![]() ![]() ![]() Everything of any interest was thoroughly covered in the original film, but like many people who have nothing to say, "Part II" won't shut up.Not the least of its problems is its fractured form. Occasionally it repeats a point made in "The Godfather" (organized crime is just another kind of American business, say) but its insights are fairly lame at this point."The Godfather, Part II," which opened yesterday at five theaters, is not very far along before one realizes that it hasn't anything more to say. It moves in fits and starts but it has no mind of its own. It's a Frankenstein's monster stitched together from leftover parts. Puzo's novel that didn't fit into the first. ![]() It's not really much of anything that can be easily defined.It's a second movie made largely out of the bits and pieces of Mr. Coppola and Mario Puzo, is not a sequel in any engaging way. Among other things, one remembers "The Godfather's" tremendous narrative drive and the dominating presence of Marlon Brando in the title role, which, though not large, unified the film and transformed a super-gangster movie into a unique family chronicle."Part II," also written by Mr. The only remarkable thing about Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather, Part II" is the insistent manner in which it recalls how much better his original film was. ![]()
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