Astute observation indeed Pete Never occurred to me either that
Originally Posted by mustachepete
Extract: the best material in the trilogy is the material traceable back to Puzo's novel - the Godfather and the flashback sections of GF2
However “it was co-written by Puzo” Coppola and Puzo lost their Midas touch!

Every actor in Godfather and Godfather 2 was terrific in the portrayal of their respective characters due to Coppola's terrific casting
They even looked like their characters!

While “GF3 was convoluted and unbalanced” with poor acting, isn't it Coppola's job to direct the actors