Vocal delivery, hum I don’t see it. I might be missing it. But I don’t see it. Is she winno Ryder, no. I see some actors miscast bad and some who look horrible acting. I could not see it in Sophia. Just my opinion
Her “You’re. Using. Me. Just. To. Pull. The. Strings.” reminds me of Torgo from Manos’s legendary “I. Take. Care. Of. The. Place. While. The. Master. Is. Away.”
By the time filming was done, she was probably saying to herself the famous Hollywood line: "What I really want to do is direct." Incidentally, Lost in Translation is one of my favorite movies ever.
@@Tanishq22715 one critic outright called her “homely.” Definitely wouldn’t be allowed today… But beyond that I just don’t understand wtf they’re talking about.
It's because of her face features. Anyone who doesn't have a "perfect" slim nose, almond shaped eyes and full pouty lips is considered "Ugly" to certain people. But I see an exotic beauty.
She was great. She speaks slowly which is her natural way. She couldn’t help the monotone as she had no training and her father pushed her into this acting venture in a movie before she was ready. She’s now a great director/film maker and always a beauty! ❤
I think she was PERFECT for the role. Realistic and beautiful..looked the part, dressed the part, acted the part. What do ppl expect from a mobster's daughter...not an over animated actress that's for sure.😊
I dont get the criticism of her.. she seems a lot like the rich Italian girls I’ve come across in my life. She seemed very authentic. I think the fact that she was pretty but not a bombshell added to the credibility/realism.
When she crops up to meet Vincent you honestly think it’s the debut of a cinematic legend. There’s a playful danger about her. Then she says “Hello. Vincent. I. Remember. You.” and kills that vibe completely.
@@francofan100 This video of her clips is in the vault at the Library of Congress so future generations are guaranteed the opportunity to bask in the greatness of this cinematic performance. The real reason that she was not nominated for an Oscar, was because she would have swept them all up! The Academy knew that she'd of won the awards for categories that she wasn't even qualified for (Best Costume Design, Best Original Song, Best Animated Short Film, etc) so they made sure that she couldn't be nominated for any of them! A travesty, I say!
I think Siri has a more emotional delivery than Sofia in this movie. I’m glad she became a talented writer and director because those are her strengths.
Sophia is very young and innocent here. I liked seeing her in this role. Americans are hyper critical and narrow minded about talent. She was celebrated throughout Europe.
It's funny how you Europeans insult us Americans.........until you need us to come and save you. Like in WW2, when you were all getting your asses handed to you and then we had to come and save the day.
She was absolutely Gorgeous!! Loved her performance. Cried when she died because my family dealt with similar loss and she reminded me of my late sister
I've heard the lore, but...honestly, she's really not that bad. It's subtle. And again, an actor is as good, in part, because of the direction they take. I've certainly seen much, much worse. Winona Ryder has two - TWO - Oscar nominations, and I don't know how or why. At least Sofia's directorial skills run in the family.
It's true, she's just an amateur at that age, needs some work but she'd probably amount to a decent actor. Just a bit of nepotism that got her a role way over her head professionally.
@@ggeemmiinnii She had her moments in the late 80s to early 90s playing "the cute girl next door" and rebellious types. But after she grew out of those roles, her career pretty much dried up.
love how she’s representing her natural physical features, but she was just a victim of the crew not being prepared to have an understudy for one of the main characters i mean come on..she just wanted to help her father cut down on costs of having to cut any shooting days, so of course she agreed, especially to try and make him proud
People talk so much ish about her and her performance but I LOVED her as Mary. She was so unique and unexpected, instead of the trite leading ladies of the time. She was so young, but was so natural, and believable. I think she conveyed so much believable emotion for her age and lent an authenticity to the performance with her youth and purity.
I'd never noticed that she was listening to Elvis Costello in that bedroom scene. Given Sofia's love of late 70s new wave / postpunk (as reflected in her soundtrack choices) that's a nice little view of what's to come
She definitely has some bad line deliveries here, but I kinda like her simple and natural way of acting as the character. Some people do genuinely act like this.
For someone with no experience acting at all she did a good job. She's pretty and has good chemistry with the cast. She's natural and comfortable in front of the camera which is very hard to get, just watch any home video. Her vocal delivery is pretty flat though and in a few emotional scenes she doesn't seen to be emoting much. But she's acting alongside Al Pachino and Andy Garcia and holding her own, in her first film no less. If her debut had been in a smaller film with less pressure and more prep time I don't think any of my criticisms would exsist. But she's clearly doing fine.
Supposedly Winona Ryder was cast as Mary but had to pull out (and they couldn’t pull her back in). Sofia replaced her at the last minute, the Vincent/Mary story was trimmed, and critics crucified her. Clods-She looked the part, wasn’t half bad, and got to laugh last as a director.
