# I don't like "normal" Al Pacino **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059 "2014-12-23T21:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/1 "2014-12-23T21:09:43Z")
I want the Scarface Pacino or the Michael Corleone Pacino. Regular, every-day everyman Pacino is boring. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/2 "2014-12-23T21:58:19Z")
Where have you seen “every-day everyman” Pacino lately? Since at least the mid-90s he’s got exactly 2 moves: whispering or yelling. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/3 "2014-12-24T01:29:04Z")
I dont like the Bruce Jennered Al Pacino. He should have kept his original face and his original voice. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/4 "2014-12-24T01:38:46Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/5 "2014-12-24T02:26:09Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > I want the Scarface Pacino or the Michael Corleone Pacino. > > Regular, every-day everyman Pacino is boring. You’ve given examples of the former but none of the latter. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/6 "2014-12-24T02:31:14Z")
Just not the one from “Revolution”. Next to “The Legend of Walks Far Woman” that is the worse movie I deny being an extra in. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/7 "2014-12-24T02:39:17Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > I want the Scarface Pacino or the Michael Corleone Pacino. > > Regular, every-day everyman Pacino is boring. I’m unsure where you are coming from. I usually see people break Pacino down along the lines of “classic” ( mostly more varied performances in the 1970’s - _Serpico_, _Dog Day Afternoon_, _Godfather_ I and II, _And Justice for All_ ) vs. “histrionic” ( perhaps starting with _Scarface_ and accelerating with _Scent of a Woman_ into occasional borderline self-parody ). He’s done fine work post-SoaW ( i.e. his small roll in _Glengarry Glen Ross_, _Donnie Brasco_ ), but some have accused him of becoming lazy and overly broad in his acting approach since the 1990’s. Where exactly are you breaking out his everyman roles? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/8 "2014-12-24T03:08:26Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > I want the Scarface Pacino or the Michael Corleone Pacino. > > Regular, every-day everyman Pacino is boring. Sometimes asking for lively is asking for horror: (Al Pacino's Dunkaccino Commercial in the movie Jack & Jill) 😕:dubious::D:p Regular or decaf? But that fake commercial reminded me of this bit: "Cuban coffee to me is like, You know, the Folgers wing of Betty ford, it is a fabulous coffee because it is like a combination of sugar and caffeine. You know what a cappuccino is? This is an Al Paccino, you drink this and then you go: “say hello to my little friend!!” - Robin Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/9 "2014-12-24T03:35:17Z")
Actually “And Justice for All” is the demarcation between classic and over-the-top. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/10 "2014-12-27T00:59:06Z")
My favorite Al Pacino movie (and one of my favorite movies generally) is [Author! Author!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083598/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_39), in which he plays a relatively normal guy. Of course, it’s not exactly the movie people think of when you mention Al Pacino. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-normal-al-pacino/708059/11 "2014-12-28T22:39:01Z")
He was a pretty regular guy in Looking for Richard.