Pacino or DeNiro?

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

One word: Scarface. You don't get better than that.

I love Pacino, but damnit that movie is over-rated

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I love Pacino, but damnit that movie is over-rated

Absolutely! I say the same about Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for DeNiro.

[iamnotafraid]

I like Pacino the best with movies like:
The Godfather I, II, III (yes, even III)
Scarface
Scent Of A Woman (my favorite of his)
The Devil's Advocate (who else could play that part like Al?)

[chelluversu]

Cape Fear... De Niro scares me lol and Man of Honor has to be my favorite of all time.

Others:
Sleepers
Awakenings
Meet the Parents/Fockers

[Nico]

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.

[FMlex]

I had gone with Pacino a couple days ago but I just watched Taxi Driver in my cinema class and now I'm torn.

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by FMlex

I had gone with Pacino a couple days ago but I just watched Taxi Driver in my cinema class and now I'm torn.

This is always shown in film classes. I've had to teach it myself! A very important film but t necessarily a good film (all subjective of course)