CODA:
It’s all ok folks…no new discoveries…well…sorta.
I decided to watch the Theatrical version of The Godfather Part 3, 2hr 42 min, and was struck by something I had missed… so I then checked the 1991 cut (2hr 50min) and sure enough …there it was.
Some of you may recall earlier in this thread I went to great lengths to correct an awful continuity issue in Part 3 where an establishing shot of St Michael’s in NY is used prio to Michael’s meeting with the Archbishop…the shot trying to imply they are in NY when the room the meeting is held in is in The Vatican as we later see.
Anyway, as you know, I corrected all that. What I had missed however was that that shot error was NOT in the Theatrical cut . Further, it’s is repeated again in Coda (2h37min)…
Appalling!
What is worse, is the butchered ending of Coda… I mean, the awful cross fade of Cavalieri Rusticana is such a well known piece…to hear it so butchered, when they have the assets, is just plain indefensible. Let alone the visuals being cut too.
Any editor on this site would have not produced such a hamfisted execution. Worse still is that caption at the end….
Seriously…it’s like a cheap TV movie “when a Sicilian wishes you cent anni, they are wishing you a long life. A Sicilian never forgets”
Huh?!!?!
It’s just odd. Quotes and captions like that are not used anywhere in the trilogy of films….it’s called The Death of Michael Corlene, and we don’t see him die, and only that he (or some other Sicilian) won’t forget.
Dire
Someone please explain to me how Coda is an improvement…?
And to think I have it in 4K!
Rant over.