Scarface (1983)

Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Oct 28 21:35

Tony Montana is the ultimate bad-ass, and he is in the best crime film of the 80's. His best line, the obvious "Say ello to my lil friend!" always gets me, and makes this movie superb.

full rating: 9.6/10

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Aug 31 1:51

The "Me" decade is summarized in the rise-and-fall epic of cocaine hustler Tony Montana. He gets the money, the power, and the woman, but never looks or remains happy during his reign at the top. It only makes sense that Pacino went OTT in his performance...it's an OTT role/movie, it had to be to properly comment on the 80s. In a borderline King Lear-level of storytelling, he and nearly everyone he loves is systematically taken out. Michelle Pfeiffer does her best Debbie Harry impression as the bored, coked out glamorous bitch of a wife. She's deliciousness personified with her bob haircut and slinky green dress.

Posted : 11 months ago at Aug 8 8:16

SOME PEOPLE MAY WONDER HOW THIS COULD BE BOTH UNDER RATED AND OVER RATED, WELL MOST PEOPLE LIKE SCARFACE AND PRAISE IT JUST FOR BEING SCARFACE, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE COOL FOR EVERYONE TO LIKE IT EVEN IF U HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. IT SHOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR ITS TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE BY PACINO OR ITS GREAT DIRECTION BY DEPALMA OR OLIVER STONE'S DETAILED SCRIPT ABOUT A PISS POOR IMMIGRANT WHO MAKES HIS WAY TO THE TOP, THE SCRIPT DE-GLORIFIES BEING A DRUG DEALER BY HAVING EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS GETT WASTED OR ARRESTED IN BLOODY WAYS, AT NO POINT WAS THE VIOLENCE GLAMORIZED. THIS FILM FLOPPED AT THE BOX OFFICE WHEN FIRST RELEASED, AND OVER MANY YEARS HAS GROWN INTO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE GANGSTER FILM JUST FOR BEING SCARFACE. TAKE TIME TO REALLY ANALYSE THIS FILM FOR THE TRUELY GREAT QUALITIES I...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Feb 18 8:57

Despite being a vehicle for some extraordinary acting by Al Pacino, this film serves as nothing more than a hyper-violent gangster flick that exists purely to be quoted by film students and working men alike. One of the most overrated films of all time, I couldn't find an ounce of substance or bring myself to empathise with any of the characters.

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Feb 13 20:41

I love this film. It is one of my all-time favorite films, ever made. The acting, is wonderful, and every scene, is just perfect. It is a special film, that I think, is better than "The Godfather". This is easily the best gangster film ever made. Al Pacino is the man.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 12 months ago at Jul 9 14:57

Sadly, I'll admit that I've never seen Scarface until last night, yet I've always heard its a great gangster movie, and everyone knows that line, 'Say hello to my little friend!!', even the ones that never have seen this film. Now it's a bit unfair to be rating a film made almost 25 years ago, as I probably would have rated it an 8 or 9 had I seen it back in the 80s (well, early 90s anyways - i would've been too young in the 80s). But since then such great gangster films like Goodfellas and Casino, as well as drug films such as Blow have been made, and compared to all those, this film is very so-so. The plot follows the rise (and fall) of a Cuban refugee who becomes the biggest drug lord in Florida, but there was nothing making me care for the antagonist. I cared what happened ...Read more

Rating : 6/10