Hero's journey

In finishing part I of the Godfather the hero's journey portrayed throughout the film is absolutely blatant. In going through the characteristics of the Hero's Journey they are all accounted for; and, even the ones that are questionable such as: the hero has help from a divine or supernatural force, can presumably be true. In this case, Vito Corleone can possibly be pin pointed as the divine force as some would call it "almost supernatural like" when he get shot multiple times yet does not die. Not only that but, especially in the beginning, the Don gives the impression of being larger then life and seemingly having complete control over situations that arise. The Don seemingly having full control really became evident to me when Mr. Mcguigan pointed out the camera angle of being over the Don's shoulder in multiple scenes. With the fact known that Coppola really paid attention to underlying details and literary devices it would make scenes that he would chose that particular camera angle to communicate a message to the audience; almost like the Don is all seeing, perhaps on the verge of an omniscient character.
But then you have to wonder, what does this show about the Don? Did Coppola only create that angle to represent the Don's role in the hero's journey, or is it something more?
Or, perhaps it is just a case of "sometimes angle is just an angle"? I mean, Coppola obviously showed that camera angle for a reason; but maybe it was just to establish the Don's commanding presence in the movie. He does do this camera angle in the first scene of the film.
It is almost like how far can you stretch something? when is a potato just a potato?
~ Bhanesha