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Coppola Slams Godfather Game

Posted by Zonk on from the collaborate-with-the-original-vision dept.

greysky writes "Gamespot cites an interview on AMC where Coppola reveals that he is upset with Paramount for making his Godfather movies into a video game. He's quoted as saying 'I knew nothing about it. They never asked me if I thought it was a good idea...I think it's a misuse of film'. The interview is set to air on AMC this Sunday."

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  1. Spoilers for those who have avoided Godfather III by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I never found much of a problem with Godfather III other than the fact that it had Coppola's no-talent daughter in the role intended for Winona Ryder (who is infinitely hotter and almost inifinitely more talented), and that it was kind of boring. Other than Zaza's move against the other families and his assassination, it was nothing compared to the previous movies in terms of action. The final hunt at the opera house was spoiled by the fact that, elsewhere, a "killer cannoli" was being used as a plot device. Oh, and involving the Pope was a definite no-no in terms of keeping the film believable. After all, Michael Corleone was, for all non-romanticizable purposes, just another lowlife.

    Otherwise, it wrapped things up nicely. Mike ignored his true family (wife & kids) because of his responsibilities as Godfather all throughout the trilogy, tries to step back into his role as father and husband in the third flick, fails (he's "pulled back in"), and is ultimately rewarded with a long, lonely life and solitary death, long after those he loved, such as his daughter, suffered and died for him. He started in the first film with potential for normalcy (didnt want anything to do with the family business) and brought everything crashing around himself by taking the role and responsibilities of someone with no possible clean way out. If he had died on the steps instead of his skanky incestuous monkey of a daughter (as so many people insist would have been the better ending), it would have been a much worse film.

    Okay, maybe it's a little worse than I say it is, but hoonestly, I don't regret having seen it. It did an okay job of capping off its two excellent prequels.