Should have stopped with Part Two

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2006)

I stood in line for this film when it first came out. I had great expectations for this film. After watching it, and years later; on DVD, my conclusion remains as it did that evening I walked out of the theaters in 1990. They should have let the story of the Corleone family end with the second installment of this series. The Godfather part one and two, had a great a intrigue about them. The stories unfolded like crisp linen. There was a great mastery at work with these two films. Each character played an integral part in the progression of the stories. The Godfather part three lacks in this great story telling. The omission of key characters; namely Robert Duvall, hinders the story. Without Duvall there really is nothing to tie Michael Corleone to the past and the Corleone legacy. He was the family's conscience. The film seemed to have been made in a rush, to appease studio heads, perhaps. In the end all it did was cripple the allure and legacy of The Godfather.