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Grapefruit scene own hard tbh. Mostly because its so unexpected.
ironic since Vice City is a scarface game basically
amazing game, rumor has it that the next GTA will be miami again
Grapefruit scene own hard tbh. Mostly because its so unexpected.
for the record
Tony Montana was SUPPOSED to be an arrogant, macho, overly-confident son of a . Ever heard of latino passion?
The way Pacino played him was PERFECT.
It's not basically Scarface. It took bits and pieces from all kinds of 80's shows and and movies.
Lance Vance clearly looks like the black guy from Miami Vice. And the last mission isn't like the final scene in Scarface.
bull , i can name more than 5 right now, and I'll avoid naming Scarface
The Godfather
The Godfather pt 2
Glengarry Glen Ross
Scent of a Woman
Dog Day Afternoon
The Devil's Advocate
Donnie Brasco
This is utter bull btw. Scarface made it huge on cable in the late eighties and early nineties. Plus on VHS.
That argument may have merit if the vast majority of Pacino's other performances weren't also comically over-the-top.
Casino
Goodfellas
both are better.
Carlito's Way
Heat
Serpico
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarecrow
And Justice for All
etc etc
100% truth
I remember watching Scarface as a little kid with my cousins and friends in like 1991.
it was a huge cult classic, it was ahead of it's time.
You only named four good performances there.
I said Dog Day Afternoon up there
but I didn't like HEAT.....
his scene with DeNiro was , imo.
Pacino : "I'm a cop, and Im going to hunt you down no matter where you are"
DeNiro: "Im a crook, and Im going to get away and you better be scared of me hurr durr"
Pacino : "on the flip side, I am Al Pacino"
DeNiro : "but on the other flip side, I'm deniro"
ing stupid.
the movie overall was OK though, classic shootout scene, but eh. dialogue needed improvement.
WTF? Pacino and De Palma have said repeatedly the whole point of that movie was to be over the top, it ends with a gunfight where he gets shot like 50 times and kills dozens of guys after burying his face in like gigantic, enormous pile of cocaine.
Regardless of how he acted in other movies, he had a legit reason to be over the top in that movie. Again, it was the whole point.
The internet's great people just sate their opinion's fact in the face of overwhelming evidence and act like it means something. What imaginary consensus are you referring to?
Oh, did we forget The Insider?
Two of my favorite films, by one of my favorite directors, but both were made within an already well established mafia genre. But Public Enemy was brutal for the time it was made, completely original, and Cagney was amazing.
I am going to guess you didn't like Devil's Advocate
Pacino is hands down, among the best Satan's ever put to film.
he played him perfectly.
Honestly, what kind of conversation did you expect a career criminal and a career police officer to have? Seemed fairly realistic imo. Of course it is one of my favorite movies.
Glengarry Glen Ross dominates though this much is true. I love the out of that movie.
The Sopranos is a top five TV show of all time by acclimaation and my own personal opinion, and it ripped off a load from The Godfather and Goodfellas. Tarantino has admitted to "borrowing" tons of from his favorite movies but he's still easily one of the best directors in the last 20 years. What's your point?
it felt too self-concious of the actors playing the roles. the "moment" of Pacino vs Deniro....
it felt out of place, and very cheesy. imo.
No, Insomnia.
It, Donnie Brasco, Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather, and The Godfather Part 2 are the only films in which Pacino gives any indication he's even capable of subtlety.
I think it's a hilarious performance. And a hilarious film.
Not good, by any means, but endlessly entertaining.
Never said anything was wrong with taking bits and pieces. I'm just saying that it's not basically Scarface. It's absolutely ing not. It has bits from everything. Like GTA SA did.
What imaginary consensus are your referring to?
Heat, Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather 1 & 2, and uh... I'll get back to you on that.
EDIT: Serpico, too.
so basically, you have a personal preference of a type of character, or acting, in this case "subtlety"
and you dog on Pacino for this
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