Does "The Godfather" glorify the mafia or organized crime

I feel that Francis ford Coppola's use of wide panning and slow zooms make the film very intriguing and tense because when he uses those kind of camera angles it makes you feel as if though something horrible is about to happen, but it also lets you see the whole room and what is going on in the room. An example of a well-used long pan was the scene when the film director (Jack Waltz) was in the bed and woke up to the horrible surprise of being covered in blood only to find his prize possession's head at the foot of his bed. Another great use of long zooms are in the very first scene of the movie with Bonasera when he was asking for justice, that scene also really characterized the Don as being wise because before he just said yes to helping him he had to contemplate what to do even though he had to say yes to his request due to the fact that it was on the day of his daughter’s wedding.

Panning and camera angles

Marlon Brando initially refused to be considered for the role of Don Corleone, saying “I won’t glorify the Mafia.” Does The Godfather indeed “glorify” organized crime?

I don’t really feel that the movie “The Godfather” glorifies the mafia, although it does show the good side of the mafia to you. The reason that I feel “The Godfather” does not glorify the mafia or organized crime is because it does show you how bad they can be such as in the scene of when the film director (Jack Waltz) was in the bed and there was his prize possession’s head in the bottom of the bed, the mafia organized that act of aggression just to get one of their friends into a film which did end up to be the final outcome. It also shows you what happens if you disrespect the family like at the wedding scene and the FBI was in the parking lot taking license plates then sonny came out and got mad at him.