De Niro vs. Pacino

09-17-2012, 11:57 AM

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09-17-2012, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Kingpin 313

Looks at signature yeah I can see why you would say that [pic]

Gangster films are some of my favorite movies, Scarface is just garbage. Sorry, boss.

02:26 PM

Originally Posted by aclockworkred71

DeNiro and its not really close, Nicholson and Brando are also ahead of Pacino for my top 3. Pacino is awesome but his career is nothing special after the AMAZING 70s run (GF I & II, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Glengarry Glen Ross). DeNiro on the other hand had Raging Bull, Once Upon A Time, Goodfellas, Brazil, King of Comedy, Untouchables...its really looking like a landslide when you acknowledge he out acted Pacino in GF II, and had great roles in Mean Streets, and Deer Hunter.

The nail in the coffin is Taxi Driver, though Pacino in the GF I is right behind it imo.

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but this is where i am gonna hit you with a curve ball..... "Scarface" has unlimited replay value like a mofo.... and it can overshadow a lot of DeNero's films.. am i wrong???? and did we just forget about "The Devil's Advocate"?????

09-17-2012, 04:19 PM

i never see anybody mention midnight run, that movie is so underrated, it's ridiculous

09-17-2012, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by vin1215

i never see anybody mention midnight run, that movie is so underrated, it's ridiculous

That movie !!ing sucks

09-17-2012, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by DonYBE

[pic] Please tell me you are not serious???

I don't know what movie you are watching, but Pacino topped his own performance in GF I with GF II. His transformation in the 1st movie was documented above by you, but in the 2nd movie, he went from a mob boss to a ruthless monster and having everyone in his life fear and/or leave him, while it was literally the complete opposite with Vito in both movies. That transformation is arguably one of best performances EVER.

It's not the Scarface "hype" is the reason Pacino vs DeNiro is being debated, it's the fact that both of their catalogs are parallel and equally have a case on being mentioned as the greatest actor in the modern era.

Mike in GFII > Vito in both GF > Mike in GFI is the way it should be [pic][pic]

He was the star in the first, he split that role with DeNiro, he perfected the Italian spoken role of a young rising boss, flawlessly. Pacino did the same in the first, his role in the second was amazing but I can't see it being as good as the other 3 roles I mentioned.

Nothing parallel if you ask me, after the 70s DeNiro blows Pacino out of the water, not to mention he has never matched DeNiro's Bickle from 1976, that is my opinion, Pacino is 4th or 5th for me, DeNiro is 1st.

09-17-2012, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by ReppinDaBurghh

Scarface is the most over-rated movie in film history, imo.

No, its not really popular overall, its a cult classic. Something like Gone With The Wind, Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Titanic, Star Wars is more reasonable.

09-17-2012, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Megamind

That movie !!ing sucks

i really don't know what to say to you , other than i'm sorry for you. you must have no sense of humor at all

09-17-2012, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by vin1215

i really don't know what to say to you , other than i'm sorry for you. you must have no sense of humor at all

[pic] there might be a reason you're the only one who mentioned it

09-18-2012, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by chillin301

No mention of Scarface, Carlito's Way, Donnie Brasco, Devil's Advocate??

Word. Pachino is goat

07:07 AM

Originally Posted by youknowmystelo

[pic] at more than half of this thread not ever seeing Scent of a Woman.

oh god..i am just rushiinggg to go see this

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why no mentions of you dont know jack..that movie was bad[..]

09-18-2012, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by Gmengfx

oh god..i am just rushiinggg to go see this

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why no mentions of you dont know jack..that movie was bad[..]

How would you know watching MTV all your life?

09-18-2012, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by aclockworkred71

He was the star in the first, he split that role with DeNiro, he perfected the Italian spoken role of a young rising boss, flawlessly. Pacino did the same in the first, his role in the second was amazing but I can't see it being as good as the other 3 roles I mentioned.

Nothing parallel if you ask me, after the 70s DeNiro blows Pacino out of the water, not to mention he has never matched DeNiro's Bickle from 1976, that is my opinion, Pacino is 4th or 5th for me, DeNiro is 1st.

He wasn't the star until halfway through the movie, what DeNiro did in GFII was great, but I can't put him above Pacino in that movie, he was arguably the greatest villain of all time, if not, he's definitely up there. His struggle to maintain power while trying to keep both his families, and ultimately losing both of them, and himself in the process. He was on another plateau compared to the other roles.

It's very parallel (in my opinion, of course) look at the catalog son, and he matched that performance with his Scent of a Woman character. I can't put a list on these guys, they both on par with each other, it's like Manning & Brady, it's a 1a & 1b [pic][pic][pic]

09-18-2012, 09:39 AM

It depends on how you view the star role, he was clearly an important character in the center of the story throughout. Its like how Silence of The Lambs revolves around Clarice and the FBI chasing Bill but Hannibal was the star. You can make an argument for Brando but he was passing his power on, and it was obviously Michael that deserved it, the entire movie goes in that direction. His struggle to stay on his chosen path conflicted with the path of his family, I mean the restaurant scene was just pure perfection, protecting his father at the hospital etc.

I find the first GF all around better, and trust me part II is my second favorite movie [pic] I just feel it fed off the first, including Pacino's role, he was est@blished in Hollywood and in the film's plot, that alone makes the first one so much sweeter, not to mention his performance was just out of this world, either way that Pacino has been gone for over 30 years. [pic]

I don't think its like Manning and Brady, unless you mean Eli, Pacino's prime was so much shorter, did choosing roles/having or not having Scorsese play a part? Yes but even then the skill and smoothness was won by DeNiro.

Scent of a woman was average, Pacino won for his run in the 70s, he should have won for GF I, II, and its debatable with his vs Nicholson in 75 (I say Jack).

09-18-2012, 09:41 AM

Eli won two rings against your man Brady. How are you knocking him? [pic]

09-18-2012, 09:46 AM

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09-18-2012, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by youknowmystelo

Eli won two rings against your man Brady. How are you knocking him? [pic]

How was I? I have Pacino top 5 and Eli top 10, the comparison was more of an honor if anything, who had the better Dline, Oline, and DBs? Alright then, back to picking and choosing what team to follow, movie to watch, music to hear based on absolute bull!! opinions for you.

Lets just stay in our place, you know nothing of football and said so a few years back.

09-18-2012, 10:24 AM

Someone help me out with Once upon a time movie.... Just watch this last 30 minutes threw me off, when he went back to visit Debra in the dressing room was that his son or max son? Was Debra the mother. This whole time Max set him up to do time, changed his (max)identity... So I[..]ume that was max who got in the back of the garbage truck... And last why we're those guy chasing and calling noodles a rat in the beginning of the movie

10:42 AM

It was obviously the son of Max, yes he !!ed Deb. It wasn't Max probably his people who he sent at the end. As for the beginning I can't remember much but the gangsters looking for him when he was at the opium den? I believe he put the word out on them when he departed from the gang, clearly he was a wanted man for both reasons ( "It means, Noodles, though you've been hiding in the !! of the world, we found you. We know where you are."), and he thought they were dead but were not [pic]

Max didn't set him up, he st@bbed that gangster and then went for the cop too, that was when he got sent to jail.

09-18-2012, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by youknowmystelo

Eli won two rings against your man Brady. How are you knocking him? [pic]

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