There was a time where I felt Al Pacino was the coolest and could do no wrong. It was never necessarily that I thought he was a better actor than DeNiro, but he was just
so incredible in the 70s that all those performances are absolutely incomparable in my mind. Especially
Godfather II. He was just beyond amazing in that.
But Bobby D was always
just as incredible, and taking the stars out of my eyes I have to say he has the more distinguished career. He is still giving compelling performances and is still captivating to watch. I've grown to just adore him...whereas Al has pretty much become a caricature of himself and he's always screaming or shouting every other line, and the freaking cop or mobster stuff just gets...old. DeNiro has more range. I love both guys, but my appreciation for each has sort of swapped places.
