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    Default Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    I thought Will Smith in Ali was a much better display of a versatile performance as an actor. IMO it was Will Smith's best film in terms of acting.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by NBAplayoffs2001
    I thought Will Smith in Ali was a much better display of a versatile performance as an actor. IMO it was Will Smith's best film in terms of acting.
    Will Smith was average at best.

    You clearly don't know very much about great or even good acting.

    For the record, Denzel won because he was passed over in previous years. Same as Pacino, Morgan Freeman, and others

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tarik One
    Will Smith was average at best.

    You clearly don't know very much about great or even good acting.

    For the record, Denzel won because he was passed over in previous years. Same as Pacino, Morgan Freeman, and others
    Bingo. It was a makeup for him being robbed in '92 when he played Malcolm X to perfection (ironically lost it to Pacino in another makeup win). Same thing as Scorsese winning for the Departed when that might not even be a top 10 film from him. All Oscar politics. DiCaprio will get his makeup sooner or later.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Does anyone actually care about awards?

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tarik One
    Will Smith was average at best.

    You clearly don't know very much about great or even good acting.

    For the record, Denzel won because he was passed over in previous years. Same as Pacino, Morgan Freeman, and others
    I guess we have our opinions. I thought Ali was a brilliantly done movie. A little too long for my tasting but I felt Will Smith was the best actor to try to show how Muhammad Ali really was (however, I do agree that no black actor has the charisma Ali had IMO, at least in this generation).

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Malcolm X was his best acting performance. I think Will Smith might win an Oscar if he just picks serious movies.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Russell Crowe should have won that one. Denzel is a fantastic actor, but I'm not even sure he should have been nominated for Training Day.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    No. It was a scene chewing role, but there little depth to it. Kurt Russell played a similar role in Dark Blue, but the character was much more complex and he didn't even get nominated?

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Devil in a Blue Dress.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    He just played the same character he plays in every movie.

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by eliteballer
    He just played the same character he plays in every movie.
    Except the Preachers Wife, Glory, Mo Better blues, Philadelphia, American Gangster, He got Game, Malcolm X, Book of Eli, and Remember the titans...and others.

    Denzel plays a similar character in Training day and Man on fire. And probably this recent one which look like....man on fire. A couple of the ones where he was a smarter than average veteran detective....I think De Ja Cu and Inside man...similar role.

    But hes far from always the same. Really...how similar were Malcolm X and the Preachers wife?

    Hes often a stern character with a bit of humor...but that doesnt make all the characters the same. A dual machete wielding bible fanatic isnt exactly the same as a gay hating lawyer just because both are filmed sitting in quiet reflection at times...

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    Default Re: Do you guys think Denzel Washington really deserved his 2001 Oscar?

    Shit Denzel does with a commercial plane is the envy of all jet fighter pilots.

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