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BohsPartisan
30/03/2007, 8:05 AM
Who's better?
Saw this thread on another forum. I say De Niro by a country mile. Pacino is a good actor but he has a limited range. Dog Day Afternoon was arguably his most unusual role. Don't get me wrong, he's been in some great movies - Godfather 1&2, Dog Day, Serpico, Scarface, Carlito's Way etc. but when you consider some of De Niro's roles, Goodfellas, Meanstreets, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Casino, Once Upon a Time in America, Raging Bull, Godfather Part 2, Brazil, Cape Fear, Frankenstein, Casino, Heat etc. I think he comes out the clear winner.
Bluebeard
30/03/2007, 8:45 AM
De Niro, not because he's better, but because Pacino tends to do the same thing in his films - if you look at his career, he has had three phases: Violent Pacino; Shouty Pacino; Tired Pacino. Potentially, I think he could be better and has a better range if he bothers, but he hasn't.

So essentially, this is a protest vote to get Pacino to cop on to himself - I'm sure he reads the site, though I don't know if he'd bother with the off-topic section.
dahamsta
30/03/2007, 8:46 AM
De Niro is generally a better actor, but Pacino can play his particular niche - I guess you'd call it "the baddy", although that isn't entirely accurate; let's call it menacing - better than De Niro. IMHO.

adam
Dodge
30/03/2007, 8:57 AM
Poll added.

De Niro for me. Just

Love Pacino going OTT, love De Niro doing understated.
but when you consider some of De Niro's roles, Goodfellas, Meanstreets, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Casino, Once Upon a Time in America, Raging Bull, Godfather Part 2, Brazil, Cape Fear, Frankenstein, Casino, Heat etc. I think he comes out the clear winner.

You left out Midnight Run, one of the best comedies of all time
drinkfeckarse
30/03/2007, 9:49 AM
De Niro all the way.
The Good Son
30/03/2007, 9:49 AM
You left out Midnight Run, one of the best comedies of all time
Also left out, The King Of Comedy. In my opinion even better than Midnight Run.
stann
30/03/2007, 10:01 AM
De Niro edges it for me for the extra string of his comedy acting. As well as all those films mentioned above, don't forget he was p!ss funny in Meet The Parents. Midnight Run was brilliant too! :D
the 12 th man
30/03/2007, 10:11 AM
Impossible to split these two.Both together in "Heat":cool:
Risteard
30/03/2007, 10:18 AM
He was great in Glengarry Glenross too.

Why choose?
Dodge
30/03/2007, 10:28 AM
Also left out, The King Of Comedy. In my opinion even better than Midnight Run.

Better film, yeah but not a comedy IMO.
holidaysong
30/03/2007, 1:57 PM
De Niro for me. My favourite actor.
osarusan
30/03/2007, 2:51 PM
Pacino is a good actor but he has a limited range.


Pacino tends to do the same thing in his films
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To be honest, De Niro does the same thing all the time too. Even in his comedies, like Analyze This, Meet the Parents, he still plays the threatening guy.


De Niro is generally a better actor, but Pacino can play his particular niche - I guess you'd call it "the baddy", although that isn't entirely accurate; let's call it menacing - better than De Niro. IMHO.

adam

I dont think anybody is more menacing than De Niro, except maybe Robert Mitchum.

But still de Niro.
Anto McC
30/03/2007, 4:23 PM
Di Niro
WeAreRovers
30/03/2007, 4:32 PM
Better film, yeah but not a comedy IMO.

Black comedy and one of the finest ever IMO.

KOH
SligoBrewer
30/03/2007, 10:23 PM
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there is a winner.. pacino..

any given sunday... the speech... legendary
Spudd
31/03/2007, 11:28 AM
**Shivers**
DmanDmythDledge
31/03/2007, 12:37 PM
Pacino
pete
31/03/2007, 1:42 PM
Pacino as he has better range. De Niro has played a mobster since he madew it even in ¨comedies¨ (he loses points for the Analyse This movies).
Dodge
31/03/2007, 3:05 PM
Pacino as he has better range. De Niro has played a mobster since he madew it even in ¨comedies¨ (he loses points for the Analyse This movies).

:rolleyes:
Risteard
31/03/2007, 4:42 PM
any given sunday... the speech... legendary
Take away the shouting, add loads of half-made-up long words and that's how I imagine EVERY Rico speech.
BohsPartisan
31/03/2007, 6:00 PM
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Block G Raptor
02/04/2007, 12:55 PM
until a couple of years ago I'd have said DeNiro but cand stand the Comedy roles that he seems to go in for now
superfrank
02/04/2007, 1:03 PM
Pacino.

I think the characters he portrays are more iconic then De Niro's.

Tony Montana, Michael Corleone and Frank Slade stand up better than Travis Bickle, a younger Vito Corleone and Michael Vronsky.

Only going on films I've seen with the two in them.
pete
02/04/2007, 1:33 PM
Thought i would separate with their top 5 movies & must admit was stretching with Pacino. The problem with De Niro is he hasn't done anything dramatic in last 10 years.

Pacino:
- The Godfather
- Scarface
- Donie Brasco
- Scent of a Woman
- Carlitos Way

De Niro:
- Taxi Driver
- Deer Hunter
- Raging Bull
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Goodfellas
Bluebeard
02/04/2007, 2:20 PM
Thought i would separate with their top 5 movies & must admit was stretching with Pacino. The problem with De Niro is he hasn't done anything dramatic in last 10 years.

Pacino:
- The Godfather
- Scarface
- Donie Brasco
- Scent of a Woman
- Carlitos Way

De Niro:
- Taxi Driver
- Deer Hunter
- Raging Bull
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Goodfellas

Pete - you left out Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Glengarry Glenross, Looking for Richard and Frankie and Johnnie; what's worse, you included a film that had Chris O'Donnell in it!

Shame! Pacino gets my vote now in a reverse protest!
pete
02/04/2007, 2:32 PM
...what's worse, you included a film that had Chris O'Donnell in it!

I apologise for that. No defence. Sorry. :(
Bluebeard
02/04/2007, 3:15 PM
I apologise for that. No defence. Sorry. :(
Listen, as long as you realise the error of your ways, there is hope
BohsPartisan
02/04/2007, 3:19 PM
Listen, as long as you realise the error of your ways, there is hope

Savour that, its not often he admits he's wrong! ;)
jebus
02/04/2007, 3:25 PM
I'm going with De Niro, although with reservations. Whilst I think De Niro's best performances (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, King of Comedy, Raging Bull, Deer Hunter) are better than Pacinos (Heat, Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather) I have to say that these days I have more respect for Pacino, simply because De Niro has made something of a mockery of his legacy (the worst/best example being his self parody in the Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkel) and, wsell Pacino hasn't!