAl, which is why it's so good. The parralel storytelling strengthens the sequAl.

If the flashbacks were by themselves (they'd be maybe 40 minutes long) and released as "Godfather: The Begginning!" I think we'd all think they wern't so good.

If, semantically, we had to call it a prequaal, then lets at least recognize that it might be the only good one because of how UNpreqaaly it is.