Toochis
lobby card invasion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just a small clarification.
I was by no means passing judgement on Deniro's own intelligence, as a
person. I would never do that because I don't know the man. I am also one
of his biggest fans and I love the guy.
I simply meant, and maybe poorly explained, that I think DeNiro finds his
comfirt zone when he needs to give voice to characters that find it hard to
express THEMselves.
Zeev
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From: "Toochis Morin"
To: "lobby card invasion";
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dennis Weaver Passes Away
> While I agree Deniro makes poor choices in roles
>! lately, I don't think he's overrated. I saw him
> Off-Broadway in Cuba and His Teddybear and he was
> brilliant. He studied under Stella Adler and I was
> studying under her at the time while going to NYU.
>
> He's a very intelligent man and his parents are
> intellectuals as well as his mother being a painter.
> When you hear him speak of art, etc. he's quite
> eloquent.
>
> Of course, none of this will convince anyone of his
> talent or intelligence.
>
> It saddens me the roles that he has been taking
> recently are not the ones that challenge him. He's
> collaborating with Scorcese again and I'm looking
> forward to it.
>
> Toochis
>
> --- lobby card invasionwrote:
>
>> I think that its not so much that DeNiro is
>> over-rated, as much as his range
>> is limited. I honestly think there is a difference.
>> Some of DeNiro's performances (Taxi Driver, Raging
>> Bull, Dear Hunter and
>> more) could only have been achieved by the finest of
>> actors with the
>> greatest of talent, but it appears he can only excel
>> in portraying
>> characters of complex personality but limited
>> intelligence.
>> He's much less successful when tackling a character
>> of great intelligence
>> and/or sophistication. An example would be his
>> performance in Wag the Dog,
>> which was totally unconvincing, bordering on
>> embarassing.
>> In addition to that Deniro has made many poor
>> choices as to the parts he
>> accepts. It almost seems he lacks, or does not
>> exercise any critical
>> judgement in this department.
>>
>> Zeev
>>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:28 AM
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>>
>> > It's just you, Duane. Its DeNiro that is
>> over-rated!
>> >
>> > Saul
>> >
>> >
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>> > From: "Duane"
>> > To:
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:07 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Dennis Weaver Passes Away
>> >
>> >
>> >> Is it just me or is Tom Hanks over-rated?
>> >>
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