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I just finished watching Godfather 3, I want to know, why do so many people despise it? I admit its not as good as the first two (far from it) but it was still entertaining, post what you think about Godfather 1,2 and 3.
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 12:14 PM
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 02:04 PM
QUOTE (COBNAT @ Mar 8 2006, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just finished watching Godfather 3, I want to know, why do so many people despise it? I admit its not as good as the first two (far from it) but it was still entertaining, post what you think about Godfather 1,2 and 3.
Nobody's ever satisfied with the third entries. Call it... Threequel-itis.
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 03:05 PM
Some of the scenes were interesting to me, unfortunately I cannot remember names:
(1) A person who got strangled in a car for causing a gun war between the families, including the organised perforating of those in their beds, targeting someone in a turning door, and slaughtering some members in a lift.
(2) The man who repeatedly got shot near in station for trying to go after one of his ladies due to abuse. He said before, “You just wait there!” over the phone.
(3) The lady who got blown up after starting the car, unsure if bomb was fixed to the engine or was planted in a suitcase at the back.
(4) At the end when the man's daughter who got shot upwards after leaving the theatre.
(1) A person who got strangled in a car for causing a gun war between the families, including the organised perforating of those in their beds, targeting someone in a turning door, and slaughtering some members in a lift.
(2) The man who repeatedly got shot near in station for trying to go after one of his ladies due to abuse. He said before, “You just wait there!” over the phone.
(3) The lady who got blown up after starting the car, unsure if bomb was fixed to the engine or was planted in a suitcase at the back.
(4) At the end when the man's daughter who got shot upwards after leaving the theatre.
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 03:08 PM
The first was the best, the second ws good, and the third would have been good if it didn't have to live up to the expectation of the first two.
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 07:45 PM
I like the first one the best. Its too bad Michael’s first wife got blown up. She was way hotter than his second wife and probably wouldn’t have aborted any of his offspring.
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 08:59 PM
The second got more oscars than the first. I still have pt. 2 in my stack of taped movies to watch. I suppose I could get the dvd....
threequels? I actually liked BTTF 3 better than 2. ROTJ sucked.
threequels? I actually liked BTTF 3 better than 2. ROTJ sucked.
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Posted 09 March 2006 - 12:21 AM
There's a scene in GODFATHER PART THREE where a helicopter hovers outside an office window and a sidegunner kills everyone in the room. Presumably then the helicopter just flies away and the police never look into it.
In THE GODFATHER, Michael shoots a police Captain with a gun hidden behind a toilet and he has to hide in Sicily under an assumed name for two years.
That's what wrong with Part Three. It's just a bunch of nonsense and it makes no effort at realism.
In THE GODFATHER, Michael shoots a police Captain with a gun hidden behind a toilet and he has to hide in Sicily under an assumed name for two years.
That's what wrong with Part Three. It's just a bunch of nonsense and it makes no effort at realism.
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Posted 09 March 2006 - 08:07 AM
QUOTE (ion eon @ Mar 8 2006, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The first was the best, the second ws good, and the third would have been good if it didn't have to live up to the expectation of the first two.
Give this man a cigar, I think he just explained Matrix: Reloaded AND Star Wars 1,2 and 3.
QUOTE (civilian_number_two @ Mar 8 2006, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There's a scene in GODFATHER PART THREE where a helicopter hovers outside an office window and a sidegunner kills everyone in the room. Presumably then the helicopter just flies away and the police never look into it.
In THE GODFATHER, Michael shoots a police Captain with a gun hidden behind a toilet and he has to hide in Sicily under an assumed name for two years.
That's what wrong with Part Three. It's just a bunch of nonsense and it makes no effort at realism.
In THE GODFATHER, Michael shoots a police Captain with a gun hidden behind a toilet and he has to hide in Sicily under an assumed name for two years.
That's what wrong with Part Three. It's just a bunch of nonsense and it makes no effort at realism.
But isnt "The Godfather" based on a real story and/or real family?
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Posted 09 March 2006 - 08:40 AM
I have "The Godfather" trilogy set on DVD. (Got it for my dad on his birthday)
I've seen all three, but I haven't watched the DVDs yet.
I've seen all three, but I haven't watched the DVDs yet.
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Posted 09 March 2006 - 09:42 AM
QUOTE (COBNAT @ Mar 9 2006, 08:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
But isnt "The Godfather" based on a real story and/or real family?
The first two movies were based on the book, The Godfather. I cant say for sure if they were based on an actual family.
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Posted 09 March 2006 - 12:43 PM
QUOTE (Sailor Abbey @ Mar 9 2006, 06:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The first two movies were based on the book, The Godfather. I cant say for sure if they were based on an actual family.
Hm... I think I had an uncle that read a book called "The Last Don" which was based in the 60's, it was alot like Godfather 3 from what he told me.
QUOTE (ion eon @ Mar 9 2006, 06:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
They were based on conditions at the time.
You mean like the game "Mafia"?
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Posted 11 March 2006 - 06:13 AM
QUOTE (COBNAT @ Mar 9 2006, 08:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
But isnt "The Godfather" based on a real story and/or real family?
Not at all. Puzo was inspired by "King Lear," but he didn't follow it in plot or execution. Basically all he had was a dying leader and his three children. As much as it's based on actual history, there were Italian American mobsters, they were involved in gambling, and to some extent they tried to stay out of drugs for a while. Some characters are inspired by real people, the most obvious being Moe Greene/Bugsy Siegel. As for GF pt III, there were rumours that Pope John Paul I had been assassinated, and that there had been a plot to embezzle vatican funds.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 10:41 PM
Like most bad sequels, Godfather part III works fairly well as a standalone movie.