OT: New Cut of Godfather Part III to be Released

What if we got a Snyder cut of Godfather III instead?

But is this one good?

Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any more sadistic.

Just when I thought I was out, they keep pulling me back in.

Probably just need the money.

Unless they put Robert Duvall in and took out George Hamilton, it won't be any better . . . 

Huge Godfather fan.  Saw III on opening day.  Was disappointed but over the years the movie has grown on me.  Looking forward to a revamped version to see what it’s like.  
 

Robert Duvall apparently wanted too much money that’s why George Hamilton was in it. 

The acting in the movie wasn't great, nor was the writing - but the story very intriguing. There have been rumors circulating for decades about Pope John Paul I's sudden passing, and the corruption in the Vatican that he was threatening to expose. Many of the church officials in the story are barely-fictionalized versions of real people. In some cases, literally the only changes were the names, and perhaps an official title.

Maybe they will redo the Game of Thrones next amirite?

The movie, while unable to hold a candle to I or II, definitely had its moments, and the ending (outside of Sofia Coppola’s completely unconvincing portrayal of death, god that was awful) was actually beautiful. Everything came full circle, the tragedy and anguish that Vito never wanted for Michael was finally complete. I thought that moment of Michael crying out in completely silent agony was actually an amazing moment. 

Put in a vacuum, the movie was decent to good. But it’s remembered as being “bad” because it followed two movies that are considered to be the greatest of all time. 

taken them thirty years to figure out how to make it watchable . . .

GF III at least gave us the lesson of the stone in the water, the line “maybe they should be afraid of you” which was a great homage to Connie being taken back into the family, and the more famous “ every time I think I’m out they pull me back in”.
Of course none of those moments comes even close to “leave the gun, grab the cannoli”.

As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough. 

I saw it again recently, and yeah, the acting is pretty lacking across the board, especially Sofia Coppola. I read somewhere that FFC wanted Winona Ryder for that part and for some reason, it didn't work out, so Sofia stepped in. 

I also felt the same way about the kid in "Almost Famous." I would consider that an almost perfect movie if it wasn't for the actor who played the lead. I know he was supposed to be this young, naive kid, younger than he says, but he just completely missed the mark for me. 

I didn't think Sofias acting was a problem at all, except in that final shot when shot.

III wasn't as good because it didn't involve any old time characters, but all new Italian ones. I and II had most of the same characters and was why was most appealing.  And the one new mobster Joey zazza alpearedy a weakling who'd have gotten eaten alive by the old mob, and the rivalry wasn't developed properly, seemed forced.  

Unless they can cut Sophia out of the movie, I can’t see how the new cut would improve it.  She may be a fine director, but lord did she suck as an actress.  They had about half of a good movie there, but the other half just stunk.  

GFIII had its flaws, but the performance of Al Pacino saved the movie, IMHO. In tracking the evolution of Michael Corleone's character--from being young and idealistic to cold and machiavellian by the end of GFI and throughout GFII to deeply remorseful and desperate for redemption in GFIII--the movie fits well with the first two.

There's quite a backstory on the casting of Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone. Francis Ford Coppola had great difficulty filling that role; every actress he approached turned him down or backed out due to scheduling conflicts or other issues. One actress, Rebecca Schaeffer, was tragically murdered a few hours before she was scheduled to audition for the role. Coppola was finally able to convince Winona Ryder to take the role after she initially turned it down because it would have been her third consecutive movie with no break. But he couldn't line up an understudy and was simply hoping that nothing would happen with Ryder. When Ryder finished filming Mermaids and arrived in Rome to begin filming her scenes for GFIII, she was exhausted. The night before she was scheduled to film her first scenes, she became seriously ill and summoned a doctor to her room. After examining her, the doctor urged her to drop out and told her point blank "If you do this movie, you will die." 

When Ryder dropped out, Coppola was in a huge bind with no understudy ready to step in. Paramount wasn't going to let him suspend shooting since the movie was already behind schedule and over budget. There was simply no way to find a qualified replacement on such short notice. Sofia just happened to be visiting her dad on spring break, having no idea about what was about to happen, and was literally thrust into the role by her dad with no notice whatsoever. She found out she was going to play the role the day before she shot her first scenes. Her performance was predictably awful, and poor Winona Ryder's career suffered as a result as people blamed her for Sofia's performance. I don't think there's another instance of an actor's name being so closely associated with a movie that they never appeared in.

So they're cutting George Hamilton...and Sofia Coppola...and Andy Garcia...

And cutting the stupid Vatican plot...

So basically I'm going to take a three hour nap titled Godfather Part III

It’s like having a terrible meal at a favorite restaurant and deciding or order the same thing the next month in hope the recipe changed.