I basically agree with this. One area I'm doubtful is on the Sollozzo-McCluskey hit. I think it would be much more risky to release information implicating Sollozzo while he was still alive and had allies, but the allies wouldn't care so much after he was dead.
Surprise, surprise: his beloved Mary gets killed and his budding reconciliation with Kay is nipped in the bud, leading to his own, lonely death, attended by a little dog.
I was flipping pages of the book recently, and came upon Michael thinking at Vito's funeral, "...if I can die saying, 'Life is so beautiful,' then nothing else is important." I was wondering if maybe that line inspired the shot that ends the Trilogy.
