The single most cringeworthy moment in movie history is after Michael and Vincent finish talking about Vincent's killing of the assassins sent to his apartment by Joey Zasa. Connie says "Michael, now they'll fear you" in the most pathetic, unconvincing voice imaginable.
I agree 110 percent! That piece of dialogue was so "cheesy" that, after almost 20 years, I still fast forward right past it when I decide to give Part 3 another viewing (which thankfully isn't too often). To be honest, Puzo's dialogue was never going to be confused for that of, say, Richard Price's or George V. Higgins's, but that particular line was, indeed, cringeworthy.
It's a cheap, shameless imitation of Vito's "And then they would fear you" statement to Bonasera in I.
Well, there's a LOT of that in GF3. How about when Vincent tells Don Altobello, "I'll be learning a lot from you." That was just a cheap imitation of Michael telling Roth "There's much I can learn from you."
Or when Neri tells Michael "He's waiting in the lobby," a la Fredo to Michael in Part 2, regarding Frankie Pentangeli.
And don't get me started on the almost shot for shot reshooting of the pickup outside of Jack Dempsey's in Part 1. They only substituted the China Bowl for it in Part 3. I mean, an homage is one thing, but that's just plain lazy!
