re: #191 Dr Lizardo

One of the more frequent critiques I hear about Pacino’s performance as Tony Montana is that it’s so over-the-top.

And it is - but then again, Tony Montana is very much an over-the-top character…..there’s really no other way to play it. All that character has is sheer bravado and ruthlessness; there’s really nothing else there.

He’s sorta like Trump in that sense - Trump can whip up a Cat 5 hurricane of bullshit, but really, that’s all there is to him. Imagine a much younger Trump as a Miami cocaine cowboy in the early 1980’s, and he’d probably be not much different from Pacino’s portrayal of Tony Montana.

Ysah that’s a legit point. KG tho being of a Cuban background may have better observations on whether or not it was an authentic portrayal of Cuban body language and that sort of thing tho. I just don’t find Tony as fascinating as I do Michael Corleone. Michael going from idealistic war hero to dying alone in Sicily is perhaps my favorite character arc in film. Literally 18 years in the making! And man Pacino portrays it so so well.