Robert de niro actor biography book 2014
Robert de niro actor biography book 2014
65 Interesting Facts about Robert De Niro, American Actor!
Love to hate: 25 movie characters who are simply insufferable
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Ralph Macchio’s Daniel-san comes on a little strong in the first “Karate Kid" but not to the extent that he deserves a series of ever-worsening whuppings from the Cobra Kai gang.
He’s far less likable in the execrable sequel as a tagalong on Mr. Miyagi’s Okinawa homecoming. But Macchio, either out of boredom or contempt for the character that made him a star, dials up the gregariousness to a suffocating degree in the third film, wooing poor Robyn Lively with the ferocity of a coked-up Benjamin Braddock.
It doesn’t help that Robert Mark Kamen has written Daniel as an utter sap, but Macchio’s portrayal is so colossally unsympathetic that you’re rooting for Thomas Ian Griffith’s ponytailed heavy every step of the way.
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Joe Pesci’s portrayal of irritating federal witness Leo Getz in 1989’s “Lethal Weapon 2” marked a comeback of sorts for the Jers