The main reason why I liked Scarface is the main character, Tony Montana (Al Pacino). He is a phychopat, he is not a good person, he is not the kind of people you want to be your friend, he is not handsome, he is not clever, but, in some way, he is very charismatic and the viewer finds himself indentifying with him, and feeling attracted by him. Maybe because he is a self-made man.
Al Pacino acting is very credible. His Spanish, for example, is much more credible than Charlton Heston's in Touch of Evil (Orson Wells, 1958). After The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola,1972) and The Godfather II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) he seemed to be comfortable in a gangster's skin.
Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) tells Tony what she thinks is the most valuable lesson: "Don't get high on your own supply". Nevertheless, both of them do. Just as Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace do in Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994). The relationship between Vincent and Mia is clearly based in the one between Tony and Elvira.
With regard to the soundtrack, by Giorgio Moroder, I find it funny. I mean, in the montage where the viewer is told how time passes, the song that accompanies it sounds old-fashioned but it is appropiate to the 80s.