Yeah her acting is absolutely brilliant here. I'm sure they put this clip in the vault at the Library of Congress so that future generations can witness her acting greatness. 🙄
Winona Ryder was cast and actually filmed some scenes. She dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with Mermaids and supposedly nervous exhaustion.
Untrue. Mermaids was already shot. She flew to Rome after she wrapped Mermaids. She was set to film her first scene and was a no show the day filming for her was to begin. She, so they claim, could not get out of bed to film, as she was so exhausted. A doctor was brought on set, and they were informed that if she filmed anything she would suffer a breakdown on set. She flew home the next day. The only thing they have for her as far as filming is concerned are her wardrobe fittings that they shot the day before she allegedly could not get out of bed.@@lostNxbox29
I do not see there that Sofía Coppola's performance deserves the avalanche of criticism that it brought at the time, quite the opposite. She herself made it clear that being an actress was not her desire at all. To my understanding, she played the role of a young and innocent girl, with high education and respect for family tradition, still oblivious to the machinations of her mafia family. Her ignorance or lack of knowledge of the world in which her relatives operate makes her pure soul. She is a timeless, atypical and iconic beauty, which shows her character to be healthily captivating and the young age of both the actress and the character justifies her inexperience, perhaps, and that definitely works in her favor! Everything is calculated in Mary Corleone's performance, right down to her blatant challenge to her father (the basket scene), her half-conscious expression of reality ("you are using me to pull the strings" in the attic), her immature whimsy on the stairs that will lead to her death... Perfect performance and tragic unfair ending.
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 ok that’s ur opinion but I think it’s sad that we’ve stopped embracing unique features. I think her big nose is beautiful and represents her Roman ancestors. Not everyone suits a button nose.
She's very beautiful, and some people actually do speak with flat delivery... That's the way Sophia speaks in real life, everyone says how quiet she is, even when she directs!
Some people can barely string a sentence together in real life either. That doesn't mean that you want them as your leading lady within a prestige production.
I was very young when I saw this and didn't really look out for things like acting ability, but even then something about her scenes just seemed off. Years later when the internet came out and I saw all the fuss, it all made sense. I'm glad she has a successful directing career - public humiliation with no last laugh is terrible (unless it happens to terrible people).
Played naturally??? Wow. Some people are robots. She scarred the film. What a surprise that she was the daughter of the director. You think she got the part because of her "natural" acting. There are high school play actors better than what she did here. Her delivery for all of her lines were beyond forced and obvious that she was just reading the script. She was a big reason why Godfather 3 is ignored by so many people as if it never happened.
As someone who loved Godfather I and II, I wasn't as fond of Godfather III, but I enjoyed Al Pacino and Sofia Coppola's roles in the movie. I think Sophia is remarkably photogenic and beautiful with an ideally authentic Italian/ Sicilian appearance, and her relatively flat delivery as some have called it comes across as realistic to me. I am fond of her expressions as well. I like the fact that she doesn't overact.
Let's just be honest, if this was *ANY* other actress, she wouldn't have been hated for this role. I think people solely hated this because she is Francis Ford Coppola's daughter. This was a really good movie. Was it great? Not quite. But compared to the first 2 Godfather movies, what movies are great?
I find it difficult to believe there was no-one other than Sofia Coppola available to play the part of Mary. She made the film memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Actually believe it or not Winona Ryder was actually pegged for the role but for reasons known only to Winona and Francis Ford Coppola it didn't happen although I think her performance would have been much better than Sophia's
@@Batmanfan4life Winona was sick and couldn't take the role at the time, IIRC. Coppola didn't hold it against her, that's why he cast her in Dracula after this.
I will never understand the hate she got for this performance. She is so beautiful, and her understated delivery is exactly what you might expect from a shy teenager, which is the character she was playing!
Huh I don't get the criticism she gets for this role. She perfectly encapsulates an innocent sheltered young girl forcing herself to be more grown up than she is.
I totally agree. As you say, an innocent and awkward young girl. Sheltered by her father and I felt her performance was quiet and as gentle as was her nature.
I loved her in this film ! She did and fit the part perfectly better than Winona ! Idk what anyone else says ! It was perfect And Evrryone loves these films. Great job. So memorable! Sofia you were Great in this film.
Bro idk what the writers were thinking 😭😭 The only thing I can think of now off the top of my head is this. In the Bible, powerful men who did wrong in the sight of the Lord had calamity brought upon them. And all kind of things happened to their throne and their family. This sort of mirrors that with all the evil the Corleone has done, calamity is brought upon them both internally and externally.
