Both Pacino and Keaton gave their approval to the recut film, noting it as an improvement over the original film.
Moreover, there is a crucial difference between the third "Godfather" film and its two predecessors.
Still, seen after 30 years, especially in the cinema, the best scenes rediscover the old crepuscular power.
What happened is that she showed up and gave a technically unpolished, emotionally alive performance, and for that crime she was bashed like a Kardashian on Twitter.
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If that were to happen, the new ending positions Vincent in the same space of grief, guilt, and anguish as Michael, owing to the fact that he too, is haunted by the death of Mary, the girl he loved.