Movie Review - Scarface

Movie Review No 45

PLOT

This movie starts with the opening of Cuban harbours in 1980 to "allow" US Cubans to collect relatives...... but it seems that some of the Cuban prisons were emptied in the process!  One of them is Tony "Scarface" Montana played by Al Pacino and the moving starts with his initial interrogation by the Police on his arrival in Florida.   The story charts his immigration process, integration into the Miami crime and drugs scene, meeting F Murray Abraham early in the story.  He meets a rather nasty death later on though! The movie culminates with his rise to the top of the criminal food chain with a matching cocaine addiction (He ends up snorting coke straight off his table leaving a smudge on the end of his nose!) and an eye popping gun battle with a rival gang in his villa.....!

RECOMMENDED

It's violent, so an adult movie, but yes!

SQUEAKS OUT OF TEN

Eight!

SCOOBY SNACKS

Doughnut holes with lots of icing  sugar......!!

Movie Review - "Amadeus"

Movie review number 23

PLOT

This movie starts in Vienna in the 1700s at the living quarters of ex-Court Composer Señor Salieri who seems to be having nightmares. His servants end up breaking the door down to discover he's attempted suicide and rush him to the lunatic asylum. Salieri (played by F Murray Abraham) recovers and is visited by  young priest to take his confession. What follows is the story of Salieri's arrival in Vienna as the Court composer to Emporer Franz Joseph and the arrival of upstart Amadeus Mozart played wonderfully by Tom Hulce. If you've not seen this yet, you'll always remember That Laugh!!!!
The story then moves onto Mozart's arrival in Vienna, at a concert put on for The Chief Church Pontiff and shows how Mozart was "pinched" by the Emporer Franz's Royal Court and pissing off the Church in the process.  Mozart's Dad got pissed off as well, as Mozart got married without Dad's permission!!
The story goes on to Mozart's "clash" against Royalty in regards to what's allowed to be shown in Theatre and Opera, and how Mozart's operas got adapted into Vaudeville.
The story then darkens when Salieri comes up with a Cunning Plan to bring down Mozart after his father's death, and secretly commissions Mozart to write a death requim........ planning on killing Mozart in the process and taking the requiem and passing it off as his own, thus claiming to be as talented, nay more talented than "his dear friend, Mozart".
But will he pull it off......???

RECOMMENDED
Oh yes, it's brilliant!  Very sad ending though.

SCORE
10 squeaks out of 10!!

SCOOBY SNACKS
Nipples of Venus and a glass of Tokay wine.