In retrospect I don't think a seasoned actor could have done this her role better - conversely, don't forget Sofia was also in Rumble Fish playing. For G3 she brings a certain unawareness and naive confidence as Mary. She was about the same age as her character, has a powerful successful Italian father like Mary, and experienced the unearned privilege Mary had. When the film came out , critics went in a group tizzy panning her performance. But if a Wynona Ryder or a similar actor (who is one of my favorite actors) had played the role I'm not sure we get the loss of innocence and tragedy when Mary is killed., her death symbolizes Michael's sins being revisited upon him, (he killed not just his brother, but the son of his mother and father, Michael is the one who commits the ultimate sin in the history of all three narratives. Sofia Coppola is one of my favorite writer/directors and Lost in Translation inspired my recent short film - full disclosure.
Her death was the best part of the movie. I wish it happened in the very beginning so we didn't have to suffer through her terrible acting through the whole movie!
some of the scenes aren’t completely awful, like the cafe scene is decent. it sounds like they overdubbed a Lot of her lines, like they weren’t even mixed into the scene right. she sounds like she’s somewhere completely different.
It turns out that Winoda Rider was going to play her but she got hospitalized and had to drop out of the role. Madonna was also considered for the role but due to money and time they went with his daughter who already there helping her dad on the film.
0:01 didn’t inhale the cigarette. Looks funny. But what really puzzles me is the clothes the girl to the right is dressed like Blossom (90s sitcom) - which is fine. Movie was made in the 90s. Until I realized …. This is supposed to take place in the 70s…..
Poor Mary. It wasn't the bullet that killed her. It was her father's order to Vincent to break up 💔 with her is what truly did. All it takes is a bullet from an assassin unintentionally giving her the easy way out instead of Michael.
Because the actress who was originally meant for the role was murdered day's before the film started shooting so Coppola had to use his daughter for the role or cancel the filming of godfather part 3 which meant million's of dollars would be lost look up the story behind why Sophia got the part
You realize they don't really have sex in movies. Idk what's worse, the fact that you think its real, or the fact you think it's real and aren't bothered that she got murdered in the movie. We have a weird culture where sex, the thing that creates life and feels good = evil and disgusting But extreme violence, gore and pain are accepted with open arms
The absolute worst acting job in all of the Godfather series. She might as well held the script in her hand. No feeling and very monotone, but she has found her place in directing so good for her.
she already knew the lines from doing read-throughs with the cast in Winona's place, so after confirming Winona's illness, they lost zero time in the shooting schedule, because Sofia was there.
@@eyeopenproductions1559 I know her acting was bad, but I blame her dad for putting her into this situation. When Winona dropped out, people told him to halt production and find an actress who was good. But he was very stubborn, and decided that his daughter would be in the movie.
As a naturally monotone soft spoken girl next door type, you gotta learn how to emote more or else people get annoyed. It could be as simple as a look or raise of an eyebrow. Sofia just needed some training. She's excellent at writing and directing. I suspect she may be on the spectrum like me as well. High functioning women on the spectrum tend to be bad showing emotions and have a very youthful look.
Of course she tried acting. She has cousins, uncles, aunts and more who are in the business. Talia Shire, Jason Swartzman, Nicolas Cage just to name a few. Glad she stuck with directing.
For me, there is nothing wrong with Sofia Coppola's role as MARY Corleone. MARY Corleone was a young, innocent girl, in love for the first time with her handsome 1st cousin. Vincent. Sofia played the role perfectly. She was young, innocent and beautifuI. I cannot imagine someone older and worldly with good vocal control like Wynonna or Madonna playing MARY CORLEONE....😊😮
I said the same thing lol. I just wish they put that part at the beginning so we didn't have to suffer through the whole movie with her in it. Michael should have just Fredo'd her in the first 10 minutes........
She wasn't terrible. It's an okay movie held down by the greatness of its predecessors. I think a lot of people use Sofia as a club to go after her father. Some people are just mean.
True. The movie was doomed from the start. The story was already pretty much over. It was completely a product of studio pressure for a sequel and financial pressure for Francis.
I mean her physical acting isn’t bad, and she certainly looks the part. But good lord, that flat vocal delivery.
So, all people are supposed to speak the same way? Idiot, I swear watching mainstream films have caused people to think like that.
Vocal delivery, hum I don’t see it. I might be missing it. But I don’t see it. Is she winno Ryder, no. I see some actors miscast bad and some who look horrible acting. I could not see it in Sophia. Just my opinion
That was my point. Her vocal delivery is awful. Her lines are 90% ADR which might be why.
Her “You’re. Using. Me. Just. To. Pull. The. Strings.” reminds me of Torgo from Manos’s legendary “I. Take. Care. Of. The. Place. While. The. Master. Is. Away.”
Don’t judge her so bad.
By the time filming was done, she was probably saying to herself the famous Hollywood line: "What I really want to do is direct." Incidentally, Lost in Translation is one of my favorite movies ever.
