I just finished watching 'The Last Don' and it wasn't all too bad. What they did wrong was they took the part that the book was built around and up to(Satadio War) and just told the story right away. As for the actors, some were cast well. Sure, Dante should have been shorter, but it fit, and Cross was good. Darryl Hannah as Athena? Ok, it wasn't too bad. Petey and Vincent were bad for there was no uniqueness. You didn't know which was which, they didn't take the time to show. Sure, they were small in the book too, but you knew there qualities. Some of the changes were ok, some were just pointless. Overall, it was an ok movie. I watched the complete miniseries version so maybe the edited shorter version was better or worse. Still, you can't go truly wrong with Puzo.