Not bad at all...

Rating: 8/10 (26 March 2006)

This isn't nearly as bad as people say it is. The acting is pretty good all around, though I wish we could of gotten more out of the newcomers... Andy Garcia is really the only one that makes them worthwhile while Sofia Coppola acts really stiff. I hate the whole Vatican angle, I don't see why this film needed it. Alas it does and the middle of this movie you tend to start to get bored. But Part 3 has such a good last 45 mins that the boring parts start to fade away fast.
Pacino's performance is everything it had to be and you really sense the loss he embodies the whole film. I did miss Robert Duvall as Tom Hagan, I do feel we could of gotten a much better movie with him in it (it would of been a great addition). But for all of the film's faults they're some great parts. Like I said the whole climax in the opera house, spilling out onto the steps, was tremendous. It was extremely well shot. Some very memorable lines: "Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back in." and ending with one of the greatest scenes in film history.
Yes this movie isn't as good as it's predecessors, but when you boil down to it what film is?