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- Even more than the original version, “The Godfather Coda” feels like a film about regret. The oft-quoted line from the film is about “being pulled back in,” referring to the criminal underworld that Michael Corleone is trying to leave behind, but it also refers to the regrets and memories he can’t escape, and the doomed tone of the entire film.
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Dec 4, 2020 · Even more than the original version, “The Godfather Coda” feels like a film about regret. The oft-quoted line from the film is about “being pulled back in,” referring to the criminal underworld that Michael Corleone is trying to leave behind, but it also refers to the regrets and memories he can’t escape, and the doomed tone of the ...
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Dec 10, 2020 · The Godfather Coda streamlines the narrative in a more frenetic manner and amplifies the aura of tragedy that shrouds the end of the film. Michael’s regrets, along with his desire for redemption, are more palpable than ever, along with the dangers that the family has to constantly flirt with.
Dec 8, 2020 · Coppola's restoration of The Godfather III, titled The Godfather Coda, aims to reframe the film as a fitting epilogue. But which version is better? The Coda Cut is a fitting epilogue.
Dec 8, 2020 · Michael’s regrets are palpable, the dangers he and his family face are recognizable. It’s the same movie but tighter. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are perfect films, like...
- Has Coppola made Godfather 3 haters an offer they can’t refuse?
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By Jim Vejvoda
Updated: Dec 3, 2020 10:05 pm
Posted: Dec 3, 2020 9:53 pm
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While The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is a slightly leaner and more focused revision of The Godfather: Part III, Francis Ford Coppola’s revamp won’t do much to radically change anyone’s feelings about the final installment in his crime family saga, the 1990 film widely deemed a disappointment following the two instant classics that preceded it.
In other words, the problems in Godfather 3 are too fundamental to be erased by merely restructuring and trimming what had been a bloated, less than engaging finale. Tragedy and family -- among the cornerstones of the Godfather saga -- are precisely what’s so off about this final entry, whether it’s Godfather: Part III or Godfather, Coda. Al Pacino’s ailing, aging Michael and Talia Shire’s darker, vicious Connie are the most prominent returning cast members, with Diane Keaton’s remarried Kay playing a supporting role in service of Michael’s quest for forgiveness. But this Corleone family is a shell of the one we’d previously come to know; they’re less defined, less warm, and largely strangers to the viewer, with the film itself hardly developing any of its new characters to fill the void or bring anything unique or exciting to the saga.
The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone doesn’t quite redeem the sins of The Godfather: Part III, but it is a better, clearer telling of the same basic story. However, the film’s flaws remain too deep and fundamental for Francis Coppola’s thirty years-later revision to truly make this a brand new or deeply rewarding viewing experience. A...
Dec 4, 2020 · Dec 4, 2020 12:55pm PT. ‘The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone’ Is a Chance to Revisit a Film That Didn’t Deserve Its Brickbats. By Owen Gleiberman. ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett...
Dec 8, 2020 · Matt Goldberg explains how the new beginning and ending of The Godfather, Coda to a better job of wrapping up the themes of the first two movies.
