so close, but not quite

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2008)

I think this movie is very close to being a great film, but it fails in a few places. first of all, what was Coppola thinking when he gave his daughter the role of Michael's daughter and then he gave her all those lines. Normally I don't like to be so tough on actors, but man was she bad, it's a good thing she changed her mind and decided to be a director because she's made some really good films except for one (Lost in Translation and Virgin suicides, hated Marie Antoinette). Another thing is that i wish Robert Duvall would have been the concillere and then I if that would of happened the concillere would've had more lines. I thought Pacino was great, Garcia was close to being like Sunny, and having Eli Wallach in it was excellent. This film was more interesting then the second one and if there would have been a better cast it would have been better then the second one. in conclusion, no Sofia Coppola and no George Hamilton, have a little different casting in other places and have Robert duvall, and then you have a film just as good as the second one, none of them could be as good as the first. I give it 8.5/10, but I do not think this deserves to be on the top 250 and round down instead of up because there are problems with it.