THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE

[Valeyard]

I haven't watched the Godfather Part 3 for a while, so I'll to go back and watch it again.

That said, the Godfather Coda is the exact same movie. Nothing has really changed significantly at all. Moving the cardinal meeting to the start doesn't really achieve anything, and the one half-significant change is that at the end Michael doesn't literally slump over and die in the same was as his father Vito.

All the problems with the original still persist, most notably the complete absence of Tom Hagen, and Michael's quest for redemption which I do not believe the audience feels. He gets what he deserves. I've never agreed with the criticisms against Sofia Coppola - she showed a raw emotional performance that felt more real at times.

Aside from the ending being genuinely improved, I'm not sure what else was accomplished in this new edit? It just seems like Coppola is obsessed with editing his movies over, and over again probably to the inspiration of Lucas...