**Sigh**ok, here goes, for me al pacino is a fantastic actor. well, at least he WAS a fantastic actor. in the er=arly days he did some phenominal movies-the godfather,dog day afternoon,serpico to name just a few. however i feel his last TRULY great role was in donnie brasco. everything else since then has been sone in pantomime fashion. devils advocate?please he hammed up the screen so badly i very nearly shouted "he's behind you" at the screen. don't get me wrong his speech in any given sunday was rousing,spine-tingling and passionate, shame the rest of the film is mince!
sure de niro has been enjoying himself in comedies lately but his turn in the score (average script, great performances all round)typifies just how cool de niro is, he says more with just a look of the eye than pacino manages with an over-the-top-speech any day of the week.
its the godfather and scarface vs meet the fockers? its a no brainer
and besides al pacino said what is the most inspiring speech in my life, the speeches in inches from the film any given sunday, which in itself wasnt his best film, but for that quote alone is imbedded in my life
you cannot compare scraface and the godfather to meet the fockers jackass, compare them with raging bull or taxi driver, oh and justa wee question-how many oscars did pacino get for the godfather?exactly, de niro did more in half a film to earn that oscar than pacino did in 3 films
pacino.
cuz would never do a movie with eddie murphy
nah pacino made a film with colin farrell

umpkin:
Goodfellas cant fuck with the trilogy nor can any other film de niro did against scarface.
again, watch raging bull, taxi driver,cape fear or if we are talking about performances tehn watch the deer hunter, long and slow but what a performance
pacino. but i think De niro has a certain swagger and character which gives off the impression that hes a natural badass. i know many wouldnt agree but for me, de niro is the best actor that i have witnessed imo.

well said man
Al Pacino of course.
De Niro always acts the same way, with all his characters lol
but Pacino, let's just say I almost believed that devil was cooler than God in Pacino's line in "Devil's Advocate":
"Watch but do not touch, touch but do not taste, taste but do not swallow"
elvin mate that was by far one of pacino's worst performances, he was so over the top that....well.....as i said above, i thought it was panto season
anyway i will add a poll, great thread