This movie was directed by Brian De Palma and is considered one of the greatest gangster movies of all time. The main characters in this movie are Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino, Manny Ribera, who is Tony's closest friend and he is played by Steven Bauer. The last character, Elvira Hancock, is Tony's wife and she is played by Michelle Pfeiffer.
The setting of this story is in Miami where Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant arrives with big dreams of becoming rich and powerful. Tony soon gets involved in the selling of Cocaine and rises up in his control of the drug cartel. Tony soon builds his own empire with people who work for him and gets married to Elvira Hancock. As tony rises he makes many enemies and he hurts friends and he gains so much power to the point where he becomes out of control and this leads him to his downfall.
This is my favorite movie of all time for many different reasons. First off, I am a huge fan of gangster movies involving the dug cartel and this is the best and one of the earliest movies of that genre. I also felt as if the acting was amazing and that Al Pacino perfectly fit the role of the ruthless gangster and he really made the character seem like he had so much power. I also felt like the storyline was great in that it showed how he had started at the very bottom and throughout the movie how he completely changes and he hits the top. Another great part to the story was how it shows that he becomes so powerful that he begins to hurt his family and friends without him knowing and his power leads to his downfall.
This is my favorite movie because it is my favorite genre of movie combined with great acting and a great storyline to make it just perfect. I feel like even for someone who doesn't like these types of movies that even they would enjoy this film. It is not only about gangsters, and drugs but it also shows how too much power can hurt one and lead to the end of them.
Entertainment: A+
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Book of Eli
This film was directed by the Hughes brothers and the main characters were Eli, who was played by Denzel Washington, and Solara, who was played by Mila Kunis. Eli is the main character in this movie and he is a walker whose only goal is to keep moving west. Solara is a girl who Eli meets along his way and who decides to come along with him on his journey.
This movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where there arent many people left in the world and everyone is struggling to survive. Eli is a well trained man and his goal is to keep moving west because of a voice that told him so. On his journey he arrives in a town and he meets Solara who is the daughter of the man who runs this town. This man has been looking for a bible for many years and believes that it is the source to all power. He soon finds out of Eli having one of the last bibles and he makes it his mission to get the book from Eli.
I really enjoyed this movie and I thought that it had a very good storyline to it. Before watching the movie I thought it to be another strictly action movie but I was proved wrong by how well the storyline was made out and the message that the movie gives. I felt like the action scenes were very cool and exciting to watch and the acting of Denzel Washington as Eli was also very convincing and fit the role perfectly. Another very great aspect to this movie was the scenery and camera angles throughout the movie. This camera work really gave me a feeling of how the world that they were living in was like and it had a very eerie feeling to it.
Overall, I felt that this movie had a great storyline which was backed up by great actors. The scenery and camera angles in the movie really made you feel how the world that they were living in was so much different and a very depressing place. I was entertained throughout the movie and I felt that this movie was made perfectly with very few errors in it. I would recommend this movie to anyone regardless of them not liking action movies, since this movie has a much bigger meaning to it then just action.
Entertainment: A
This movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where there arent many people left in the world and everyone is struggling to survive. Eli is a well trained man and his goal is to keep moving west because of a voice that told him so. On his journey he arrives in a town and he meets Solara who is the daughter of the man who runs this town. This man has been looking for a bible for many years and believes that it is the source to all power. He soon finds out of Eli having one of the last bibles and he makes it his mission to get the book from Eli.
I really enjoyed this movie and I thought that it had a very good storyline to it. Before watching the movie I thought it to be another strictly action movie but I was proved wrong by how well the storyline was made out and the message that the movie gives. I felt like the action scenes were very cool and exciting to watch and the acting of Denzel Washington as Eli was also very convincing and fit the role perfectly. Another very great aspect to this movie was the scenery and camera angles throughout the movie. This camera work really gave me a feeling of how the world that they were living in was like and it had a very eerie feeling to it.
Overall, I felt that this movie had a great storyline which was backed up by great actors. The scenery and camera angles in the movie really made you feel how the world that they were living in was so much different and a very depressing place. I was entertained throughout the movie and I felt that this movie was made perfectly with very few errors in it. I would recommend this movie to anyone regardless of them not liking action movies, since this movie has a much bigger meaning to it then just action.
Entertainment: A
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