In a perverse way GFIII was perfect. It reflected the world of the 80s and projected the way the characters might have become. GF was very romanticized, and GFII was a slap-in-the-face reality check. GFIII was a very real, reality check. Think of Sopranos and you have GFIII; pyschological dissection, self-centered gratification, the "me" generation with money and egos to burn. It wasn't a fun movie. It showed us how f'd up the Corleones had become.......like the Gotti's had become.