Analyzing Evil: Tony Montana From Scarface

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  • Welcome everyone to the thirty-ninth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature villain for this video is Tony Montana. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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  • @CallForGrandPappy
    @CallForGrandPappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6861

    Just goes to show how good of an actor Al Pacino was, this man played Tony Montana and Michael Corleone, 2 different types of characters executed perfectly.

    • @andrewforte3852
      @andrewforte3852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Two of the most iconic anti-villains in the history of cinema 🎥 👏.

    • @bonchidude
      @bonchidude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +320

      @@andrewforte3852 Anti-villains? They were anti-heroes.

    • @richardaguirre3914
      @richardaguirre3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I always wonder how many people were talking like tony Montana when this movie came out

    • @micahrutland9021
      @micahrutland9021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@bonchidude I wouldn't classify Micheal Corleone and Tony Montana as anti-heroes. Maybe there's a grey area with Micheal Corleone, but Tony Montana is definitely not an anti- hero because his actions didn't save anyone. I wouldn't count the mother and children in the car because he didn't set out to save them, he prevented them being killed circumstantialy. An anti-hero saves people or serves good and justice through evil means. The punisher is an anti-hero. Taxi driver (Travis Bickle) is an anti-hero.

    • @bonchidude
      @bonchidude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@micahrutland9021 An anti-hero saves people? That is news to me. You learn something new everyday. ty

  • @Nelo_Wolf
    @Nelo_Wolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8228

    He did tell the truth when he said bad people need a villain to make themselves feel better.

    • @lilbuddy4545
      @lilbuddy4545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@justinratcliffe947 thas big cap justin

    • @fairwarning007
      @fairwarning007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

      Pretty much explains Twitter in a nutshell.

    • @lintonmowbury5544
      @lintonmowbury5544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes

    • @SinterClaeys465
      @SinterClaeys465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      There is a reason why this is the favorit movie of the mafia

    • @mikehoncho5658
      @mikehoncho5658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@SinterClaeys465 I think you mean The Godfather

  • @Zack_410
    @Zack_410 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +646

    Too many people idolize Tony and try to pattern themselves after him. Scarface is a cautionary tale of wanting it all and people still miss that to this day.

    • @alexman378
      @alexman378 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      Because he has aspirational qualities. There are absolutely impressive and aspirational qualities about him as a person. Intelligence, tenacity, bravery, ambition, all those are great qualities. The problem is when they miss out what all the things he applied those qualities on did to him in the end.
      As the Vile Eye says, if he put his mind into something positive that would get him slower money and success, he’d still make it. His problem was getting mixed up in illegal activities that got him there faster, but destroyed everything in the end.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You get it.

    • @llukissj1540
      @llukissj1540 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but it's still mo sosa n less tony😂

    • @Yo-pz1em
      @Yo-pz1em 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I dunno. I don’t like him because of how he was creepily obsessed with his sister. Bleah!

    • @hayatiscool67
      @hayatiscool67 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Yo-pz1emin the movie it’s mentioned that his sister was the only pure and good he had left in his life. He obviously didn’t want to lose his sister to someone from his own buisness.

  • @cockroachv
    @cockroachv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    Achieving the dream is not what we actually want. It’s the pursuit itself. Scarface’s descent began when he got everything he wanted

    • @hereitcomes3912
      @hereitcomes3912 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      There are two worst things in life:
      -to achieve a dream,
      -and to don't..
      (Of course there are plenty of worse things. This is just a saying.)

    • @Stussmeister
      @Stussmeister 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Indeed. I've seen analyses of other characters who achieve everything they set out to accomplish and either concoct elaborate plans/schemes to alleviate their boredom (i.e. Palpatine/Sidious from Star Wars) or descend into madness with nothing left to pursue or conquer (Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat).

    • @ForeignMun-bg3cu
      @ForeignMun-bg3cu หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When you climb a mountain top all you have is a cliff at the end

    • @raminrouchi202
      @raminrouchi202 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      He even said that. In the restaurant he figured that out. Amazing

  • @mikehoncho5658
    @mikehoncho5658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5908

    Tony has some mean looking suits.

    • @Nelo_Wolf
      @Nelo_Wolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      I prefer the Miami vice tv show suits. They look more slick

    • @V4Now
      @V4Now 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Sharp like a razor blade.

    • @b1gBud00bo1
      @b1gBud00bo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@V4Now on my arm

    • @brianniminski351
      @brianniminski351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I prefer more felix Gallardo suits than Tony's

    • @djtoxicdhg
      @djtoxicdhg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      On God no one can ware a suit like Tony bro.

  • @keithmccall5170
    @keithmccall5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3844

    “A man who never fears the fall is blind to the cliff in front of him”
    Beautiful.

    • @antman0719
      @antman0719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Read this as he said....spooky~

    • @MrROCKMUZK
      @MrROCKMUZK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lmao.....

    • @minhtran7431
      @minhtran7431 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Sadly, Tony was too paranoid about falling off the cliff. So inconclusion, just try being sane.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paratroopers and Daredevils: I am gonna do whats called a pro gamer move

    • @keithmccall5170
      @keithmccall5170 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@forickgrimaldus8301 it’s a metaphor.

  • @Lisa-wy1fp
    @Lisa-wy1fp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2630

    Crazy to think that Al Pacino didn't even receive An Award for His Excellence in playing Tony Montana in Scarface.
    That to me, is just crazy.

    • @lotharschramm5000
      @lotharschramm5000 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one cares about what you think.

    • @FuShengAlex
      @FuShengAlex ปีที่แล้ว +115

      This movie was not well received when it came out. It had an X rating.

    • @jorgepluas6837
      @jorgepluas6837 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      @@FuShengAlex Because it was all too real n reflected the reality of the situation of what was going on in Miami when the movie came out. Anyway, such a great character n performance from Al Pacino who definitely deserved an Oscar n so too the movie.

    • @jsphat81
      @jsphat81 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      @@jorgepluas6837 The Cuban-American community hated this movie so much they forced the production out of Miami. The movie was primarily filmed in California for that reason. The critics also hated the movie when it came out. It had a lot more obscenities and drug use for a mainstream Hollywood film than people were used to in 1983. Plus like you say it was way too real. Miami had a huge drug trafficking problem in the early 80s and it was very unsafe. People were just not ready for Scarface back then.

    • @jayrose8788
      @jayrose8788 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No award for this movie ? That’s crazy

  • @alonzenajee
    @alonzenajee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1167

    Yo I just noticed how in the scene where Tony has Frank killed, he eventually has the exact same suit Frank has on when he goes to confess his 'love' for Elvira. Goes to show how his self proclaimed hate for Frank was really an admiration of how he wanted to be just like him.

    • @basemanawakens6089
      @basemanawakens6089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Ohh sh*t good eyes..

    • @jonathanhassen6664
      @jonathanhassen6664 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      He also admired Sosa. He told Sosa, "I gotta hand it to you Mr. Sosa. You have everything a man could want".

    • @Legend77700
      @Legend77700 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I noticed that too I thought damn he copied frank lol

    • @jonathanhassen6664
      @jonathanhassen6664 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      To be the best you challenge the best and you learn from the best.

    • @petergreen5337
      @petergreen5337 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed.

  • @ForelliBoy
    @ForelliBoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5237

    "A man who is able to stand in front of a gun like he's invincible." So that's why they had to kill him from BEHIND

    • @judsongaiden9878
      @judsongaiden9878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      "If it took more than one shot, you weren't using a Jakobs."

    • @colemandustun883
      @colemandustun883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@judsongaiden9878 xD

    • @NguyenPham-bl6qm
      @NguyenPham-bl6qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@judsongaiden9878 Damn, this made my day =)))

    • @charliemccutcheon6030
      @charliemccutcheon6030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@judsongaiden9878 roland went out like a wus

    • @judsongaiden9878
      @judsongaiden9878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@charliemccutcheon6030 Only because he was written that way.

  • @davidpaz9389
    @davidpaz9389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +679

    The classic villian mistake Tony commits is believing his own delusions of grandeur. Frank warned him the guys who are all flash don't last long.

    • @TPDManiacXC626
      @TPDManiacXC626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think with that statement Frank gave, perhaps the Analyzing Evil guy can maybe do a video on Rafe Adler from Uncharted 4: a Thief’s End. Rafe came from a wealthy family, but was bitterly envious of Nathan Drake’s achievements and was desperate enough to try and outshine Drake.

