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[TheChewyWaffles]

Why the hell isn't training Day in that list? Better than half those movies...

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Top most tier AKA elitest of the elite:
Tom Hanks (ignore his turd Da Vinci Code movies), George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymor Hoffman. This is where D Wash rubs his shoulders.

The 2nd tier of acting:
Edward Norton, Russel Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ed Harris. As for the last one, yes, Leo is awesome. Aviator and The Departed prove it.

3rd Tier:
Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murry, Viggo Mortensen

This is what I think. Now this is a totally incomplete list but these are the actors I could think off the top of my head, and I'm pretty sure a couple of them can move up or down the tiers. Didn't include Pacino, DeNiro and other stalwarts of previous generation because they didn't have anything good in the past decade.

You think Russel Crowe is a 2nd tier actor? /smh

 

[maximum360]

LOL. Manchurian Candidate and Book of Eli were awful.

Disagree. Not all his movies are great but he is a great actor.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

He did save Dakota.

Spoilers.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Best acting? Malcolm X. Best experience? Training Day.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Best acting? Malcolm X. Best experience? Training Day.

Tempted to agree.

 

[m3k]

man remember the titans was a great film too

man on fire was great... malcom... etc etc i always liked him... that time travel one made me realise that he does not always pick great films though

 

[Plissken]

Any of you like Fallen? It's one of my favorite suspense/thriller films that I feel is kinda underrated.

Fallen is a great overlooked gem, I wish more people had seen it, definitely one of his best movies.

 

[DominoKid]

I RUN SHIT HERE! YOU JUST LIVE HERE!

+1 Denzel WashinGOATon

 

[AgentChris]

Man on Fire <3

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Came here to post this.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

man remember the titans was a great film too

man on fire was great... malcom... etc etc i always liked him... that time travel one made me realise that he does not always pick great films though

I love Remember the Titans

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

I cried.

 

[tekumseh]

Any of you like Fallen? It's one of my favorite suspense/thriller films that I feel is kinda underrated.

I was going to make sure that Fallen was noted as well. Very cool story and well acted by DW and John Goodman. I also have a real affection for Cry Freedom, about Stephen Biko. Denzel is generally pure money for me...

 

[harSon]

I cried.

With that mean mug on his face, I was fully expecting him to turn around during the lashing and snatch the whip mid way through it's stroke.

 

[TURNCLOAK]

On my 360 Trash Talk:

I have this Denzel Sound Clip on the first setting (NSFW/kids/speaker warning/etc).

It gets used quite a lot...

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

He Got Game is the finest film of our generation.

 

[dmshaposv]

I've said it multiple times on GAF, but Hurricane is Denzel's best acting performance to date.

 

[Angry Fork]

Training Day put some kind of hocus pocus on Denzel and almost everything after that feels like he's playing the same badass, wise talking character all the time. Even in John Q he's supposed to be this non assuming loving husband/father but he's badass in there too. I'm just tired of seeing that shtick the same way Robert Deniro always does his mobster/silent badass shtick after Goodfellas. (edit - forgot about Cape Fear which was creepy as shit and a great performance)

 

[faceless007]

Training Day was awesome, but he's basically played himself in everything since.

 

[FStop7]

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

He got so screwed out of an Oscar for Malcolm X.

I mean he got the consolation prize for Training Day, but he sh9oulda gotten one for Malcolm X.

 

[MWS Natural]

I AM MALCOLM X.

 

[Zwei]

I liked Book of Eli. There, I said it.

 

[Finaika]

Just saw Training Day. Shit was awesome.

 

[Zeliard]

Training Day put some kind of hocus pocus on Denzel and almost everything after that feels like he's playing the same badass, wise talking character all the time. Even in John Q he's supposed to be this non assuming loving husband/father but he's badass in there too. I'm just tired of seeing that shtick the same way Robert Deniro always does his mobster/silent badass shtick after Goodfellas. (edit - forgot about Cape Fear which was creepy as shit and a great performance)

Only real 'badass' characters he's played in the style of Training Day since then are in Man on Fire and American Gangster. The rest have been pretty low-key, and often meek, like in The Manchurian Candidate, Taking of Pelham 123, Antwone Fisher, Remember the Titans, etc.

 

[Dali]

Only real 'badass' characters he's played in the style of Training Day since then are in Man on Fire and American Gangster. The rest have been pretty low-key, and often meek, like in The Manchurian Candidate, Taking of Pelham 123, Antwone Fisher, Remember the Titans, etc.

Even then his Man on Fire character was a badass in actions only. He was mostly a restrained, methodical, killer rather than the cocky, chest-banging, loud-mouth he played in Training Day. Haven't seen American Gangster so I can't comment on that.

 

[Zeliard]

Even then his Man on Fire character was a badass in actions only. He was mostly a restrained, methodical, killer rather than the cocky, chest-banging, loud-mouth he played in Training Day. Haven't seen American Gangster so I can't comment on that.

Yeah you're right, and it's basically the same with American Gangster, where he only has a few moments as I recall where he really goes off. Rest of the time he's pretty subdued.

 

[JB1981]

Denzel was AWESOME in Crimson Tide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKf7ONCXu3g&feature=related

- amazing scene between two great actors. amazing that Tony Scott was at one time capable of directing scenes without swirling crane shots and hyperstylized editing.

 

[UrbanRats]

I loved him in He Got Game.
I need to watch that again, because it's been a while.

 

[Zeliard]

Liked him in Fallen as well. That was a fun little movie.

 

[John Dunbar]

haven't seen this dude show any range in like 15 years.

 

[Steelrain]

Loved Glory. Crimson Tide too.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

haven't seen this dude show any range in like 15 years.

I agree.

 

[Jake.]

malcom x and man on fire are my favourites, but he is pretty amazing in everything.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

I loved him in He Got Game.
I need to watch that again, because it's been a while.

Yes. Jeeeeeeeeesssssssssusssssssss!!!!!!