Originally posted by svsg:
Originally posted by Moscarelli:
[b] Both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are great movies when left alone, without having to know anything else about the characters. but the third installment is very dependent on the previous movies, which is a flaw that many sequels go through.
Well, you don't need to know all of Michael's character to like the movie. I actually saw the second movie first too and, though I didn't find it all that great, I did agree that it was a well made movie and enjoyable, though a little confusing at times. Of course, every sequel must depend somewhat on the original, but The Godfather III is way out there. It is much differnet form the previous two.
In The Godfather, there is an assasination attempt, and then the movie is basically spent trying to figure out who did it and then enacting on their revenge.
In The Godfather II, there is an assasination attempt and then the movie is basically spent trying to figure out who did it and then enacting on their revenge (of course I am discluding the flashbacks)
In The Godfather III, though, after the assasination attempt, a lot more goes wrong, and though they do end up enacting revenge, Michael Corleone still loses in all aspects. He loses his family, both criminal and otherwise. It's not like the previous two, it was more glitzy, it was big, it was everything the Corleones weren't suppose to be. But it was suppose to be like that.
