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Post by moviemouth on May 1, 2020 20:36:36 GMT
What are your 5 favorite performances from Denzel Washington?
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Post by movielover on May 1, 2020 20:42:44 GMT
Training Day
Glory
Devil in a Blue Dress
A Soldier's Story
Flight
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Post by jcush on May 1, 2020 20:55:11 GMT
Training Day
Malcolm X
Fences
Cry Freedom
Philadelphia
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Post by autumn on May 1, 2020 21:28:45 GMT
I could just look at a still of him and be pretty happy....
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Post by moviemouth on May 1, 2020 21:33:38 GMT
Malcolm X
Training Day
Glory
Fences
Cry Freedom
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Post by wolf359 on May 1, 2020 21:38:29 GMT
The Bone Collector
Remember The Titans
Crimson Tide
Glory
Training Day
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Post by politicidal on May 1, 2020 21:49:25 GMT
Malcolm X
Training Day
American Gangster
Flight
Inside Man
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Post by marth on May 1, 2020 23:55:32 GMT
Training Day
Flight
The Book of Eli
Inside Man
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
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Post by Archelaus on May 2, 2020 20:16:13 GMT
Glory
Malcolm X
Training Day
American Gangster
Fences
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Post by mslo79 on May 3, 2020 0:50:00 GMT
In no order...
-Training Day (I would assume many if not most people affiliate Denzel with this movie)
-The Book of Eli
-Flight
-Deja Vu
-American Gangster
p.s. that also sums up his top movies straight up. one last thing... not many can challenge Denzel in all around presence. because as Denzel said in Training Day, 'king kong aint got $h!t on me!'
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Post by rudeboy on May 3, 2020 0:59:24 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Denzel Washington - I find him quite a limited actor who comes across as smug most of the time - but he's certainly charismatic, and he is good in:
A Soldier's Story, Malcolm X, Devil in a Blue Dress, Crimson Tide, Fences.
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Post by moviemouth on May 3, 2020 1:06:51 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Denzel Washington - I find him quite a limited actor who comes across as smug most of the time - but he's certainly charismatic, and he is good in: A Soldier's Story, Malcolm X, Devil in a Blue Dress, Crimson Tide, Fences. Have you seen Glory, Cry Freedom, The Hurricane, Flight, For Queen and Country or Roman J. Israel Esq.? I agree he does basically the same thing in most of his action movies, but I think he is excellent in dramas.
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Post by rudeboy on May 3, 2020 1:14:06 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Denzel Washington - I find him quite a limited actor who comes across as smug most of the time - but he's certainly charismatic, and he is good in: A Soldier's Story, Malcolm X, Devil in a Blue Dress, Crimson Tide, Fences. Have you seen Glory, Cry Freedom, The Hurricane, Flight, For Queen and Country or Roman J. Israel Esq.? I agree he does basically the same thing in most of his action movies, but I think he is excellent in all of his dramas. I haven't seen The Hurricane or Cry, Freedom (actually I think I saw the latter, or most of it, years ago). Yeah, I worded that badly, I just woke up lol... he's a good actor, sometimes very good, but for me there's a sameness about most of his performances, even his stronger ones. He does certain things very well but seldom stretches himself out of his comfort zone. I certainly understand why he's a huge star, though - he has presence like few other contemporary actors.
