How is it possible that al pacino looks bad in Scarface but is good-looking in godfather?

[Anonymous]

Was there any make-up involved? Is it really just the hair?

[curiousnorway]

There are several factors:
- Makeup
- Angle the film is recorded from
- Movement. They way someone move affect the way you perceive them
- Aging
- Lifestyle. Some actors tries different diets and lifestyles, so some works better than others
- Hairstyle
- Clothing
- CGI or any other movie editing

In movies you can change your appearance a lot. Johnny Depp could easily pass as a white guy in one of the newer movies.

As captain J. Sparrow he has brown skin, brown eyes, black hair and his facial features looks more youthful:

Johnny Depp looks even very different in real life than when he was bleached although he had the same hairstyle.

[DDpsy]

He looks good in both, in many scenes. But remembered they are 2 very different characters. Tony Montana is supposed to look pretty bad/disheveled in many scenes.

[SarahsSummer]

Is this a serious question? WOW! Age, wardrobe, lighting, make up, all of these things go into making an actors role believable.
On a side note, you do know that actual werewolves and vampires weren't hired for the twilight film series, right?

[Asker]

I really thought actual vampires were used. Thanks

[luvstoned4him]

well seems like makeup was in the Godfather because as a mob boss you gotta have that swag

scar face seems a little more gruesome and he may need to have a more rugged look

[Anonymous]

The difference is his eyebrows are thinner in The Godfather.

Fact: the thinner the eyebrows, the more you look young and your eyes pop.

[gothgirl997]

Actually it's the opposite. Thicker eyebrows make you look younger (at least for girls)

[Anonymous]

He looks the same to me
Typical Southern Italian/Sicilian guy

[TohhhruAi]

There’s a 11 year difference in the movies
The Godfather came out in 1972 while Scarface came out in 1983

He aged a bit

[musicdove]

I think he looks sexy in both😄

[killer4212]

I think he looks great in both movies

[Asker]

I think in Scarface, he didn’t

[Asker]

But I guess that was the point of the movie that money rules everything

[killer4212]

Nah man. That dude is badass

[CuriousMufuxka]

Pacino had range, well until the late 90's.

[Pink2000]

It’s called makeup