04-26-2017, 08:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2017, 08:02 PM by ZpaceJ0ck0.)
So today I finally watched Al Pacino's Scarface.
It was awesome. Al Pacino is simply brilliant as the angry Cuban refugee. I liked some of the songs, including 'Gina and Elvira's theme', 'Push it to the limit' and the title track instrumental. The supporting players are very good too, particularly Paul Shenar as the suave Alejandro Sosa.
After thinking about for a while, the movie is a criticism of the criminal life-style. The raw, sheer crude potrayal of the Mafia (and a rather realistic one while we are at it), the superficial characters, cheesy music and the dated fashions are there in order to fuel said criticism. In fact, I think it's fair to assume that the film practically borderlines satire!
NOTE: shortly after I watched "Carlitos Way" (I talked about it on the previous page), I found out a lot of compared Scarface with Carlito's Way... well, after I finally watched Scarface, all I have to say is that those comparisons are pretty much inevitable, considering both movies share the same genre, same lead actor, same protagonist type (a Latino Ganster) and even the same director.However, once you take those factors out of the ecuation, both movies are completely different. Scarface is about a man working his way to the top of the city's crime ranks while Carlito's Way is about a retired drug lord who wants to go straight and restart his life. Both of them are awesome movies in their own, unique ways.
It was awesome. Al Pacino is simply brilliant as the angry Cuban refugee. I liked some of the songs, including 'Gina and Elvira's theme', 'Push it to the limit' and the title track instrumental. The supporting players are very good too, particularly Paul Shenar as the suave Alejandro Sosa.
After thinking about for a while, the movie is a criticism of the criminal life-style. The raw, sheer crude potrayal of the Mafia (and a rather realistic one while we are at it), the superficial characters, cheesy music and the dated fashions are there in order to fuel said criticism. In fact, I think it's fair to assume that the film practically borderlines satire!
NOTE: shortly after I watched "Carlitos Way" (I talked about it on the previous page), I found out a lot of compared Scarface with Carlito's Way... well, after I finally watched Scarface, all I have to say is that those comparisons are pretty much inevitable, considering both movies share the same genre, same lead actor, same protagonist type (a Latino Ganster) and even the same director.However, once you take those factors out of the ecuation, both movies are completely different. Scarface is about a man working his way to the top of the city's crime ranks while Carlito's Way is about a retired drug lord who wants to go straight and restart his life. Both of them are awesome movies in their own, unique ways.