The Corleone gene

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2013)

This third and last was by far the most stimulating part of The Godfather trilogy, you watch in the manner of a dog does while someone is eating that piece of meat at the dinner table, you just couldn't take your eye off the screen. I imagine the communication between the cast members and the director was energetic, by observing the interaction between the actors you can't help but to think about how organized and coordinated this has been made by the Coppola. The screenwriters introducing a character that hasn't appeared on screen until this third part, its Sonny Corleones son, Vincent Mancini, Vincent is a ill-tempered, emotionless character who wants nothing else than to work with Michael, as his father, he is very impulsive which mostly leads to trouble. I'm not sure if either Vincent was written like this or if the actor himself created this version of him, however, i didn't feel like Andy Garcia could live up to his role, he extremely violent at the start but later as he climbs to the throne he becomes this calm and careful individual which to me didn't seem so imaginable.
The ongoing events towards the end that sync up with the music from the orchestra fits perfectly along with the situations that we observe, to me it felt like using all different kinds of puzzles that didn't come from the same box but still fits elegantly. Brilliant and creatively done by the editors.
From what i have noted, it is that the further in we follow Michael throughout the trilogy the dark it gets for him, he is accepting more and more responsibility which puts everyone he cares for in danger, his violence and decisions is affected by his age, but he only does what he thinks is best for his family which could very well be the worst. You could speculate if there is any moral of the whole story, because of all the bad things he has ever done in his life, he had to grow old and outlive most of his young family members, maybe the moral of the story is, that crime never pays and you reap what you sow. It could be a lesser percentage that would agree that Michael becomes more entertaining to observe the older he becomes, he open up his tough exterior and we stumble on a regretful old man who just wish he could take it all back just to keep his family safe, or, even burn.. in hell.