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Indeed, I had forgotten "that afternoon of a dog day," it's been 9 there. But the journalist interviewing the chemist from Philip Morris (Inside The Truth? I don't remember) is just like the Cop from "Heat."

In Donnie Brasco, he tries to act cool, he's an idiot but pretends to be the one who teaches how to live. Fear and Loathing has never been seen with a title like that. I won’t settle for Serpico; John Serpico was a completely different person from Pacino. Either they made a huge mistake by casting him, or the Maas book is full of lies. In Scent of a Woman, he takes a hit compared to the original (and tries to act cool). Gassman is a leader and he's just a follower. Depp has made a thousand crap films, so I haven't seen them all, but he played Jung just like Jung (just like) and the journalist in Fear & Loathing just like the original (the name escapes me), and it wasn't easy to portray them; they were two very, very complex characters. Volontè was the god of acting, no one comes even close, but even Norton doesn’t care, in that abominable crap with De Niro where they play robbers and he acts as the sick one, he’s a ten. Giannini, for example, I’ve seen him act in Tuscan, English, Italian, Sicilian, Venetian... practically a De Agostini. Michael Corleone is the son of Sicilians, he spent years in Sicily, yet he talks like the mafioso in the Pizza Hut commercial, the one who plays the advisor speaks way better than Apocalipse’s colonel (I can’t remember his name either). It’s not that he's terrible, but it’s incredible how high he ranks even here on de-b, he’s not that good; in fact, he’s right in the middle.

<< the series is reaching a point of fatigue >> I read them just to get a few laughs from the dialogues, in the second to last one (Vanilla Ride) it was in top form, there are some Oscar-worthy nonsense even though the plot seems set in the land of galactic coincidences. For example, in this Mambo degli Orsi there's the dialogue with the cop that you can read 300 times and laugh every time.

"To say, one evening I ended up arguing with someone who claimed that Al Pacino was terrible at acting. Al Pacino." I've been saying this for years; he always plays the same damn role. Masterful and unmatched in doing it, but it's always the same part. Whether he plays a cop, a dealer, or a journalist, it's always "the coolest, genius, sly but pretty exhausted and neurotic" character. He always uses the same tone of voice (in Italy, however, very talented people dub him). Undoubtedly, he is the best at his role, but he is not a "great actor"; at most, he’s the best character actor around. For instance, De Niro may also do bad movies, but in those bad movies, he proves to be a hell of an actor by changing roles and characters like socks. Hopkins, Malkovich, Giannini, Volonté, Norton, Depp—those are great actors.

This is my favorite, but the last one is really bland, even worse than Offensive Captains (the penultimate one was definitely high-level). He needs to "get Leo to write one," Hap has definitely gotten on my nerves: at times he sounds like Sister Germana. The only positive note: Sandwich with Tuna, Banana Slices, and crushed (bar-style) chips; hardcore to the core.

I would happily read your thoughts on "Music Is Rotted One Note."

"<< very intricate hammering but absolutely useless >> Useless is one of those words that means nothing, just like the overused “they're very technical but sound Cold,” queen of nonsense. You don’t like complicated stuff, since you only mention albums that— in this field—are particularly simple, truly, Reign In Blood and Vulgar Display of Power can be played by a middle school kid (of course, judging albums has nothing to do with this). << 43% Burnt by the Dillinger Escape Plan is worth much more >> For me, they are two things at opposite ends; Dillinger seeks a compact sound, while Meshuggah goes for a texture. I repeat, not different, but literally at opposite corners. If one wanted to talk about ratings, I could say that a Dillinger album bores me after two listens because being so compact, everything reveals itself in a single listen, whereas with Meshuggah you catch a “new offbeat” (or whatever you want) even after the three-hundredth listen. For example, I think Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division is bullshit, but don't tell anyone."

And to wrap up the discussion on influence/innovation, Jane Doe was certainly not an innovative album, but it was definitely a very influential one given that there are so many clones. Botch were innovative in that field, but they didn’t have much influence.