ATown8814 said:
Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas both suffer from the same problem.

In fairness to Coppola, he actually admits he did Godfather 3 for the money. He was very candid and very honest in an interview a few years back about the Godfather Trilogy (something Lucas could never humble himself to do). Coppola said he was having financial problems in the late 80's, and Godfather III was old reliable to get him some $$$. He even said that it didn't turn out as he hoped, and understood the public sentiment towards the movie compared to the first two classics.

The one thing Coppola doesn't do is revisionist history about the Godfather movies, as he doesn't say that Godfather III was always planned, and doesn't tell audience to watch the movies in chronological order meaning flashbacks first. He put out the VHS version of the movies with the flashbacks first as more of an experiment for the fans, but never protested, "The movies should be watched this way or that way."

I always liked that Coppola was a bit more humble then Lucas.