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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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08/29/05 09:00 AM
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Originally posted by Don Pappo Napolitano: I didn`t wow, what a intelligent topic and what a explanation that tops everything @ topic I did
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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08/29/05 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by Nice Guy Eddie: Thats because you have bad taste. Because my favourite movie is The Godfather, do you still think I have a bad taste? I don`t like it because, Tony Montana prefers to solve things with violence than his brain like Vito or Michael, of course we are talking about differents movies, and I did not like the ending when Montana dies. I would rather him to kill or his enemies, especially the one living in Bolivia.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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08/29/05 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by Don Pappo Napolitano: Originally posted by Nice Guy Eddie: [b] Thats because you have bad taste. Because my favourite movie is The Godfather, do you still think I have a bad taste? I don`t like it because, Tony Montana prefers to solve things with violence than his brain like Vito or Michael, of course we are talking about differents movies, and I did not like the ending when Montana dies. I would rather him to kill or his enemies, especially the one living in Bolivia. [/b]I like Scarface for the reasons that you dislike it, Don Pappo Nepolitano. (The last scene of) Scarface was not like many other generic movies.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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09/01/05 03:33 AM
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overrated it maybe...but its still a movie that i can sit down and enjoy. its not the godfather, and it was never meant to be the godfather, so comparisons are not appropriate. but i also wonºt say he has bad taste because he doesnºt like the movie...come on guys, lets let the guy have his opinion...but voice it when you start a thread.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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09/01/05 06:04 PM
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Scarface is a very entertaining and enjoyable movie. Al Pacino does a fantastic job as Tony Montana. While it is not a top of the line classic, it is a cult classic within it's own rite. It does have a large following. By no means does it compare to a Godfather type movie, but it does carry itself well. The Godfather movie is a deep movie with a main plot, and multiple sub-plots with almost every character. Scarface on the other hand is more of an action type movie with a general plot. It happens to be one of my favorite movies. Not a movie where, like the Godfatehr, you can watch it a hundred times and always pick up something new or different. But definitely a movie that you can watch over and over again and again and just sit back and enjoy it everytime. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions about movies, and it is not fair to accuse someone of not having any taste, etc., because they don't enjoy a movie the same way that you do. Me, I alway teel da troot, efen wen I lye! And das it mang! Chu dunt lye Tony Muntana mang, den das chu problem mang. Den jus don't wash him, Ok? Ok. Don Cardi 
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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09/04/05 07:00 PM
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I feel Scarface is perhaps one of the most over-rated films of all-time. While it is a great film to watch, and a must-see for any Pacino fan, it is immensly over-rated. I feel that Oliver Stone speant too much time concentrating as making it as differant as he could in comparison to The Howard Hawkes 1932 version that he completely neglected any substance or moral. The 32' version--which took place in a prhobition-era Chicago, for anyone unfamiliar--had a bit more to it. While today it would fail to come through, for its time it had much more of a message than the DePalma 1983 verion; although, I find this to be true of most of the gangster films of the 30s and 40s. The only thing that brings this script to life is a combination of great visuals and quite the performance from Al Pacino.
But the one thing that really bothers me about it is the lack of substance. Although the great lot of the characters depicted in gangster films come to a similar fate, in some cases repeatitively, I feel that Tony Montana's final punishment isn't represented as charismatically or as originally as say, Henry Hill of Goodfellas. The final shootout is indeed very fun and entertaining to watch (I enjoyed it on the level of cheap-thrills), it is pure asthetic's. It give little dramatic-ease or climax to the story, if any.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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09/05/05 01:20 AM
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Scareface is a great movie and Al Pacino's acting in it is mind blowing......He really turned it on to play that role....wow think how hard it would be to talk like that throughout an entire movie.. for months....but on the other hand it definitly doesn't compare to the GF triology but it is up there in the best movies of all time......It is a great film....It's jsut missing some of the things that would have made it a GREAT GREAT film like GF I II and yeah I and II....(III) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.gangsterbb.net/emoticons/horse.gif) Joe Batters
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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09/06/05 02:09 PM
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Of course I liked it, loved it. The end is amazing,without a doubt my Favorite top 5 movie of all time for sure. One of Al Pacino's best performance evah mang, chou anderstand?
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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01/17/06 07:41 AM
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I loved it. I loved it. The world is yours Pacino was great. He was different in GF,not worse.He is a great actor.GREAT.I loved him as John Milton,too 
You were right about one thing. I have been watching. Couldn't help myself. Watching, waiting, holding my breath. But I'm no puppeteer Kevin, I don't make things happen. Doesn't work like that. Free will, it's like butterfly wings, one touch and it never gets off the ground. I only set the stage. You pull your own strings.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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01/19/06 11:51 AM
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Scarface was an Ok movie. nothing near the godfather. what made the movie good was al's performance. but there was no realism in the movie. it was like video game.
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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01/21/06 01:50 AM
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Originally posted by Toni_corleone: I didn't think his accent was very good. Tony would have to be his worst. Well you are certainly entitled to your opinion, and I respect it. But I strongly disagree with that. Are chu kitting me mang! Dat guy's accent was on da money mang! Dat Al Pacino guy did a grea yob playin Antonio Montana. In my opinion he had the cuban accent down pat. Guineas, Mob Guyz, I dont truss dem! Don Cardi 
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Re: Did you like Scarface?
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03/05/06 05:09 PM
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I for one loved Scarface.
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