SCARFACE

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:46 pm

I cant tell you all the whys wheres and hows but I had never seen Scarface until a few nights ago. I found it dissapointing taking into consideration the amount people Ive heard champion it and the number of quotes from it Ive heard people spout over the years.
I thought the The idea of having the rise and fall of someone a strong idea . I thought that it looked a lot better on screen visually than the strength of th script was. Pffifer was pure mahogany. I also thought the way the lead actors tried to do the accents wasted it a bit too. At times you coud hardly make out what they were saying. I did like the idea of the music though.
Anyone got anythging to add?

spaceman13 · Post by **spaceman13** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:17 pm

Havn't seen it in years but I always viewed it as a little "tongue in cheek", Al P. hams it up pretty bad. Think it is one of the first screenplays Oliver Stone wrote. Kinda feel the same way you do, pretty decent one time viewing, but it's not a film you can sit down a deconstruct. I believe alot of the hype stems from the hip-hop world, many of which i'm sure are not concerned with screenplay continuity or the cinamatography. From what I can remember there is one "perfect scene" in which everything seems to fall into place, the one I'm referring to is when Tony Montana shoots the character played by Robert Loggia. The scene is shot in front of a giant mural of a sunset and palm tree (if I remember correctly), the music is perfectly suited and all in all seems to capture the essence of the Tony Montana character.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 10:59 pm

hey orbital, maybe we can have it translated into your native tongue.
haaaaaaaaaaa-haaaaaaaaaaaaa

xxxshonnxxx

just spreadin' da luvvvvvv

roger plywood · Post by **roger plywood** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:39 am

great idea.

"This is paradise, I'm tellin' ye ya fuckin' bawbag. This town is like a great big fanny jus' waitin' to get humped rotten." (Tony to Manny)

or

"Say awright to ma mucker!"

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:00 pm

Haw Manny ya Fud. See this chib ahm haudin . YOure gittin malkied ya doughball.

spliffboy · Post by **spliffboy** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:26 pm

personally I prefer Carlito's Way.............that is a great film!

ORBITAL · Post by **ORBITAL** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:59 pm

I actually preffered that as well. Pacino was miles better in it. Didnt overdo the accent thing at all.