Fortunate Lee
Superstar
His own pops telling him he won’t be shyt
His brothers treating him like a stepchild
Getting slapped by his “friends”
Having a thot ass wife
Michael had to do it
Fredo gotta be the saddest character in movie history
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His own pops telling him he won’t be shyt
His brothers treating him like a stepchild
Getting slapped by his “friends”
Having a thot ass wife
Michael had to do it
he did it to hisself.
That scene at the lake house is fantastic. Seeing Fredo finally blow up and give voice to the things he's been holding inside his entire life.
In the flashback we see Fredo was sickly even as an infant. He's one of those people that somehow get "wounded" very early in their developmental stage, possibly even in the womb, and it fukks up their entire self-image and life.
In the flashback we see Fredo was sickly even as an infant. He's one of those people that somehow get "wounded" very early in their developmental stage, possibly even in the womb, and it fukks up their entire self-image and life.
fukk fredo
Hopeofmypeople
Veteran
Michael did the right thing
, nikka would have brought him down in the end. And no his not the sadest character in cinema history not even close.
, nikka would have brought him down in the end. And no his not the sadest character in cinema history not even close.
In reality...it just doesn't make any sense for him to be so gullible.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Was Fredo retarded? I mean for real, was he? Came off a little off.
Devil Plisken…CMS
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"You don't talk to a man like Mo Green like that!"
I don't think he was retarded, but he was "off". He was like most "losers" in that he probably got a bad start in life, which left him with a bad self image, which caused him to act stupid and flaky, so other people treated him as such and things just spiraled from there.
What we see in the movies is the end result of decades of anxiety, self-hate, jealousy and humiliation. It didn't help that he probably always compared himself to the other males of his family: Sonny was very manly, brash and decisive. Michael was very smart and the golden boy in his father's eyes. And Vito himself was like a living god.
Nice breakdown
Fredo was doomed from the start. The scene where Vito gets caught slippin and Fredo fumbled the heater makes me 
every time.
every time.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Survival of the fittest.
Fredo was too stupid to do most tasks and too weak to be muscle or command respect from the other guys. So it's hard to see a role for him. Now....what he could have done....was maybe manage the family's LEGIT businesses. He was a straight laced person anyway so that would've fit him. He couldn't survive around the Moe Greens, the Hyman Roths and the other killers. But, he could've funneled the dirty cash into clean businesses (construction, truck driving, gas stations, real estate, restaurants, whatever etc.) and stayed out of the violent side. Problem was I don't know if he would've somehow fukked that up too 
Either way he should've played his role and accepted things. Al Capone was the youngest of all his brothers. The older brothers worked for him. They were 4-5 years older than Al but, fell in line while he bossed up. There was nothing embarrassing about it as Al Capone had the leadership qualities to run the operation, the same way Mikey had what it took to be Don. Fredo probably felt jealous and embarrassed that his younger brother became the heir so to speak but, all he had to do was devote himself to his brother the same way Tom Hagen did, admit that Mike was better to run the business and maybe catch a couple bodies and he would've found the respect he was looking for. But nah........the jealously/envy was too much i guess. Breh could've also just left New York, moved elsewhere and never returned, changed his name and never conspired against his brother and he could've found his own lane but, he did conspire against his own blood and he got killed for it.
Either way he should've played his role and accepted things. Al Capone was the youngest of all his brothers. The older brothers worked for him. They were 4-5 years older than Al but, fell in line while he bossed up. There was nothing embarrassing about it as Al Capone had the leadership qualities to run the operation, the same way Mikey had what it took to be Don. Fredo probably felt jealous and embarrassed that his younger brother became the heir so to speak but, all he had to do was devote himself to his brother the same way Tom Hagen did, admit that Mike was better to run the business and maybe catch a couple bodies and he would've found the respect he was looking for. But nah........the jealously/envy was too much i guess. Breh could've also just left New York, moved elsewhere and never returned, changed his name and never conspired against his brother and he could've found his own lane but, he did conspire against his own blood and he got killed for it.
Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
His own pops telling him he won’t be shyt
His brothers treating him like a stepchild
Getting slapped by his “friends”
Having a thot ass wife
Michael had to do it
