You know, it really gets to me when people talk about "favourite actors" and put Robert de Niro and Al Pacino in the same level...
I'm sorry, I just can't agree.
How can one say that a guy like De Niro, that has done so many different roles, can be compared to Al Pacino that survived thanks to one role: The GodFather. The role. The only really decent (and first, so that should tell you something) film he stared in.
After a few years he did Scarface and it was the end. Every single performance brings me back to Scarface. And it's not even a good film...
Both actors have a career of too many gangster films. De Niro is especially criticized for it.
But you'll have to agree that each gangster character, even if all gangster, has it own special something. Just think of Raging Bull, Once upon a Time in America or Jackie Brown!!! and even smaller roles like Sleepers. The man is good!
Al Pacino on the other hand, no matter if he is a gangster, a cop or the Devil himself, he is always playing Al Pacino.
That's how you define a good actor, isn't it?
Can he transform himself on screen, can you forget you are watching your favourite actor... Or is he always there?
I'm sorry, I just can't agree.
How can one say that a guy like De Niro, that has done so many different roles, can be compared to Al Pacino that survived thanks to one role: The GodFather. The role. The only really decent (and first, so that should tell you something) film he stared in.
After a few years he did Scarface and it was the end. Every single performance brings me back to Scarface. And it's not even a good film...
Both actors have a career of too many gangster films. De Niro is especially criticized for it.
But you'll have to agree that each gangster character, even if all gangster, has it own special something. Just think of Raging Bull, Once upon a Time in America or Jackie Brown!!! and even smaller roles like Sleepers. The man is good!
Al Pacino on the other hand, no matter if he is a gangster, a cop or the Devil himself, he is always playing Al Pacino.
That's how you define a good actor, isn't it?
Can he transform himself on screen, can you forget you are watching your favourite actor... Or is he always there?
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