I had never seen pIII until I purchased the DVD Trilogy a few months ago. I had to watch the first two before I could watch III. While it is not a horrible film, it certainly doesn't stand with I and II.

I agree with many of the opinions above on the Vincent character, although I think Andy Garcia was very good in it. There were so many options on who the successor to Michael could be, why create a totally new character?

You CANNOT have another installment of the Godfather without Tom Hagen! It gives you a horrible feeling when you realize he is not in the film right from the start. Tom is probably my favorite character in the first two films. It's very frustrating that it was all over money.
Couldn't they get someone better than George Hamilton? He seems so out of place.

Those are probably my two main gripes with it. I do like that Michael changes over time, allowing Kay to raise the children. I also like the ending. Having a major tragedy occur seems a fitting way to end the saga.

First post by the way, just found out about this great board.