re: Godfather 1, 2, and 3

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People forget that 3 was nominated for best picture (assuming you give any credence to the Oscars)

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No on both counts.

The Best Picture winner that year was Dances With Wolves, also nominated was Goodfellas,

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but lost out to a different mob movie

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should have but no

My guess is the nominations were going to happen as soon it was announced there would be a third GF.

The first two had elements from the book. The third didnt if i remember correct...and there was just some weirdness and stuff going on in it. I didnt care for it as much as the first two

I thought Godfather 3 was horrible the first time I watched it but after watching repeat viewings, I've liked it more and more. My biggest gripes with it is the Sofia Coppola casting (duh) and the fact that it concentrates way too much on the women. Why was there so much screentime for Coppola, Keaton and Shire? The first two Godfathers concentrated solely on the men of the Corleone family. Women were shut out or treated like background characters. It didn't make much sense to have them play such a prominent role in the third movie.

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mike screams out Fredo! Very moving...

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Because he has turned into a puss. I don't want to see Corleone as a puss.

This is the Michael we want

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Not the one that was portrayed in 3. Again, I get what the filmmakers were trying to do. But it went to far to the opposite end of the spectrum.

ETA: I know that it is probably realistic because as people age they usually begin to feel bad about the bad things and mistakes in their lives. I just don't like remembering one of the greatest characters in movie history as a whimpering old man.

Brando wasn't a puss in the first movie. And he was in his twilight.

Speaking of Brando, another thing I didn't like about the third movie is there was nothing about his character. Hell, the best part of Part 2 to me were the flashbacks with Deniro showing how Vito came to America and began his rise to power.