alohabetty replied to your post: I Forget How Fucking Amazing SCARFACE Is Until I Watch It Again

The Godfather isn’t pretentious; it’s perfection!

Don’t misunderstand me: I love The Godfather.  The movie is class through and through.  Sometimes, however, you don’t want class.  You want sleaze and over-the-top violence, which is what you get from Scarface.

Compared straight across the board, The Godfather is the better movie, hands down.  I watch it more more often than Scarface, but sometimes all of that lush cinematography and restrained storytelling can be a bit claustrophobic.