    • @stephi6792
      @stephi6792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TPDManiacXC626 Rafe Adler definitely needs his own video to be explored!

    • @oghueyfee
      @oghueyfee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If you think about it, frank broke his first rule that he told tony. Don’t underestimate the other guys greed. Which he did with tony. Tony greed was very big, with a huge ego. That should of told frank to take him out early. But it was too late when he realized it.

    • @franktheavocado7573
      @franktheavocado7573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      his other mistake was developing a conscious at a moment where having one was gonna fuck him over big time with the cartels

  • @darthlazurus4382
    @darthlazurus4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3528

    I enjoyed the PS2 sequel tae Scarface. One thing I loved, in that great game was something that was pretty minor.
    You cannot kill innocent people.
    Tony can take out his gun, aim it at a civilian, but when you pull the trigger, he instead puts the gun away and says things like, "Get your fucking head straight Tony". It was 100% in character for him!
    Also, Jaws has a cameo in it.

    • @SirNxgroUnChained
      @SirNxgroUnChained 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Good Fun Fact, i never realized that. Lol up until today and your comment, I also saw that game as a sandbox Scarface reskin of GTA.

    • @darthlazurus4382
      @darthlazurus4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      @@SirNxgroUnChained
      If anything, it used GTA as a base, but they did their own thing. Tony has a rage mode, in which he is invulnerable, has unlimited ammo and he swears like hes ready to fight God.
      It was a great wee game!

    • @DieHardjagged
      @DieHardjagged 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @Johnny Testinator The guy who copied Al Pacinos speech pattern in how he acted in Scarface was very good.
      Since Al Pacino, in his own words, was not able anymore to speak the way he did in Scarface.

    • @jaystarmusic5805
      @jaystarmusic5805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Played that game 100 times so good lol

    • @tenaciouszai6139
      @tenaciouszai6139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I LOVED THAT GAME. Lol. Definitely needs a reboot

  • @genuinesaucy
    @genuinesaucy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +642

    Scarface is one of the great modern tragedies, the rise and fall of a flawed, charismatic bastard who ultimately destroys himself with his own ambition. That, Death Note, and Breaking Bad are the trifecta. Shakespeare would love this shit.
    Speaking of which, how about a video on Light Yagami from Death Note? He's an endlessly fascinating villain protagonist.

    • @lukayaroslav9914
      @lukayaroslav9914 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      How about Johan from Monster?

    • @ajaysidhu471
      @ajaysidhu471 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Did you really just put death note and breaking bad in the same sentence..

    • @OBSVFULC
      @OBSVFULC ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Shakespeare would love this shit.."🤣🤣🤣 I agree!

    • @Reshi9984
      @Reshi9984 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ajaysidhu471 theyre pretty similar when you look into it

    • @DUNNDRSN
      @DUNNDRSN ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is such a great line: "Shakespeare would love this shit."
      I wanna use it!

  • @ChattinBoxingWYB
    @ChattinBoxingWYB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4210

    Tony broke one of the Ten Crack Commandments, "Never Get High Off Your Own Supply". Which he did in great abundance.

    • @MerlautZone
      @MerlautZone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      LOL Ten Crack Commandments

    • @cheemsrei
      @cheemsrei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Well now I wanna know the other 9

    • @rumham4766
      @rumham4766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      @@cheemsrei it’s a biggie song

    • @ryanknox4562
      @ryanknox4562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That wasn't what really lead to his downfall I think Tony was getting portrayed and snaked out

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@ryanknox4562 Betrayed you mean? Yes i agree, certain things don't add up...
      Sosa was very quick to jump at the chance to drop Tony in the shit by forcing him to do a hit, he did not want to do. Almost like he wanted an opportunity to take Tony down
      Manny's constant whining about how Tony should use the Fed Sidelbaum guy to wash the money and his going AWOL when Tony left him in charge.
      Both of these are very suspicious. I've read comments about how people think that Manny was trying to take over the organisation...

  • @youngcnyce
    @youngcnyce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3030

    Tony killing Manny was the end of him. Manny's planning / sober mind was crucial at that moment. Good Job 👍

    • @theALMIGHTY987
      @theALMIGHTY987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      No Tony killing frank & taking his wife as his own was his downfall. Frank was dropping jewel's & lessons of how to maintain in that business.....which tony chose 2 ignore! 🤔

    • @theALMIGHTY987
      @theALMIGHTY987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Pop Corn IDK, but I see that his mother hated him!

    • @theALMIGHTY987
      @theALMIGHTY987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @Pop Corn Tony coveted what Frank had, & that was 1of his mistakes. He didn't realize what Frank had to do to maintain what he built.....the funny thing was frank gave him lots of words of wisdom.

    • @theALMIGHTY987
      @theALMIGHTY987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @Pop Corn Not even@the end, she told him she didn't want him in her house & around Gina. Frank took a liking to tony but couldn't control him, that's why he tried 2 take him out....he warned him a/b Sosa.

    • @inorris609
      @inorris609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@theALMIGHTY987 frank would have killed him once he couldn’t control him anymore, which he realized he couldn’t when he did the deal without him

  • @jam9484
    @jam9484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    frank gave tony two words of advice at the beginning of the movie: never underestimate the power of greed, and never consume your own product. by the end, we see tony's judgement slipping exponentially due to his addiction to cocaine, and his greed driving him into a bad business deal that results in his money laundering scheme being caught.

    • @darrenthetuber743
      @darrenthetuber743 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah Sosa essentially put Tony out as the eager wiggling worm that he was, for the birds to eat him alive. Sosa didn't have to buy Tony a shirt that said "reckless dealer here, please drop off at police station", Tony did it for him

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup.

    • @raulquiroz7492
      @raulquiroz7492 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sosa was a snake just like Frank said. He manipulated Tony, but he underestimated his stubbornness to cling to his own principles (in this case: not killing children).@@darrenthetuber743

    • @comicbookreviewer4856
      @comicbookreviewer4856 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I way I saw Tony downfall was meant to remind the people watching the film that When you Rise or go to the top be carefull when you fall as once you have evrything you want or needed you can end up making your own downfall by making stupid and pointless Choices that might make others feel hurt or betrayed if you make theme

  • @alikarim6185
    @alikarim6185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    He makes Rambo look like a little guy , the way he handles the gun in the last scene . No one in the history of cinema can handle such a big weapon the way little Tony did . He is a legend . Once in a lifetime does a performance like this materialize .

  • @nickchang5293
    @nickchang5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2312

    Tony’s relationship with Manny is the heart and tragedy of the movie, and their decaying friendship reflects the downward spiral of all his other relationships: his betrayal to Frank, disrespect to Gina and failing marriage with Elvira, which all brought down his empire. In essence, Manny was the one who got Tony a fresh start in Miami by receiving the Rebenga hit that got them green cards and the connection to Frank and the business, but throughout the whole movie, Tony kept stepping over Manny like his subordinate rather than respecting him as an equal. The other irony was Tony’s refusal to carry out the hit on that family for Sosa, which was really his only redeemable value in the movie, but that also sealed his doom and for those closest to him…except Elvira who got out before the hellfire rained down on the House of Montana.

    • @JesterJoker89
      @JesterJoker89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Interesting take.
      I don’t believe he betrayed Frank as the character was portrayed. It was Frank that set up and tried to assassinate Tony, to which Tony responded the way he did. Even the dirty cop (that wasn’t a cop?) was part of what Frank had going on. And the discovery of Frank’s right hand man being an undercover and possibly being part of Tony’s friend I’m the beginning of the movie being murdered didn’t sit well. Tony admitted to doing things in the side, but not to cross Frank.
      The Manny situation conflicts me. Tony told him not to mess with his sister. Then Gina went missing and people were concerned about her. Tony was shocked to find Manny was behind her sudden new behaviors and disappearance. Manny and Gina hid the relationship. And Gina played to Manny’s ego, making him disregard Tony’s wishes. So rage took over Tony in that moment. I think if Tony had time to think, he wouldn’t have done that to Manny.
      The Elvira relationship is the dirtiest, low down thing that Tony did in my opinion. That’s ruthless to kill someone, take their woman, and then treat her like she’s nothing. But Elvira’s coke addiction might’ve had something to do with the treatment and disrespect.
      That’s why I love this character extremely flawed, but relatable in some aspects.
      At least in my opinion.

