Hi Darth,
You've picked a topic that has been discussed many many times here before. Everyone seems to agree that the third GF does not live up to the first two (including myself). I think it's a matter of separating III from the first two. In that respect it is, like someone said it is a "decent" movie, but when you try to compare it to the first two, it seems mediocre.
I am totally in agreement however, with Cannoli regarding the Vicent character, and am with the preference of GFIII going back to Vito's rise. Many share this belief, and many didn't mind the Vincent character at all. I wonder tho, if they had it to do over again, to make it equivelant to the first two, if that would be one of the things they'd change?

Oh well, can't go back.
TIS