Well written, Cardi, and I suppose you have a point about evil men can still have soft moments. But I just can't seem to grasp the fact that that Tony was a heartless evil dude. OK, he did evil things. But I believe that deep (deep deep) inside, he was just a victem of corruption in this world. His life led to the choices he made. Sure he was an ass, I won't deny such; but I think that there was a side of him that ment well, but his life didn't turn out the way he wanted. (lets keep in mind its only a movie folks)
There is a scene from the movie Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaide (Doc Holiday). Both are in the saloon after Wyatt's wife (?) tries to commit suicide and Wyatt is feeling guilty over it. Doc tries to molify him to which Wyatt responds "Is that supposed to get me off the hook?" Doc says "There is no hook. There's only what we do."
I completely agree. You can mess around with concepts of good and evil all you want. In the end, it's only our actions that count and by which we are judged. I may be the most intrinsically evil person on this earth, but I've never murdered anyone, I've never provided drugs to anyone, I've never had incestuous thoughts about my sister, and I've never misled others into destructive and murderous actions. So, what difference does it make whether I or Tony Montana are evil or not?
