going with meet the parents. he's genuinely funny in that. for a second i thought it was cut too and i was like ooh that's cruel.
― s1ocki, Friday, 6 June 2008 05:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Flawless is a good film, everyone should see it. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a drag queen and De Niro is his bigoted policeman neighbour, and both give a great performance. The only major flaw in the movie is that is has a needless thriller subplot, but the (anti)chemistry between De Niro and Hoffman totally makes it worth the watch.
― Tuomas, Friday, 6 June 2008 06:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Richard Price wrote the screenplay for the Night and the City remake -- was supposed to be for Scorcese, but he ended up passing.
I like Mad Dog and Glory OK.
― Eazy, Friday, 6 June 2008 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
He gives the best performance in The Good Shepherd, and is totally fine in True Confessions.
A bunch of those are better than Cape Fear.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 6 June 2008 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i saw The Mission in high school, but can't remember anything about it.
― Jordan, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
It's good. Great last shot.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
surprised the mission is on here! it's good!
tempted to vote 'analyze this'
― gff, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
voted mad dog and glory
― n/a, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: you know omar made it, right?
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 6 June 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
^_^
― omar little, Friday, 6 June 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I seem to recall him being OK in "This Boy's Life" but it's been a while and I only saw it once, so "Meet the Parents."
― Pancakes Hackman, Friday, 6 June 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
going with the mission
― max, Friday, 6 June 2008 15:39 (fifteen years ago) link
De Niro is a little too sketch-comedy-ready in "This Boy's Life" and is outacted by DiCaprio.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 6 June 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
the Mission is an incredible film. certainly should be iconic. it's the best in this list (that I've seen, which is admittedly a pretty small sampling)
― akm, Friday, 6 June 2008 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Brazil!
I love Meet the Parents (2000), Analyze This (1999), and Angel Heart (1987).
Hide and Seek (2005) is a very enjoyable crap movie.
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 7 June 2008 02:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, voted The Mission here. Also, all-time favorite scores list.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
nice, where'd you score it?
― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:12 (fifteen years ago) link
From Ennio Morricone himself.
Know your source.
― kenan, Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
wtf? when did I miss this movie getting made?
― Eric H., Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
it was awful
― s1ocki, Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, I'm biased towards De Palma obv, but how is his Meet the Parents perf not iconic and his Greetings/Hi Mom perfs are?
― Eric H., Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost - I'm sure it was, I just didn't ever know of its existence until just now.
― Eric H., Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I was just going to ask about 'Greetings' and 'Hi, Mom!'. Please not iconic.
― Frogman Henry, Saturday, 7 June 2008 05:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
angel heart is terrible in ludicrously entertaining ways.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
lisa bonet drenched in chicken blood.
LOUIS CYPHER. didn't see THAT one coming, didja?
lots of shots of rotating ceiling fans HMMMMM.
― tipsy mothra, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
ya. great last shot
― s1ocki, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
including the mission in this list is a chall ops
― deej, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
a chall ops directed at everything we hold dear
― s1ocki, Friday, 13 June 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
voted for The Score, so easy to watch. his performance is phoned in but it works for the character.
― abanana, Saturday, 14 June 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Saturday, 14 June 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
The last half-hour of 15 Minutes, after De Niro checks out, is the most ludicrous nonsense I've seen in quite some time. As late De Niro goes, he's actually pretty good before that.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
i should have included "Cop Land" in this one.
― omar little, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
The Fan wasn’t good overall, but playing a sports-radio-obsessed nut definitely fit his skill set.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
So was 'Wag the Dog' robbed or is it iconic?
― earlnash, Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
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character is sort of a remix of his taxi driver/king of comedy thing, no?
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:30 (five years ago) link
Those two, and even the Jackie Brown character in some ways.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 17 February 2019 01:53 (five years ago) link
I think what's on and what's not is fine, allowing for some subjectivity. Myself, I wouldn't distinguish between The Last Tycoon and New York, New York--I'd have them both on (in that they're both in the middle of his peak years, and he's good in both) or both off (in that they're both minor in terms of the films around them).
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 February 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
True Confessions was considered something of a little masterpiece when I were a lad. It’s really fallen off the radar since I guess.
― piscesx, Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:23 (five years ago) link
i watched that on a strong recommendation a few years ago. i like some of the other films by that director, ulu grosbard, a lot. but i found it, just ok.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Sunday, 17 February 2019 03:52 (five years ago) link