Last night Sam and I watched the third installment of The Godfather trilogy, The Godfather Part III (1990) starring the same cast of scary characters and a strange bunch of new ones, such as George Hamilton. This was the first time I’d ever seen The Godfather Part III so I’d like to offer a speedy synopsis of the story. Thank you.
Michael is old. He has diabetes, wrinkles, a shitload of money, ugly hair, two grown children and an ex-wife played by Diane Keaton who still hates his guts but has much nicer hair in Part III. In an early scene Michael tries to buy his way into heaven by donating $100 million to the Catholic church except he finds out afterwards that the Vatican bank is a scam run by criminals and he just flushed his dough down the toilet.
New on the scene is Vincent (played by Andy Garcia), the illegitimate twentysomething son of dead James Caan from the original movie in 1972, who has serious anger management issues involving bullets and biting off people’s ears. He also gets involved in a steamy relationship with Michael’s teenage daughter, Mary (played by Sofia Coppola), however Michael is not thrilled about this for two reasons: 1) Mary is a kid; and 2) Vincent is her first cousin. Michael explains to him that NICE GANGSTERS DON’T SCREW THEIR FIRST COUSINS.
Know what? I’ve got another Putz of the Week for you! This time we’re recognizing Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, a right-wing GOP Congressman who isn’t satisfied with the Republicans’ standard level of hate for the Communist Nazi from Kenya who’s living illegally in the White House. A fuckwit Teabagger through and through, Huelskamp feels compelled to Send A Message about President Obama’s clearly dangerous executive action on immigration, so instead of empty gestures like impeachment, lawsuits, angry letters or threatening to shut down the government, HUELSKAMP WANTS TO CUT FUNDING FOR AIR FORCE ONE.
I guess this also means that Congress would have to impeach itself and draw teeny Hitler mustaches on their official portraits. I’m thinking this might be a fun group project right before their afternoon Congressional nap and a much neater activity than playing with clay.
And now I think I’ll warm up some more soup, make a nice pickle & pimiento loaf sandwich on low-carb toast and indulge in a movie. This could be the perfect opportunity to watch The Trouble with Angels (1966) starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills since Sam is unconscious on the sofa and therefore can’t have a brain hemorrhage.
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