    • @nickchang5293
      @nickchang5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @@JesterJoker89 Here’s the sequence of events:
      • Frank brings Tony into his business
      • Tony covets Frank’s woman and position by calling Frank “soft”
      • Tony meets Sosa and tries to go over Frank’s authority on their first deal
      • Tony continues to belittle Frank by taking his seat next to Elvira at the club, which prompted Frank to send Bernstein (cop) to shakedown Tony, then the 2 hitmen to snuff him out…so I’d say Tony really drew First Blood.

    • @necrolord9908
      @necrolord9908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      True.
      Tony,despite being a felon,had some principles.
      He refused to carry out the assassination of the journalist after he noticed his wife and children being in the car with him(An act which sealed his fate,as he now made a very powerful enemy,Sosa,who probably would've stopped at nothing to eliminate Tony).
      I thought that was a very enlightening moment,and also made me wonder if Tony was not slightly remorseful of his actions up until then?
      Also,he wanted to provide for both Gina and his mother(despite her outright refusing his money,saying they were dirty). That demonstrated that he cared for his family.
      And yes,the scene where he shoots Manny,that was heavy,man... Although I think it was coke fueled rage,and probably Tony wouldn't have reacted so viciously if not under the influence of coke.

    • @nickchang5293
      @nickchang5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@necrolord9908 There is a duality to Tony’s feelings toward women that comes to mind, which I thought the film brilliantly examines in the case of Gina and Elvira, which were his true loves, one as his sister and the other as his woman…but he doesn’t really know how to Respect either. He does have a fondness for children and he was hoping Elvira to mother his, so that carries over to his decision to not carry out the hit on the activist and his family. That was his only redeemable virtue, which may have absolved him from absolute Evil, so there was a poetic justice to having Elvira and his mother spared from among his 2 biggest casualties, Manny and Gina. If he had gone through with that hit in NY, he would have lived longer and his empire would’ve continue to grow, but karma would eventually take everything and everyone from him including his mother and future offspring.

    • @necrolord9908
      @necrolord9908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@nickchang5293 Oh yeah. Elvira most likely survived because she left Tony after that restaurant confrontation they had. Was it fate or pure chance? Another great scene that one,Tony berates Elvira because of her heavy drug use(which possibly rendered her infertile and incapable of conceiving children) and inability to have a child with her. "Her womb is so polluted". Elvira responds in kind,reprimanding Tony for his behavior and asking the question "Will you even be alive by the time he goes to school?" I think that really hit Tony hard...
      Also,how devastated must've been Mama after losing both her children in one night? Man...

  • @AKFechtschule
    @AKFechtschule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    Tony's dismissal of Frank's rules speech and other principles in the beginning does a great job of foreshadowing his fate. By the end of the movie Tony has broken every rule or piece of advice Frank tried to give him.

    • @bonchidude
      @bonchidude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Avoid the flash, and low key is the name of the game. Simple rules to live by.

    • @smileyent.3055
      @smileyent.3055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@bonchidude and never get High on your own supply

    • @NguyenPham-bl6qm
      @NguyenPham-bl6qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@smileyent.3055 Most important rule for every successful drug dealers :v

    • @francinegalea4153
      @francinegalea4153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      yes but frank didn't fly straight either

    • @bearislandthuglife3463
      @bearislandthuglife3463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      "Never Underestimate the other guy's Greed" that is an important Life Lesson, but Montana was the greediest in the movie no question.

  • @ryanwilliams4223
    @ryanwilliams4223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    The one person he truly feared was his mother that scene where he is high AF he couldn't even look her in the eyes it showed a vulnerable fragility in him very child like Tony is a very complex character even if Scarface has a simple story line his character is well ironed out.

    • @trafficjon400
      @trafficjon400 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Right, good point, and the only Honest guilt he had left.

  • @erfansvideos
    @erfansvideos ปีที่แล้ว +63

    When you see Tony Montana instead of seeing Al Pacino you know you’re watching an AMAZING actor

  • @slipperysloper3721
    @slipperysloper3721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1190

    -Tony doesn’t want his sister to be involved with criminals
    -Tony sets up his sisters shitty hair salon as a front business for his criminal activity

    • @marisol64647
      @marisol64647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      I don’t think he set it up as a front, but rather as a business that she could own without having to do the work herself.

    • @slipperysloper3721
      @slipperysloper3721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      @@marisol64647 guessing probably a little bit of both. A hair salon in the early 80s was probably the perfect front. Lotta Cash. Small bills. Consistent income. (ie the nail salon in Breaking Bad)

    • @marisol64647
      @marisol64647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      B G 100%

    • @CaliforniaWaffle
      @CaliforniaWaffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This is a funny ass comment bro

    • @KingofChicago17.
      @KingofChicago17. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Montana Realty Company was his front business. Gina was Tony's kid sister, who in his eyes he always had to protect. He wanted her away from that life as much as possible. Giving Gina her hair salon was just a loving gesture to his sister. Even then using it as a front wouldn't make sense logically anyways as Tony was bringing in millions a week to the bank no salon in the world could make that much money. Its beyond me why you would think he'd use it as a front.

  • @theALMIGHTY987
    @theALMIGHTY987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +581

    Tony coveted Frank's life, he even married his wife. Tony gained the lifestyle but because he hadn't taken heed to what Frank told him, he wasn't able to handle or maintain it. I believe tony was more of a glutton than a narcissist.....his eyes were bigger than his abilities!

    • @SniperCR39
      @SniperCR39 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      "...the world Chico, and everything in it".

    • @quinceyb921
      @quinceyb921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I think he was so invested with getting to the top, he became crazy with the idea of losing it. His short fuse didn't help either

    • @youngf.l.y.1467
      @youngf.l.y.1467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@quinceyb921 the thing is he started with nothing so he had no insight on the hollowness of just having things without the relationships

    • @Alrokako
      @Alrokako 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep Glutton for power and fear

    • @AJK1471
      @AJK1471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Frank Lopez: You know what a chazzer is?
      Tony Montana: No, Frank, you tell me. What is a chazzer?
      Frank Lopez: It's a Yiddish word for 'pig.' See, the guy, he wants more than what he needs. He don't fly straight no more.

  • @BigHotSauceBoss69
    @BigHotSauceBoss69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    When i first watched this movie i thought it was just going to be a big dumb, violent shootout movie (definitely violent) but came away realizing it's actually a masterpiece of crime drama. the video explains tony perfectly, coming from dirt, going to the top and ironically losing his mind because he finally got everything he wanted. "the world is yours" Scarface is the ultimate story of excess and greed, and the betrayal and loneliness that it breeds. In the end of the movie, Tony has to make his final stand alone (ignoring his little friend). "you need an army you wanna take me" indeed, Tony holds out for a time, but in the end the lesson is that any 1 man can still be felled, standing tall from his perch, to be quickly thrown down to the bottom.

    • @comicbookreviewer4856
      @comicbookreviewer4856 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also felt Tony Bad choices and ideas is meant to remind you always be careful How you make your Choices as you might hurt or betray those who care about you or will feel the need to get back for hurting theme something Tony Sister did when Tony hurt her or His other Crime boss friend when he fail to take out the target showing how Bad Choices and Ideas can lead to problems you never intended to happen

  • @mnorth1351
    @mnorth1351 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The tragic hero from classical Greek tragedies is a good man with one character flaw, which does him in. By contrast, Tony is a bad man with one good quality (unwillingness to kill innocence) - and that good quality does him in. Now that's what you call ironic.

    • @robertbusek30
      @robertbusek30 ปีที่แล้ว

      People who call Scarface a “tragedy” think that Tony Montana is Michael Corleone. That just doesn’t work…

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup.

    • @salmansengul
      @salmansengul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now that is indeed ironic...

  • @hildaenjoyer8862
    @hildaenjoyer8862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1324

    The amount of variety on this channel is crazy. Can't wait for the Tony Soprano episode. Hopefully, in the future he can cover Light from Death Note, he would make for a pretty solid video.

    • @mikehoncho5658
      @mikehoncho5658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I too cannot wait for the tony episode. Maybe he will drop it when the movie comes out

    • @animeAJproductions
      @animeAJproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I agree with both! I also hope there will be an episode about Griffith from Berserk!

    • @phoenix_radio
      @phoenix_radio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I really hope he does Light

    • @prominerz6701
      @prominerz6701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@animeAJproductionsat first glance objectively evil. Rapist, mass murderer, con artist, manipulator. But also, liberator, idol, and inspiror.

    • @Drawnartist
      @Drawnartist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn bro yes!!!

