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    Default Who do you think is the better actor Robert Deniro or Al Pacino ???

    I was watching Scarface for the the thousandth time and I swear that was a flawless acting performance, never have I seen someone transform themselves to that degree.

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    Default Re: Who do you think is the better actor Robert Deniro or Al Pacino ???

    Im a die hard fan of both guys but tend to like Pacino a little more.. Ive actually asked myself this question many times and debated with people at work and it comes down to this.

    Deniro has range and is more versatile but NOBODY can play a gangster like Al Pacino..

    Deniro is the better actor but Im more of an Al Pacino guy.. Scarface I can watch over and over again and never get tired. Dam I love Scarface.

    Pacino is a genius at portraying a mutli dimensional bad guy. In most of his movies where he played a villain, you couldnt help but to feel sorry for the guy in some way because he always had a good reason for what he did.. Even though he played a lot of Villain roles, he was very good at showing the human side as the antagonist and i love him for it.. He's the type of bad guy you want to root for.

    His mannerism and his facial expressions are fuckin priceless man..

    Great thread btw..

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    Quote Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita View Post
    Im a die hard fan of both guys but tend to like Pacino a little more.. Ive actually asked myself this question many times and debated with people at work and it comes down to this.

    Deniro has range and is more versatile but NOBODY can play a gangster like Al Pacino..

    Deniro is the better actor but Im more of an Al Pacino guy.. Scarface I can watch over and over again and never get tired. Dam I love Scarface.

    Pacino is a genius at portraying a mutli dimensional bad guy. In most of his movies where he played a villain, you couldnt help but to feel sorry for the guy in some way because he always had a good reason for what he did.. Even though he played a lot of Villain roles, he was very good at showing the human side as the antagonist and i love him for it.. He's the type of bad guy you want to root for.

    His mannerism and his facial expressions are fuckin priceless man..

    Great thread btw..

    Its like comparing a Ferrari to a Lamborghini, both are perfection it just depends on preference, out of all the great roles Deniro put on he never went as far out of character as Pacino did with Tony Montana.

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    Robert can play all types of roles and has made alot more better films than pacino.

    But scarface was a roller coaster type of film that needed no sequel and stands alone as one of the best films of all time (and tom cruise born on the first of july...imho.)

    In boxing terms:-

    Robert de niro - more skills, varied, lots of impact, pound4pound. Adapts.

    Al pacino:- massive potential in ko power from one fight ages ago that still has everyone scared..and they should be.

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    Default Re: Who do you think is the better actor Robert Deniro or Al Pacino ???

    De Niro overall simply for his range, although I can't seperate them in terms of their gangster films.

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    Had yet another rewatch of Deer Hunter! Deniro draws you into his world beyond words. You look away from the big screen expecting to be surrounded by trees. I like Al, but Deniro is a national treasure.

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    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.
    Lol.

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    Denzel washington is another one that can only play a certain type of role but he does play them very well.

    Robert wins this one on variation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imp View Post
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    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.

    Pacino has played just about everything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Rice View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.

    Pacino has played just about everything.
    So has De Niro. Lets go brother...
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    De Niro is my favourite of the two love him in Heat, Goodfellas, Godfather, casino, raging bull, taxi driver, whereas Al was awesome in Scarface but seems to be a bit of an over actor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Rice View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.

    Pacino has played just about everything.
    So has De Niro. Lets go brother...


    In what role did he play that was more impressive than Tony Montana.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Rice View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Rice View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
    De Niro has definitely played the more diverse characters.

    Raging Bull - after getting in tremendous shape to play Jake LaMotta he put on over 50lb to film mere minutes worth of material as the older LaMotta. Pacino has never even changed his wig.

    Pacino has played just about everything.
    So has De Niro. Lets go brother...


    In what role did he play that was more impressive than Tony Montana.
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