Posted on 10/21/2019 11:01:17 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Poor Roger Stone, the prosecutors must really be desperate to prove they are right for persecuting...er...I mean prosecuting him if they want to introduce a work of fiction into his trial
Have they no shame? Seems like some bar association would refer this to an ethics committee.
Berman is a notorious Rat hack she knows allowing this would have made an appeal a slam dunk.
Imagine what would happen if he was just some poor schmo with a public defender.
A friend of mine makes the point that the movie isn't all THAT bad, and if it had been called something other than Godfather 3, and the characters had all had different names, it would be looked at in a much more favorable light as a solid mob melodrama.
It was embarrassing, watching Pacino in that role. And I can only imagine how humiliating it was for Andy Garcia to play opposite Coppola’s untalented daughter.
That story line makes the movie.
Stone will have a slam dunk reversal at the Circuit Court if the judge allows the reading a script from a movie.
Part 3 would have been wonderful if Pacino's ego hadn't contributed to his overacting in 3. He received such acclaim for Parts 1 and 2 in the 16-year interval between 2 and 3 and became so rich and famous, that he forgot how tightly-controlled Michael's original character had been.
The story line of 3 was very prescient, seeming to see the future about the Vatican banking scandal and the suspicious death of a pope. And the scenery and music were beautiful.
I think the long break between 2 and 3 contributed to the perception that it was not as good, because without a deep refresher course in the first two, the third was harder to understand.
Interesting thoughts about 1&2 vs 3! See post 28:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3787908/posts?page=28#28
Da Gunna kill da Pope!
“do a Frank Pentangeli”
It’s in quotes. Did Stone use the phrase or did the prosecutor do a Schiffty paraphrase?
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