Scarface (1983)

[Cena's Little Helper]

I'm pretty sure we've all seen this movie, and I know IrishCanadian25 doesn't like it , but what do you think about it? I love it, although I can't come up with any other reason for why than that I am sick and depraved. It really is nothing more than a film about selling drugs, killing people, getting paid, and getting with women. But, in my opinion, Scarface is a masterpiece.

I recently watched a documentary called Cocaine Cowboys (which is about Miami's extremely violent drug trade in the 1970s and 1980s), and, if we take what that film depicts as the truth, then it can be concluded that Scarface was a very realistic film. So, it seems that there really were people just as messed up as the Marielito Tony Montana. In the end then, I only have more reason to love this film.

 

[jmt225]

I love Scarface. Hell, I love nearly all of Al Pacino's work before this millennium to be honest.

But yeah… Scarface was fucking classic. It's one of those very, very few movies that are around the 2 and 1/2 hour mark, but yet there's not a boring second in the entire film. Just the way Pacino carried himself as Tony Montana was fucking entertaining. I remember a scene where he's sitting on the couch with all these mob bosses or whatever, and they were all watching a video of the Bolivian anti-government activist that they want Tony to kill and just the way he's sitting on the couch watching the TV screen is fucking bad ass. You look at him and you're just mesmerized by how he carries himself. He comes off so real in the entire movie. Then you throw in Michelle Pfeiffer, who is both gorgeous and talented, as his main love interest, and the other storyline with his sister and friend…. there’s not a dull moment in this film.

The movie is just genius, perfectly acted, and as thrilling as movies come. Definitely a 10/10.

 

[Shadowmancer]

Watch the original 1930's Scarface, I can't remember the year or who produced it but it was one of the three seminal Gangster films of its day along with The Public Enemy and Little Caesar. As for the one with Pacino in it I have not gotten around to seeing it, it is like 30th on my giant list of films to see (I think roughly about 100), i know that it has some of the best quotes but from what I have heard about the film it is nothing truly special about it.

 

[Ty Burna]

By far one of my favorite movies, and if you would see my computer office, you wouldn't even need to ask me if it was my favorite. I have about 6 Scarface posters on the wall, my 360 has a Scarface skin on it, I got a couple blankets and pillows with Scarface. Yeah, I had some women that loved to get me Scarface stuff.

Anyway, I've loved this film ever since I first saw it, and like tdigle said maybe its because we're depraved that we love this film. You could look at it that we all want to live like Tony did in one way or another. From my perspective, from being in the drug game a few years ago, at this point in my life, the movie in a way reinforces my decision to get out. It shows that no matter what you do, no matter how successful you get, the game will catch up to you eventually. Had you asked me what it meant to be when I was in the game, I would have probably responded with: The movie shows how you can be successful in any way necessary, and Tony did it by selling drugs, so can I. But that's just a window into how my life used to be, that's for another day.

Al Pacino will always be my favorite actor, he was in both of my top two favorite movies in The Godfather and Scarface. I think he was the only actor to ever pull off the decadence and attitude of Tony Montana properly. Michelle Pfeiffer was good as Elvira, but Pacino really carried this movie from start to finish, and I think it's a testament to how good Pacino really was back in the day.

 

[BooCocky]

This version of Scarface was shit. Pacino was the worst possible choice for a gangster. His accent was horrendous and the movie was nowhere near the level of the Godfather movies. So in my opinion this movie sucked, it benefited from a lot blood and shit, but that stuff doesn't really make it a good movie. It could have been a good movie, but it was fucked when they gave the role to Al Pacino. Wanna watch a good Pacino movie? Watch Dog Day Afternoon.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Fantastic. an absolute classic. A movie so chock full of great acting, metaphors, fleshed out characters, and storylines. Its like 4 fuckin movies in one. Its amazing that a movie can make you reflect back the start of it, during it, as if it were a life. I remember the scene with the blimp, and the lights on the side of it, and I remember thinking to myself "damn. started off just washing dishes sweating his ass off. Now look." The ascension. The struggle. Starting from nothing, rising beyond wildest dreams, and then falling back down to nothing. So incredible. A great, great film.

 

[twiztid_lestat]

I think many things about this movie.

On one hand, Looking at it as a movie, Along with the likes of Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino and such, Its the template. Amazing in every way, Even now, Its not that dated.

On the OTHER hand. I HATE the way rappers over glorify its meaning and content as if its something they can relate to. Which is PURE BULLSHIT, and it ruins its meaning. Rap and Hip hop have turn this movie (And other things) into 100% cliche and almost make it hard to enjoy without thinking about some stupid ass rapper feeling they understand Tonys struggle and want his life (HEY RAPPERS, IF YOU WERENT WATCHING A BOOTLEGGED VERSION, YOUD KNOW HE DIES AT THE END, AND WAS A COKE FIEND)

 

[Matthew6248]

This movie is a classic, good acting, characters that are fleshed out very well and a teriffic story. Going from the dumps to the top and back to the dumps over the course of this great film.