I think from 90's onward Pacino seems very overindulged and his acting is mostly bombastic, overrated, hammy .. he really gets on my tits!
― calzino, Friday, 14 February 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
hes the devils advocate baby
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QJuxgkvXlFo/WuDKe7-icyI/AAAAAAADkb8/0loJcNEOvlAGIWyTPaavqXyspg-AZ7oZgCLcBGAs/s1600/devils%2Badvocate.gif
― mark s, Friday, 14 February 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
hes on record as saying directors kept hiring him for the shouty, give em the shouty, if hes asked he can do it either way
hes great obv
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, 14 February 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
i guess i shd write up my irishman appreciation on the appropriate thread (tl;d
iirc these were the negative reviews
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, 14 February 2020 11:26 (four years ago) link
tbf he is bad in Carlito's Way and it is a cornball movie but I still love it.
― calzino, Friday, 14 February 2020 11:43 (four years ago) link
is he bad? i refuse to think about it in case you're right.
otm about cornball, otm about loving it
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Friday, 14 February 2020 11:51 (four years ago) link
good not bad:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUBQ30BVqZI
― wee jim o’conor (wins), Friday, 14 February 2020 13:03 (four years ago) link
actually that is pretty fucking good, sort of just how I imagined the Hoffa in American Tabloid
― calzino, Friday, 14 February 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
(De Niro weirdly resembling DiCaprio in that scene courtesy the anti-aging device)
― mark s, Friday, 14 February 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link