Wednesday, October 12, 2005
WAGES OF SIN
Today, I finished the trilogy with
They waited 16 years between this and the second one. It may have been intentional. Dunno. But the aging of the carryover actors is very convincing because, to a great extent, it is real.
Part III was also a NYTimes 1176 Best Film; a trifecta.
A lot of people were disappointed with it. It actually shows people suffering for their sins.
One of these groups is the roman catholic church. It shows the gang war over the vatican that presumably had John Paul I get a planned heart attack.
A corrupt archibishop (NYC no less) is not a stretch. But, the pope? Well. No. That is not a stretch either.
There are a lot of new people in this one. Eli Wallach as an old old Don is old and doing his very good thing. It was great to watch him steal scenes effortlessly.
Andy Garcia is the new Don. Nice.
Sofia Coppola is unfortunate as Pacino's daughter. The usual Coppola nepotism. It often works for him; NIck Cage, Talia Shire. Not this time. It is only fair to say that she stepped in for Winona Ryder; so maybe it was justified. Maybe. There aren't a lot of young actresses out there who could have stepped in for Winona, huh?
Anyway, I liked it. I now feel complete.
I will give it a 5 out of Netflix 5 becauase the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Nine hours of my shortening life. OK. It was worth it.
