THE RESULTS:
– Malcolm X: 6 votes
– American Gangster: 5 votes
– Glory: 5 votes
– Training Day: 4 votes
– Inside Man: 3 votes
– Philadelphia: 3 votes
– Flight: 2 votes
– Remember the Titans: 2 votes
– Deja Vu: 1 vote
– The Great Debaters: 1 vote
– The Hurricane: 1 vote
– John Q: 1 vote
The write-ins:
– Devil In a Blue Dress: 1 vote
– Man On Fire: 1 vote
– “twilight”: 1 vote (what?)
I may have unknowingly altered the results here. I forgot to list Training Day, which earned Denzel his only Best Actor award, until the end of last week. I have a feeling that might have snagged a few more votes if it were more prominently displayed in the results. At the same time, most recognize Malcolm X as his finest performance, so that probably still would have won anyway. Either way, it’s great to see so many films get votes.
This Week’s Poll: The Matt Damon-starring Elysium topped the box office over the weekend despite surprisingly mixed reviews. With Damon once again in the spotlight, it only seems appropriate to ask this: what are your TWO favorite Matt Damon movies? This one should provide some interesting results.
Have a great week, folks!
Wow, that’s a tough call to name my favorite Denzel. Even though the poll is over, I’m thinking a tie between Man on Fire and American Gangster.
Ahh, too bad you missed the vote. American Gangster would have tied for first then. 🙂
Yep…maybe next time! 🙂
Shame Man on Fire only got one vote, it’s such a great movie!
That was me, lol! Such a good film.
I really need to check that out.
Hi, Eric:
Very pleased to see ‘Malcolm X’ up on top.
I opted for ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ for Matt Damon’s best work.
With ‘Rounders’ a distant second.
Hi Jack, always great to hear from another Rounders fan.Still my favorite poker movie.
Tough voting this time around. Could easily vote for about 5 of them. But settled on The Bourne Ultimatum and Good Will Hunting. He’s excellent at Jason Bourne and I think the third film he really got some good stuff to play with.
I still need to finish the Bourne trilogy! A shame, too, because I really enjoyed the first one.
The winner is not surprising.
I think American Gangster is overrated and Training Day should have gotten a couple of more votes.
I also really enjoyed Man on Fire, which I was glad to see someone include (though it wasn’t me). There was great intensity to the movie and to his character that had me rooting for him from the beginning.
I agree about American Gangster. It’s a good film, but it is missing something to take it to the next level. Been a while since I watched it though.
And yeah, I don’t know how Training Day got omitted from the first few days of the poll. I’m almost positive that I included it…
I went w/ the “Talented Mr. Ripley” and “The Bourne Identity”
Nice picks!
I thought he was good even in The Book of Eli, but I really thought Training Day would win the poll 🙂
As for the current poll, well I picked his first two Bourne films as that’s my fave Damon roles. I was just talking about him in my weekend roundup too 😀
I really didn’t like The Book of Eli, but I agree that Denzel was great in it.
I might try to finish the Bourne trilogy this weekend. I’m long overdue on checking out the sequels.