26-10-2003 04:36									#1
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And the best Al Pacino movie is....?

	26-10-2003 04:56									#2
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I have to decide between Serpico and Scent of A Woman.
Give me a minute.

	26-10-2003 04:56									#3
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Personally, I can't vote.. because I can't pick one of these great performances that would rise above the rest. I know I left many movies out of this poll, but these are the only ones I have seen that I can remember, and that I really really liked. No I didn't like sim0ne or gigli. But these are masterpieces.. I might go between scarface and serpico, but I'm really undecided.

.. so if I left out some of your favourites, feel free to add them..

	26-10-2003 05:09									#4
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I think he is an awesome performer..

I enjoyed many of the movies listed..

Heat was great

Devils Advocate was also!

Godfather 1,II & III had outstanding performances, perhaps with II getting a slight nod from me!

Serpico was awesome!

Scarface he did a great job as a Cuban Villian...although I feel sorry for people thinking many Cuban Refugees were his sort..for every race has scum..not just the Cubans and the Boat People...

to quote Tony Montana.."I am a Poleitical Refugeeeeeeeeee" (or something to that effect)

I simply thought he led a good movie to great movie in Donnie Brasco...


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	26-10-2003 05:12									#5
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no banana option?

and where is "The Recruit"?

	26-10-2003 05:16									#6
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skywalker, didn't belong to one of my favourites . Feel free to give your voice to it though..

Troll, Scarface was just on TV here.. I loved when he was in restaurant and they really made a scene with his wife, telling each other what they are and what they do, people were just sitting quiet.. and then when Tony got up and left, obviously toxicated he made a speech.. just rambligns, telling how good he is and how everyone else sucks and then he said and I quote "I always tell the truth. Even when I'm lying, I'm telling the truth!". Awesome .

	26-10-2003 05:33									#7
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I liked the ending of scarface..

	26-10-2003 05:44									#8
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I think I've only seen half of those (haven't seen Godfather ), or maybe it's been so long I can't remember. In any case, it's been way too long since I watched a good Pacino movie.

But Scent of a Woman gets my vote. Excellent movie.

	26-10-2003 05:55									#9
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Never seen Godfather? It's not in the book, but I think that qualifies as a SIN!

Interesting battle is between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.. Like them both very much, both in great movies.. I never can figure who is better. And to limit it down, who is better in mafia movies? Undecided!

	26-10-2003 06:07									#10
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Haven't seen all of those films but I would pick Scarface.

	26-10-2003 06:12									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka skywalker, didn't belong to one of my favourites . Feel free to give your voice to it though.. Troll, Scarface was just on TV here.. I loved when he was in restaurant and they really made a scene with his wife, telling each other what they are and what they do, people were just sitting quiet.. and then when Tony got up and left, obviously toxicated he made a speech.. just rambligns, telling how good he is and how everyone else sucks and then he said and I quote "I always tell the truth. Even when I'm lying, I'm telling the truth!". Awesome .

"Yeah Im a real bad guy. You wanna bad guy!? Look at me, I'm the bad guy! You need me so you can say 'look, look how good I am!'" Or something like that.....

	26-10-2003 06:19									#12
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NeOmega, exactly ... 'You need me, because you are all failures! You don't have the balls to be what you want to be, so you point at me 'there goes the bad guy' '... it's excellent. If you want to make a drunken scene.. that's how you do it

	26-10-2003 06:24									#13
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Anyway, I don't knwo about the Heat though.. It was a good one but I don't know if it stands out. But it had the BEST city fighting scene EVER. The one where they come out of the bank that they just robbed, and the cops are going to catch them, and they open fire.. it was excellent scene. They did a great job and used something more realistic ways of actually doing it, controlled fire, backing down in controlled manner, always firing and never really turning your back, everyone working as a team and then splitting up.

	26-10-2003 06:38									#14
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quote: Godfather 1,II & III had outstanding performances, perhaps with II getting a slight nod from me!

Godfather III SUCKED SO MUCH I CANT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE!!!!!!!

But the first two are great movies

	26-10-2003 11:42									#15
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I went with scarface.

but my favourite character of his is in the Devils Advocate. Hey, a devil worshipper like has to love that movie. If it didn't have Keanu in it, it might be the best movie ever

	26-10-2003 12:09									#16
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Godfather :
Serpico
Scarface
Scent of a Woman : overrated
Donnie Brasco
Heat : overrated
The Devil's Advocate : overrated
Cruising :?
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He is a great actor though

What's the movie called when he robs a bank ? Should be a 70ties movie

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	26-10-2003 12:20									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Mercator But Scent of a Woman gets my vote. Excellent movie.

Indeed. It's quite unlike other Al Pacino films.

	26-10-2003 12:30									#18
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I had a hard time thinking: "Godfather or scarface" Well I think they are as good, so I took scarface

	26-10-2003 18:49									#19
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quote: Originally posted by alva He is a great actor though What's the movie called when he robs a bank ? Should be a 70ties movie

The movie, I believe you are referring to is Dog Day Afternoon, he robs a bank to support his Transvestite boyfriend, or whatever it was

I also thought Carlitos Way was a decent movie..

Here is a link for his movies...

City Hall..not a bad flick either...

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000199/

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	26-10-2003 18:54									#20
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Yep, that's the one.

	26-10-2003 18:55									#21
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Where's Dog Day Afternoon?

Can't believe people are voting for Scent of a Woman, never saw what people saw in that one...

	26-10-2003 19:14									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Boshko Can't believe people are voting for Scent of a Woman, never saw what people saw in that one...

Nice characterisation, great details, and a character-driven story. Plus, old Al did a fine job of playing the blind retired colonel.

	26-10-2003 19:26									#23
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Scarecrow, ...and jusice for all, cruising, dog day afteroon.

In short, all the really truly brilliant early movies of his you didn't put up there

	26-10-2003 20:00									#24
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Jeez, what a failed list... where are "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Insomnia"? And "Frankie and Johnny" should have been there too.

Hm, on the other hand, maybe I'm talking about personal preferences here (I don't think many people would include "Frankie..." among his best movies, but I think his performance in that picture was one of the best from all his career).

	26-10-2003 20:04									#25
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quote: I also thought Carlitos Way was a decent movie..

its been a while since Ive seen it but I dont think that was Al Pacino

	26-10-2003 20:56									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Space05us its been a while since Ive seen it but I dont think that was Al Pacino

Oh yeah..ex con..Great Character..in for a penny..in for a pound...what brought him into his "circle of power" brought him out...just a little too late..almost made it to the station..

Yup..his once loyal subjects took him out

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	26-10-2003 20:58									#27
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the Andy-Man, hey I have Cruising there..

	26-10-2003 21:42									#28
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sorry pekka, your right, but it still dosn't excuse the other missing movies

	26-10-2003 23:20									#29
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He was great in Scent of a Woman, but I haven't seen that movie since it first came out on video. So the movie just doesn't stand out for me.

Just watched Insomnia recently. That was a pretty good movie. But still a pretty standard cop flick, nothing extraordinary to set it apart aside from the setting. So I can't call it a great film.

	27-10-2003 16:47									#30
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Scarface.

The Godfather (I and II) are probably better movies on an artistic level, but I enjoy watching Scarface much more. In fact I plan to do so this evening - it's definitely one of my top 10 favorite films.

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