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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I think that III is a great movie and IMO, pulls at the heartstrings much more than the previous movies because we've seen Michael's journey and how he's tried so hard to leave that life behind.
The casting was outstanding, especially Andy Garcia, Joe Montegna and the incomparable Eli Wallach.
I ran into Joe at Costco Burbank a few years ago as he was buying paper products and related items for his restaurant in Burbank called "Taste of Chicago".
He was wearing a black shirt, black leather jacket and jeans. When I first saw him, I said "Zaza!". He just looked at me, winked and "Hey guy, how ya doin?".
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Whereas I thought Montegna was actually pretty bad. I agree with most that Coppola wasn't good, but I never found her to be the reason that I don't really like the movie.
Montegna didn't work for me at all, Hamilton instead of Duvall was just such a loss, Pacino continued to get more and more over the top (this is why I hate Scarface; it sent him down that road). And above all else, the story was just too farfetched and a little too bombastic. A helicoptor shooting up the boardroom as the major set piece? Ugh. Wait, did we just murder the friggen Pope?
The first two Godfather movies were great in part because of their scale or lack thereof; there was just much more intimacy there, IMO. The story for the third one just got too unwieldy.
I don't think it's an absolute disaster, but I don't think it's very good either.