2021-02-08, 05:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 2021-02-09, 11:32 PM by weegee2392.)
I noticed a few changes between the Final Directors Cut version restoration from 2008 and Coda. (I don’t think the original theatrical version was released on Home video.)
1. A new color grading but I don’t mind this one (with The exception of one flashback in the middle of the film to The Godfather Part 1), FFC must’ve thought the golden tint from the original Blu-ray did not work for this film.
2. The opening is altered a bit it starts in Rome with Michael and a cardinal in a meeting.
3. The death of Lucchesi is more Violent in nature with new foley work to accompany that.
4. Everybody knows this by now but the ending has been altered to remove flashbacks to the first two parts and Michael doesn’t physically die unlike the original 1990 theatrical version and 1991 Final Directors Cut where cuts from a flashback of Mary to other flashback then fades to elderly Michael. After Michael puts on his shades, it fades to a proverb instead.
5. Line alterations in a few scenes.
6. The 2003 Paramount logo (which plasters is the 1990 logo) opens and closes the 2008 restoration and The 2020 Paramount logo (also plasters the 1990 logo) opens and closes Coda. (The 1990 and 1997 VHS along with the 2001 DVD retained the 1990 logo)
7. Restoration credits are added and the MPPA logo is changed to the MPA logo.
1. A new color grading but I don’t mind this one (with The exception of one flashback in the middle of the film to The Godfather Part 1), FFC must’ve thought the golden tint from the original Blu-ray did not work for this film.
2. The opening is altered a bit it starts in Rome with Michael and a cardinal in a meeting.
3. The death of Lucchesi is more Violent in nature with new foley work to accompany that.
4. Everybody knows this by now but the ending has been altered to remove flashbacks to the first two parts and Michael doesn’t physically die unlike the original 1990 theatrical version and 1991 Final Directors Cut where cuts from a flashback of Mary to other flashback then fades to elderly Michael. After Michael puts on his shades, it fades to a proverb instead.
5. Line alterations in a few scenes.
6. The 2003 Paramount logo (which plasters is the 1990 logo) opens and closes the 2008 restoration and The 2020 Paramount logo (also plasters the 1990 logo) opens and closes Coda. (The 1990 and 1997 VHS along with the 2001 DVD retained the 1990 logo)
7. Restoration credits are added and the MPPA logo is changed to the MPA logo.
