SCFZ poll: Robert De Niro

[MrCarmady]

The rules:

- I'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. Unranked ballots are fine.

- Deadline for ballots: Friday the 12th of May

We'll use the extended rules for this poll:

• If you have seen an odd number of De Niro films, you can round up instead of down when determining the length of your ballot (e.g. if you have seen 7, you can list 4 films instead of the usual 3)

• If you have seen more than 10 De Niro films, your ballot can extend beyond 5 films (e.g. if you have seen 13, you can list up to 7)
However, the max number allowed in total is 10 even if you've seen 21+.

[Silga]

Seen 69

Goodfellas
The Godfather: Part II
Heat
Jackie Brown
Midnight Run
Jacknife
The Mission
Casino
Stanley & Iris
Once Upon a Time in America

[rischka]

https://youtu.be/H87yGvoCNHU

[rischka]

ok i'll do this for real even if he hasn't made a good film in years (well the irishman was ok)

taxi driver
raging bull
king of comedy
godfather pt 2
goodfellas
mean streets
casino
the irishman
midnight run
cape fear

i've seen 33 de niro films

[nrh]

dirty grandpa
the intern
once upon a time in america
greetings
hi mom!
jackie brown
the irishman
heat
great expectations
the king of comedy

i like old deniro...

trying to rate for performance, but that's a bit tough.

[MrCarmady]

Engagement with these polls seems to be falling steadily
I'll update and close the open ones this month but not sure it's worth continuing with ballots in the single digits.

Seen: 20+
Once Upon a Time in America
Taxi Driver
Greetings
Brazil
Mean Streets
The Godfather Part II
The King of Comedy
The Intern
Heat
Raging Bull

Could definitely use a few re-watches and wanna see Hi, Mom!, 1900, Midnight Run, Cape Fear, etc.

[Silga]

De Niro's performance in Brazil is great. However, I hesitated to vote for it, since his role is rather small.

[rischka]

i gave up old deniro after meet the parents but i'm glad he's happy and doing what he wants. he earned it

still can't be objective about heat as an old boyfriend of mine was obsessed with the film and watched it on repeat

coulda been worse i guess

[flip]

Engagement with these polls seems to be falling steadily
I'll update and close the open ones this month but not sure it's worth continuing with ballots in the single digits.

i'll post a ballot in this poll some time, just found it hard because i haven't seen some of the classic de niro movies in many years.

when i was doing the director polls, sometimes there wasn't much participation, but one advantage of that is it makes it very fast to tabulate the poll. i like these actor polls so i hope they'll continue

[brian d]

i've seen 20, but i'm definitely not a big fan, and really hate a lot of the movies he's been in. so yeah, this isn't easy...

deer hunter
godfather part ii
frankenstein
wag the dog
raging bull

[greennui]

I could post a ballot but I just don't feel that strongly about him or his films, plus long time seeing many of them

[MrCarmady]

Yeah, I'm just grumbling, people will engage with whatever strikes their fancy plus the forum just feels generally quieter these days. Part of the problem I think is the selection process, should we revert back to the old school one where the first person to post a ballot gets to pick an actor for the next round?

[flip]

seen 39, at very different times, no idea how i'd vote if i saw them all now

The King of Comedy
Raging Bull
The Fan
The Untouchables
The Irishman
Midnight Run
The Deer Hunter
Born to Win
Wag the Dog
Casino

[therouxxx]

Not ranked--

Cop Land
The Deer Hunter
The Fan
Heat
The Intern
The Irishman
Jackie Brown
The Untouchables

[MrCarmady]

In total, seven people voted for twenty-nine movies, here's the top fifteen:
1. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) 25 pts
2. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982) 23 pts
3. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) 20 pts
4. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984) 19 pts
5. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) 19 pts
=6. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995) 17.5 pts
=6. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019) 17.5 pts
=8. The Intern (Nancy Meyers, 2015) 16.5 pts
=8. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997) 16.5 pts
10. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) 16 pts
11. Greetings (Brian De Palma, 1968) 15 pts
12. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978) 13.5 pts
13. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988) 13 pts
14. The Fan (Tony Scott, 1996) 12.5 pts
15. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987) 11.5 pts

[wba]

Sorry, I missed this.

Seen: 32

listed in order of preference (based on the quality of the film, not the performance):

01. Backdraft (Ron Howard, 1991)
02. Mad Dog and Glory (John McNaughton, 1993)
03. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
04. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
05. The Score (Frank Oz, 2001)
06. 1900 (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1976)
07. Cop Land (James Mangold, 1997)
08. Dirty Grandpa (Dan Mazer, 2016)
09. Ronin (John Frankenheimer, 1998)
10. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)