MC, those are some interesting observations. I've posted elsewhere that I thought that Sophia's portrayal of a teenager on the threshold of womanhood was just fine.

The greed and corruption theme? Indeed, and it was also about it taking place in the legitimate world. But Michael was still complicit. As several of we Board members have posted elsewhere, Michael could have backed out at any point and certainly at any time during III. I never bought the they draw me back in. While it may be true that one can never leave the Mafia, one can retire and Michael was in a position to do so. I just never understood what legitimate interest he could have had in the Corleone family other than trying to have a vote (maybe the controlling one) about its leadership. It was never clear to me that Altobello and his Europeon allies wanted Immobliere for nefarious reasons, so why would they want Michael out of the way?