Mine, too!
Bill Murray's best movie at that
The films she directed are great. Directing was her calling.
oh she did that wow she inspired me to go to Tokyo when I was a kid that movie changed me and I went!!
Lost in translation is my second favourite film after Blade Runner
Can we appreciate that Sofia Coppola can direct
Like one great movie and thats it
And boy can she direct
Great director, bland actor.
@@stansmith8499 Nah.
Certainly can’t act that’s for damn sure
"My daughter Mary Corleone."
Vincent: "Challenge Accepted"
😂
Can’t believe critics called her ugly. 😮
They're unprofessional
@@Tanishq22715 one critic outright called her “homely.” Definitely wouldn’t be allowed today…
But beyond that I just don’t understand wtf they’re talking about.
It's because of her face features. Anyone who doesn't have a "perfect" slim nose, almond shaped eyes and full pouty lips is considered "Ugly"
to certain people.
But I see an exotic beauty.
That girl is gorgeous!
I had a crush on her , when I first saw this movie ! Wth were those critics thinking ?!!
She wore her clothes beautifully
gowns...beautiful gowns...
Simp
💯
“I’m your little cousin”
*”OH! NOW WE’RE RELATED!”*
- Vincent Mancini Corleone
🤣🤣🤣
Maybe that was sexy in the 80s 🤷🏽♂️
@@Jamietheroadrunneryeah the 1880s 😂
@@xotwod3254THIS COMMENT MADE ME DIE LOL
@@Jamietheroadrunner that was never “sexy”
She was great. She speaks slowly which is her natural way. She couldn’t help the monotone as she had no training and her father pushed her into this acting venture in a movie before she was ready.
She’s now a great director/film maker and always a beauty! ❤
I think she was PERFECT for the role. Realistic and beautiful..looked the part, dressed the part, acted the part. What do ppl expect from a mobster's daughter...not an over animated actress that's for sure.😊
I thought she was perfect too
oh so she got in to film making... we would have never known that had you not informed us.
@huzztv18 God good no she was horrendous. She was totally miscast madonna wanted the role she could have done better
Please, no talent whatsoever, an average film maker and below aver in terms of looks.
Even though Andy Garcia isn’t Italian in any way, I’m proud that he played Italians all the time. He’s so good looking
He is Italian
@@gabolujan3109he's Cuban
@@darrenkey207 he looks Italian to me
Guapo????😮
❤yes, Andy Garcia is Cuban!
I dont get the criticism of her.. she seems a lot like the rich Italian girls I’ve come across in my life. She seemed very authentic. I think the fact that she was pretty but not a bombshell added to the credibility/realism.
I mean to be fair she is absolutely gorgeous. But a terrible actress
Did you watch the movie? Even her aunt who was in the movie said she was a mistake.
@@juggles5474 I guess she'd be gorgeous if the only women you've ever seen are inbred, trailer park, mutants.........
When she crops up to meet Vincent you honestly think it’s the debut of a cinematic legend. There’s a playful danger about her. Then she says “Hello. Vincent. I. Remember. You.” and kills that vibe completely.
@@francofan100 This video of her clips is in the vault at the Library of Congress so future generations are guaranteed the opportunity to bask in the greatness of this cinematic performance. The real reason that she was not nominated for an Oscar, was because she would have swept them all up! The Academy knew that she'd of won the awards for categories that she wasn't even qualified for (Best Costume Design, Best Original Song, Best Animated Short Film, etc) so they made sure that she couldn't be nominated for any of them! A travesty, I say!
I think Siri has a more emotional delivery than Sofia in this movie.
I’m glad she became a talented writer and director because those are her strengths.
The spechless al pacino's cry out when she was murdered Is a brutal scene... It sums up all the pain, all the sorrow...AND all the pacino's chops
Zafa ...despues de ver a brando el resto ...es cotillon!!😂😂❤
Each time I see the scene my stomach cringe, my throat closes and tears come from my eyes 😢
@@mariacameron2832 solo hablo castellano
One of the saddest stories in cinema. I cried when she was murdered.
I screamed in pain when she was shot
she was man-slaughtered
You cried more than she did
Sophia is very young and innocent here. I liked seeing her in this role. Americans are hyper critical and narrow minded about talent. She was celebrated throughout Europe.
she aint innocent
Americans? 😂 U in America
Europeans celebrate a lot of people who shouldn’t be celebrated 😂
It's funny how you Europeans insult us Americans.........until you need us to come and save you. Like in WW2, when you were all getting your asses handed to you and then we had to come and save the day.
Being critical of a performance(not even hyper critical) isn’t narrow minded. Sounds like you’re just sensitive
Her acting isn't terrible in this, but I'm glad she chose to pursue directing instead. She has a real affinity for it!
Her acting was terrible.
