The Godfather Part III
June 28th, 2006
Sophia can’t hold her own against Pacino, but when she’s acting opposite Andy Garcia, she’s just fine. The guy who plays Tony is a bit of a stick in the mud though. These are the only sour notes in the entire series. Marcy thought that the way Kay and the kids find out about Michael’s first wife, Apollonia, isn’t handled too well, but there’s enough pay-off here set-up in the previous films to satisfy. The opera, the Vatican, Pacino’s Vader-topping scream that seals his tragedy–it all culminates here, and it still deserves 5 stars.
July 1st, 2006 at 10:05 pm
I’m sure you know, everybody hates this movie. The first is clearly a masterpiece. The second is a bit long, though I love the beginning where little Vito witnesses his mother being killed by a mobster… Probably not Bobby Deniro at his best.
July 5th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Yeah I know this one is not a favorite, but it caps the whole thing so you can’t really do without it (cf. Return of the Jedi.) They’re all long, and the second one has a pretty audacious structure. I like DeNiro as young Vito; he’s great when he offers his friends protection.