The story comes full circle

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2001)

Just to get this out of my system, i'm going to yuk it up about the Sophia casting call by suggesting they should have replaced Andy Garcia with Nicholas Cage. Har! But seriously, I understood the fact that Coppola was trying to capture a photo gallery of her progression by casting Sophia a part in all three movies. But uhhhhh, with all close feelings aside, did you really think she was the most appropriate person to take up such a vital role?
Quick note about the movie- Obviously what people have been coming around to realize is that the Godfather III is a last act in a complete parable about the consequences of taking such a destructive path in life. It comes full circle in the end, consuming Micheal Corleonne and everything he knows. If you reference back to the Godfather part one, Vito's face fell in silent agony when he learned that Micheal had taken up the mafia mantle. He wanted Micheal to stay clean and run a be a legitimate leader; to provide a link for which Vito could break free of his past. But he also knew that Micheal was the best suited of his sons to be successful in carrying on family affairs (much to his impending feeling of doom). Vito knew the consequences of his lifestyle. It consumed his sons, his family, and the grandchildren that would follow. The sins of the fathers were visited down upon the coming generations. And it consumed and destroyed them. The whole thing plays out like a modern day Shakespearean. Bravo.