Besides the alluded incest angle, what else bothers you about Scarface
idk man
im putting a disclaimer, this not for everyone
but i feel like a lot of people like this movie b/c they were told or rather influenced to like it. It was released the same year i was born. So for an up and coming teen in the 80s and even the early 90s, I can see how this movie would influence a lot of the things they ended up idolizing.
Especially in hip hop. I remember all the episodes of cribs where rappers had the poster in their home and at first, yea, i thought the shit was cool too until you actually watch the movie, you finally get a lot of the references, then you start comparing it to other films in the genre.
I dont always agree with Beta, but one thing he said a long as time ago that always stuck with me was "overrated doesnt mean it's bad or it sucks"...and that's true. This movie is far from terrible, but i think a lot of the praise it gets, especially in the black community is way too high. Maybe it's because Pacino did such a good job at portraying the character that you could've sworn this was a biopic or something...idk...but i think that speaks to the acting ability of pacino vs the actual movie itself.
With that being said, b/c people have used the word overrated synonymously (sp?) with wack...when you call this movie overrated, someone might think you are saying its wack. It can have moments where the movie stands out, but overall, as a complete project, its just not a great one imo.
