Ancient Ways Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 To me jack played more assholes like Jessup and the character in as good as it gets. I had more connection with Vito and the guy from Heat than most Nicholson characters. Not to mention ronin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Love 'em both- slight nod to DeNiro. Anyone else love Nicholson in About Schmidt? Edited January 10, 2017 by lerxt1990 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Love 'em both- slight nod to DeNiro. Anyone else love Nicholson in About Schmidt? Playing against type. I thought that was an awesome flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Looking over each actor's filmography I reached the personal conclusion that Nicholson portrayed more sympathetic characters.So your criteria for whether someone is a good actor or not is whether they play bad guys or good guys? No. DeNiro played more caricature. I simply felt more empathy for Nicholson characters.There's plenty of caricature in Jack's work, for example: his Jack Torrance, his Billy Buddusky, his Randle McMurphy, his Henry Lloyd Moon, his Frank Chambers, his Jimmy Hoffa, his Garrett Breedlove, his Will Randle, his Warren R. Schmidt and especially his Darryl Van Horn, his Joker and his Colonel Jessup.I guess caricature is the wrong word. I think Nicholson played characters I find more sympathetic.You find Jack, in his work, is a warmer personality?Does sympathetic imply a warmer personality?No to me sympathetic, when talking about film characters, implies being benign. Yeah DeNiro has made a career of not playing very sympathetic characters but giving them an extraordinary humanity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I would rather watch Jack Nicholson on the screen. I have much preferred his movies over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I would rather watch Jack Nicholson on the screen. I have much preferred his movies over the years.That's because you love the gleam in his eyes and his crazy grin. ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I would rather watch Jack Nicholson on the screen. I have much preferred his movies over the years.That's because you love the gleam in his eyes and his crazy grin. ;) Yeah. That's it. ;) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Tough call .. Five Easy Pieces, Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining and The Passenger all come to mind with Jack, but DeNiro in Taxi Driver and Mean Streets are two roles that made those movies absolute classics in my book .... and then there's The Deer Hunter DeNiro by a slight margin Edited January 10, 2017 by Lucas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Tough call .. Five Easy Pieces, Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining and The Passenger all come to mind with Jack, but DeNiro in Taxi Driver and Mean Streets are two roles that made those movies absolute classics in my book .... and then there's The Deer Hunter DeNiro by a slight marginI was about to post a girly pic here Lucas but what you said in the other thread has completely cured me of such behaviour. From now on you should be called Dr. Lucas. :smoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Tough call .. Five Easy Pieces, Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining and The Passenger all come to mind with Jack, but DeNiro in Taxi Driver and Mean Streets are two roles that made those movies absolute classics in my book .... and then there's The Deer Hunter DeNiro by a slight marginI was about to post a girly pic here Lucas but what you said in the other thread has completely cured me of such behaviour. From now on you should be called Dr. Lucas. :smoke: No more Dr Love ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Tough call .. Five Easy Pieces, Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining and The Passenger all come to mind with Jack, but DeNiro in Taxi Driver and Mean Streets are two roles that made those movies absolute classics in my book .... and then there's The Deer Hunter DeNiro by a slight marginI was about to post a girly pic here Lucas but what you said in the other thread has completely cured me of such behaviour. From now on you should be called Dr. Lucas. :smoke: No more Dr Love ??That's me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked.Those films were the tipping point where he began the fall into the pit of mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Jack. Never played an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked.Those films were the tipping point where he began the fall into the pit of mediocrity.Didn't that Rocky & Bullwinkle crap come out between those two movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked.Those films were the tipping point where he began the fall into the pit of mediocrity.Didn't that Rocky & Bullwinkle crap come out between those two movies?Yeah and a bunch of other crap, so Analyze This was the tipping point. Everything before that is good, great, high quality or at least solid, everything after it is either average, below average, poor, questionable, mediocre or just plain bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked.Those films were the tipping point where he began the fall into the pit of mediocrity.Didn't that Rocky & Bullwinkle crap come out between those two movies?Yeah and a bunch of other crap, so Analyze This was the tipping point. Everything before that is good, great, high quality or at least solid, everything after it is either average, below average, poor, questionable, mediocre or just plain bad.That's mostly true but The Fan wasn't very good. The 90s seemed to be the time of decline (though there were still a few very good flicks from him in there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DeNiro if we're talking old movies but Jack edges him because although both have their share of sellout movies, DeNiro's post 90s resume is mostly pathetic and embarrassing. I really liked Analyze This but Analyze That sucked.Those films were the tipping point where he began the fall into the pit of mediocrity.Didn't that Rocky & Bullwinkle crap come out between those two movies?Yeah and a bunch of other crap, so Analyze This was the tipping point. Everything before that is good, great, high quality or at least solid, everything after it is either average, below average, poor, questionable, mediocre or just plain bad.That's mostly true but The Fan wasn't very good. The 90s seemed to be the time of decline (though there were still a few very good flicks from him in there)Well the tipping point could be earlier but I think The Fan would fit into the high quality area, high quality in terms of production and acting, I don't think De Niro is the problem with the film or Wesley Snipes. Analyze This is probably the tipping point because even the films immediately before it are pretty good at least, except for The Fan if you don't want to count it. And it seems like every film after that had something wrong with it that made it worse than anything before the tipping point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 The Fan > Analyze This. I'd give both a C or C- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Jack "You can't handle the truth!" Nicholson. THE "JACK" OF ALL TRADES!!!! NO DOUBT! THE SHINING! CHINATOWN! LOVE, THIN LIZZY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Deniro. It's a strong poll though. It's hardly like one is evidently weaker than the other... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Forgot to vote. Went with Bobby only because he hit more home runs IMHO (despite striking out much more). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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