Guinnessfan
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Nice! He looks good with Arnie's UZI.
I really love this pic...I never get tiered of seeing this guy!
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I really love this pic...I never get tiered of seeing this guy!
CriterionCollector
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Even though I care -100% for this movie I thought about getting the figure. Then I saw that the Jersey Shore house had a Scarface poster and I said forget it.
Guinnessfan
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That's a weak reason...if you dont like the movie I get it, but because of a reality show??
Though I can sort of understand where he is comig from lol, I think it's also a weak ass reason.
Lejuan
Super Freak
...dumping on a classic De Palma movie but will watch Jersey Shore 
Mr. EcKo
OG Freak
Everyone at one time had a Scarface Poster - I still have mine from 8 years ago . its a picture of Tony with his little friend , but the whole picture is made up of the words of the entire script . Pretty awesome . Anyone seen or own this?
jayveeeusebio
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CriterionCollector
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I saw the poster in a clip. I was watching Beavis and Butthead watching Jersey Shore. DePalma and classic shouldn't be uttered in the same sentence.
Oh, I also don't like the movie because Tony Montana is an awful awful character.
I'll stick to the Paul Muni Scarface.
Oh, I also don't like the movie because Tony Montana is an awful awful character.
I'll stick to the Paul Muni Scarface.
Terminator_Fan_Game
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CriterionCollector
Super Freak
Not awful in the sense of written awful, but his character is just disgusting.
Lejuan
Super Freak
Yeh, I know what you mean. I hated Godfather because Don Vito is a bad guy. Goodfellas, hated it. Couldn't stand Chopper, or Romper Stomper, or Silence of the Lambs or A Clockwork Orange... all of 'em. I mean you're right, why watch a movie about a bad guy? Even when the point of the movie is not so much about the guy himself but about a particular slice of 1980's society in which drug cartels flourished by furnishing the cocaine boom? 'Classic' and 'De Palma' don't go together? Uh, kay......
But anyway, at the end of the day you're not buying a figure you were almost about to buy until you saw a movie poster tacked to a wall in a TV series being watched by a couple of puerile cartoon characters whose dialogue consists largely of grunts and titty jokes. I totally get it.
What's this nonsense about bad guy good guy. It's abut the actors ability to transform himself into a different being, and Pacino did it masterfully. I can't imagine any actor being in Tony Montana's place. Pacino owned this role. I remember some member in this forum who didn't want to buy the T-800 figure because in the movie he killed a lot of cops, and he had lots of cop friends. Do you guys hear yourselves?
bloodgear
Super Freak
Disgusting?
It would have been disgusting if he killed the woman and the two kids.
The fact you have an anti-heroic character with morals is far from disgusting in my book.
CriterionCollector
Super Freak
He's an anti-heroic character with absolutely zero redeeming qualities. The whole part with the not wanting to bomb the kids is a contrived plot device on Stone's part to make Tony Montana somewhat palatable.
In addition, although it's not the fault of the film or filmmakers, the pop culture phenomenon of Tony Montana being some sort of icon to live up to not only says something sad about our current state, but it also proves that DePalma and Stone didn't get the message across very well that Tony Montana and his life is not the type to idolize or aspire to.
That being said: The Blitzway and EB figs are pretty sweet. I might be more inclined to get the EB just because the "coked out" sculpt is so awesome.
In addition, although it's not the fault of the film or filmmakers, the pop culture phenomenon of Tony Montana being some sort of icon to live up to not only says something sad about our current state, but it also proves that DePalma and Stone didn't get the message across very well that Tony Montana and his life is not the type to idolize or aspire to.
That being said: The Blitzway and EB figs are pretty sweet. I might be more inclined to get the EB just because the "coked out" sculpt is so awesome.
Terminator_Fan_Game
Super Freak
I have to agree with that.
CriterionCollector
Super Freak
There's no call to be mean about it. We're just having a discussion about our points of view.
Guinnessfan
Super Freak
You don't like the movie and that's cool. It does accurately depict what was going on at the time. Also I dont feel Tony not wanting to kill the mother and child was just thrown in...there are numerous times in the movie that Tony brings up children, he even sits down with a kid to make him laugh when Manolo gets slapped. I'm not trying to change your opinion of the movie, but like it or not it is a classic, and well acted.
CriterionCollector
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I'll agree with you on one point, Guinness. It is an accurate comment on Reagan Era America with it's me first attitude. The point that irks me is that it kind of backfired in the sense that many who walk away from the film get the idea that Scarface is a ringing endorsement of the Tony Montana lifestyle.
bloodgear
Super Freak
Although the ending tried to put people against it. Living that lifestyle means someone will always end up stabbing you in the back. Plus how his coke fueled self destruction allowed that to happen.
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