She was absolutely Gorgeous!! Loved her performance. Cried when she died because my family dealt with similar loss and she reminded me of my late sister
We hope her soul rest in peace
I am sorry for your and your family lost, my she rest in peace.
she was shot mafioso style? Can you tell more?
Gorgeous where?
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 I guess she'd be gorgeous to him if the only women he's ever seen are inbred, trailer park, mutants.......
I've heard the lore, but...honestly, she's really not that bad. It's subtle. And again, an actor is as good, in part, because of the direction they take. I've certainly seen much, much worse. Winona Ryder has two - TWO - Oscar nominations, and I don't know how or why. At least Sofia's directorial skills run in the family.
It's true, she's just an amateur at that age, needs some work but she'd probably amount to a decent actor. Just a bit of nepotism that got her a role way over her head professionally.
This is fucking terrible
Never understood the draw of Winona Ryder. Her acting is...not great. Must be pretty privilege.
Some very flat moments but there's definitely been worse.
@@ggeemmiinnii She had her moments in the late 80s to early 90s playing "the cute girl next door" and rebellious types. But after she grew out of those roles, her career pretty much dried up.
love how she’s representing her natural physical features, but she was just a victim of the crew not being prepared to have an understudy for one of the main characters
i mean come on..she just wanted to help her father cut down on costs of having to cut any shooting days, so of course she agreed, especially to try and make him proud
People talk so much ish about her and her performance but I LOVED her as Mary. She was so unique and unexpected, instead of the trite leading ladies of the time. She was so young, but was so natural, and believable. I think she conveyed so much believable emotion for her age and lent an authenticity to the performance with her youth and purity.
I agree. She was believable. Her co-stars not so much.
I agree. She was believable. Her co-stars not so much.
I agree. She was believable. Her co-stars not so much.
I agree. She was believable. Her co-stars not so much.
I agree. She was believable. Her co-stars not so much.
I'd never noticed that she was listening to Elvis Costello in that bedroom scene. Given Sofia's love of late 70s new wave / postpunk (as reflected in her soundtrack choices) that's a nice little view of what's to come
She definitely has some bad line deliveries here, but I kinda like her simple and natural way of acting as the character. Some people do genuinely act like this.
Yeah I agree
She was awful.
For someone with no experience acting at all she did a good job. She's pretty and has good chemistry with the cast. She's natural and comfortable in front of the camera which is very hard to get, just watch any home video. Her vocal delivery is pretty flat though and in a few emotional scenes she doesn't seen to be emoting much. But she's acting alongside Al Pachino and Andy Garcia and holding her own, in her first film no less. If her debut had been in a smaller film with less pressure and more prep time I don't think any of my criticisms would exsist. But she's clearly doing fine.
Supposedly Winona Ryder was cast as Mary but had to pull out (and they couldn’t pull her back in). Sofia replaced her at the last minute, the Vincent/Mary story was trimmed, and critics crucified her. Clods-She looked the part, wasn’t half bad, and got to laugh last as a director.
Winona did Dracula for Francis Ford Coppola as an apology for dropping out of this film.
Yeah her acting is absolutely brilliant here. I'm sure they put this clip in the vault at the Library of Congress so that future generations can witness her acting greatness. 🙄
Winona Ryder was cast and actually filmed some scenes. She dropped out because of scheduling conflicts with Mermaids and supposedly nervous exhaustion.
Untrue. Mermaids was already shot. She flew to Rome after she wrapped Mermaids. She was set to film her first scene and was a no show the day filming for her was to begin. She, so they claim, could not get out of bed to film, as she was so exhausted. A doctor was brought on set, and they were informed that if she filmed anything she would suffer a breakdown on set. She flew home the next day. The only thing they have for her as far as filming is concerned are her wardrobe fittings that they shot the day before she allegedly could not get out of bed.@@lostNxbox29
I see what u did there with Winona
Unpopular Opinion: Sofia Coppola is a better director than an actress herself. I am glad that she directed good movies in her career.
That’s not an unpopular opinion at all.
That's DEFINITELY not a unpopular opinion😂
Awww she did her best! She was so young in this movie
So young and so terrible.
@@tony4534 be nice! lol
Hearing her talk all I can think of is “the room” by Tommy Wiseau
That “No! No! No dad!” Made me immediately think of Tommy 😂
@@juggles5474 "Forty-five caliber slug! You're tearing me apart!"
Atleast tommy performance is a lot better than her performance as atleast tommy is giving his heart and sincerity
Youre my favorite customer 🙂
I was going to comment the same thing.