  • @heisensaul5538
    @heisensaul5538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +728

    This made me realize this something: Michael Corleone needs to be explored in his own episode. I hope we can see that one of these days. This channel is amazing :)

    • @scottv9667
      @scottv9667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Agreed. Michael in Part 2 is evil

    • @heisensaul5538
      @heisensaul5538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@scottv9667 I would argue he was never "good." But yes, in the second movie he became a lot more evil.

    • @leoandersson6461
      @leoandersson6461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@scottv9667 A lot of psychologists say that Michael in Godfather 2, is one of the most realistic depictions of a psychopath in media.

    • @leoandersson6461
      @leoandersson6461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Ben Magnez Something I find very interesting with Vito Corleone is that even though he seems very diplomatic filled with honor, respect, and intelligence. He also has a gross and barbaric side that you would see in a mentally unstable psychopath locked up in an asylum. Like it was his depraved idea to cut off a horse head and put it in a bed, or the brutal executions he carried out towards the man that killed his family and Don Fanucci. Though it's very understandable why he killed them both, and they themselves are terrible people. The way he handled it, was not diplomatic or clean at all. It was just his beast-like nature that came out and torn them apart.

    • @heisensaul5538
      @heisensaul5538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ben Magnez I dont disagree with that

  • @That_oneguy_mane
    @That_oneguy_mane 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Something that I really like about Tony as a character is he doesn’t try to manipulate to get what he wants, he takes it, even if it could get him killed he says how he truly is feeling and stands by It, which catches people in the movie off guard and the audience

    • @cartomancycarmen
      @cartomancycarmen 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That’s why I love that the Movie Tarot uses him as the Emperor boss of all bosses. And The Godfather is the Heirophant.

  • @workonesabs
    @workonesabs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    He wasn't totally evil, as seen he said no woman or children, which was his downfall. Had he allowed the bomb to detonate on the car, but he did have some humanity in him.

    • @alexman378
      @alexman378 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not being pure evil doesn’t mean you’re not evil though.

    • @sashimi879
      @sashimi879 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@alexman378they said tottally evil. Can't you read?

    • @alexman378
      @alexman378 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sashimi879 No, clearly I can’t, I can only write. That’s how it works, right?

  • @thaddeusdaruszka4994
    @thaddeusdaruszka4994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +794

    The thing I always found interesting is he met his demise ultimately for making the right decision by not killing the reporter and his family. Although he is obviously a bad guy, he does have a redeemable quality that is shown making that decision.

    • @mickyzzzeee
      @mickyzzzeee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think him making that decision was more about not wanting to take orders from Sosa and his issue with authority

    • @jonsno3688
      @jonsno3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@mickyzzzeee nah he doesn’t kill innocent

    • @joshjonson2368
      @joshjonson2368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you serious, reporters are vile creatures who deserve nothing but death and despair, he should've spared anybody else but the reporter

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

    • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
      @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mickyzzzeee That's a good point.

  • @31webseries
    @31webseries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    The true evil was Elvira's dancing.

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol what?

    • @31webseries
      @31webseries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@mariolisa2832 1:33

    • @31webseries
      @31webseries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@Cam Robertson Nope, not even a little bit.

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @Jake Stockton you can’t even have a fucking little kid with her mane. Her womb is so polluted…

    • @zigguratdafoo
      @zigguratdafoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @Jake Stockton she’s a stick. I wouldn’t want that tbh. I guess back then that was a hot woman

  • @alialiyev6168
    @alialiyev6168 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    A number of parallels can be drawn of relationship between Tony and Manny, to Tuco and Nacho from Better Call Saul. Sober minds of Manny and Nacho kept Tony and Tuco from acting stupidly, while their absence lead them to trouble.

    • @Borgborg128
      @Borgborg128 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Tony would eat tuco alive tbh. Tuco is badass but even more impulsive and quite a lot dumber than Tony

    • @xoica
      @xoica 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Borgborg128fr I think Tony would win that fight

  • @MANTARD
    @MANTARD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I love the dance club scene when Tony first hits on Elvira. It's so obvious there's no actual music for the actors and extras to dance to. You can even hear the shuffling of their feet.

    • @toro5280
      @toro5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yeah, and Tony pretending he can't hear Elvira because of the loud music!

    • @anthonyjones634
      @anthonyjones634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "She's on fire"

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Loool i've never thought of that haha

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

  • @ryanmccarthy8625
    @ryanmccarthy8625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

    If Tony hadn't started doing coke, then he would've been so much better off in the long run.

    • @blacklechter706
      @blacklechter706 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Most drug dealers of Tony's caliber wind up dead or in prison, trust me , he wouldn't have done better,

    • @MB42427
      @MB42427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @@blacklechter706 he would have done better but he wouldn’t last long . Getting high on your own supply is a rule to follow for a reason . He would’ve lasted longer but not that long

    • @gagazordon4235
      @gagazordon4235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Like Frank said at the club, “Rule number 1: Don’t get high on your own supply.”

    • @mrban1419
      @mrban1419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@blacklechter706 he might have got in and out

    • @bonchidude
      @bonchidude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The drug dealer's credo holds true. Don't get high on your own supply.

  • @alexman378
    @alexman378 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    12:42 This is actually something many people don’t consider when they set out to get rich and powerful very fast. Fast money comes with slow problems, and climbing to success is one thing, but managing and maintaining it is another. Many aren’t equipped to handle those levels of power and money, and it’s why they lose everything eventually.

  • @sov3cd
    @sov3cd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This was an amazingly thorough breakdown to this legendary character… fantastic work

  • @Scolio
    @Scolio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Pure silence in the beginning then out of nowhere, “Hello everyone” right when tony opens his mouth

    • @pagodebregaeforro2803
      @pagodebregaeforro2803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      He do it on purpose 😄

    • @aamaravel2493
      @aamaravel2493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pagodebregaeforro2803 maybe it was an editing error

    • @Veldtian1
      @Veldtian1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aamaravel2493 He did the same thing in the Stansfield vid too.

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

    • @ttree7836
      @ttree7836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ok and

  • @samuelebincoletto637
    @samuelebincoletto637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    There's a little detail you forgot to mention, when Tony was accepting the job with the Columbians from Omar Manny mention that they both served in the Cuban army and thus learned to use guns, it could have been a nice detail worth mentioning for Tony.

    • @ryankolbe365
      @ryankolbe365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Most countries in Latin America use conscripts, with Cuba having the largest standing army in that part of the world at the time. Ask any Mexican about their conscriptions and they'll say something like, " oh yeah like one weekend they showed us how to use the guns, and the rest of my year they made us clean shit or march up and down the street singing songs"

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Colombians. Please try to remember the difference.

    • @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom
      @PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thediaz07 how dare he make a one-letter spelling mistake… the horror!!!

  • @Boogie_161
    @Boogie_161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    As a kid I really liked “Tony Montana.” As an adult I see everything wrong with that character. I think everyone I grew up around wanted to be him. If you ever get the chance, maybe do one on “President Coriolanus Snow” from the hunger games. I really like your videos, very thought provoking stuff.

    • @Snaaake_Beater
      @Snaaake_Beater 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is very funny because I just found out this channel exists and the newest video is that that you wanted from him

    • @dirtymike3329
      @dirtymike3329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As a kid you shouldn’t know who Tony Montana is. This whole movie is R rated 😂

  • @arsenni
    @arsenni 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Im sure Tonys character saved some innocent kids and wives life’s in a real world, just because of the fact that the whole bunch of bloody criminals admire this guy

    • @dirtymike3329
      @dirtymike3329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re probably right. All of us admire parts of him. 99% of us are smart enough not to try to replicate his path

  • @juliahenriques210
    @juliahenriques210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Tony ties in with the true event in which the US government offered shelter to Cuban refugees and the Cuban government gave convicts the chance to accept the offer. Hundreds of them took it, and it makes sense for Tony to be among them. Cuba was definitely better without him, of course.

    • @juliogutierrez5256
      @juliogutierrez5256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Definetly, he would have gone on to become a policeman or military.

    • @juliahenriques210
      @juliahenriques210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Doctor Sykadelix I'd have no problem with living in Cuba, actually. In fact, I might even retire there depending on how the revolution holds up in the next decades.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@juliahenriques210 I could consider moving there as well, provided that there was a successful capitalist revolution prior to that. When the rebels have consolidated their power in the region for over half a century, it's hardly a revolution anymore.

