The Godfather: Part III

The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and it's the final film of the Godfather trilogy.

Plot
The movie begins in 1979, with a brief flashback establishing the long and tragic history of criminal activity within, and by, the Corleone family. Much has changed. Michael Corleone (Pacino) is now approaching 60 and feels tremendous guilt for indulging in his ruthless ambition many years ago. Although his previous conquests have made him a very rich man, the thoughts of his children, their future, happiness, and his legacy are the only things keeping him going. His adopted brother Tom Hagen is now dead.

Good Qualities

 * 1) While not as good as the first two films, the story is pretty decent and it's a decent conclusion to The Godfather trilogy.
 * 2) Pretty good writing that was written by Mario Puzo, and Francis Ford Coppola, though not as good as the first two films.
 * 3) The movie does have a lot of darker moments too, much like the first two movies, with the amount of suspense towards the end.
 * 4) Director Francis Ford Coppola did a good job directing the third movie.
 * 5) The opera scene is very thrilling to watch.
 * 6) It does have a few good socio-political analyses.
 * 7) Beautiful and haunting score that was performed by Carmine Coppola.
 * 8) The acting (except for Sofia Coppola) is well done, especially for Al Pacino and Talia Shire.
 * 9) Who's gonna win the car, your aunt?
 * 10) Masterful cinematography by Gordon Willis, who did the same thing as the first two movies.
 * 11) It had a recut, called Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, which is more of an improvement to it's original cut.
 * 12) The confession scene is beautiful.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sofia Coppola's acting isn't that good. She was bland, emotionless, and wooden. However, she's gone on to be a famous director, like her father.
 * 2) The film (despite being decent) is generally considered to be inferior to the first two Godfather movies.
 * 3) An uncomfortable theme of incest between Mary and her cousin Vincent.
 * 4) The helicopter scene was pretty bad, as it didn't make any sense and one of the guys tried to use his "lucky coat" to protect himself. The writing was terrible in that scene.

Reception
At Rotten Tomatoes, the film received mixed-to-positive reviews, with a 68% "fresh" rating. The critic consensus reads: "The final installment of The Godfather saga recalls its predecessors' power when it's strictly business, but underwhelming performances and confused tonality brings less closure to the Corleone story." At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 60, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". The Godfather Part III is almost unanimously considered to be not as good of the three Godfather films.

In his review, Roger Ebert stated that it is "not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two." Nonetheless, Ebert wrote an enthusiastic review, awarding the film three-and-a-half stars.