The Godfather Part III
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The Godfather parts I and II are a rich, vibrant, searing, multi-generational epic filled to the brim with dark humanity, but for some reason part III is (by contrast) a goofy, embarrassing, melodramatic cringe-fest that bears no resemblance to them in any way, shape, or form. I propose the following in-universe explanation for that: Michael Corleone lived out his life after murdering his ...
The Godfather Part III actually has real emotional stakes, and it features one of the most tragic deaths in the Godfather series when Michael's daughter, Mary, is murdered on the stairs of the opera house. There were stakes in both of the previous movies, but they never reached the emotional heights of Part III. Even when Michael had Fredo, his own brother, murdered at the end of Part II, it didn’t have close to the same impact as when Michael screamed while holding Mary's lifeless body in his arms. Where there first two movies are expertly methodical, Part III is more emotional.