    • @panama2468
      @panama2468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're one of the first people on any video about scarface, to mention this. People don't realize that many criminals and ricj elites came over after the revolution. In this historical context, Montanas background (and future) makes sense

    • @SirDankleberry
      @SirDankleberry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juliogutierrez5256 I'm pretty sure he was in the military at one point.

  • @giantchamp415
    @giantchamp415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +623

    When Tony was washing dishes he said "these hands should be picking gold from the streets". That line right there just how much of a narcissist he was.

    • @venimprincess
      @venimprincess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @tonycardo874
      @tonycardo874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @Johnny Steve exactly nothings wrong with wanting more for yourself

    • @nicholasrobinson3211
      @nicholasrobinson3211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      My man is a hero, he saved the children.

    • @mob9900
      @mob9900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheTillmanSneakerReview yup his mother was right after all

    • @smileyent.3055
      @smileyent.3055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@nicholasrobinson3211 1 right =/ 10000 wrongs

  • @Tim_the_Enchanter
    @Tim_the_Enchanter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Tony dreamed of achieving bigger and better things, only to discover that once got them, he was still Tony.
    There's an old joke about wondering what a dog who likes to chase cars would ever do if caught one.

  • @stefanosprokopis6974
    @stefanosprokopis6974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    I never saw Tony as evil more like an ambitious guy that wanted to control more than he needed to and got in over his head, making rash decisions that got him and his loved ones killed.

    • @MerlautZone
      @MerlautZone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Righteous, Tony's not a villain, but an anti-villain.

    • @NguyenPham-bl6qm
      @NguyenPham-bl6qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      He did spare that journalist and his wife and kid so yeah the dude is not a heartless maniac. Just way over his head and had some pretty questionable decisions along the way.

    • @markscott632
      @markscott632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Agree but that’s the problem with that business there’s never enough.. 99% of people can never have enough.. which is what I respected about frank .. when he said : Hey Tony ! Remember when I told you the people who make it in this business are the ones who fly straight. Stay under the radar.. he understood that there’s just lines you do not cross no matter how much money is involved because there’s no coming back

    • @NguyenPham-bl6qm
      @NguyenPham-bl6qm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@markscott632 Like don't kill your own goddamn brother/business partner?

    • @markscott632
      @markscott632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NguyenPham-bl6qm I agree I never disagreed

  • @haustyl12
    @haustyl12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    If Tony took the 3 year prison sentence, he would’ve probably lived

    • @victorsrur134
      @victorsrur134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      being back in prison would break his ego

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

    • @raultrashlord4404
      @raultrashlord4404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      He'd have turned that 3 year into a 45 to life

    • @spittinvenom9671
      @spittinvenom9671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yeah, but the movie would’ve sucked

    • @VVguy1
      @VVguy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not really the only way he would've lived is if he killed that guy with the two kids and a woman but he would be left with regret because Tony isn't that fucked up

  • @binkytube
    @binkytube ปีที่แล้ว +13

    5:50 One of the most evil characters in any movie is this woman with the firearm that was tucked under her pillow.

    • @georgecoventry8441
      @georgecoventry8441 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Marta. Yeah, she was about the hardest, nastiest looking woman ever seen in a movie. Not there for long, but unforgettable.

  • @robkukoc3393
    @robkukoc3393 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Pacino can portray anyone, which makes him so unique…how did he make himself so intimidating in this film. Unbelievable talent

  • @dynamicpurpose
    @dynamicpurpose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    His evil was what he adopted to survive in that world. I never thought he was evil per se just blinded by his ambition. Like you said once he had obtained everything he was unhappy and miserable. I think the whole ending was his self destruction due to his disillusionment of success. He made it the way he wanted to and he finished the way he wanted to, in a hail of gunfire. We should all hope to live our life as authentic as Tony did!

    • @henrybean8539
      @henrybean8539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Damn. I like that. Very well said.

    • @hoodieap2858
      @hoodieap2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @MrFunkadelic123 this is everyone

    • @oscarpelican5602
      @oscarpelican5602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@hoodieap2858 not everyone would murder to get what the want

    • @hoodieap2858
      @hoodieap2858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@oscarpelican5602 naw everyone would just need something that would push you to want it that bad

    • @patek92
      @patek92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @MrFunkadelic123 where was he dishonesty?

  • @CGCEifel
    @CGCEifel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    I find the details in dialogue fascinating. When Tony and Elvira are dancing at the Babylon Club he denies coming of a banana boat. When he was asked before at the interrogation if he had ever been at a mental hospital, he states "Yes, on the boat coming over." Many times he is denying parts of his past making him look pretty torn, with questionable success as an only way out. Also Manolo`s blind dedication as a follower is portrayed in little lines every now and then. After meeting Omar and El Mono for their first job Tony tells Manonlo not to worry or he's gonna have a heart attack. Just in the next scene in the car on the way to the deal at the beach Manolo already internalized this and repeats almost the exact line. Also some short bits make Tony look pretty uneducated, like in the tub confusing Flamingos for Pelicans. And when he is meeting Elvira by the pool he even admits that he has no education but "knows the streets". This kind of self awareness he is only showing to Elvira. The whole movie is full of that subtle stuff, a true classic.

    • @hitmonchan52
      @hitmonchan52 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Also he drinks the bowl that was meant for washing hands when he first meets Sosa with that guy that got hanged . Go rewatch the scene

    • @CGCEifel
      @CGCEifel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@hitmonchan52 He is eating the slice of lemon from the bowl, but that's pretty wild too. I never thought about it, ty 😃

    • @bathshebahubber614
      @bathshebahubber614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This all hints at an exceptionally impoverished upbringing. Even in a communist country with redistribution of resources and services such as education, he feasts like he doesn't know when he'll eat next and has no formal schooling. Perhaps even the reason he seems so ferocious and charismatic is not due to narcissism or a Napoleon syndrome, but because 100% of the English and mannerisms he learnt were from gangster flicks, for all we know he probably can't even write in English if he can write at all. His background is so poor that he is simultaneously ashamed of it like when he lies to Elvira, but remembers it as harsh enough to consider himself a victim and act righteous before the customs inspectors. This, in turn, gives him his immense drive for excess, both in power he lacked as a rebellious adolescence, and luxury as he observed from the movies he was shown, only limiting his infinite ambition when it conflicts with the only thing he was ever intentionally taught: his values, superimposed upon him by his principalled mother. Thus a ruthless being that could climb through the 1980s criminal underworld unhindered was born, yet also a human too forgiving to stay on top kept on existing as Montana got to his crumbling peak.

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

    • @DeadPixel1105
      @DeadPixel1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williammunny9916 Yeah bro, we're not interested in converting to Christianity 🤡🤡

  • @phantomlord8870
    @phantomlord8870 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "A man who never fears the fall is blind to the cliff before him" that's a good-ass quote

    • @rokanza2293
      @rokanza2293 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Redundant to say at least. It's incomparably better to be that fearless than to have any other psychological profile for fear and stress management.

  • @quanchi1561
    @quanchi1561 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I just can’t believe he didn’t win an Oscar for this role

  • @Phil_McCrevis97
    @Phil_McCrevis97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    off topic but Chi Chi is my favorite character in this wonderfully put-together film. he's a likeable dude who's there to back up his buddies and be a team player no matter the cost. I love the scene where they walk over to see the tiger. look how excited he is. Ángel Salazar played that part uber well.

    • @DeadPixel1105
      @DeadPixel1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I just Googled Angel Salazar and saw that he's a stand-up comedian too. I watched one of his stand-up performances and he's actually a really funny dude. Pretty good jokes.

    • @markanthony5582
      @markanthony5582 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chi chi get the yayo

    • @mebanshanrynjah7319
      @mebanshanrynjah7319 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey you got a job man

  • @cl5470
    @cl5470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    This has quickly become one of the channels I look forward to the most.

    • @jayfreeman5117
      @jayfreeman5117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same. I highly enjoy the content.

    • @anabolicjesus6717
      @anabolicjesus6717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only channel with notifications on

    • @slinkbradshaw8674
      @slinkbradshaw8674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. Found this channel randomly one day, binged every video and was left wanting more.

    • @virginialopez6133
      @virginialopez6133 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve rewatched 3 times showed it to my ppl n they love the channel now lol

  • @santadagama6420
    @santadagama6420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your voice and I adore studying while hearing you talk about mob bosses!! You have been such a major help to me get to my stuff done and finish my studies. Thank you!!! I love the channel.

