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Scarface wasn't much of a film, but it was extremely violent which is why it's so well known. De Palma is kind of a crap director, I don't think anything he's done since then has won the same type of acclaim.
 

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Wised guys is not far from being a work of genius.
Snake Eyes and Mission Impossible were pretty good
Snake Eyes is a decent late night cable movie and Mission Impossible is only ok. I haven't seen Wised Guys.

People make Scarface out to be some stroke of genius, when it really isn't. I like the movie don't get me wrong. De Palma's films seem to gain a lot of hype and fizzle. A perfect example would be The Black Dahlia, a great story that just fizzles out at the end.
 

Ahmed

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you said this before and again I totally agree about Scarface, but it was obviously Al who made the movie iconic...and yea Dahlia was such a letdown
 

Joaco

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Dec 11, 2005
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Scarface wasn't much of a film, but it was extremely violent which is why it's so well known. De Palma is kind of a crap director, I don't think anything he's done since then has won the same type of acclaim.
I think the right definition is irregular. Scarface have a lot of violence, which is a fact - actually they had to edit some parts because of the violence -, but the movie have something to say: basically the power corrupts people. You can find a lot of differents meanings. Anyway, De Palma have done decent movies, but he have had an irregular career.
 
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