Exactly, the Michael of GF III bore little resemblence to the one from the first two GF movies.
the first 2 really relied on composites of of real life gangsters and characters...which made the films fascinating and realistic. He should have stuck to that...brought it up to date to the John Gotti era...and the battles with Rudy Guiliani etc....
In III Pacino reminded me of some sitcom character.