ction Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Agent Alonzo Mosley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 "Agent Foster Grant!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I liked Heat. Ditto. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I liked the shootout scene, that's about it. Indeed. The street shootout scene was killer. The rest of that flick was intolerable, mainly due to Pacino, IMHO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Indeed. The street shootout scene was killer. The rest of that flick was intolerable, mainly due to Pacino, IMHO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Heat was a good flick, but it suffered from DeNiro/Pacino hype. My favorite scene is the one with the blue-print Pacino overacting: They are interrogating Hank Azaria and out of nowhere Pacino yells "I bet she's got a greaaaaaaat ass". It seems so inappropriate and I crack up every time I see that scene. I think Al Pacino has totally lost it. He doesn't even act anymore. he just shows up in his black suit and yells. Long story short: DeNiro. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Deer Hunter, Godfather II, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, jackie Brown, King of Comedy, the very underrated The Score, This Boys Life, Mad Dog and Glory, Cape Fear, Guilty by Suspicion, ANGEL HEART (Louis Cipher!), The Mission (underrated), BRAZIL, and he directed A Bronx Tale. Pacino can't touch that. Plus, Deniro has yet to star opposite of keanu reeves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 This Boys Life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 There's a nice homage to Heat in Rushmore. From Shitley's.com:"In Michael Mann's 1995 classic, Heat, Val Kilmer's character Chris buys some dynamite and requests the order be charged to Ready Demolition, Tucson, Arizona. Three years later in Wes Anderson's Rushmore, Max also buys 15 sticks of dynamite for his production of Heaven and Hell. He also ask the order be made out to Ready Demolition, Tucson, Arizona."Now, you can own a piece of Ready Demolition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 DeNiro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I saw DeNiro for for the first time in Taxi Driver. With other films like The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull, Jackie Brown and The King Of Comedy, his acting has more percision and is more believable than a Pacino performance, IMO. Don't get me wrong, I like Al but he's not even better than Robert Duvall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'd just like to say that this is one of the few threads that, instead of spiraling into absurdity, was born out of absurdity and spiraled into a serious discussion. Pacino takes himself too seriously, that's HIS problem. He'd never take a chance playing Fearless Leader in Rocky and Bullwinkle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Pacino takes himself too seriously, that's HIS problem. He'd never take a chance playing Fearless Leader in Rocky and Bullwinkle.That counts against him? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 He'd never take a chance playing Fearless Leader in Rocky and Bullwinkle. I think a better choice might be Awakenings. I don't see Pacino in such a vulnerable role. Overall, I don't even think Pacino is a close 2nd to DeNiro. However, there is no accounting for personal preference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Bobby D smokes Al Paco for breakfast. Pacino hasn't done anything remotely inspired since Scent Of A Woman. He seems almost one-dimensinal...at least by comparison. DeNiro is still evolving, and you get the feeling he has a few more great performances still left to unveil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 That counts against him? My tongue was in my cheek, sorry Charlie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I would also add that while DeNiro and Pacino were ground breaking in a number of ways, some of the character sketch performances that made them have now been surpassed by others. Gandolfini, McShane, Kingsley, and others have all played scarier/more realistic gangsters..for example. And in some cases sustained those characters (to perfection) over several years of tv episodes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Gandolfini peaked in True Romance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyMike Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Pacino hasn't done anything remotely inspired since Scent Of A Woman I think Pacino actually sucked in that movie. "Whoo-aaa". I thought the movie sucked too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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