A good movie

I already saw this movie a couple of times before but since there was the new reworked version called 'The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone' on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it again in this new version. To be honest, even though I did watch this movie a few times already, I didn't remember it well enough to spot what had been changed. Eventually, even though this new version was indeed an improvement, it didn't seem that Coppola really did revolutionise his movie after all. Anyway, it always had a rather lousy reputation but what would you expect from a sequel that was supposed to follow 2 of the best movies ever made? Furthermore, Francis Ford Coppola was creatively crippled as he apparently only had a year to write, direct and edit the damned thing. Obviously, many criticized Sofia Coppola back then and she did have a hard time to convince everyone with her acting skills but you have to give her some slack as she was a last minute replacement. To be honest, even though she was definitely not amazing, I don't think she was so awful though. In fact, his short sting with the much more attractive Bridget Fonda was actually interesting but I was surprised by how quickly her character disappeared after all. Eventually, I still think it was a decent watch and, above all, it was just really neat to see Michael Corleone 16 years later after the second instalment. Indeed, the character, as usual very well played by Al Pacino, was still spellbinding to behold and, only for him, it is worth watching the damned thing. Anyway, to conclude, if you don't try to compare it too much with its predecessors, it is actually not bad at all and it is eventually definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10