Originally posted by plawrence:
...2- Vincent? I liked his character. I found nothing wrong with the fabrication of new and interesting characters for the third installment. They did it in GF II with Pentangelli, Roth, Ola, etc. Vincent may not have been as interesting as Roth or Pentangelli but, as I say, I liked him and to me has was not one of the reasons III was a lesser film.
3- The love affair may be seen by some as ridiculous, but it was a rather unique and unexpected storyline...
Unique, unexpected and most of all, unnecessary. Just like Vincent. That character could have been implemented as any other of Michael's nephews...and while from what I can tell Connie is a supporter of Vincent throughout, it may have been interesting to see how she might have behaved if it were one (or both) of her own sons striving to one day become 'Don Corleone'.
But anyway, it's the way it is and too late to change anything and here we are some 15 years later still debating it just like various aspects of GF/GFII (Fredo didn't know). So in that way at least, it has earned its place as a valid part of The Trilogy!
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