Movies: Cape Fear (1991) vs The Fan (1996)

[kmart]

the movies use strong soundtracks combined with a psychotic stalker as main character in de niro.

i watched cape fear a few days ago for the first time, i liked it very well, especially the lawyers family that was far from perfect too, made the movie authentic. however the fan takes this for me...maybe because i am biased as a sports guy, the main thing i remember about this movie is that it lets you dive in that gameday feeling and i remember that i actually rooted for gil(de niro)at the start, hoped that he gets his life together... the end was a bit boring and predictable though while cape fear maintained a high "excitement level" for the most part.

i wonder about other peoples opinions

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[Brodeur]

Watched The Fan in the theater as a kid and maybe a couple scenes again on cable repeats. As a sports fan, I think a few things were just too implausible for me that made me not enjoy the film.

 

[Dr Pepper]

The Fan was one of the first De Niro films I ever watched. Haven't seen it in years, but I did like it.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Cape Fear = Classic
The Fan= Forgettable

 

[Oscar Acosta]

I liked the Fan.

There's a Patton Oswalt movie that's sort of similar and pretty good as well.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Cape Fear was a really well done movie. Denero was great in it and creepy as hell. The fan was not very good IMO.

 

[Buckets and Gloves]

Cape Fear = Classic
The Fan= Forgettable

Pretty much this.

Watched both within last 2 years. .. the ending of the fan is fave palm worthy

Cape Fear is fantastic.

 

[montreal]

Cape Fear = Classic
The Fan= Forgettable

agreed

 

[Vincent Vega]

Max Cady is one of De Niro's classic performances.