I do not see there that Sofía Coppola's performance deserves the avalanche of criticism that it brought at the time, quite the opposite. She herself made it clear that being an actress was not her desire at all. To my understanding, she played the role of a young and innocent girl, with high education and respect for family tradition, still oblivious to the machinations of her mafia family. Her ignorance or lack of knowledge of the world in which her relatives operate makes her pure soul. She is a timeless, atypical and iconic beauty, which shows her character to be healthily captivating and the young age of both the actress and the character justifies her inexperience, perhaps, and that definitely works in her favor! Everything is calculated in Mary Corleone's performance, right down to her blatant challenge to her father (the basket scene), her half-conscious expression of reality ("you are using me to pull the strings" in the attic), her immature whimsy on the stairs that will lead to her death... Perfect performance and tragic unfair ending.
To be fair, her acting was bad, but I've never understood why someone like Winona Ryder who is also dreadfully bad at acting gets minimal criticism.
Awful acting, and where is the beauty?
Sofia Coppola is the one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen, she’s definitely my girl crush
😂😂 looks like gonzo from the muppet babies
@@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484 ok that’s ur opinion but I think it’s sad that we’ve stopped embracing unique features. I think her big nose is beautiful and represents her Roman ancestors. Not everyone suits a button nose.
@@maria-212 at what point on history has unique features been embraced universally? You live in delusion
obviously, you haven't seen very many women.....
@@TeddyKGB12With that attitude, you’ve never even experienced a woman falling in love with you. Or even show affection to you.
My kingdom for her hair.
I don't know why people hate her performance. I haven't noticed anything wrong. Just a girl in a mafia family.
She's very beautiful, and some people actually do speak with flat delivery... That's the way Sophia speaks in real life, everyone says how quiet she is, even when she directs!
Some people can barely string a sentence together in real life either. That doesn't mean that you want them as your leading lady within a prestige production.
I was very young when I saw this and didn't really look out for things like acting ability, but even then something about her scenes just seemed off. Years later when the internet came out and I saw all the fuss, it all made sense. I'm glad she has a successful directing career - public humiliation with no last laugh is terrible (unless it happens to terrible people).
I kinda like how flat her dialogue is, sometimes it works. A lot of the time it doesn't. I just don't know
I mean she wasn't working with the best material either. Not even Winona could make a first cousin love scene work. 😂
shes such a genuine and unique character and played so naturally by Sofia
You’re tripping hahahaha
First movie you've ever seen?
Played naturally??? Wow. Some people are robots. She scarred the film. What a surprise that she was the daughter of the director. You think she got the part because of her "natural" acting. There are high school play actors better than what she did here. Her delivery for all of her lines were beyond forced and obvious that she was just reading the script. She was a big reason why Godfather 3 is ignored by so many people as if it never happened.
must be your first movie 😂
@@TeddyKGB12nowhere near
Everytime she says the line "Why am I doing this?", I shout BECAUSE YOU'RE THE DIRECTORS DAUGHTER, FFS!
As someone who loved Godfather I and II, I wasn't as fond of Godfather III, but I enjoyed Al Pacino and Sofia Coppola's roles in the movie. I think Sophia is remarkably photogenic and beautiful with an ideally authentic Italian/ Sicilian appearance, and her relatively flat delivery as some have called it comes across as realistic to me. I am fond of her expressions as well. I like the fact that she doesn't overact.
Is nobody gonna talk about her hair? ❤❤❤
It is beautiful
Let's just be honest, if this was *ANY* other actress, she wouldn't have been hated for this role. I think people solely hated this because she is Francis Ford Coppola's daughter. This was a really good movie. Was it great? Not quite. But compared to the first 2 Godfather movies, what movies are great?
Are you deaf? That would make sense
with line delivery like that, she would've been hated for the role no matter who her father was.
She was terrible.
When they come, they come for what you love the most!
I find it difficult to believe there was no-one other than Sofia Coppola available to play the part of Mary. She made the film memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Actually believe it or not Winona Ryder was actually pegged for the role but for reasons known only to Winona and Francis Ford Coppola it didn't happen although I think her performance would have been much better than Sophia's
@@Batmanfan4life Winona was sick and couldn't take the role at the time, IIRC. Coppola didn't hold it against her, that's why he cast her in Dracula after this.
@@ShadowSonic2 oh I didn't know that
I will never understand the hate she got for this performance. She is so beautiful, and her understated delivery is exactly what you might expect from a shy teenager, which is the character she was playing!
You are a very kind person.
Youte tripping. Her delivery was absolutely horrendous
She was in way over her head unfortunately. She was gorgeous, but lacking as an actress.
Huh I don't get the criticism she gets for this role. She perfectly encapsulates an innocent sheltered young girl forcing herself to be more grown up than she is.
I totally agree. As you say, an innocent and awkward young girl. Sheltered by her father and I felt her performance was quiet and as gentle as was her nature.
A lot of people talk bad of Sophia, but I've always loved her. She is the perfect Italian goddess.
