The lead had a certain charisma to carry off the role and obviously it deserves plaudits as kickstarting an entire genre, but overall, 90 years later, this is perhaps one to watch as a fan of film, rather than as a bit of standalone entertainment.
The acting is variable, the humour is leaden and, well, I've never seen a woman try to seduce a man by tap dancing for him!
The bizarre text intro inciting voters to elect officials to crack down on gangsters was clearly just an attempt to get a film glamourising thugs past the censors.
6/10 (same as I gave the '83 remake)
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Resposta de tmdb53400018
no 17 de marzo do 2022 ás 10:54PM
I would say Brian DePalma's remake is 'of this time,' because it is so loved. Since the corrupt, incestuous murderer played by Al Pacino keeps winning over admirers from generation after generation, the film must belong to the 'times' -- or even possibly be timeless.
I feel DePalma's film is becoming just as much an artifact for fans of film as the original one is.
Resposta de bratface
no 17 de marzo do 2022 ás 11:56PM
Does anybody know what 'mech' did to get banned?
Resposta de tmdb53400018
no 18 de marzo do 2022 ás 12:07AM
"Banned?"
I tried to tell him that the language making light of the Holocaust was in poor taste and offensive.
Resposta de tmdb53400018
no 18 de marzo do 2022 ás 11:16AM
The film is so unbelievably gaudy to watch now, though. I mean, Tony's suits... the mountain of coke on his desk... wow.
Resposta de JustinJackFlash
no 18 de marzo do 2022 ás 11:33AM
The big problem is that he posted so many messages that now that they're all gone the rest of us are going to look like we've all been talking to ourselves. We'll look crazy, lol.
Resposta de Fergoose
no 20 de marzo do 2022 ás 6:22PM
Yeah. I don't think much of the remake, but being over the top with violence and language it's still very current and likely to engage a certain type of modern viewer. With the original I can imagine it being captivating at the time but now it's like something from another planet.
Resposta de wonder2wonder
no 20 de marzo do 2022 ás 7:10PM
• The art of tap dancing
Resposta de tmdb53400018
no 20 de marzo do 2022 ás 10:24PM
I viewed Hawks' film years back and don't recall a ton about it. I remember feeling it's a good film--not as memorable as the 1983 remake with all of the garish excess and extreme graphic violence. I seem to remember Hawks' film having a nice, suspenseful last act... always a good thing.