How could Al portray Michael the same way? In the 9 years between Cruising and Sea of Love his voice changed immensely due to smoking. Cruising is 1980 and he sounds like Michael, Sea of Love '89 and he sounds totally different. Losing much of your vocal range as an actor will change how you act....

I do think the film is misunderstood. It is weak compared to the first two, it is also a much less grand story. It's a much less epic, more corporate story that is centered around one man's redemption. It's not the sweeping multi-generational epic that II was. It fails in several areas: Sophia Coppola, Michael's haircut, Joe Montagna (I can't take him seriously as a gangster), and the fact that it feels too modern.

GFI and II are both period films as much as they are gangster films. They look and feel like the periods in which they're set; they transport us back to 1945 New York or 1958 era Cuba. While GFIII is set between 1979 and 1980, it looks and feels like it's taking place in 1990, when it came out. It looks, aesthetically, unlike its siblings. And Michael's haircut....