And while The Godfather Part III wasn't nearly as good as the first two entries, Coppola's effort to re-cut the movie in 2020 in order to achieve his original vision made the film much, much better.

If you could pour despair into a movie shape, it would be Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather Part II. Is Part II a greater movie than the one that precedes it, released in 1972? Maybe only by a ...

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II hit theaters 50 years ago this month, and set a high standard for every sequel that followed.