Misunderstood? Not at all

Rating: 4/10 (6 September 2005)

No wonder this film is not in the top 250 of IMDb. It seems to do what most other trilogies do and never live up to the expectations of it's predecessors. Unlike the previous two films there are only two well known actors/actresses in Al Pacino and Talia Shire. Why could Francis Ford Coppola not pull other top notch personnel in as he did with Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall? Also the plot seems a mirror image to the first instalment. No spoilers here, see for yourself. It drags you along with no real conviction and nowhere to go apart from the predictable ending. No way to make millions of fans wait 16 years for a somewhat let down experience. To be honest, it would be difficult for anyone to reach the level of the first two films but it seems that Coppola instilled his own image in the form of Michael Corleone: a failing great. Do not be put off though, get this trilogy in your DVD collection now!