http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 11 May 2008 20:14:04 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-717273 It seems to me that if there is no swearing in a roll, Pacino, De Niro, or Nickleson will not take the part. 717273@blogcritics.org Sun, 11 May 2008 20:14:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-717272 It seems to me that if there is no swearing in a roll, Pacino, De Niro, or Nickleson will not take the part. 717272@blogcritics.org Sun, 11 May 2008 20:13:58 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-691279 Serpico was a piece of shit movie about "A STORY THAT HAD TO BE TOLD". Just a collection of scenes of Pacino going "I'm not takin' the money i don't care what they say...I'm not takin' the money" put together in different ways with not much else happening. THE FILM IS CRAP. I watched it expecting to be blown away and i couldn't wait for it to end. 691279@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:30:51 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-691275 I think the reason DeNero is making comedies is for two reasons: Looking for ways to act with his buddies and doing comedies for a giggle because he has done so many dramas. I do not believe he is doing comedies for the money. I mean he was in a terrible role in Rocky and Bullwinkle, but that was just for a laugh I think. He just wants people to see his lighter side i think 'cos people think he is oh so serious looking at his previous work. De Nero is the greatest actor alive. Look at the scene in Goodfellas when he's in the bar with the glass of whisky in his hand when 'Sunshine of Your Love' by Cream Kicks in. The bit when you know he's thinking about killing the old fat guy with the beard. You know this and there is no reference to killing the guy untill after the scene. He does this without uttering a word or making a violent reference. That my friend is acting at it's very best and while Robin Williams is very versatile and can do many characters with all the bells and whistles, I doubt that he can pull off acting of that calibre. The closest he got to that kind of mechanics of acting was in Good Will Hunting when he was going 'It's not your fault'. That said Robin Williams is one of the best actors out there but he has a bit to go to take the DeNero crown. As for Pacino, he's just Pacino aint he, loves his shouty stuff, if you want shouty stuff call him. And i disagree that Apocolypse Now is one of the best films ever made. It goes on...and on... and on... "I kept thinking about this guy and i can't imagine him from the listening to him here" (you know what I mean), constantly talking and talking about the Marlon Brando character. War is hell etc. Yes we know. I think it's a good film but it's well overrated. 691275@blogcritics.org Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:23:19 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-655126 Christian Bale is an example of an underrated actor. 655126@blogcritics.org Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:02:29 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-621420 I totally agree with your view that they are overrated. I've thought the same for many, many years. YES, they are good, just overrated. Deal with it people. And by the way Rolden, re-read this sentence carefully, you'll see your mistake. "Most of the actors on the Top-10 list are still relatively young and new to the business, having acted in about 25 percent the number of films as the actors listed above." See your error? Chris never said he was an actor. Nuff Said... 621420@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:37:18 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-603786 I respectfully disagree that both Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro are overrated actors. Based on their past performances, in my view, they are well within the top 5 actors in the past 50 years. I agree that they both have not done anything that can be considered as stimulating or acadamy award winning, but one has to recognize they have been working their craft for well over 30 years -one may ask his or herself, "How am I going to perform after doing the same thing for for over 30 years! Pacino's performance as Tony Montana in "Scarface", simply brilliant -the academy voted against him simply because of the language in the movie. DeNiro's role,as the hostile convict in Cape Fear -simply fantastic, but to this day has not been recognized for his performance in that movie. Deaner's top ten actors: Pacino, DeNiro, Spacey, Norton, Dean, Eastwood, McQueen, Newman, Hackman, Keitel. Sorry folks, Marlon Brando good actor, but way overrated in my view. 603786@blogcritics.org Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:46:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/20/190857.php#comment-546398 Deniro has to work on those low quality movies because he needs the money to keep the Tribeca Film Festival afloat. Also, I imagine it's pretty difficult to turn down several million for a few weeks of work. He just moved into a new apartment at The Langham on the Upper Westside, and he has several people who depend on him financially (including his children,wife and ex-wife). I do think he should look at higher caliber scripts, and dig a little deeper like he used to. I have a completed script about an aging movie star that is so funny. Not Meet the Parents funny, but really hilariously funny. 546398@blogcritics.org Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:52:28 EST