"Righteous Kill"

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited January 2009 in Music & Movies
I just saw a commercial for this flick, and it's got Pacino & DeNiro playing cop partners. Hopefully this won't be a disappointment like the last couple of flicks they've made.
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  • edossin4
    edossin4 Posts: 105
    edited August 2008
    I just rewatched Taxi Driver. It is amazing what Deniro used to pull off. He has definately lost whatever fire he used to have.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2009
    Watched it last night. Total disappointment. Horrible flick. Do not waste your time.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    I just saw a commercial for this flick, and it's got Pacino & DeNiro playing cop partners. Hopefully this won't be a disappointment like the last couple of flicks they've made.

    Does Pacino ever play anything but a cop, he's so type cast it's horrible. I never will watch this, can't stand Pacino for starters.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited January 2009
    i saw it last night and i liked it!!
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Does Pacino ever play anything but a cop, he's so type cast it's horrible. I never will watch this, can't stand Pacino for starters.

    Well, he has to play a character who can yell a lot, so cops fit the bill pretty well.

    Pacino is a shell of his former self (which wasn't all that great to begin with), but I think DeNiro can still bring it. Maybe not to Jake Lamotta levels, but especially his comic side has been good the past few years.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited January 2009
    any1 notice pacino's hair lately? its oily or thinner... long hair on him look so awful...
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2009
    My brother saw this flick and said it SUCKED! And, you have to understand, my brother likes almost EVERY movie he see's.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited January 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    My brother saw this flick and said it SUCKED! And, you have to understand, my brother likes almost EVERY movie he see's.

    I even liked 88 minutes :rolleyes:
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    I even liked 88 minutes :rolleyes:

    88 mins was the worst garbage I saw this year. Not worth the time it takes to pick it up off the movie shelf and laugh while tossing it away.

    I sure hope you were being sarcastic :)
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2009
    Pacino is done. It's really time for him to retire. This movie is only slightly better than 88 Minutes.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2009
    He was done a very long time ago.

    Honestly, I never saw much in the guy, very bland, below average actor. Never once has he been in a memorable role. Or done anything worth remembering.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    He was done a very long time ago.

    Honestly, I never saw much in the guy, very bland, below average actor. Never once has he been in a memorable role. Or done anything worth remembering.

    Now come on Ron, that's a BIT overstating it. The Godfathers, Serpico was good, Dog Day Afternoon... even Scent of a Woman and Donnie Brasco are decent at least.

    Don't get me wrong, the guy is overrated as hell, but there's a lot of good stuff in there until about the mid-90's when teh guy hit a wall and just became a parody of himself. Somewhere between Scent of a WOman and Devil's Advocate, I'd say, everything just went off the rails.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2009
    I can't agree with ya. Every film he's in, it's just Pacino acting as himself. Personally, I put him in the Keanu Reeves catagory, but that's just me.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited January 2009
    MrNightly wrote: »
    88 mins was the worst garbage I saw this year. Not worth the time it takes to pick it up off the movie shelf and laugh while tossing it away.

    I sure hope you were being sarcastic :)

    maybe!! :p
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    He was done a very long time ago.

    Honestly, I never saw much in the guy, very bland, below average actor.

    That's true for a lot of the "great" actors -- John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Kevin Costner, etc. I suppose that's what makes them so good -- audiences can relate to them. Pacino's appeal is obvious -- he's an **** in every movie, and everybody knows a good **** or two.

    Same is true in the music industry. Many music legends weren't great singers, including the "king of pop." Hell, you can throw virtually every major pop singer out there today into the "non-singer" category. Audiences like them in spite of their lack of chops.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2009
    Watched this one last night.

    I liked it.

    If the expectation is to see great performances from these two great (in their time) actors, then don't watch it. But the movie, for me, wasn't bad at all. Just forget who the actors are.
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,781
    edited January 2009
    Watched it last weekend, thought is was OK, but maybe that's because I watched "Burn after Reading" first, which has to be one of the most boring films ever produced. Had to wake my wife up halfway through it.
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited January 2009
    It was ok but I had it figured out in the first 10 mins.
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