Might have been bad acting, but man she was a hottie back then
I’ll give you a hint… he’s Italian
I knew a girl (ex lover) who spoke like this. Reminds me of her. Yes there are when who act and talk like this.
Tell her to never choose acting. Nobody pays to see expressionless creeps on films
I loved her in this film ! She did and fit the part perfectly better than Winona !
Idk what anyone else says !
It was perfect And Evrryone loves these films.
Great job. So memorable! Sofia you were Great in this film.
Awwww Mary is so beautiful and cute 💖☺️ I cried like a baby when she got shot and killed at the end 😢😞
The fact that she "can't act" add a tremendous amount of realism to the movie.
Was incest really necessary?
Bro idk what the writers were thinking 😭😭
The only thing I can think of now off the top of my head is this. In the Bible, powerful men who did wrong in the sight of the Lord had calamity brought upon them. And all kind of things happened to their throne and their family. This sort of mirrors that with all the evil the Corleone has done, calamity is brought upon them both internally and externally.
First cousin love is not recommended but it is NOT incest.
@@lubnarahman4608 If 1st cousins are related, then what do you call sex between two related family members? 🤔
@@SimpleLivings sex
Half of the UK Royal family are incestuous then.@@SimpleLivings
Mary: “Did he kill his own brother?
Vincent: “No,…Fredo went out fishing one day, and he was never seen again. He just disappeared!”
And now she's a director like her dad
Thank God she's an amazing director! One of my favorites in the business.
My mom was IN LOVE with Andy Garcia. Now I see why I love Italian men lol
Andy isn't even Italian😂 they only put him as Italian in the movies because of the "mafia look"
He’s a really good looking Italian considering he’s Cuban. 😂
She's like the female equivalent of Keanu Reeves.
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where you dreamed that out?
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How so?
She's not bad looking and I'm sure she looks better than you
Andy Garcia was flat out gorgeous
In retrospect I don't think a seasoned actor could have done this her role better - conversely, don't forget Sofia was also in Rumble Fish playing. For G3 she brings a certain unawareness and naive confidence as Mary. She was about the same age as her character, has a powerful successful Italian father like Mary, and experienced the unearned privilege Mary had. When the film came out , critics went in a group tizzy panning her performance. But if a Wynona Ryder or a similar actor (who is one of my favorite actors) had played the role I'm not sure we get the loss of innocence and tragedy when Mary is killed., her death symbolizes Michael's sins being revisited upon him, (he killed not just his brother, but the son of his mother and father, Michael is the one who commits the ultimate sin in the history of all three narratives. Sofia Coppola is one of my favorite writer/directors and Lost in Translation inspired my recent short film - full disclosure.
Her death was the best part of the movie. I wish it happened in the very beginning so we didn't have to suffer through her terrible acting through the whole movie!
I'd love to see her do a movie about...Connie! Who is the mover in GF 3. The relationship between her and Vincent bears scrutiny to say the least.
She wrecked that film.
Single handed.
Destroyed it.
0:38 - for some reason I always laugh at that part 😂
Sofia Coppola is a great actress and a beautiful woman. I will never forget when I watched her first time in "Godfather 3".
Sofia is amazing in this movie
I love her in this movie to be honest.
SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL ❤
Ugh! The last opera scene. It’s as if she’s attending her own funeral. And Vincent knows she heartbroken and reaches to comfort her one last time.
Thank you for sharing this classy movie. God bless 🙏
Is She dubbed ?
This is cinema.
-Martin Scorsese
If Andy Garcia was my cousin, I would have a really hard time staying away from him too
People have married cousins since time began. Gone With the Wind, was one big one.
Fr 😂😂😂😂😂
Ewww how could you even think about something that's gross and disgusting.
You wouldn't have to. If he loved you back, you could legally be married.
My goodness, I had heard her acting was bad but I never thought it was this bad smh 😅
The assassin at the end saved us all from the possibility of seeing any more of Sofia Coppola on-screen. I hope he gets out soon.
some of the scenes aren’t completely awful, like the cafe scene is decent. it sounds like they overdubbed a Lot of her lines, like they weren’t even mixed into the scene right. she sounds like she’s somewhere completely different.
Love somebody else 😢
Extremely sad moment
11 of the most painful minutes in cinematic history. Her and Keanu reeves in Dracula were truly bad.
Ah yes! The part nobody was asking about!
but the innocent daughter is vital for Michael story
I love my first cousin. Ive always loved her!!!
Everyone‘s talking about the acting but I‘m actually disgusted by their relationship because they’re Cousins. WTF
If she wasn't a Coppola, we would probably never know anything about her
Если бы не было Копполо,мы бы не узнали про "Крестного отца". Каждый есть на своём месте,сеньор.
