The film version of the 'GodFather' became famous. The reason is that it was essentially a portrayal more on the family and emotional side rather than the gun toting violence. Thus the viewer shows the discernment between a good and bad movie by analyzing the depth of the portrayal rather than stunts. The argument that violence in cinema begets violence in real life falls flat. The viewers are not imbeciles, although many film producers take that for granted. Scarface 1932 version was all about the real gang rule of America. However the film not only depicted the violent lives of these people but also examined the psychology of the gangster and challenged the administration and there was depth in the portrayal. The viewer was absorbed in the passions of Tony to which they could relate, if not with the violence. Could that film have goaded viewers to become criminals? It would not be so. On the other hand the violence glorified in the second version is senseless.
There is less finesse in the film and it is pathetically devoid of the emotional content for which people visits theaters. The remake could not capture the essence of the original because the remake tried to bring a real situation of the 1930s to a recent era when the question became irrelevant and non-existent. The Cuba angle is also not justified. It appears that the community was just picked to suit the needs rather than reality. It is just a flawed remake of the original and is incomparable with Scarface (1932).
The film opened the eyes of the public to a social problem and also entertained. Though the stories of the mafia died a natural death after much of the mafia got disbanded, the attempt to bring in and alienate Cubans as their successors did not hold much conviction. In the second version we feel no attachment deep enough for Tony to Gina to have killed people, and Gina herself is a drug addict. The character of Gina and Tony thus become unconvincing and contrived. On the whole the second version showed how bad the movie Scarface can be made.
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