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Why so much love for this pile of crap?

posted 11 years ago by eneman23
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I hate hate hate this movie with as much hate as I have for anything. People worship this movie as if it's a brilliant piece of film making. Two and a half hours of overacting and ridiculous scene after ridiculous scene. I saw it once and will never ever watch it again. And the idolization of Pacino's character is really stupid. Yeah let me get a tattoo of a murdering, lowlife drug dealer and addict because I'm inspired by his rise to the top. Please.A career low for everyone involved in this pile of crap. Thank You.

[–] jcarpenter-1 11 years ago

I have to agree, a real low for Al Pacino, his accent was awful, and his character was, well, just stupid...

[–] MrsMonroe74 11 years ago

the movie is ok. it's just how ppl overate it.

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[–] Stickman38 11 years ago

eneman - Out of curiosity, how would you rate the original Scarface? Better or worse than 1983 Scarface or what?

I noticed that people like to compare this movie to The Godfather but in my view, Scarface (1983) is more entertaining than TG. TG is a better "film" but it's another addition to the long list of Italian gang banger films. I really like the fact that Scarface is about a Cuban gangster, this kind of separates itself from other gangster films. My main problem with the film is the ending, sure, it is a very explosive scene that has its place in film history but it's also ridiculous. I mean really... ((((SPOILER)))) Sosa wouldn't send a 30 man hit squad to eliminate Tony. So silly... in reality, he would just send 2 or 3 people to do the deed. That scene was just an alternate view to the original film.

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With that being said, I wouldn't say this movie ranks really high on the cinematography scale but it does rank really high on entertainment factor. It's just a fun movie to watch.

[–] Sterjak 11 years ago

This movie is an art, I have seen this many times and learned something new about Tony Montana and his persona. I am one of the people who idolize Tony Montana's character because he is a guy of truth and ambition. He is a man who will go up face to face to you and never back stabs anyone. Just like in the movie, mostly all of his kills were to the front of the person, like the killing of rebenga or manny or frank. He is assertive in the movie and a damn good talker. And with his ambition, he wants to become a boss and 'wants it all' because he simply doesn't want to live as a worker or live as a 'sheep' like he said in the beginning of the movie. Also, he has the street morals; he saved 2 kids and a woman, and mostly just killed drug dealers and criminals... You have to think deeply about the message and art of the film and implement these learnings to real life society... Tony's character inspired me to think bigger, and the only limits in life are the limits we set personally, and Tony pushed past his limits and became a *beep* boss. Remember, cinema is an art that expresses different emotions and deep messages. I say I can look up to him, because of his ability to talk well, his ambition, his face to face slap of truth, and is a man with no fear and no limits.

[–] TheCommenteer 9 years ago

I'm not sure if I should be laughing or rolling my eyes...

[–] shankmaker 11 years ago

As an owner of 2500 movies I can say this is the worst movie I love.

[–] NeoToasty 11 years ago

I just got done with this movie well over 12 minutes ago.

I really don't get the appeal. I mean, it's a movie that's been referenced a hundred times over. "Say Hello to My Little Friend" has been said a thousand times, and the iconic scenes like the chainsaw and the ending.

I'd much prefer the Godfather and Goodfellas over this. Pacino does a good job at the character and I really went into this movie just to see his character *beep* up. It wasn't like I was fishing in this film to find all of it's flaws but maybe I just expected too much.

I expected too much from a film that so many people overrate overtime. However, I did like the soundtrack.

Though...I think I don't like this film. That's just me, though.

[–] crakatoot 11 years ago

ur probably not watching it the right way.

i told you not to stop the boat. Now lets go. Apocaylpse Now

[–] plrud 11 years ago

I think a lot of people really underestimate this flick. Scarface is a pure fuqqin classic. It's the heart of the fuqqin Ronald Reagan era. The most powerful and amazing era an American history. I'm a true Reagan baby cause I was born the same year this movie came out in 1983, which is the year of the pig. Pigs represent greed. That's their worst sin ever. Scarface was given birth in 1983 and that's what Scarface truly represents is greed. More money. More power. More control. More everything. Tony always wanted more. He was greedy. His greed was his true rise and fall.

I love how the first half of the movie the rise to power half, in which it represents the money, the power, the control, the wealth, the violence, the blood, the sex, the greed and most importantly the excess of the drug business during the Reagan era. The second half of the movie, the fall truly represents the politics of the drug business during the Reagan era. How the federal government and the fuqqin CIA smuggle cocaine in this country during a time where Pablo Escobar was the biggest drug manufacturer in the world. He ruled the drug capitol of the world Columbia. How the CIA on the front end tried to create the war on drugs and put all the politics behind the war on drugs making people believe that they're stopping the flow of drugs in this country just like 1920's prohibition. When the government made people believe they're stopping the flow of illegal liquor, but all the gangsters were making money off of it and so was the government. Same thing with drugs. On the back end they let the Cartels smuggle the cocaine and heroine in. Let them launder their money in their banks, just like the first scene of the second half, Tony and his banker meet and his banker raises the rates because the IRS is about to raid South Florida and certain legal obligations to stock holders.

Bottom line-Any true person who's a true fan of the classic 80's era in movies will absolutely love this flick. Put it in your top five. Scarface is my favorite movie of all time. It's pure cinematic gold. It will always outlive and pass the test of time because it captured the best era in American history. The fuqqin Reagan era. When people watch this classic pure gold, they will truly, 110% feel like they're in the Reagan era.

[–] Kiwi_Magic 11 years ago

Let me guess, its 'over-rated'? lol.

Sad fact of the matter for you is, people who watched the movie gave it its high rating.

I like the movie, always have.

[–] Hitman84 11 years ago

I like this movie, not because it's the "gangsta's dream" and every thug or wannabe thug wants to be Tony Monatana, I like it because I personally think it's a good film. I do think it's overrated by a lot of people though, especially the ones who sell dime bag's and think they're kingpins lol. Another thing that annoys me is the people who try to act like or think they're Tony...I remember back in high school, this kid was talking to another guy's sister and he seen him talking to her and actually pulled a knife on him and said he better not even lay eyes on her again, those guy's are the worst. He was also one of those that would sell a few joints in school and he would act like he was turning ki's of coke lol.

"Plum near cut his head in two mmmmm hmmmm"