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Post by moviemouth on May 3, 2020 1:19:50 GMT
Have you seen Glory, Cry Freedom, The Hurricane, Flight, For Queen and Country or Roman J. Israel Esq.? I agree he does basically the same thing in most of his action movies, but I think he is excellent in all of his dramas. I haven't seen The Hurricane or Cry, Freedom (actually I think I saw the latter, or most of it, years ago). Yeah, I worded that badly, I just woke up lol... he's a good actor, sometimes very good, but for me there's a sameness about most of his performances, even his stronger ones. He does certain things very well but seldom stretches himself out of his comfort zone. I certainly understand why he's a huge star, though - he has presence like few other contemporary actors. I actually agree with that and don't have a problem with it. It is hard to fail when you stick to what you know you can do well and have the level of charisma and screen presence that he has to be extremely watchable even when you are given scripts like 2 Guns or Virtuosity. I mention Cry Freedom because it is one of the rare times he does an accent. He does a South African accent convincingly in that and a convincing English accent in For Queen and Country. He also puts the "smugness" aside for those movies. I don't see it as smug, but I get what you are talking about. Roman J. Israel is like no other performance he has ever given imo. He is relatively introverted and almost awkward in it. The movie doesn't say it outright, but I think his character is suppose to be high functioning Autistic.
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Post by rudeboy on May 3, 2020 1:28:38 GMT
I haven't seen The Hurricane or Cry, Freedom (actually I think I saw the latter, or most of it, years ago). Yeah, I worded that badly, I just woke up lol... he's a good actor, sometimes very good, but for me there's a sameness about most of his performances, even his stronger ones. He does certain things very well but seldom stretches himself out of his comfort zone. I certainly understand why he's a huge star, though - he has presence like few other contemporary actors. I actually agree with that and don't have a problem with it. It is hard to fail when you stick to what you know you can do well and have the level of charisma and screen presence that he has to be extremely watchable even when you are given scripts like 2 Guns or Virtuosity. I mention Cry Freedom because it is one of the rare times he does an accent. He does a South African accent convincingly in that and a convincing English accent in For Queen and Country. He also puts the "smugness" aside for those movies. I don't see it as smug, but I get what you are talking about. Roman J. Israel is like no other performance he has ever given. He is relatively introverted and almost awkward in it. The movie doesn't say it outright, but I think his character is suppose to be high functioning Autistic. His performance in Roman J Israel was certainly an attempt to do something different - the hair signalled it - and he was the best thing about the film, but I don't think the movie worked as a whole. Personally I thought his accent in For Queen and Country was awful - terrible film and performance. I should check out Cry Freedom again. I vaguely remember it as dry and dull and overly reverential (it's a Richard Attenborough historical bio, so...) but I'm sure it has its virtues.
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Post by moviemouth on May 3, 2020 1:38:21 GMT
I actually agree with that and don't have a problem with it. It is hard to fail when you stick to what you know you can do well and have the level of charisma and screen presence that he has to be extremely watchable even when you are given scripts like 2 Guns or Virtuosity. I mention Cry Freedom because it is one of the rare times he does an accent. He does a South African accent convincingly in that and a convincing English accent in For Queen and Country. He also puts the "smugness" aside for those movies. I don't see it as smug, but I get what you are talking about. Roman J. Israel is like no other performance he has ever given. He is relatively introverted and almost awkward in it. The movie doesn't say it outright, but I think his character is suppose to be high functioning Autistic. His performance in Roman J Israel was certainly an attempt to do something different - the hair signalled it - and he was the best thing about the film, but I don't think the movie worked as a whole. Personally I thought his accent in For Queen and Country was awful - terrible film and performance. I should check out Cry Freedom again. I vaguely remember it as dry and dull and overly reverential (it's a Richard Attenborough historical bio, so...) but I'm sure it has its virtues. I agree about Roman J. Israel. His performance is why I rate the movie with a very mild positive 7.0/10. I found the accent convincing in For Queen and Country, but I dislike the movie. I am so the opposite of you in that I just kind of like everything. Meaning I like almost any style, both in acting and filmmaking and writing. Those issues you have with Cry Freedom, I don't have those problems with it, even though I agree it is reverential. I like that kind of filmmaking, just as I like the opposite of that kind of filmmaking.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 3, 2020 4:05:25 GMT
1. Training Day
2. The Hurricane
3. Glory
4. Flight
5. Courage Under Fire
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 3, 2020 14:17:32 GMT
Training Day
The Equalizer
American Gangster
The Hurricane
Malcolm X
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