@@Рома-д3э9л learn some english sergey 😂😂😂
It turns out that Winoda Rider was going to play her but she got hospitalized and had to drop out of the role. Madonna was also considered for the role but due to money and time they went with his daughter who already there helping her dad on the film.
Andy Garcia was so handsome here 😍
Her very first role was in GF1
They’re cousins …. Their kids would have been slow.
I admire her work.
This movie was hilarious. I can’t even consider it part or Godfather trilogy.
She perfectly looked the part but the moment she opens her mouth that voice and delivery just destroyed the character
0:01 didn’t inhale the cigarette. Looks funny.
But what really puzzles me is the clothes the girl to the right is dressed like Blossom (90s sitcom) - which is fine. Movie was made in the 90s. Until I realized …. This is supposed to take place in the 70s…..
Maybe the 1970s felt recent then. It’s like if I were making a film today set around 2012-13, I’d probably miss a few things here and there.
I hated everything about this storyline. In fact, this is entire version of this classic movie.
i find this part actually disgusting. i mean they are cousins this is like incest.ew
No it isnt
I think its an Italian thing. Not all but I just so happen to know a guy who is half Italian and he's been dating his second cousin for years now.
@@toads5200 an italian thing? its pretty normalised in many countries but that doesnt make it odd
No it’s not, what world do you live in. 😊
I loved her role and role play. Physically, a beauty.
Sofia was hot and looked the part for the role. She just wasn't a trained actress and it showed
Poor Mary.
It wasn't the bullet that killed her. It was her father's order to Vincent to break up 💔 with her is what truly did. All it takes is a bullet from an assassin unintentionally giving her the easy way out instead of Michael.
Why did he put his 18 year old daughter in this film to hookup with a 34 year old so creepy
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Because the actress who was originally meant for the role was murdered day's before the film started shooting so Coppola had to use his daughter for the role or cancel the filming of godfather part 3 which meant million's of dollars would be lost look up the story behind why Sophia got the part
You realize they don't really have sex in movies. Idk what's worse, the fact that you think its real, or the fact you think it's real and aren't bothered that she got murdered in the movie.
We have a weird culture where sex, the thing that creates life and feels good = evil and disgusting
But extreme violence, gore and pain are accepted with open arms
@@donjohn2695She wasn't murdered
@@agirlwithdreams15 the actress who was supposed to play the role was murdered she was shot dead by a stalker look it
The most beautiful movie that has ever been produced...
The absolute worst acting job in all of the Godfather series. She might as well held the script in her hand. No feeling and very monotone, but she has found her place in directing so good for her.
she already knew the lines from doing read-throughs with the cast in Winona's place, so after confirming Winona's illness, they lost zero time in the shooting schedule, because Sofia was there.
@@SkyeID Horrible actress!
@@eyeopenproductions1559 I know her acting was bad, but I blame her dad for putting her into this situation. When Winona dropped out, people told him to halt production and find an actress who was good. But he was very stubborn, and decided that his daughter would be in the movie.
@@SkyeID That’s a fact! Nepotism!
I hate her mouth.
As a naturally monotone soft spoken girl next door type, you gotta learn how to emote more or else people get annoyed. It could be as simple as a look or raise of an eyebrow. Sofia just needed some training. She's excellent at writing and directing. I suspect she may be on the spectrum like me as well. High functioning women on the spectrum tend to be bad showing emotions and have a very youthful look.
What an excellent actress, almost forgot jt was a movie and thought i was watching live pd
@sleepyjoe7933 I was being sarcastic
@sleepyjoe7933 shame on your ancestors I give you permission to breathe go along.
She is a good actress, the bad parts were badly written, that is why they were bad.
@@summerlove7779no she is not.
@@summerlove7779😂😂😂😂😂😂
Of course she tried acting. She has cousins, uncles, aunts and more who are in the business. Talia Shire, Jason Swartzman, Nicolas Cage just to name a few. Glad she stuck with directing.
For me, there is nothing wrong with Sofia Coppola's role as MARY Corleone.
MARY Corleone was a young, innocent girl, in love for the first time with her handsome 1st cousin. Vincent.
Sofia played the role perfectly. She was young, innocent and beautifuI. I cannot imagine someone older and worldly with good vocal control like Wynonna or Madonna playing MARY CORLEONE....😊😮
Acting so bad the ending was unexpectedly satisfying
I said the same thing lol. I just wish they put that part at the beginning so we didn't have to suffer through the whole movie with her in it. Michael should have just Fredo'd her in the first 10 minutes........
She wasn't terrible. It's an okay movie held down by the greatness of its predecessors. I think a lot of people use Sofia as a club to go after her father. Some people are just mean.
True. The movie was doomed from the start. The story was already pretty much over. It was completely a product of studio pressure for a sequel and financial pressure for Francis.