Scarface

[SuAside]

Realism, historical accuracy. These are not elements that make or break a good movie. Too bad some posters are not intelligent enough to realise that.

sure it does... if it is sold to the audience as such...

like "Black Beard", i believe the subtitle was 'the true story' or something. yet, it is TOTALLY different from the historically recorded stories and totally different from the state logs of port towns and ships that ran into him...

 

[Brother None]

Realism, historical accuracy. These are not elements that make or break a good movie. Too bad some posters are not intelligent enough to realise that.

Strike for trolling.

Any film that claims to be realistic or historically accurate better damned well be that. It breaks suspension of disbelief when I watch a film claiming to be historically accurate that ends up going every which way but one. My suspension of disbelief is perfectly intact when watching Pirates of the Caribbean, I mean who cares?

 

[Starseeker]

Well, on that regard, I like to see my martial arts done right too.

That's hard to do. Unlike guns or cars, decent or semi-accurate representation of martial arts is very difficult to do in a movie. Why? A good martial artist + a good actor is a very difficult talent to find, and he/she still has to look presentable on the screen. There have been a lot of talks in Asia about what to do after Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan, and Jet Li. There AREN'T anybody to take over. That's why Ang Lee went with acting talent instead of martial arts realism in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. And even the 3 I mentioned are just character actors, they struggle in drama or romance type movies.

So, it's a difficult task. Good fights are hard to come by these days.

 

[victor]

Any film that claims to be realistic or historically accurate better damned well be that. It breaks suspension of disbelief when I watch a film claiming to be historically accurate that ends up going every which way but one. My suspension of disbelief is perfectly intact when watching Pirates of the Caribbean, I mean who cares?

Yes, but really good movies usually don't put an emphasis on that. At least, it's not explicitly mentioned.

 

[ErrantSaint]

Scarface is a great movie, Carlito's Way is better, thought.

Scarface isn't overrated. Godfathers and Goodfellas are overrated. I get bored every time I watch those movies, which is not very often, 'cos I don't like them. They are just too long. Same thing with The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, what's so great about it?

Have you guys seen American Gangster? To me, it was like a Kids version of Scarface. The movie was boring and lacked action. I suppose they couldn't made it to a bloodbath since it was based on true events.

I'm probably kicking a dead horse at this point, but this horse deserves it. You're an idiot sir.

 

[Stag]

Well, on that regard, I like to see my martial arts done right too.

That's hard to do. Unlike guns or cars, decent or semi-accurate representation of martial arts is very difficult to do in a movie. Why? A good martial artist + a good actor is a very difficult talent to find, and he/she still has to look presentable on the screen. There have been a lot of talks in Asia about what to do after Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan, and Jet Li. There AREN'T anybody to take over. That's why Ang Lee went with acting talent instead of martial arts realism in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. And even the 3 I mentioned are just character actors, they struggle in drama or romance type movies.

So, it's a difficult task. Good fights are hard to come by these days.

Wait, what? Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Lee are all shit actors. Bruce is great, but...campy great, y'know? I'm sure there's another excellent martial artist out there who wouldn't mind making millions...