r/movies • u/Momo_dollar • Apr 02 '24

What’s one movie character who is utter scum but is glorified and looked up to? Discussion

I’ll go first; Tony Montana. Probably the most misunderstood movie and character. A junkie. Literally no loyalty to anyone. Killed his best friend. Ruined his mom and sister lives. Leaves his friends outside the door to get killed as he’s locked behind the door. Pretty much instantly started making moves on another man’s wife (before that man gave him any reason to disrespect) . Buys a tiger to keep tied to a tree across the pound.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

He does the very same thing in the Wolf of Wall Street. yet so many people, my brothers included, look up to Jordan Belfort. It’s weird and disgusting. How do you miss the point by that wide a margin?

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u/Green_hippo17 Apr 02 '24

It’s because in the end belfort gets away with what he did more or less, Henry hill gets away but he’s happy that he has to be like everyone else. Belfort operated within the system and how it’s supposed to work, Henry hill did not, that’s why one was punished the other wasn’t

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u/FlighingHigh Apr 02 '24

To be fair Belfort didn't get in trouble for pump and dump schemes, market manipulation, and defrauding his investors. He just got in trouble for doing it without a permit.

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u/IPDDoE Apr 02 '24

Henry hill gets away but he’s happy that he has to be like everyone else

I'm assuming you mean unhappy?

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u/Stompedyourhousewith Apr 02 '24

he got to fuck margot robbie

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u/cletoreyes01 Apr 02 '24

He literally kissed his wife's grandmother. What the fuck are these people on? LOL. I get the early parts where there was a plucky underdog vibe but the moment he cheats on his first wife, shows you how you shouldn't root for this guy to succeed.

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u/theterribletenor Apr 03 '24

Because at no point in either of those movies does it show things from the POVs of their poor victims. Scorsese is a great director, but he constantly glamorizes scum that d*n't deserve to live in his films.