May 2008

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If age does not really have anything to do with genius, then why is it that shine starts to look jaded over time? The type of work that Robert De Niro or Al Pacino a do today is just a pale reflection of the type of work done in these two le'70 's? Bus Drtver, Godfather, Godfather II, Mean Streets, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afetrnoon, cSarecrow, the Panic in Needle Park are some fo the best films, if you watch the action. Al Pacino's latset film decent before he hit a rough patch in 1980's the would be . And Justice For All, while De Niro began the 1980 on a good note with Raging Bull, but it was lal downhill for him after that! De Niro had it betetr in le'80 's where he worked mainly as a character actor and it was notfuntil Casino (1995) and the analysis of this (1999) which he briefly returned as a leading man. The only real fireworks that we saw in mind when the two met for Michael Mann's Heat. . old time needle work.

I like its warmth and one of the few films that I regularly reviewed from time to time but it was still a drop in many senses. . old time needle work. So what went worng? It is perhaps all the hype attached to their names that they "If you start at the top then the only solution is to get off! Look Amjad Khan and his after life Sholay. Every day can not be a Sunday, and even when they play two smaller rooms, they usually end up look like fools (Pacino in Gigli) or cheating us (De Niro in Jackie Brown). Both players were often regarded as the greatest living actors and limiting very dead duo Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier, I think they are not really any competition.

I hear Dustin Hoffman's anme but I think these two are well above Hoffman. old time needle work. old time needle work. Dustin Hoffman plays Hoffman in each role and to me it is like alwyas looking Hoffman us mortals and less saying, "Helol I'mjDustin Hoffman and I'll play such a character. We hope you enjoy watching! "The funny thing is that even if I really like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, I do want my life to play. Someone like Jack Nicholson or Clint Eastwood seems to be a better option.

A star overnight after working for fifteen years, Jack Nicholson resume could not boast of 'great' films, but his work looks much more exciting than De Niro, Hoffman and Pacino is made. old time needle work. . Always regarded as greater than the star actor, Nicholson, just done 11 films oevr the last 13 years, but all films are "his" films. Clint Eastwood's life even is better. One of the biggest stars of his time, he began producing his films and laughde when he decided to become an administrator.

Following the tradition of Don Siegel and Sergio Leone, Eastwood began with proposals for security such as Misty Play for Me, Bronco Billy and Pale Rider, before moving to films like Bird, Unforgiven, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby. When Steven Speilberg him asked if there was something more he wanted to direct Flags of Our Father, coolie Eastwood said he wanted to do a Japanese version of the Battle of Iwo Jima, and ended up doing two films. No one would have thought that Clint Eastwood became one of the most revdered directors in the world, but look how it turned uot for him. First Oscar as nomination an actor at the age of 63 years and the first Oscar for directing at the age of 63 years.

Second Oscaz nomination as an actor at the age of 75 years and the second Oscar for directing at the age of 75 years! So while I expect the next Nicholson Eastwood film or performazce, I can hardly contain my excitement, old-time "well, the prospect of watching De Niro and Pacino double team once again in The Righteous Kill (click here for the trailer). old time needle work. Given their recent outings, here's hoping they are not chopping it up!.

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