Maybe I'm crazy since it's 2020 and I also love Alien 3. Yes, Francis Ford Coppola is not the same film maker as he was during his prime and this new cut probably won't change the minds of those who hated part III for what it didn't have control over (Pay Robert Duvall). In retrospect, I think part III gets too much hate and is compelling watch. Overall, the new cut is more lean, refined, and improved with a better ending. It's a great ending for the saga to end on. The thought of Michael continuing to live alone with all this grief haunting him for the rest of his life is a nice call back to Part 2's ending, but now he has no power and just waiting for death. It fades to black to the quote “When the Sicilians wish you ‘Cent’anni’… it means ‘for long life.’ … and a Sicilian never forgets.” I ended really loving this ending since it might of taken a cue from Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. It's reversed with wide shot of Old Michael all alone, then the close up of him putting on his glassses. Instead of the original where we transitioned to old Michael (Makeup is still pretty bad) putting on his glasses, then a wide shot of him slopply dying. It's kind of remarkable in retrospect in that they could of easily continued with Michael still in his dark and cold days, but it's oddly refreshing to see a character like this enter a different stage of life trying to repent, redeem himself, and ultimately paying the price. A small moment I like is when they are at the opera and an ear bite happens on stage and Vincent gives a little smirk from doing that same thing from the beginning of the movie.Īl Pacino as Michael Corleone is still great in playing Michael in a different stage of his life as a regrettable and mellowed out Don who is slowly losing control. The violence is more graphic than I remembered with ear biting, stabbing, and shooting. The incest cousin thing is still weird to me, but I guess it was a thing back then like Michael marrying a teenager in Italy. The absence of Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen is felt with this reunion of characters, but I didn't mind it as being a epilogue movie. Even Sophia Coppola's much maligned performance comes off as kind natural as this real naive teenage daughter that her last line does hit the right note. The stand out performance that surprised me was Talia Shire as Connie who over sees Vincent and plots around Michael. I enjoyed seeing Diane Keaton's Kay continuing complicated relationship with Michael and that tension and tug of war over their children's future. I ended up loving the character of Vincent played by Andy Garcia as Sonny's violent bastard son rising to being the new Don. The new "The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone" made me appreciate part 3 a lot more in retrospective that the flaws faded away. The big one for me was the ending where Michael is not seen dying in the end, which changes the whole feel and ends on an entirely different note (we'll get back to that soon). Minor changes include some music cues and some edits. Some redundant scenes are cut like Vincent being told by Connie to retaliate and a meeting with Don Antebello. The changes include the beginning where we start with Michael's conversation with the church finances and sets the plot up faster than the original. To get to the point this new cut changes the presentation to more of an epilogue than a full fledged sequel. A lot of Simpsons jokes use part III as a punchline was burnt into my brain before seeing it. I remember seeing part III several years ago and liking it, but didn't take away much unlike parts 1 and 2. If you've seen the original Godfather part III cut, then you've essentially seen the new cut, but it still feels like a different movie. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire The Big List of Movie-Related Subreddits. Our Full Rules and Wiki Filter Posts by Link FlairĬlick 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! The post will then be hidden like this.įor leaked info about upcoming movies, twist endings, or anything else spoileresque, please use the following method:
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