Comments on: In praise of Al Pacino’s hamminess

By: suzie

suzie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:48:20 +0000

Hey did you all notice that Pacino wears a black onyx ring in all his movies????? Must be special.
The starter pistol in the Sea of Love was made at the factory where I work, pretty neat.
God Bless you Al, keeping you in prayers always………

By: suzie

suzie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:01:24 +0000

Al Pacino is the greatest actor of all time. He puts his soul into all his work. There isn’t a movie that I have disliked that he has made. May the good Lord Bless and Keep you….Keeping you lifted in prayer

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By: waitaminute

waitaminute — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:09:24 +0000

Not only is he a great actor (still), the boxset mentioned in this article is awesome. He’s arguably the best actor in American film history – and he’s in a different league than people like Morgan Freeman (a fine actor but who has nowhere neat the spark of genius Pacino has).

By: italian do it better

italian do it better — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:04:24 +0000

pacino è un grande!!!! nn gli si puo dir eniente! nn me lo toccate!!!!!è il top del top e basta!

By: chippy

chippy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:19:39 +0000

There are many great actors in the movies and I am definitely an Al Pacino fan,but I must agree with the commenter who praised the acting skills of Morgan Freeman. He,in my opinion is the Holy Grail of actors.

By: Yeaahhh!

Yeaahhh! — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:26:55 +0000

Al Pacino was great in Insomina just such a differnt part from what he does

By: Ames

Ames — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:45:32 +0000

If you want a classic actor who does quality work while also seeming to love his job, you need to look to Morgan Freeman. Every bit the actor that Deniro or Pacino is, rarely a hammy performance, and none of that tortured artist BS. He makes the movies he’s in better, not with scenery chewing, but by elevating the entire project to his level.

By: EP Sato

EP Sato — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:56:17 +0000

I loved Pacino in Heat. In that flick, he gives us the trademark roars in small snippets. THat line when he replies to Hank Azaria with “BECAUSE SHE HAD A GREAT A$$” was so good that I wore out my dvd player rewinding that scene.
But good as Pacino and all the other method actors you’ve mentioned were, they can’t hold a candle to Gary Oldman. Whether playing an corrupt cokehead cop (Leon the Professional), the megalomaniac Mr. Burns in Outer Space (The Fifth ELement), or as the misconstrued magician (Harry Potter #3), the man can convince us he’s someone else in every role.

By: MaryAnn

MaryAnn — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:55:21 +0000

All of the great subtle actors of the 70′s now chew the scenery regularily in the current movies they now appearing in. Not just Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel. Christopher Walken, who I adore, has become typecast and asked to be a characture of himself. Dustin Hoffman in Meet the Fockers is a far cry from the subtle performances he gave in Kramer vs. Kramer, or even in another comedy like Tootsie. Only Gene Hackman still retains that understated quality. But then, the movies being produced today are a far cry from one’s being made in the 70′s and early 80′s. Everything is over the top.