People always say how crappy the Godfather Part III is. I personally liked this film and found out recently it was nominated for 7 academy awards including Best Picture, Director, Cinemotgrapher, Actor, Supporting Actor, and a couple more. I understand this did not live up to the first two films, but still 7 Academny Award nominations, especially the big awards like picture and director, definately means this film was not horrible. Even though it didn't actually win any, 7 nominations is extremely good.

The only reason I can think of that GFIII was nominated for 7 oscars, that, at that time the standard was much lower. The 70's were the golden era of film, and had alot more competition. But, I still find it odd that out of 7 nominations GFII didn't get a single award.

I also happen to like GFIII although it is not in the same league as the first two. Talk about setting the bar high! Oscar nominations/wins while a pretty good guide are not always the best way to judge movies. Last year Gangs of New York was nominated for a bunch but won none. It is still a tremendous film. Voting can be a problem as well, I have no idea how Adrian Brodie beat Daniel Day-Lewis or how Roman Polanski won. Scarface didn't win and was not nominated for any Oscars but as many on this board know is probably one of the best movies of all time. Of course GFIII is not as good as GF or GFII but it is a solid film.

Yeah, Part III WAS nominated for 7 Academy Awards, but Best Actor was not one of them (Al Pacino did deliver a very good performance though). And I think Andy Garcia was excellent as well and he was nominated. Just because a film in nominated for several awards does not mean it is a great film. I disagree with the Academy all the time. And a lot of movies I love were not nominated for any awards. But Part III was a good film for me. Be your own judge.

You must remember, however, that GF III came out the same year as GoodFellas. On the other hand, GF III also has one of the best lines from the whole trilogy- "Just when I thought I was out- they pull me back IN! Our... true enemy... has not yet... shown his face."

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that since it was nominated for 7 awards means its an amazing movie, I'm just saying that no movie nominated for 7 oscars is utter crap like so many believe.

yeah I agree with foozbond. Oscar nominations don't necessary mean it's a good film. I liked Godfather Part III as a separate film for it's own style. I don't consider as classics as I do for part II and Part 1.

Imagine if Godfather III did win Best Picture...
The first ever oscar-winning trilogy in history.

yet some awards were won, and they weren't too glamorous

Sofia Coppolia getting the Razzie for worst actress is kinda justified

Well said.

Additionally, even a film that happens to get the Best Picture Oscar is not always necessarily the best movie made that year. Academy members just voted in the popular direction.

Recent cases in point...other nominees were far superior to these 'Best Picture' winners:

Forrest Gump (Shawshank Redemption)
Titanic (all 4 of the other nominated films)
The English Patient (Fargo)

Apple

Al Pacino was nominated for his villain role in Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" in 1990, and, personally, I thought he deserved it a lot more for The Godfather, Part III. And I'm also proud to call The Godfather, Part III a great film, even if it doesn't live up to the first two.


And Adrien Brody's win over Daniel Day and others might've been for the fact that he really gave up a lot just for the role. He sold his apartment, car, and lived by only eating small food, like eggs. And of course he learned to master playing the piano.

Whatever Adrien Brody did for that role...it resulted in the astounding performance he gave in that film. And I don't give a hoot about Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Nicolas Cage and whoever the fifth nominee was, Brody got that Oscar because he DESERVED to win it. And he also deserved the standing ovation because as a virtual unknown he accomplished a great deal in winning over all those well established stars.

Apple

Apple, I never said I didn't like Polanski's "the Pianist," nor Adrien Brody's performance (though frankly I do prefer Roman's work in "Chinatown", but that's just me nitpicking). I thought it was very, very good coming from a practical unknown. Though I did like Daniel Day's a bit more (and Nicholas Cage did the best work of his career in Spike Jonze's "Adaptation"), Brody still looked good to win the award. To add to that, all of the nominees had already won an Oscar (Nicholson won three!), so Brody had good chances of winning the award. The only bad thing about his winning is the fact he may never be able to do any other sucessful movie again without someone bringing up his work in the Pianist as Wladyslaw Szpilman.

Between Jack and Brody, I would have given it to Jack. He was awesome in About Schmidt!

Have they given Jack an honorary Oscar yet just so they can have him give another acceptance speech?

Possibly. There have been many cases where an actor or actress happens to win an Academy Award for the performance of a lifetime and then never quite lives up to that standard in their post-Oscar work.

But that remains to be seen. And in the case of people like Brody this may have been his one & only chance for an Oscar and he did deserve it. So I don't think we (or he) should lament just yet that winning may have been a 'bad' thing.

Apple

I think critics were too hard on Sofia Coppola's performance, which I found very real. She seemed like a real person as opposed to a Hollywood star in the role. Winona Ryder doesn't even look like a Corleone (although that may be justified with Kay being her mother). The scenes where her heart is broken by her cousin breaking up with her seem very genuine and real. I liked Sofia's work in GODFATHER, PART III more than Andy Garcia's.

Dear Alonzo the Armless:

Are you by any chance familiar with a silent film called 'The Unknown' ??

Just wondering...

Apple

Maybe one of the reasons why GF3 was nominated for 7 academy awards is due to habit(for lack of better word) I mean after all GF1 & GF2 were winners for best picture, I forgot the other awards they won.

Granted GF3 isn't in the same class as GF1 or GF2 but then again not very many movies are.

As for Soffia's acting in GF3 I didn't think it was that bad.

all of last years Best Actor nominees (michael caine was the fifth nom) were deserving and truly any one of them could have feasibly won and it would have still been a deserved win. Adrien Brody's win, as it has been fairly documented, was a result of Day Lewis and Nicholson splitting votes amongst themselves leaving room for him to sneak in.

In regards to GFIII and the Oscars-it has always been debated as to whom was actually submitted for consideration, but at the time Pacino was looked at as a lock for a Best Actor nod, so much so that too many people assumed he would get in, that he actually didn't. and back in 1990, no film was beating DWW, plain and simple. it was like a steamroller.

AppleOnYa , good catch. THE UNKNOWN starring Lon Chaney is one of my favorite films of all time. A most bizarre film.

Back to the topic, one actor who I thought did a terrific job was the one who portrayed the corrupt Vatican priest. He was weasley, nervous, and over-his-head with the people he dealt with.

Would you like to contend that.

You forget the 30's and 40's.

And Fooz, Just Cause A Film Is Nominated For an Oscar, doesnt make it a good film. Just cause you same "Empire Strikes back" is the best, I can say its shit and with good reason.

I just KNEW a screen name like that wouldn't be dreamed up from out of nowhere.

I first saw THE UNKNOWN on TCM about a year and a half ago. Usually I don't have the patience to sit through a silent film but something about this one kept me watching right to the end.

That 'something' was most likely the GREAT Lon Chaney himself!

Anyway...carry on!

Apple

I didn't say people can't disagree, I'm saying that a movie nominated for not just one or two minor oscars, but 7 including a few big ones, is not complete and utter crap.

Even if you don't personally like the film you can respect it for being a well done movie you just didn't like. For example Schindler's List I found to be done extremely well, but for some reason the liking of the story just didn't click with me. Though, I respect it for being done so well.

Just imagine if Sophia gets an Oscar this year for Best Director for "Lost In Tanslation"...

if Sofia wins, it would be justified.