Feels very detached from the first 2

Rating: 2/10 (18 May 2008)

Upon me recently buying the DVD box set of the Godfather Trilogy I enjoyed the first two very much so, but seeing Godfather Part 3 made me feel very disappointed. I have not read the book, but the third installment felt very detached from the first two. Like an add-on to a story that was already somewhat complete, where you made your own mind up on what happens. My issues with this movie are; it feels dated. Compared with the other two, which are set in the 40's and 50's this one is supposed to be set on the turn of the decade, but for some reason it feels like present day, in fact it feels like it was shot at some awful party in the 1993. The Acting; Diane Keaton's characters in G1 and G2 are very weak, which suits someone who cannot act, in G3 she is supposed to be 'strong' against Michael but Keaton cannot pull this off, it also looks like she has been dressed by Celine Dion and had her done by Barbra Streisand in a Star is Born. Garcia looks like he stepped off the set of Greece and acts like Julio Iglesias would in a movie, like god's gift to woman, but for no reason, and also where the hell did he come from? Despite a lot of complaints about Sofia, I don't think her acting is her fault, she is given terrible material. D'Ambrosio who plays Anthony is a joke, when he was saying he wants to be a musician not a lawyer I cringed at the way he acted. Pacino is fine, he usually is, but like in Oceans 13 give him some good material and you will get your actor! And I am not going to talk about Cage. I didn't have too many problems with the story, despite it feeling like a Citizen Kane rip-off, the acting and dated feel of the film detracted too much for me to take it seriously. It is a shame when sequels don't work; it detracts from the first good ones. You watch and you ask WHY?