Scarface Movie Analysis

Cristal Cruz Mest 60 11/26/15 Film title and year of release: Scarface 1983 1. What are the main themes of the film? What are the central ideas or the message you think you are left with after watching? A theme is not the plot; it has more to do with figuring out what the main point of the film is. For example, do you think there is a moral lesson? The main theme of the film is that money doesn’t bring happiness. The protagonist did anything or killed anybody to obtain money, but he was very unhappy throughout the movie. He started doing cocaine because it numbs the pain of his reality even with a huge mansion, and a tiger in his backyard he still was unhappy. 2. Describe …show more content…
Did reading the review change your mind about anything? Reviews are very vital to whether a movie is worth watching, but the reviews aren’t always whether a person would enjoy the movie. The many times I have seen the movie Scarface I have always maintained my opinion about the movie being great. This is the first time I have read a review for Scarface, and it surprises me. There’s a few interesting parts from the review like, “Pacino, who has turned in his share of powerful and forceful portrayals over the years, is so over-the-top as Tony that the character turns into a live-action cartoon character” (Berardinelli). The acting of Pacino made the movie exciting to me, and I didn’t see him as a cartoon character, so the comment was surprising. In addition, “Three prominent Cubans are played by Italian Americans, and all of them are awful. In addition to Pacino, there are Robert Loggia and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (making her feature debut). It's hard to say whether Loggia and Mastrantonio are simply bad or whether they are undone by their accents” (Berardinelli). I didn’t realize the over the top accents until reading this review, and I would have to agree because this time