No one should be "idolizing" these characters from these kind of movies! You are right when you say that we should enjoy a movie becasue it was well made, etc. What I think happens, especially to many young people, is that many people wind up idolizing these characters for all the wrong reasons. This is not a knock on the young people, as I am not generalizing you all, but some are just not mature enough to discern thier feelings for a movie character of this caliber. This is true of some imature older people too. What happens is that I believe that we ALL see a character like Tony Montana taking what he wants in life, and climbing to the top and living in the fast lane. We all would love to be successful in our lives in a short time. People get caught up emotionally with the character sometimes because deep down inside they may feel that they wish that they had the nerve to do and act certain ways to obtain with they want in life at a fast pace. But most of us, when we leave that movie theater realize that we cannot go around stepping all over people, killing, maiming and stealing anything that we wamt. We remember that we must work honestly and hard in life for what we want out of life and should not take short cuts to get thier at the expense of others. This idolizing by these rappers scares me because it sends the wrong message to the young people who idolize the rappers themselves. This is why we should never idolize anyone with fame, whether they are a movie character, or a real life entertainer. As DeNiro told young Collagio in Bronx Tale, and it is definately one of my favorite parts of the movie, that the working man is the tough guy, he gets up day after day to earn a living. Thats a real tough guy, etc. etc. Scarface is a movie character, but if anyone really wants to idolize him for the way that he lived life and for his quick success in America, Don't forget how it all ended for him! That kind of ending of that life is the reality of the story!


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