  • @Puzzoozoo
    @Puzzoozoo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I often wondered what happened to Elvira, she and Tony's mother were the only ones who made it out alive.

    • @Aven-Sharma1991
      @Aven-Sharma1991 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His mother wouldn’t have even cared that he had died, as for Elvira? She would’ve just moved on to some other rich and powerful guy so she could lay around all day waiting to get 🍆

  • @Elidrawsthings
    @Elidrawsthings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I am going to say this, as a writer I often look to your videos for ideas. Understanding learning about villains (even if I disagree with you from time to time) is a good refresher of the basics. Seriously, when I am in a writing slump, these videos help a lot. Probably the single best video has to be the gingerbread man. Cheers and keep up the great work (btw been a fan since first video)
    \

  • @bombomtom5421
    @bombomtom5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    I think Tony was the first actual anti-hero, he’s just someone trying to make himself into America and goes by any means necessary and by the end he realised it was all for nothing. Also I think his whole character shows in the restaurant scene and that the people around him are just as bad.

    • @souljabean777
      @souljabean777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I mean there have been antiheroes in literature for hundreds of years before this...

    • @bombomtom5421
      @bombomtom5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Tom Ffrench Hm true, but I feel like Tony was the first one who had everything and nothing, he’s someone you feel different emotions for when you probably shouldn’t like sympathy and sorrow. He’s someone you can respect because of how hard he has worked but as his character progresses he looses the things/morals he had in the first place, caring for his family and friends. I’m the end he says fuck em pretty much and his actions cause the death of his sister, you feel sorry because nobody should experience this but also at the same time he had it coming to him. His morals were right but his actions were wrong.

    • @cristianespinal9917
      @cristianespinal9917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The people around him in the restaurant weren't "just as bad." Or are you really going to take the word of a drunk, coke addict and murderer who just finished publicly berating his wife? The only evidence you can point to that everyone else at the restaurant is "just as bad" is Tony's drunk, high, and pissed-off rant. He's not a reliable observer in that moment. The entire second half of the movie is basically about how he's become delusional.

    • @in4mus85
      @in4mus85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How did this comment get so many likes? 🤣

    • @bombomtom5421
      @bombomtom5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cristianespinal9917 yeah I used the word Anti- Hero, I’m not metaphorically saying that the crimes they do are illegal but some of the stuff they do probably is scum, they might be preying of society’s weakness. And Tony was right, I’m not saying he was a good person but they always point fingers at the bad guys when the stuff there doing is probably bad in other ways. Also look, I’m no professional analyst, just thought I’d share my thought .

  • @robertgoss4842
    @robertgoss4842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I seldom miss your videos. They're always very insightful, and provide me with a better understanding of evil, especially violent evil. Thanks for your work.

  • @damarismartinez2553
    @damarismartinez2553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You missed the fact that even criminals have morals and lines they don’t cross but yes pretty accurate.

    • @shrimpflea
      @shrimpflea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think he covered that.

  • @winterramos4527
    @winterramos4527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    True story: after watching this film as a young boy, one day my pops told me to clean my room and mop the floor in the living room. I told him "You know what's a hassa Manolo?" And his response was "It's a son who gets his ass whooped because he's not obeying his father" at that moment I knew I fucked up

    • @josephgowling1794
      @josephgowling1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      😂😂😂

    • @truffle6082
      @truffle6082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😃😃😃😃😃

    • @VVguy1
      @VVguy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "that's a pi-"
      **Gets slapped**

    • @EvonneLindiwe
      @EvonneLindiwe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣

    • @prowthegamer
      @prowthegamer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m dead 💀💀💀💀

  • @Eddieisdaman5
    @Eddieisdaman5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I accidentally clicked on this and soon as I seen Tony Montana, I got myself comfortable to watch this banger!!!

    • @SparksGuy
      @SparksGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MR.C&A Video911Game that's an understatement but yes indeed

  • @DeadPixel1105
    @DeadPixel1105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Tony Montana was a "bad guy" and definitely not someone to look up to, but he definitely wasn't "evil". He was greedy, arrogant, overly-ambitious, hot-headed, and stupid. But he did have a bit of honor and integrity - and he did have his own sense of morals and ethics. He never intentionally harmed or messed with innocent people. He refused to harm women and children. And as he even said, he never screwed over anyone that didn't have it coming to them. If you're a random person that minds their own business and doesn't insult or disrespect Tony, he's not going to target you or harm you. Also, with the exception of escaping legal troubles, he was a man of honesty. As Sosa even said: "There is lying in you, Tony." Tony was a straight-shooter who always spoke the truth to those close to him - whether they liked it or not.
    This is not the description of an "evil" man. "Evil" is what the SS Nazis were. "Evil" is what the Imperial Japanese Army was. "Evil" is men like Hitler and Stalin. "Evil" is ISIS and South American cartels. These are people that WILL harm innocent people. They WILL kill women and children, and think nothing of it. They have no mercy and no remorse. They lie, cheat, manipulate, use shady and dishonest tactics, etc. And they are ruthless and monstrous in ways that Tony Montana would never even dream of being. Tony was none of these things. Tony was definitely not an "evil" man, at least in my opinion.

    • @MiketheNerdRanger
      @MiketheNerdRanger ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To me this is a reductive definition of "evil." One that is too black and white. I'm pretty sure the people and entities you mentioned also have integrity and whatnot, otherwise they couldn't operate, but its the integrity to do the things they did. It doesn't save you from being "evil." Evil is often the byproduct of banality; it's not always as mythological or fantastical as you suggested it is. Tony still very much counts.

    • @FC-hj9ub
      @FC-hj9ub ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People like that always feel provoked or disrespected. Stop praising people like this. There's a difference between doing what you need to survive and just being fanatically bloodthirsty and egotistical

    • @ChieftainHawke
      @ChieftainHawke ปีที่แล้ว

      Evil is America bombing the shit out of the middle east and US soldiers raping muslim women, evil is the British Empire stealing from Africa, India and Asia. their only reason for outlawing slavery was out of spite for losing the revolutionary war, Evil is Frenc colonial powers going to africa na d raping children and still making Haiti and Africa pay them colonial tax. History taught you the only bad guys were the enemies of America. America has always been just as evil. Fat greedy old white men sent 18 year olds to slaughter poor brown and yellow people for them so they can get richer and fatter. Evil is the slaughter of millions of American natives but go off sir LOL

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FC-hj9ub when you sell drugs to survive it’s always going to cross over. I’ve never seen a drug story that didn’t end in someone in a body bag

    • @rokanza2293
      @rokanza2293 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Evil is USA and Great Britain also, much bigger evil than all the other bullshit you mentioned in your comment

  • @equanimity92
    @equanimity92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Exceptional writing and editing on this! I take inspiration from your work to keep going with my own lore videos! Great job on this!

  • @ctam31ify
    @ctam31ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I always thought his obsession with his sister, wasn't him looking after her, but him wanting to control everything around him. And maybe a little bit that he was attracted to her innocence.

    • @mysteryjunkie9808
      @mysteryjunkie9808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      No he just wanted his sister to not get involved with bad guys as any brother would

    • @ctam31ify
      @ctam31ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is my opinion. You don't have to agree.

    • @victornieves1794
      @victornieves1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It can be both.

    • @adnanasif9538
      @adnanasif9538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yes he was a bit control freak, even with his sister's life.
      But,
      That control and worry was coming from his brotherly care, not his selfishness and attraction.
      He was aware of the kind of a world (his lifestyle, people he interacted with, his business) he lived in and its consequences. He didn't wanted his sister to fall into this kind of world and ruin herself.
      This can be seen in the club scene where he gets mad at the sight of some high roller punk touching her body and even when he lashed out at manny early in the movie for looking funny at her.
      He loved her but he wasn't into her. Which is obvious from the scene near the ending where she comes into her office to kill him. He is confused and disgusted at the sight of his sister's behavior.

  • @tonymontana2753
    @tonymontana2753 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Prior to the events of the film, Tony grew up in a poor Havana neighborhood of Spanish immigrants, his grandparents having been isleños. He obtained his signature scar fighting a Cuban army officer whom he killed with a shotgun when he was 13 years old.
    And yes this is canon to the film and director verified.

    • @joemcleod6401
      @joemcleod6401 ปีที่แล้ว

      Source?

