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Top scene is when De Niro and Pacino meet in the restaurant. Michael Corleone and young Don Vito Corleone meeting face to face. I got chills. And the dialogue didn't mess it up.
Heat isn't on many top 10 lists because like most Mann movies it tries too hard and is over ambitious. Did we need all the sub-plots with Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore and others? And 3 hours for a standard cops and robbers movie, albeit with a twist, is way too long.
Who do you guys think won in the acting battle between the two heavyweights?
It's gotta be De Niro for me. Cold and sad. He never looks comfortable in romantic situations but his chemistry with that young actress (forget her name) was just fine.
Pacino, like he's been doing for most of the last 10 years, just shouts a lot. I loved listening to Copolla's commentary on the Godfather where he said that Al loves to shout so as to jolt the audience into paying attention. We'd pay attention now Al if you'd stop shouting for just a fraction of a second. He's gone crazy. Will he ever reach the heights of Dog Day Afternoon again?
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