Posted on 06/26/2005 7:09:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Who do you think is the better actor? I just had to post this - I saw almost all of the movies of both actors and I for one cannot decide who's the more crazier, the more talented, or the more scarier of the two.
Me? I have to concede that Pacino would get the edge. Pacino bested DeNiro in "Heat", and he was in the original "Godfather." But DeNiro made more movies - and some of his characters would give Pacino the run for his money (and no, DeNiro STILL couldn't carry Robert Mitchum's role in "Cape Fear", IMO)
Well, the goopy version changes the ending where the "surgery" does not take place and where the dream sequence is actually real... they cut all the denser, darker elements and pumped up what's-his-name to be a real hero instead of a guy caught between being his cog in the wheel and his inner fantasy life... it just became a weird story with a happy ending instead of a funny dark story without a happy ending...
Hoo boy. How ridiculous. I imagine Gilliam wasn't too happy with that.
"Brazil." The only movie with a come-on line about necrophilia--that actually isn't creepy.
No, he wasn't.
That's why the DVD collection is so interesting-- it shows how you can take raw footage and create two (or possibly many) movies from it. Which is what happened.
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Pacino leaves me cold. DeNiro it is...
Slow news-month bump? :-)
Pacino's never done any work to equal "Taxi Driver."
Hello - Serpico? ...And Justice For All? That's equal to Taxi Driver, IMO...
"Justice" was amazingly good, I agree
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OK. "And Justice For All" was as much a tour de force (Pacino) as "Taxi Driver" (DeNiro).
I'm with you--the Raging Bull performance is classic.
Quien is mas macho??
BTTT
Well, they are both 11 years older now.
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