GF2 - definitely more tragic
- Michael alone in the world and he realizes that isolation because all that cares about is in the past - he has no future to with which to look forward - it's all about a past he can't recapture, only remember
GF3 - is the blossoming of what Michael sowed in GF2
-- the only thing that makes the final scenes of GF3 bearable is Pacino's silent scream, and the look on Kay's face - but it is as if she is watching for Pacino/Michael's reaction.
I really don't like being this negative, but I wondered if Sophia Coppola was as much a whiney nit-wit in real life as she played her character and that's why Dad got his revenge in blowing her away like that --- horrible acting that lowered the level of the whole movie. And the make-up on Pacino at the very end of GF3? Give me a break - there were better old man 6-year-old's at my door last night asking for candy.
I mean, I love the movies, and the aniticipation for GF3 was so high --- and it just kept going down hill all the way through. My two cents. Mea Dolta.