harryplinkett14

I think the script for the film is good. I think Coppola's daughter did a good job. I think Diane Keaton was a lot better in her role this time around than she was in the first two films. Eli Wallach was a great casting choice. He has great charisma and can play a creepy conniving villain that still comes across as likable. For me, the biggest problem was the way Pacino played his role, as well as the way his role was written. It is hard for the audience to fill in t he blanks and figure out how the guy who sat in his living room smoking a cigarette while his brother was being executed became this harmless puppy who acted more as if he's never seen the world of the mafia and wanted to stay out of it than someone who'd spent his entire life in that world and wanted out. That is the main problem. Also, Garcia is over the top in his role, and really should have toned his performance down a bit. I am not sure he understood what kind of movie he was in. Still, it is a good film and I am surprised about all the negative criticisms. Maybe it's because people expected a grand finale to overshadow the first two films, or at least be as memorable, and the film turned out to be weakest in the trilogy. However, even as the arguably weakest entry, it is a good film, period.

Let me first note that this film is totally superior to the original film, surpassing it in both artistic and technical sense by many miles. The screenplay is flawless, the cast is fantastic, the acting likewise. Beautiful cinematography, great production values. This film is so well made that even someone like myself, who doesn't find mafia to be an interesting subject, thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Oh, and by the way: what a reminder that there was a time when Pacino actually tried to act... Now, the only reason I didn't give it ten stars is that I did not like the casting of Diane Keaton as Michael's wife. Even in the original film, she seemed totally out of place. But by now I just hated every scene she was in. It just didn't feel right. She never should have been in that role. Also, the fact that she has done a lot of comedy, and in my mind evokes outrageously silly scenes with Woody Allen, really spoils her appearance in a film filled with such family drama.