A disgrace to the Godfather legacy.

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2001)

If you watched the first two movies, you will know that the story for part 3 is totally implausible and disgraceful. In the first two movies, the story revolved around the "family" and relationship between the father and his sons and then the brothers relationships. Why is Mary Corleone a central figure? Why is Anthony an opera singer??! In part 2, Michael never talked to Mary or acknowledged her existence. Michael comforts Anthony after the shooting incident but doesn't do anything for Mary. Mary just sort of "appeared" after the shooting incident in part2. Michael focused on his son in the first two movies, therefore, why does Michael pay all of his attention to Mary in part 3??!
The main reason this story flopped is that Anthony isn't a central character. Do you think Michael Corleone would allow his son to grow up to become an opera singer?!! The story should have been Michael introducing his son to the business and Anthony's refusal or acceptance or maybe his death. If you've seen the movie Donnie Brasco, the chemistry between Pacino and Johnny Depp was great. Why wasn't Depp cast as Anthony?
Another insane character development was that of Connie being involved in the family business. Connie wasn't involved in any way with the business in the first two movies. Why is she now giving orders to Michael's button men? How did Kay become so forgiving of Michael? How could she not now the "truth" behind Fredo's death??!
Lastly, Michael wasn't the same character as the end of part 2. No reason was given for his change. He was twisted and evil at the end of 2 and now he is like a kitten. The most insane moment was when Michael was hiding in the limousine and surprised Kay by being the limo driver. That was totally un-Corleone. Tom Hagen (Duvall) was greatly missed from this movie. He couldn't have saved it though. A great saga ending would have been Kay ending the Corleone curse by taking out Michael herself.