    • @tonymontana2753
      @tonymontana2753 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joemcleod6401 movie script and Wikipedia

    • @tonymontana2753
      @tonymontana2753 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joemcleod6401 but he obviously lied to the interrogators

  • @raventamer99
    @raventamer99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Sosa would've been a good pick, too. Sosa's respect for honesty clouded his judgement of someone's character overall, banking to much on honesty and nothing else. Tony was a hothead, and it isn't very smart sending someone like that, especially when they the head of your Miami distribution, to do what barely qualifies as a somewhat low/mid-end political assassination. Sosa could very easily have been a Bond villain.

    • @lamthenews
      @lamthenews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      They didn't send Tony to complete the assassination the guy Tony shot was there for that, Tony was just there to see the bomber ok as he was foreign to America and could not speak the language.

    • @mariolisa2832
      @mariolisa2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I get the feeling Sosa WANTED Tony to fail so he could swat him down as he was getting too big for Sosa's liking. There is also a good chance Manny was trying to get Tony out of the picture so he cold take over as well

    • @davidalexander6718
      @davidalexander6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sosa and tony had a deal,no jail time if he make sure the guy is dead tony had no problem with that until his family got in that car all bets was off,he and tony never discussed any other incase scenario,because sosa know that guy was with his family and most likely they might be in that car,he choose not to tell Tony because he know that he is a man with morals and principles he knew he wouldn't kill his family,now sosa and his people's facing more jail time than tony so it wasn't nothing to him so he didnt care about a family he underestimated tony values and wat he would and wouldnt do,at the end neither of them won

    • @williammunny9916
      @williammunny9916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *_John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”_*
      _Jesus Christ loves you. Only Jesus Christ saves. Repent and be saved. God bless you, and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family._

    • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
      @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Let me tell you something about Sosa. You turn your back on him, he stick it in.

  • @tiannaspence9671
    @tiannaspence9671 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just want to say I love your style of editing! I noticed that when your voice over begins at the start of the video, Tony begins to speak! Nice detail!

  • @vipcypr8368
    @vipcypr8368 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love that insightful idea that you are promotimg about every average height man beimg cocky then he is just cocky, but if a short person is, they are overcompensaiting for being short. True genius

    • @nolesy34
      @nolesy34 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They drive bigger cars too, watch who gets out of a big 4wd its hilarious

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Napoleon Complex.

  • @dougfunny3691
    @dougfunny3691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Say hello to my little friend!"

    • @abeezy.x5910
      @abeezy.x5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yea, we know… 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @CannibalOx99
      @CannibalOx99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@abeezy.x5910 that's a classic line. Can't hate homie

  • @madxico
    @madxico 2 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Montana was like the Azorean saying. “Aquele nunca teve e chega a ter, nem o diabo lhe pode sofrer”. Roughly translated. “Those who never had something and one day manage to have it, not even the devil himself can handle them”.
    Thanks for your work Vile Eye! Never miss one of your videos!

  • @hardcorenacho1020
    @hardcorenacho1020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    His biggest downfall was he broke the number 1 rule, “never get high on your own supply”
    If he never did drugs he probably wouldnt have been on edge as much as he was.

    • @lotharschramm5000
      @lotharschramm5000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, what an original and never seen before comment.

    • @hardcorenacho1020
      @hardcorenacho1020 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lotharschramm5000 i know right It took me a whole 2sec to realize it lol

  • @fabiancorea2920
    @fabiancorea2920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how you waited to talk as soon as Tony opened his mouth 😂

  • @adamantium4999
    @adamantium4999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Analyzing Evil: Tony Soprano next please!!
    This was great 👌

  • @JohnSmith-mk1rj
    @JohnSmith-mk1rj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Damn - Michelle Pfieffer dances so awkwardly. And she's so thin she looks exactly like a 1980's Cokehead.

    • @toro5280
      @toro5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I guess they didn't know what they danced to. The songs were probably chosen after shooting was finished.

    • @lachlanmclennan2188
      @lachlanmclennan2188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@toro5280 80s dancing was very awkward. I watch intergenerational party clips and the 80s to early 90s is wild in terms of bad dancing.

    • @lachlanmclennan2188
      @lachlanmclennan2188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @toro5280
      @toro5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lachlanmclennan2188 I think "The terminator" pulled it off great though, in the Tech noir scenes.

    • @pagodebregaeforro2803
      @pagodebregaeforro2803 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea man, I just watched the movie today(great movie) and thought: "damn this guy is rich asf and the better he can get is this skinny girl!? I find a hotter one easily in the next corner here"
      Shes a not ugly at all, on the contrary, but too skinny for my taste.
      The girl who was with Manny on the bed tho, that was a real Hot one.

  • @ignaciocambray500
    @ignaciocambray500 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your thorough and accurate analyzation of the character made me subscribe... DOPE content bro

  • @Schizniit
    @Schizniit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    You've made me realize how good they painted the image of those in the higher end of the business of hard drugs. Yes, most people in the business can be ruthless, violent, strict, and of questionable moral. However, most of the people I've known in the hard drugs business have kids, their own lives, their own codes, and their own morals to live by, and you can see these things in Tony. He isn't good, but is he really all bad? He had good intentions, he wanted to help his family how he could and keep them out of trouble, while he himself was hungry to get more after getting a taste of what hard drugs can bring a person very quickly.

  • @marcuss.9302
    @marcuss.9302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I love how you always start the introduction happen when the subject of any given video opens their mouths in a scene.

  • @Turtlej47
    @Turtlej47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    If you’ve ever watched the wire analyzing Marlo Stanfield, Stringer Bell or Omar Little would be sick

    • @yallamusic9134
      @yallamusic9134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Amen!🙏🏻

    • @daviddonaldson1096
      @daviddonaldson1096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Excellent suggestions

    • @thereverendcarmichae
      @thereverendcarmichae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marlo, or maybe Snoop.

    • @josephtaylor-kennedy1420
      @josephtaylor-kennedy1420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed...but Omar was not evil. I don't think I agree with Tony being considered evil

    • @dwc1964
      @dwc1964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Omar wasn't evil; I don't think I'd call either Stringer or Avon evil; but Marlo definitely was. He was the logical conclusion of "The Game", the distillation of its values.

  • @Toshineko
    @Toshineko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I would love to see a series called Analyzing Good, where you analyze the good guys.

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Good point.

    • @deewood5127
      @deewood5127 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Boring

    • @R4in46
      @R4in46 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it would be a good idea, some good guys are quite questionable

  • @ashtonarmstrong9778
    @ashtonarmstrong9778 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:00 that "hello" right when he opens his mouth threw me off

  • @1977Yakko
    @1977Yakko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    There was also a moment where he paused for an elderly person crossing the street IIRC. He could be kind.. when it suited him.
    As for a future analysis, I'd appreciate Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York. The man was brutal but commanded respect as even he respected his enemies. He admired the priest who game him a beating earlier in life (he called him a great man for doing it). He taught Leo's character various qualities and values. When the challenge at the end is issues, he simply says challenge accepted like a sigh of relief, as if it's what he's always wanted and was waiting for. Even when they're discussing the term of battle and Leo's character says no guns in the coming fight, Bill expresses admiration for the choice. Truly, Bill the Butcher probably ranks in my all time top 5 best villains in movie history.

    • @domagojkersun9630
      @domagojkersun9630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bill the Butcher is an awesome idea.

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Speaking of Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood would be another good pick. The interesting thing there is how, over the course of the film, Plainview just becomes more and more monstrous.

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonblalock4429 I believe he already did a video on him.

  • @johnenigma8506
    @johnenigma8506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I grew up in a generation that idolized Tony Montana and I can say a good portion of them took all of the wrong qualities of Tony Montana. This is probably why I wrote the film off for the longest time.

  • @fitforfreelance
    @fitforfreelance ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is a thorough review! I really disagree about the nightclub performer's death being connected to Tony's villainy, but it's good to think about the distant outcomes of our choices

  • @14kk.35
    @14kk.35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wouldn’t say evil just someone trying to chase his dreams till he got it and realized it didn’t make him happy at all

    • @R4in46
      @R4in46 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because the pursuit of money as a goal is simply empty

  • @assmuddafukkinhole2
    @assmuddafukkinhole2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    He has many memorable quotes but never comes off as silly or someone to just brush off. One of the best likable and most charismatic villains ever.
    And I highly recommend everyone to play Scarface: The World Is Yours. It's a worthy "what if?" sequel.

    • @Roc_Official
      @Roc_Official 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Man, what a throwback! I remember playing that on the PS2 when I was younger, it was tough at times lol.

