In Reply to: Re: And I, with you, posted by thekingpin on May 9, 2002 at 11:14:05:
Like Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington (especially in Training Day) brings a good bit of creativity and entertainment to the part. In Training Day, Denzel was way over the top, but I found it to be an incredible and tremendously entertaining performance and I would most definitely agree with the academy's selection.I would much rather watch Jack Nicholson or Denzel overacting and bringing some excitement to a role than watch a so called more natural and authentic actor who may be doing a role flawlessly but their lack of personality and creative goods puts me to sleep.
Going for authenticity at the expense of entertainment seems to defeat the point in my book.
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Follow Ups
- Overacting, but in a good way - highendman 11:32:40 05/09/02 (1)
- I agree... - thekingpin 12:28:46 05/09/02 (0)