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Posted by: PorcheRacer at July 17, 2003, 3:45 pm

Topic: (VIDEO) "Scarface" (6/10) Forum: JoBlo

"What are you lookin' at? You're all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So, what'll that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth... even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. " - Tony Montana Simply put, Scarface is the best movie that I have ever seen. It just has that perfect feel to it that makes the great movies great. The music, the acting, the directing, the script etc; just all come together flawlessly. Brian DePalma, Oliver Stone and Al Pacino are the three main forces that drive this movie to perfection. Brian DePalma holds back on his usual over the top style of directing. Sure, there’s still a few of his trademark shots but he basically just puts the camera on Pacino and lets him do his thing. Oliver Stone penned the screenplay and does a top notch job. The characters are all three dimensional and the dialogue is well written…even if there is 200+ “fucks.” The funny thing is, I hardly noticed all the “fucks” on the first viewing but when I watched it again I definatley noticed. I liked Michelle Pfeiffers line “Tony, will you stop saying fuck all the time?!”. The swearing isn’t in the movie just for the sheer fact the filmmakers can say they put over two hundred fucks in one movie. It’s there because it’s a part of Tony. He’s a Cuban refugee with no education…he doesn’t have a large vocabulary. The drugs, the swearing, the violence; it all makes what Tony Montana is made of. He’s the most lively, energetic and all around cool characters to have ever graced the silver screen. Al Pacino give the best performance of his career. He’s subtle when he needs to be, he’s over the top when he needs to be. It’s a balancing act that not many actors could handle but he does it with ease. Michelle Pfiefer also gives a great performance as Tony’s troubled, unhappy wife. The rest of the cast is also great. The movie is full of great scenes. Especially the chainsaw scene, I wish it shown more though. Sure, there was lots of blood but some actual shots of the chainsaw cutting flesh would have been gnarly! Also, the final shootout just has to be the best one ever. Either that or the lobby shoot-out in The Matrix. I warn you though, this movie is nor for the weak of heart. It’s extremely violent and profane. There’s one particularly brutal throat slash and the aforementioned chainsaw scene. Also, when people get shot in this movie…they bleed!! Besides all the memorable scenes of bloodshed, there’s also some funny, lighthearted scenes. The part when Tony and Manuel (great job Steven Bauer by the way) were trying to pick up chicks was hilarious. I also thought the “disco pig” was quite funny. Apart from the violence and killing, there is some poignant drama at the movies heart. Tony’s relashionship with his sister and mother, his rise, his fall and everything in between. At three hours, you’d think the movie would drag but it doesn’t. I didn’t think so anyway but I could see how some might. I was engrossed the whole time and felt for Tony even though he wasn’t a Saint. He has a good heart and that’s apparent in the scene in the car and that Cuban guy in particular. Scarface is my new favorite movie. It has a truckload of memorable scenes, solid direction that doesn’t hold back, a smart screenplay, an amazing performance from Al Pacino and good jobs from everyone else and a pumping 80’s soundtrack. If you don’t like movies with lots of blood and swearing, I wouldn’t recommend it, in fact, that would be the last possible movie I’d recommend. On the other hand, if your not weak of heart I highly, highly recommend it. 11/10

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