II before I. And III NEVER happened you hear me? It never happened. God damn you Winona Ryder. She was supposed to play Michael's daughter. But she had her shoplifting/nervous breakdown episode 2 weeks before filming and Coppola panicked.
See, forever, I think she made a GREAT daughter of Satan! The acting was sooooo bad it was GREAT! magic great!
Plus, I love Garcia's character, the resurrection of Sonny's aggression melding with Micheal's brains and calm, deliberateness.
The involvement of the church. The HUGE scale corruption. The other don who owns the church. What's his face makes a great new ago consigleari. (sp?)
And Micheals confession is ALL time great acting. And that good priest being murdered, MAN!!! Killing the POPE?????
Add to that the hit man is PURE evil. The perfect killer.
The friendly don. The flashbacks.
Connies transformation from ditz to cold, hard matron.
The scenes with Micheal and Kay and them reflecting on what they lost soooo humanizes and balances the evil of Michael with all his best intentions.
III may well be my favorite.