Sofia CoppolaMario Puzo’s THE GODFATHER, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Limited Edition Steelbook

Genius. Incredible movie. Great acting. Incredible scenes. Love it when they show parts of Italy & Sicily. Makes me want to go back and visit again. Wish they made more of these movies. They definitely found the perfect actors to play the parts. Highly recommend it. All three of the Godfather movies are fantastic. Never get tired of watching them.

Good movie

I agree that the remake of the original version didnt change much except the clarity being a little better but I never cared, nor expected, some type of miracle transformation. The movie itself is a classic. It is still 5 stars even though the 1st one will always be the best. The attention to detail and originality was something people have not seen in Hollywood movies and may never see again after the 1st one. The real Mafia had to be consulted and approve the movie. Not the story itself, but certain Italian slurs and some were only allowed to be used by real Italians in the movie. The way Italians were presented had to show that it was about the Mafia without making all Italians look bad. Gianni Russo was the one who connected the producers to the Mafia and he ended up playing Carlo Rizzi, without any acting experience. He did amazing because he acted out what was happening in real life and had to be himself for the most part. Besides those differences, Godfather III was a great movie which I have watched numerous times. It represented Italians as they were at that time, and affected by living in America which made them more American than traditional Italians. U cant expect that originality if it wasn't the case any more in reality. But the reality was very different and organized mafia was no longer publicly accepted, so to speak. And thats how it was portrayed in the movie which was as true to reality, with the knowledge they had.

Although film is well done, (acting, scenery, dialog, and appropriate costuming). this entire trilogy is dark and tragic. Still, it portrays the realities of life when a family is dysfunctional or corrupt, whether they are mobsters or not.

Great Movie

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed that virtually every bad movie from the past seems to miraculously undergo a transformation of opinion 10-20 years later. This isn't a coincidence of course. It's just that the reviews of reissued discs will obviously tend to be weighted to people who liked the film and have come to purchase it. People who didn't pass it by. The third Godfather entry while certainly not a "bad" film, was just as certainly so inferior to its predecessors, as to make it seem worse than it was I suppose. As a fan of both "arthouse" fare and psychotronic crap like She Devils On Wheels, I can usually appreciate a movie on more than one level, and such is the case with the new edit of Godfather III, with its new, unwieldy title.To be brief, the new edit absolutely plays better than the original, and the transfer looks significantly better. I think this is probably a no-brainer buy for fans of the film. For me, it raised my personal rating from a 4.5 to a 6.5. However, the difference is certainly not enough to coax most of the films detractors into changing their minds. While the film is now a bit more compact and cogent, virtually all of its flaws are as vibrant and wince-inducing as ever.To get it out of the way first, yes...poor Sophia is still awful. Although I have to say, that the very quick reaction shot of her in tears at the end of the film is surprisingly convincing. It shows a bit of promise hidden under all that inexperience. Don't forget, Jessica Lang's feature debut was almost as bad.And for me, the worst part of the entire running time was the bizarre and inexplicably awful portrayal of Connie Corleone by Talia Shire. Talia is a talented and perfectly competent actress, who was brilliant in the same role 15 years earlier. I'm reasonably sure that the idea of portraying her character as Maria Ouspenskaya from The Wolf Man, came from Coppola. And yes, most of the eye-rollingly awful dialog (..but you became my horror) remains chillingly intact. To the positive, the ridiculous ending shot of poor Al falling out of his garden chair (eliciting huge laughs and groans when I saw it in the theater), has been thankfully snipped.I've always gone by the credo that the only truly bad film is a boring one, and I don't think most people would be bored by The Godfather Coda. So in that forgiving spirit, I give this a barely passing grade for those who are curious and haven't seen it yet. For those who have and hated it, you still will.

Watched this yesterday, 12/8 and found the new version had cut many of the extraneous scenes which were unnecessary. Coppola also rearranged scenes so things flowed better. I kind of enjoyed the original III but this one I really liked. It gave closure to the Corleone family.The ending for me always was on the steps of the Opera House with that anguish of Michael as his life comes back to haunt him. That silent scream is still haunting. Then in the original it was ended as an old man who just falls over from a chair but now he just is left sitting there. Rather telling in that Michael died many years before - the good "kid" of Godfather I before he got embroiled in the family business and then it changed when he picked up a gun. This took the story in a complete circle back to Sicily where Michael gets his finale. However, as previously mentioned it just worked better by rearranging and editing. Now I recall when this movie was first released and Sofia Coppola was savaged and I felt it was entirely unfair. I thought she did a good job in her role and she did not take anything away from the movie. Her innocence was refreshing. I remembered that during Connie's baby's baptism that was Sofia as a baby (yes that baby was supposed to be a boy) and now here she is again as a young adult. Lots of circles in this movie all based on the Corleone family history. So yes I liked it.

Great classic of a movie

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