Scarface
Runtime: 170 Minutes
Directed By: Brian De Palma
Starring: Al Pachino, Steven Bauer and California as Miami
Whenever I have seen parts of MTV’s cribs the filthy rich and slightly educated rapper shows off his Scarface sheets and pillowcases and lets us know how much of an inspiration this movie has been to their career. This leads me to believe that rappers are in general not very intelligent, or could not finish the final hour of the movie.
There is nothing attractive about this, but it sure as heck is fun to watch. Having played Vice City before I watched it, I was excited to be taken back to 1980’s Miami and all of its leisure suit extravagance.
In one of the commentaries someone talks about how this is the modern day Sierra Madre and I think that is just it. When you have nothing you’ll give everything for anything, but as soon as you have something, it just doesn’t seem to be enough. We hear Tony’s wife tell him that all he talks about is money, which is so true of so many. How ironic that everyone living on the edge just wants a little more so they don’t have to worry about it, but once they have it, thats all they can think about. Maybe being poor isn’t so bad, because then you don’t have to worry about money, you know for sure there isn’t enough.
Technique- 8
Production Quality- 6
Story- 6
Thought Provoking- 6
Entertainment- 7
