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by Hydro033

Movies are always being misinterpreted. The reason for this is probably due to advertising. Everyone sees a trailer and assumes what the movie will be about. They never shake what they first originally thought and they miss the entire message when the film concludes. Sometimes movies are judged without even being watched. I myself am a culprit of this. I will not go see most chick flicks because I think they’re shitty right off the bat. According to most critics, they are, but no one should be so hasty to judge a film terrible or amazing by its trailer. Professionals can make anything look cool with a badass guitar riff and dramatic video editing. This brings me to one of the most misinterpreted movies of all time – Scarface.Scarface, the story of a man who went from nothing to everything to nothing again. A lot of people stop interpreting Scarface once he reaches the “everything” part. MTV Cribs has the best examples of this. So many rappers love the movie Scarface and sadly compare their lives to it, or even model their lives after it. The problem is their interpretation of the film. Tony Montana is a poor Cuban immigrant who goes from rags to riches. Rappers see their lives in such a way, but did they watch the rest of the film? It doesn’t end there. Tony Montana then becomes a greedy, paranoid, power-hungry maniac that ends up killing his best friend and his sister. He alienates anyone he ever loved out of fear of a power struggle and winds up completely alone. He’s still on top but he’s paranoid and alone. Ultimately, his life path leads to self-destruction. The rappers like to call it quits once he reaches the top. They miss the whole point of the film.

That’s just one good example. My one friend had a roommate that lived his life by Wedding Crashes. Yes, all those stupid rules about how to get laid – he lived by’em. Dumbass, the whole movie was about how their lives were pathetic. They were much happier once they sought out true love. Another example is my high school literature teacher’s perspective on Superbad. She said that a movie like Superbad is an immoral teen comedy about kids partying and getting drunk. Fool! The punchline of the movie was when the girl, that the fat kid was trying to impress with alcohol, admitted she wasn’t into that. My teacher didn’t even watch the movie.

What was Saw I about? Valuing life. It’s not about killing people in creative and gory ways, that was reserved for Saw II, III, IV, V, VI,…. however many the fuck there are now.

There are smart movies and there are dumb movies, either can be good films. Smart movies have a well written story that want to communicate a message, positive or negative, it doesn’t matter. Dumb movies are straight-forward. A lot of movies straddle the line, which means that some dumb movies are trying to be smart, but fail.

Keep this in mind the next time you watch a film. Watch the WHOLE THING and wait for the message at the end, if there is one. There usually is even in dumb movies, but they’re often less profound and often more predictable. Fuck.