After a pretty packed weekend, we soldiered on through watching Godfather III last night. At times we struggled to stay awake but we just grabbed sodas, sat up, and pushed till the end.
I wanted to keep an open mind, really I did, but wow - this movie blew. Just as bad as everyone I spoke to about it claimed. Brian was saying that it was just dirty or something, and I think a better descriptor would be coarse. It didn't have any of the subtlety or class of the other two. I didn't like the way they spoke so plainly about everything, rather than keeping the distasteful things more hush hush and tactful as in the first two.
I found the overall story pretty boring. I thought I would be into all the Vatican stuff as I generally am drawn to religious topics, but that was a snooze, too. The old age makeup was laughably pathetic. And I know it's a dead horse that's been pounded into the ground at this point but wowwwwwwwwww Sofia Coppola was intensely awful. I couldn't believe it. I had hoped that maybe it was just something people made a big deal about but would turn out to be not so bad. It was SO, so bad. I felt so sad and embarrassed for her the whole time. Aside from her acting abilities (or lack thereof) her storyline was cringe worthy as well. Brandon kept trying to argue with me at first when I was yelling, [spoiler] "Ewwwww they are cousinnnnnns!! STOP IT!!" and said he didn't think they were actually related, but just called each other cousins. No, dude, they specifically said he was Sonny's boy. COUSINS!!!! ACK! So gross. Michael's totally blasé reaction to it at first weirded me out, too. I expected him to kill Vincent on the spot. [/spoiler]
I also really, really did not like Diane Keaton in any of these movies. Not that I am a huge fan of hers to begin with, but in this trilogy in particular she was just shrill and obnoxious. She and Pacino had zero chemistry to me, so I couldn't understand their relationship at all.
Another thing that bugged me personally was the criminally brief and useless appearance of Bridget Fonda. I got so excited when she appeared on screen, because I have adored her since the moment I saw her many years ago, but she was completely wasted here. Such a bummer.
Brandon said that overall he doesn't really think the movies were that great, individually or as a whole. He loves detective stories and a large portion of these movies dealt with the internal "political" intrigue, but they only show you the conclusions of those situations (with the formulaic murder montages) rather than explaining how he figured out who did what and how/why. He said Coppola just tried to do too much and didn't really succeed.
Ok, tonight we attempt Feast and maybe Jesus Camp, maybe something easier. We'll see how it goes!
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