De Niro vs Pacino

[Guest wCw4life2]

So me and my friend have had this debate, who do you guys think is the better actor?

[Godfatha]

DeNiro. He's a far more versatile actor than Pacino. Granted Pacino won his Oscar for something of a comedy role, I still find DeNiro more entertaining in a comedic role than Pacino while they are equals in the dramatic field.

I've noticed that Pacino is a louder type of individual when it comes to these things while DeNiro is more stone-faced and I guess I prefer the colder, calmer role.

[Guest seattlebandfan9]

Nothing against Pacino, because I like him too.

I just like the movies De Niro was in more so.

[BlackFlagg]

I love Pacino but DeNiro blows him away.

[GRIFT]

I'd say that they are evenly matched. If you have seen Heat, in that movie Pacino out shines by far. But DeNiro's early work with Scorsesse is priceless. Infact, if it was a battle between their earliest work I'd hand this one to DeNiro but I think the decider in this on will be the fact that Pacino produces top caliber performances, everytime all the time even after years on top. DeNiro however hasn't been in an overwhelmingly good role in a while.

[fineintent]

De Niro.

Pacino has become too much of a 'shouter' for my liking. However, things like Scarface and Carlito's Way are still amazing. They're probally my top 2 favourite actors followed by Edward Norton and John Travolta (don't ask...)

[public enemy]

De Niro for me...

[Agent Risktaker]

I can't decide. De Niro was amazing in Taxi Driver, but Pacino was just as good in Scarface. De Niro, I guess.

[Guest bruins72]

At one time I would've said DeNiro but he's done so much crap over the last 10 years or so that it's taken away from his past greatness. I've got to go with Pachino.

[TMM]

I say Pachino, because I just enjoy his films and acting a teensy bit more.

[reyrey619]

At one time I would've said DeNiro but he's done so much crap over the last 10 years or so that it's taken away from his past greatness. I've got to go with Pachino.

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could you explain how Deniro has done crap in the past 10 years? While I agree that movies such as City By the Sea, Cop Land, Showtime and Godsend are crap, he has been in good movies such as Heat, Ronin, Meet the Parents, Analyze This, and Jackie Brown. Also, Pacino hasn't been in the greatest movies lately either...

[gunnar hendershow]

De Niro is better... He's in better moveis now than Pacino also... Meet the Parents and Analyze This alone are evidence of that.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Gay question, just gay.

These two should NEVER be compared against each other. They are both like legends, but if someone literally forced me to choose then I'm thinking Pachino for the scarface movie.

[Godfatha]

I'd say that they are evenly matched. If you have seen Heat, in that movie Pacino out shines by far. But DeNiro's early work with Scorsesse is priceless. Infact, if it was a battle between their earliest work I'd hand this one to DeNiro but I think the decider in this on will be the fact that Pacino produces top caliber performances, everytime all the time even after years on top. DeNiro however hasn't been in an overwhelmingly good role in a while.

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Any Given Sunday says hi.

Why wouldn't we compare the two actors? They were trained by the same company no? Around the same time.

Secondly, it's Pacino, not Pachino. Hoi that bothers me. It's like people who spell it as "Rick Flair"

Thirdly, DeNiro hasn't always been in crap. I personally loved 15 Minutes even though DeNiro didn't have a major role. I liked Showtime as well. As I said before, DeNiro appears to be the more versatile actor because he's done successful comedic films (more than one) and successful dramatic films as well.

[Guest bruins72]

could you explain how Deniro has done crap in the past 10 years? While I agree that movies such as City By the Sea, Cop Land, Showtime and Godsend are crap, he has been in good movies such as Heat, Ronin, Meet the Parents, Analyze This, and Jackie Brown. Also, Pacino hasn't been in the greatest movies lately either...

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I absolutely hated Meet the Parents. It just wasn't funny. I also hated Analyze That. Analyze This was okay but that sequel was just atrocious. I didn't care much for Jackie Brown either. IMO, it was the weakest of the Tarantino films by far. Ronin was okay but it didn't do too much for me. Now heat was a great movie. Overall, I haven't cared for much of what he's done lately.

Pacino had some good movies over the last 10 years. Donnie Brasco, Devils Advocate, Heat, and Any Given Sunday. Insomnia and The Recruit were okay.

[Agent Risktaker]

He's going to be starring in Meet the Fockers, too.

I loved De Niro in The Fan, by the way. Awesome movie.

[tristy]

Insomnia

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Insomnia was the shit, damnit! One of the best movie's I've ever seen.

I'm going to go with Robert De Niro, for the simple fact of the movie Casino.

[Numbahs]

I'd go with Pacino...it's pretty much a coin flip(and both of them have sunk into lame roles in recent years), but I think Pacino has more left in the tank as well as being better in comedy roles.

[Hellfire]

Pacino, but just barely. Its only because i love scarface so much.

[VerbalPuke]

Like many other people, I think both are excellent actors. However, Robert Deniro is my all-time favorite actor, simply because he has been the star or co-star of so many of my favorite movies. I adore the Travis Bickle character (Taxi Driver), probably my favorite movie character of all time. One of his earlier films "Mean Streets" that Harvey Keitel also starred in is another great film. Mean Streets is a good film to see Deniro in the early stages of his acting career. Throw in other movies such as Deer Hunter (which has another great actor in Christopher Walken, and the late John Cazale who co-starred with Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon), Raging Bull (based on the life of Boxer Jake La Motta, co-starring Joe Pesci), Casino, and Goodfellas (another two with Joe Pesci and a score of other great actors). I was particulary impressed with the way Deniro portrayed Jake La Motta in Raging Bull. After reading the book Raging Bull, you had to really commend Deniro for playing Jake La Motta's character almost to perfection.