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Top 10 Robert De Niro Moments


he may be the greatest American actor
since Brando I know that we all know
that and all I do is act on that he’s
definitely one of the busiest you’re
talking to me and yes we’re talking to
you welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 Robert DeNiro moments next week
I’m gonna pay salted them a little bit
you got a little out of order yourself
number 10 the intimidating De Niro and
Friends less is more and great actors
and know it that’s never more evident
than when DeNiro shares the screen with
his fellow famous thespians the Luda in
the score De Niro teams up with fellow
Vito Corleone actor Marlon Brando and
the result is a quiet storm of brilliant
improvised moments how about this four
big ones in your hand for million-dollar
four million more than you ever even
dreamed up more than we ever ever did
together four million what are you into
even earlier De Niro and Al Pacino
finally met face to face for coffee and
some ad libbed insights into their
cat-and-mouse relationship I do what I
do best
I take scores you do what you do best
trying to stop guys like names like
number nine
rise and shine with Robert my name is
Leonard Lowe it has been explained to me
that I have been away for quite some
time in 1990s awakenings De Niro plays a
man who has been roused from a
decades-long stupor and who’s anxious to
make the most of his new chance at life
people forgotten what life is all about
they forgotten what it is to be alive
tragically uncontrollable spasms appear
indicating that he will soon return to
his catatonic state are you
never better watch the scene in which he
overcomes the spasms long enough for a
farewell dance with his newfound love
and it will break your heart
number eight this silver is golden you
should be quiet shut up you already did
enough the Academy awarded Jay la vie
Oscar but to Nero almost stole silver
linings playbook away from stars Bradley
Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and this
segment shows why they didn’t spend
enough time with you growing up I spent
too much time with your father the
legendary actor clearly connects with
the subject matter on a significant
level in a largely improvised scene De
Niro as Cooper’s father hints at all the
love regret shame and longing that is
part and parcel of every father-son
relationship I wish you watch these
games of me wasn’t we could talk we
could get into things number seven
Sideshow Bob De Niro Cape Fear was so
good even the Simpsons stole from it
the movie taught us some good rules
don’t play hide and seek with Robert De
Niro especially when you’ve hired guys
to pound him and especially when he’s
playing a psychopath
let me out come out wherever you are
other tips for when De Niro’s in psycho
mode check all over and under your car
don’t take any leisurely river cruises
and keep plenty of lighter fluid handy
number six a dinero you can’t refuse
dinero tore up the screen in the
Godfather Part two and won a
well-deserved Oscar as a man taking the
first steps on the road to becoming a
criminal kingpin here De Niro and his
partners are small timers who have been
shaken down by a local mobster De Niro
doesn’t like that I have to fire me I
think everything’s the lesson don’t mess
with De Niro ever number five
Robert the Robin Hood I know who we are
we know who you are miss Ted gangsters
play by their own rules
at least until they’re behind bars in
Goodfellas De Niro’s a criminal who
teaches a valuable life lesson early on
to a young hood in training they write
on your friends and always keep your
mouth shut in casino he doles out some
more wisdom as the owner of the titular
establishment the three ways of doing
things around here the right way the
wrong way in the way that I do and make
sure it’s understood that the man who
owns the slots calls the shots an equal
amount of blueberries in each muffin you
know how long I was going to take I
don’t care how long it takes to put an
equal amount in each muffin number four
father knows best you wimp we stop
making fun of me for being a nurse could
you at least try maybe to consider
another profession in 2000 meet the
parents De Niro plays jack the potential
father-in-law from Hell who takes an
instant dislike to Ben Stiller and
unfortunately named nurse who dares to
desire his daughter is your name Gaylord
Focker yes or no yes things don’t get
better when Stiller talks about how he
milked a mother cat to save a tiny baby
cat I went in and just simply it’s like
he’s begging jack to disome I have
nipples Greg could you milk me the urn
by the way contains the ashes of Jack’s
dead mother love you mom let’s see what
happens
Oh Jesse no number three guns and Robert
the best picture winning the deer hunter
never flinches from portraying the
brutality and savagery of war
it also boasts one of dinero’s most
unforgettable screen moments the classic
scene in which he and Christopher Walken
are forced as prisoners to play Russian
roulette by their gleefully sadistic
captors don’t try this at home kids
number two don’t box me in violence is
integral to boxing but it spills out of
the ring and into the life of De Niro’s
Jake LaMotta in the knockout classic
Raging Bull my wife what my wife how
could you ask me a question how could
you ask me Oh me your brother the
characters anger fury and frustration
are barely kept in check at the best of
times but when he suspects that his wife
cheated with his brother it all pours
out in a tidal wave of vengeance that
helped earn De Niro an Oscar
number one make sure to tip this driver
from now on it’ll be total organization
every muscle must be tight if there’s
one moment that stands out more than any
other in DeNiro’s career it’s this as
Travis Bickel and taxi driver dinero
practices how he might act in a tense
confrontation the simple improvised
dialogue is now often quoted but it’s
dinero’s delivery that gives it the
impact well I’m the only one here Bickle
is going off the rails and sees violence
is the only way to connect with others
and DeNiro gets it all right
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