Yes, my sentiments EXACTLY!!!

Some of the lines are soooo overacted, especially the ones that are essential to 'Godfather' lingo. The script was written w/ some of the same type lines from I and II(chilling and haunting GF lingo) but the overall feeling of III does not allow those lines to have the believability that they have in the first two movies.

I don't expect III to have the same spontaneity and 'raw' acting that the first two had, I mean, obviously part I is going to be very original and very REAL and very RAW. But when you watch III it's painfully obvious that the actors know they are making the 3rd installment of THE GODFATHER, an all time classic, and they really over-do or over act a lot of the scenes.

I would include Pacino and Shire in that criticism. I thought Pacino still gave a solid performance despite his being 'self conscious about being another GF movie.' However, I thought Shire was painfully overacting and was VERY 'self conscious about being another GF movie.'


HOWEVER....Pacino does add some comic relief!!! An example would be the exchange w/ he and Connie...

Connie: 'Michael, now they'll fear you'

Michael:'Maybe they should fear YOU'.

I wonder if FFC put that there just to add some comedic relief. He has Connie deliver a line that would have been very chilling, very real, and very essential to the lingo of Vito Corleone. He had to know that it doesn't sound the same from Connie, and as I said earlier, part III does not really provide the context for these type lines to have the same effect of believability like parts I and II did. So..... I think he follows it with Michael's comic relief for that reason. I love the way Pacino delivers the comeback. A sure device of comedic relief to combat Connie's seriousness. Although the first two movies certainly have their funny moments, this particular kind of light hearted comic relief from Pacino was NOT seen in the first two movies, by ANYONE!