by Markeba Price

Created on: April 02, 2009

Sometimes we are forced to choose between the best of everything. With the onset of reality shows and programs that proclaim that one person stands out to be the best of all, this makes me feel like the world is going to end. Its very frightening that one person will be left standing or we have to choose between our two best books.

My choice would be Robert De Niro

because he has a variety of characters to play and he can play a family man. I believe anyone that can play this type of character in this century is great. Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman was good also, but it was an act or a performance, something out of the ordinary. Knowing that Al Pacino
performed in all the Godfather sequels, meaning he is seen as violent and a mobster, most men try to identify with him, he seem to be type casted.

Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson are two peas in a pod. The characters that they enact can range from creepy to scary and hilarious. Robert De Niro did a great job in that movie, "By The Lake," or something of that nature, this was the only movie that stood out as De Niro playing the part of a creepy stranger. These two guys play calculating parts and that is what movies are about, leading up to a mystery that is left for the moviegoer to decide.

Robert De Niro played in Analyze This and its sequel, he played in Meet the Parents, Taxi Driver, and "TV Time" or something like that with Eddie Murphy. Hopefully, Robert De Niro gets more movies or we will just have to rent these movies over and over again.

Birthmarks can make an actor stand out also, for example Robert De Niro's mole on his face and Jack Nicholson's wild hair in the movie, "Witches of Eastwick." These two artists are bad boys in their own rights. Robert De Niro is the best actor of the two. America just has it ingrained in their hearts that Al Pacino
is the Godfather!

Knowing about movies and actors would be a good way to break the ice at any get-together, work function, getting to know someone personal, and a fun past-time activity. Knowing the characters are like knowing your next door neighbors, or just to say that, "Hey, I know a person like that." Not only do we enjoy characters in the movies, we also have to disengage when the movie is over, you know back to real life, now I have to face up to what I've done. The characters are playing us in our life, just think about the animal cartoons talking. Wow!

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