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elkid
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 Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:14 Post subject: Poll/Not Poll: Best Movie Gangsters
Who's your favorite and why?
Al Pacino:
Michael Madsen:
Joe Pesci:
Bobby DeNiro:
Harvey Keitel:
Ray Liotta:
Steve Buscemi:
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:17 Post subject:
Gotta go with DeNiro.
Goodfellas...Godfather part II...Casino...Mean Streets...
He's the classic Gangster. Pacino would get second place.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:18 Post subject:
I'm with Coach. Robert DeNiro. His roles are classic.
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elkid
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:21 Post subject:
Yeah, but DeNiro plays 'em all the same way.
I love Madsen. He is one scary mofo. I think the only person who'd scare me more on the street is Christopher Walken. Mr. Blonde and Sonny in Donnie Brasco rocked.
But I go with Pacino. He wasn't the Don for nothing.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:27 Post subject:
I'm going with Pacino. Starting with Michael Corleone, here we have a gangster who wants to be legit but feels he has to do what he does for his family so follows a path he never truly wanted. By The Godfather Part III, the famous line is apt: "Everytime i try to get out, they pull me back in!".
Here's Pacino's mobster history
Carlito's Way
Donnie Brasco
Dick Tracy
Scarface
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:42 Post subject:
Pacino, with honorable mention to Pesci.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:46 Post subject:
I gotta go with Pacino, but Honorable Mention to:
Marsellus Wallace
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:52 Post subject:
Mine's a tie between DeNiro and Pacino. I think they both play really good roles. Plus Mel Gibson in Payback was quite good. 'Course don't mind at all looking at him.  
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 15:53 Post subject:
I like Pacino, followed by Madsen. Every time I hear "Stuck in the Middle with you" I think of Reservoir Dogs..
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 16:10 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | I like Pacino, followed by Madsen. Every time I hear "Stuck in the Middle with you" I think of Reservoir Dogs. |
And I also think of slicing off ears.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 16:44 Post subject:
Definitely Pacino/Madsen.......in that order!
Honorable mention goes to this hottie though:
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 18:37 Post subject:
Next to:
Jimmy Cagney
Edward G. Robinson
Humphrey Bogart
All those others are mere amateurs. Who do you think wrote the book on being a movie gangster ?
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 19:18 Post subject:
DeNiro hands down.
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Posted: 06/18/04 - 20:28 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | DeNiro hands down. |
I'm with the po-po. Pacino is a close second. "Heat" was a great movie, although technically not Mob related, but fun to watch them together.
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Posted: 06/19/04 - 13:40 Post subject:
I like the guy in Johnny Dangerously. I am pulling a total blank on his real name. Michael Keaton and ????? starred in it. This guy use to be in SNL and I am still drawing a blank 
Nope, it didn't work.
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