>>5556375How intriguing Reptoid! Al Pacino's accent in that Merchant Of Venice (2004) film is a bit questionable hehe, but the costumes, mise en scene lighting and overall look of that adaptation are visually so impressive - I often think of that film alongside another Joseph Fiennes film the Shekhar Kapur Elizabeth (1998) as basically being the fantasy rpg city look for all my imagined worlds.
My favourite Al Pacino performance is probably Heat (1995) by Michael Mann, though in that film De Niro is the more sympathetic character. I liked how he performs the Mozambique drill (two-shot / double-tap then headshot) handgun execution thing and his cool suit is a prototype for Tom Cruise doing the similar assassin thing in Collateral another Michael Mann film too. I pay homage to all these films and the Mozambique drill in my Golgotha quest opening hehe. That cool Heat bank heist shootout is also recreated in Kane and Lynch 2 (IO Interactive the Hitman videogame studio made it, they borrow a lot from Michael Mann films) which is why I completed that entire game despite the weird deliberate graphical digital video glitch flare effects, the NAKED TORTURE SHANGHAI running gunbattle (this is the most hilarious gunfight in any videogame ever) and the horrifying control responsivity.
Neil: You see me doin' thrill-seeker liquor store holdups with a "Born to Lose" tattoo on my chest?
Vincent: No, I do not.
Neil: Right. I am never goin' back.
Vincent: Then don't take down scores.
Neil: I do what I do best. I take scores. You do what you do best trying to stop guys like me. [shrugs]
Vincent: You never wanted a normal-type life?
Neil: What the fuck is that? Barbecues and ballgames?
Vincent: Yeah.
Neil: This regular type life, that your life?
Vincent: No. My life is a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up, because her real father's this large-type asshole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of our marriage. My third. Because, I spend all of my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
Neil: A guy told me one time: Don't ever let yourself get attached to anything that you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner [pause] Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a...a marriage?
Vincent: That's an interesting point. What are you, a monk?
Neil: No. [pause] I got a woman.
Vincent: What do you tell her?
Neil: I tell her that I'm a salesman.
Vincent: So, if you spot me around the corner...you gonna walk out on this woman? Not even say goodbye?
Neil: That's the discipline.
