Episode 46. Godfather Saga Month: The Godfather: Part III & The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

We close out The Godfather Saga with a double feature courtesy of Mr. Coppola himself—The Godfather: Part III + The Godfather, Coda. We're talking almost five and half hours of pure Corleone action! But before we can break down everything that happens in these films, including Sophia Coppola's line-readings, Donkey Boy, Dre's Joe Mantegna, and 'It's his diabetes!', we have to discuss what we watched this week.

First, we watched the new movie trailers for two blockbusters: Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead which is like Ocean's 11 meets World War Z, and the latest in the Fast & Furious Saga: F9, which is like The Fate of the Furious meets pure ecstasy and magnets (yeah, bitch).

Dre also watched Zack Snyder's Watchmen, which still works for him and the Academy Award Best Picture nominated Minari, directed by Lee Isaac Chung.

While Goodman finally watched the Tom Cruise classic Risky Business (what a slide!), which could never be made today, but is a pure 80s vibe, and the proto-Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Then it's time to close out the Italian Star Wars and see if the third movie in the trilogy is really as bad as some people like to think, and whether Coppola's re-cut Coda improves upon it. We discuss what works, what doesn't and what changed, as well as the cast, the quotes and a whole heap of trivia.

Last we announce our upcoming theme: Taylor Sheridan films

• Sicario and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (written by)
• Without Remorse (written by)—the new film coming to Amazon Prime based on the Tom Clancy novel, starring Michael B. Jordan
• Hell or High Water (written by)
• Wind River (written and directed by)
• Those Who Wish Me Dead (written and directed by)—the new film coming to HBO Max, starring Angelina Jolie

Join us next week as we turn the podcast loose with some double Sicario action!

SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert