Unpopular opinion: Ethan Hawke was just as good as Denzel in Training Day

[T.H.E. Goat]

I wanted Alonzo to win.

Facts, I was rooting for him

 

[Hollywood Co]

Ethan Hawk is a very good actor but he didn’t have to go outside himself to play that role in Training Day.

 

[Stir Fry]

Unpopular opinion, but training day is one of my least favorite movies of Denzel's. I think if the ending was stronger I'd think a little more highly of it, but there's still a bunch of his films that I'd much rather watch even then.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

It's not close


Denzel absolutely pwned this scene. Deserved the oscar right then and there, especially when you understand what's actually going on in the movie

Man just the first 20 seconds of this when he gets on the phone and is laughing but you can see in his eyes that he's serious as a heart attack

 

[Remote]

Favorite scene was when them essays had him playing cards

Being around 3 gangsters and one of them asking me "You ever have your shyt pushed in?" has to be one of the most terrifying things I could imagine

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Denzel is the only reason this average ass movie is still culturally relevant 20 years later.

I was mad as hell at this comment until I actually sat and thought about it.

Training Day really is bargain bin status without Denzels acting. It’s basically a Steven Segal film.

 

[pete clemenza]

Ethan Hawke killed his role in Training Day. Denzel blacked out as Lonzo and he gets the edge of course but Hawke's performance really helped push Lonzo's character imo. Remember that entire movie took place in one day

 

[Don Homer]

now i gotta watch that move again

so many good scenes

but it's crazy that Alonzo had to do all the shyt he did before the day ended

 

[ThaRealness]

Unpopular opinion, but training day is one of my least favorite movies of Denzel's. I think if the ending was stronger I'd think a little more highly of it, but there's still a bunch of his films that I'd much rather watch even then.

Facts. Ending is trash. Alonzo's death was drawn out into 30 minutes

Just kill that motherfukker

instead he gotta be shot, beaten, struck by lighting, attacked by a cougar and finally shot by the Russians

 

[TEH]

Not as good

he held his own though

in other words he didn’t tank the movie

 

[BurstWicks]

He played his part perfect. He was the perfect sidekick. He held his part strong and didn't outshine denzel. People underestimate how hard it is to be the straightman which denzel was. Think abbot and Costello, Kenan and Kel. Kel outshined kenan so much with his antics it took shine away from kenan.

I always wondered how kenan ended up being famous when kel had all the starpower, did kel willingly leave the industry?

Being around 3 gangsters and one of them asking me "You ever have your shyt pushed in?" has to be one of the most terrifying things I could imagine

In Spanish Harlem that means getting shot, but the essays in LA use it in a different context, so I was very uncomfortable watching that scene unfold

 

[Ziggiy]

He was serviceable

 

[Child_Of_God]

Ethan Hawke played his role very well but Denzel outshined him in every scene until the very end of the movie when Jake went after him for his corrupted acts and for almost getting him killed.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

overrated ass flick

 

[Ziggiy]

I always wondered how kenan ended up being famous when kel had all the starpower, did kel willingly leave the industry?

If i’m not mistaken Kel fell into Alcoholism and it kind of set him back. Keenan kept his head on straight and kept grinding. Remember Keenan had a career BEFORE All That and K&L. He was in Heavyweights and the two Mighty Ducks movies.


Both of them auditioned for SNL but only Keenan made the cut