    • @bolby0280
      @bolby0280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks assmuddafukkinhole2 for the suggestion!

    • @slinkbradshaw8674
      @slinkbradshaw8674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Classic game, wish I could buy it on Xbox

    • @Humongous_Hongonggolongus
      @Humongous_Hongonggolongus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      man I stopped playing it, after some cops tried to search my van and in trying to lose them, I totaled my car and lost like 2 million worth of dope.
      the game is great.

    • @Eccentric_Charlie
      @Eccentric_Charlie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Humongous_Hongonggolongus That game was wild. Tony could rampage but doesn't harm pedestrians.

  • @ReaLEthA
    @ReaLEthA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I think more could be said about Tony’s almost sheepish and in the dark way about trying to get together with Elvira while she’s with Frank.
    It’s kind of a complete 180 of his character, but then again it could be the traditional side of his mother showing its face.

    • @jokersad9387
      @jokersad9387 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean you can say she didn’t love him and he didn’t love her and thus tonys basically rescuing her from a man who doesn’t love her

  • @swiggityswagunion1223
    @swiggityswagunion1223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like he intentionally tried to time the “hello everyone” at the exact moment the character opens their mouth, he did this on the Walter White one too haha

  • @chipchippahson
    @chipchippahson ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Tony was NEVER evil. His literal downfall was he didn't want to kill a woman and child. He had to actually fight off an entire drug cartel because of it. He was a bad guy sure. NEVER evil.

    • @yaahlabanyamyan144
      @yaahlabanyamyan144 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah because murdering 24 people on screen isn't " evil " 😂

    • @chipchippahson
      @chipchippahson ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@yaahlabanyamyan144 It isn't. I don't think you grasp the concept of pure evil. There is nothing inherently evil about gunning down the people he did, they are a part of the business and are worse than he is. He even basically wound up dying himself all over the fact he didn't want to blow up a car full of kids. Being a bad guy and evil are two different things.

    • @itz.deerius4152
      @itz.deerius4152 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@chipchippahson worse or not murder is still murder and murder is evil

    • @chipchippahson
      @chipchippahson ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@itz.deerius4152 No. I clarified the circumstances in a logical way. He isn't evil. He's a bad guy. There is a major difference. Evil people don't get themselves killed because they won't hurt a child.

    • @Xxandrew01
      @Xxandrew01 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Chip Chippahson No, but they do sell drugs for money. Something that poisons people. Also we can't forget about him killing Manny either. Just because he married his sister, even though she her wanted to marry him. It isn't like he treated her badly or whatever.

  • @mostknighted6995
    @mostknighted6995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most pivotal turning point and underrated moment in the movie was the Seidelbaum meeting that Manny orchestrated that lead him to being setup and receiving a Fed charge. That lead him to having to owe Sosa the favor, which lead him to having to kill Sosa's associate and basically sealed him fate in the end...that meeting was a crucial turning point.

  • @Mikey-bb3zb
    @Mikey-bb3zb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Love this channel man! The three characters I want to see are:
    •Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York
    •Mickey and Mallory Knox from Natural Born Killers
    •Errol Childress/the Yellow King from True Detective
    Thanks for all of the great content man!!!

    • @danielsanders1209
      @danielsanders1209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Natural Born Killers would be a great movie to cover ngl, I’d suggest he also does a video on Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver - he’s probably not evil but more an antihero

    • @nickchang5293
      @nickchang5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Francis “Tooth Fairy” Dolarhyde (Red Dragon)
      Jason Voorhees
      Freddy Krueger
      Dr. Evil (Austin Powers)
      Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs)
      Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
      John Doe (Seven)
      Satan

    • @nickchang5293
      @nickchang5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ben Magnez oh that’s right, I just noticed John Doe covered a few months back.👍🏻 Yes the Tooth Fairy is one of the deepest psychos in Cinema and Ralph Fiennes’ next best villainous role besides Amon Goeth.

    • @Jim-lg8sf
      @Jim-lg8sf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ben Magnez lmao you predicted it

    • @SSD_Penumbra
      @SSD_Penumbra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nickchang5293 Freddy Krueger is an odd one, because both versions (Robert Englund and the 2009 remake) seem to be sadists, though one is a molester and the other is a killer. Both toy with their victims first, but the 2009 version seems to enjoy it way more than Englund's version.
      Jason Voorhees shouldn't count. He's basically a reanimated corpse working off instinct, though he does show signs of an extreme love of his mother.

  • @thewayfarer8849
    @thewayfarer8849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I like how Manny and Tony reflect the flaws of vice but have a duality. Tony had the power but no control. Manny seemed more foolish and less powerful; but his loyalty was absolute and his concerns over security and love were the vital thing and the heart of the empire. I think it shows something about addiction too; Many stopped chasing women for love, but the cocaine was something Tony just kept consuming.

  • @musclechefkull7021
    @musclechefkull7021 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great assessment and insight into the psychology of someone who came from nothing …. Lots of lessons that can be learned from this narrative ..I thoroughly enjoyed it , thank you 🙏

  • @Melphas
    @Melphas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "The man who wants too much risk losing absolutely everything, of course the man who wants to little out of life might not get anything at all" - Tomas Angelo

  • @MistahJay7
    @MistahJay7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Anytime someone asks me "whats your favourite movie"
    Scarface is usually my first answer.
    I always loved the PS2 game too. Kinda like a What if version if he had survive the attack on his mansion.

    • @philipbouchelle483
      @philipbouchelle483 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved the game also, and the movie is one of my favorites.

    • @bosewicht2389
      @bosewicht2389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That game was amazing but I never got to the end because I didn’t have a memory card

    • @_Darkadam789
      @_Darkadam789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They should remaster it

    • @newrockerofficial294
      @newrockerofficial294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Godfather and Scarface game's are the two best movie game's that have been ever made in my opinion.

    • @philipsalama8083
      @philipsalama8083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sadly the game is really hard to get working on modern hardware. I've never managed it.

  • @mokaza40
    @mokaza40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    My father loved Scarface and I grew up watching it (just like Tony himself)
    It's an important movie for our family. We are also refugees in America. It meant a lot to us. But we teach eachother that Tony is not a *good* guy. Just a man in a low place that let corruption take him over.
    We understand how hard it is to be a refugee. We also know how harsh the streets can be so you can make money. But scarface is a story of "it went too far"
    Look how much he was able to succeed as a refugee but yet he went too far.
    My family loves the Manny killing scene. It's such a pivotal moment in Tony's morals. He officially turned to someone worse.
    (It's important also because he turns on his brother. That is the man he struggled through America with. They both lost friends. Yet, Tony kills him. It shows how out of touch and lost from your roots you can be. We remind ourselves not to turn against eachother. Tony would've called Manny "Brother" any day, besides the day his sister loved him. How lost has Tony become? Don't kill a brother)
    Better than the Godfather

    • @Bluntsmoke501
      @Bluntsmoke501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      10x better than The Godfather

  • @O-pm8bb
    @O-pm8bb หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Honestly while a lot of people don't take this from this film I definitely see that the moral of the story is that hunger for power and greed can be what leads you to demise. It's a good thing to be confident, fearless and ambitious but everything in excess is dangerous.

  • @Anon42063
    @Anon42063 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how Al Pacino in this movie and especially the Godfather has a way to show through facial features that the flip is switching and he gonna do some wild ass shit. Pure gold

  • @dallassteel625
    @dallassteel625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    WHY IS THIS NOT TRENDING?!?!? You deliver great content! I’m just glad that I’m subscribed to your channel for this greatness.

  • @PsychoticSmith
    @PsychoticSmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    One of my favorite movies ever. Such a classic. And Al Pacino is brilliant. It’s, in my opinion, probably his best work as an actor.

  • @kevinfetanat269
    @kevinfetanat269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never even thought of the possibilities of what could have happen if Tony hadn't killed Manny. In hindsight, yeah he could have most likely played a huge factor in what happened in the end. Changes the entire outcome, and possibly even saving tony life. Good analyzes.

  • @addimbantuwe9406
    @addimbantuwe9406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always found the fact that Tony basically facilitated his downfall and the destruction of everything he’d built through an act of compassion towards the journalists family kind of fascinating

    • @PsychoAlfaSchizo
      @PsychoAlfaSchizo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      His downfall was his love of money.
      He didn’t want to pay increased rates to the bank so he went to where he thought he could save some interest.
      The fact that he didn’t want to kill a woman and her children does not make him “good”.