I agree with the people who said it wouldn't have gotten the hate it got if it didn't carry the Godfather name with it.

The good to great parts of the film were seriously diminished by things like the whole Mary/Vincent affair thing, Sofia Coppola's performance (even though she did play Connie and Carlo's baby in the baptism scene in the first movie) and some convoluted plot points. I had to see the film twice to understand the Immobilarie plot. Also, Anthony's pussyness (dude became an opera singer, for god's sake) really pisses me off.

However, Pacino should have won an Oscar (actually, he should have won his second Oscar) for his performance. Kay was a lot more sympathetic in this one than she was in either of the first two. Talia Shire also shined as Connie as she came into her own, making the call to kill Joey Zaza after Michael had his stroke. It was also good to see Al Neri come back and wreck shop. When you think about it, The fact that Vito died in his garden in retirement with his grandson and Michael died alone and wracked with guilt after spending much of his life distancing himself from the family, and ultimately becoming everything he despised and didn't want to become, does save the movie in my eyes. However, this one also had the misfortune of being released, not only in the same year, but AFTER Goodfellas. It had 3 strikes against it before it even came out when you consider the pedigree of the first two, the crowded field of gangster movies when it came out and the fact that Sofia Coppola replaced Winona Ryder at the 11th hour.


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