How can this be better than "The Godfather II?"

Rating: 1/10 (22 December 2003)

Okay, I realize that this movie is considered by many to be a great film. I understand that they are extremely faithful to the novels and this pleases many fans. What I DO NOT understand is how anyone can say this film is better than "The Godfather II" and even one spot away from the first "Godfather." Go take a gander at the IMDB's top 250 and you'll see that this movie is only marginally below "The Shawshank Redemption." I mean, C'MON!
Someone's gotta figure out a way to balance the rating system here. All that's going on is these movies' cult of scary and weird followers sit in their dank cold basements on the internet and vote these films a "10" when in the grand scheme of things, they're really more of a 6, 7 or maybe an 8. I'm sorry, but no matter how great these movies may seem, they're little more than a CGI fest of monsters, armies, and magical beams.

This film can't hold a candle to the intense drama of Michael Corleone's criminal empire holding power in 1950s Las Vegas. C'mon, IMDB viewers, let's keep the ratings reasonable.