Thank you Alfa Romeo! And thanks for turning this thread into a rather big discussion.

One thing I can add is that I definitely would have added more scenes with all of the Corleone characters and related ones..I too would say Lucy would be the exemption in his case. Fredo should definitely have had more scenes from during the 40's era. Maybe even some of the characters of the other families. I understand the point of having particularly Don Barzini not shown as much through out the movie so I guess that was the only right route to go with, but other characters definitely. The Corleones at the least.

Thanks so much all!