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Jared 
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 Topic: Gangsters: a VERY difficult choice
Posted: November 30 2006 at 09:07 |
Both are great...
...but one of Pacino's finest Gangster performances came in 'Donnie Brasco' where he was absolutely superb...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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progadicto
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 09:02 |
Both are great!!!
And don't forget the first movie which made possible the first face to face between these two movie monsters HEAT... Of course here DeNiro was the thief and Pacino the cop...
Edited by progadicto - November 30 2006 at 09:06
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tardis
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 18:58 |
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DeNiro
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sleeper
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 10:09 |
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I have to go with both, they are equally good actors IMO.
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Posted: November 20 2006 at 09:44 |
Neither. David Jason of "Only Fools And Horses" fame played mafia capo in one episode and he was excellent 
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xtopher
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Posted: August 14 2006 at 01:15 |
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Pacino. His performance in Godfather Pt. 2 scares the HELL out of me.
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Rust
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Posted: August 13 2006 at 06:45 |
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Robert DeNiro, the cool, sophisticated gangster.
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We got to pump the stuff to make us tough
from the heart
Its astart
What we need is awareness we cant get careless
Mental self defensive fitness
Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 08 2006 at 03:29 |
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The Devil's Advocate is great entertainment, but hardly a gangster movie... mind you, is Satan the ultimate gangster?
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 07 2006 at 20:39 |
 maani wrote:
Jody:
How could you forget The Devil's Advocate? The last 20 minutes alone is worth the price of admission!
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You're right Maani,I ought to be ashamed of myself!!!!!!!!
My wife(who loves Keanu Reeves...go figure),said exactly the same thing!!!!!
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maani
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Posted: August 07 2006 at 09:42 |
Jody:
How could you forget The Devil's Advocate? The last 20 minutes alone is worth the price of admission!
Peace.
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Tony R
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Posted: August 07 2006 at 04:09 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Pacino for me...
And Ace Rothstein isn't a gangster in Casino,he works for a bunch of gangsters. |
You talking to me?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 07 2006 at 03:57 |
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Jeez, Maani - how are you supposed to choose here? Vito vs Michael Corleone? These are two of the greatest portrayals of gangsters in modern cinema.
However, if I have to choose, I'd have to go for DeNiro - for Jimmy Conway, Ace Rothstein (maybe not a gangster per se, but you don't run with wolves without tasting some blood occasionally) & Al Capone.
Pacino is superb in most of his movies, but I have to say, I found Scarface to be a tad over-acted... sorry.
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Posted: August 07 2006 at 03:09 |
Outside their Gangster roles, I cannot seem to differentiate this poll from the rest of their roles and their career alltogether
I'll go with DeNiro because Pacino bugs me incredibly ! He alwaus overplays his characters and they are always first degrees.
DeNiro is an all-around better and funnier/subtler actor
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 23:44 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
I thought Scarface was overrated, so I'll choose DeNiro. The man has greater acting skills beyond gangsters as well. |
So does Pacino.
Just watch Serpico,Dog Day Afternoon,And Justice for All or Scent of a Woman
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True enough Jody, all of those are excellent films. Pacino and De Niro are both talented actors.
I loved Heat which featured both of them.
Here's another name that should be in the pol: Joe Pesci
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 23:32 |
stonebeard wrote:
I thought Scarface was overrated, so I'll choose DeNiro. The man has greater acting skills beyond gangsters as well. |
So does Pacino.
Just watch Serpico,Dog Day Afternoon,And Justice for All or Scent of a Woman
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 22:07 |
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I thought Scarface was overrated, so I'll choose DeNiro. The man has greater acting skills beyond gangsters as well.
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 21:03 |
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I'm not a movie enthusiast at all, but I like them both equally. But this is only judging from Pacino's performance in Scarface to DeNiro's in Goodfellas (I haven't seen any of those others except Godfather a long time ago and Analyze This, which I don't remember at all...)
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AtLossForWords
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 18:58 |
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De Niro, because I prefer Martin's films to Frank's.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 18:46 |
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Pacino for me...
And Ace Rothstein isn't a gangster in Casino,he works for a bunch of gangsters.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: August 06 2006 at 12:29 |
^^^
I actually have that same look on my face right now after reading the latest review for "Made in Japan" where it gets one star! 
Edited by WaywardSon - August 06 2006 at 12:30
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