As a title,
The Godfather, Part III offers a certain promise. It presents the expectation of a ruthless Michael Corleone center stage, waging war to protect his business at all costs, focused on The Family as much or more than his own family. After two highly successful films carrying the title, itâs understandable that an audience would come to expect the familiar and be turned off by the uncertain. Itâs even more understandable that an audience would be confused by a film whose makers had no intention of continuing in that vein, which is why director/writer Francis Ford Coppola and author Mario Puzo wished to call their film