Training Day - Densel Washington

[Zak33]

I'm not sure why this wasn't very good but it just wasn't

it had potential and it had effort... so where did it miss the mark?

nearly every mark missed the spot somehow

I'd genuinely not bother if I were you.

[Dashers]

Thanks for the advice, albeit 15 years too late.

I can't remember anything about the film.

[jimborae]

I'm not sure why this wasn't very good but it just wasn't

it had potential and it had effort... so where did it miss the mark?

nearly every mark missed the spot somehow

I'd genuinely not bother if I were you.

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Its a great film (at least it was 15yrs ago), Zacky doesn't know what he's talking about or was in a bad mood when he watched it. .......... In other other news, other opinions may be available.

[Zak33]

I tried to watch it twice!

I promise I tried soo hard.. but it's a tasteless bland low fat yogurt film

(age of it being 15 years old has zero bearing on watching a film I hasten to add... Leon is an old film and many people still haven't seen that)

[Zak33]

Thanks for the advice, albeit 15 years too late.

I can't remember anything about the film.

ex-ZAKKLY

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So the $64000 question is - did he actually complete his training sucessfully?? Or did he need to come back the next day??

[Peter Parker]

Watched it about 10 years ago, and I noticed it was on TV again recently. I can appreciate the acting and he did get an Oscar for it, but I also didn't really like it that much.

It might be a culture issue, as I also didn't enjoy Bad Lieutenant (Harvey Kietel) which is fairly highly rated too.

There are some American things I just don't get. I know we have gangs, corruption, drugs and so on in this country but we just don't seem to revel in it in the same way. What's the British equivalent? Lock Stock, Attack the Block? They have wit and humour in them where the US films are just pure drama and desperation, probably redeemed by killing the antagonist at the end.

I've yet to see Straight Outta Compton though and have been repeatedly told I'll like it. I'm trying to downplay my expectations in advance.

[Dashers]

UK culture isn't anywhere near as violent. Soap operas are probably where you're going to get the closest to every-day run-down struggles, but hardly good entertainment!

UK films would probably be things more like Billy Elliot

[Ttaskmaster]

UK culture is all about taking the Michael, downplaying, belittling and self-deprecating. We don't take it so seriously.
Bill Hicks said he really enjoyed it here, as what he did in America was almost a way of life in our culture.

[Zak33]

UK culture isn't anywhere near as violent.

it is in the same environment as the gang culture in the US.

luckily we don't glamorise it.

[blockedSounds]

It does have a few good lines (the King Kong rant is pretty enjoyable), but yeah, I didn't really rate the film highly either. It's well filmed and the actors are all good, but it's just a bit boring overall. I think the same of Scarface too which people rave about, never saw the attraction.

[WhitherMoon]

I'm always surprised when people don't like Training Day, The greatness of the movie is in being able to get a glimpse into a world that you can't casually check in on in real life.

Also, The character of Alonzo is excellent, because as the audience we don't meet him after his 1rst or even 50th bad day as a cop, but when he's so disillusioned and by extension sociopathic, and so far down the sewer of that area of society he's willing to do ANYTHING to get stuff done.

And the fact that the naive new cops one good act [saving the rape victim] is the thing which ultimately saves him, even in that "lower" section of society is quite powerful to.

Annnd Layer Cake

[Zak33]

The greatness of the movie is in being able to get a glimpse into a world that you can't casually check in on in real life.

that's what ALL films do though.

Lord of the Rings for example... it's our way of seeing something we cant really see

or American History X

or Scum

the thing is though..those three are all superb films

where Training Day is pants

[WhitherMoon]

Training Day is pants

I disagree, for Me It's better than Scum ["35 75 Carling Sir!"] and American History X, although they're both good movies.

Ha ha . . . "Sh*t Witness!"

[Zak33]

Densel Washington in FLIGHT..now THAT'S A GOOD FILM

but we shall disagree for eternity on Training Day

which is good because to agree on everything is dull !

[pollaxe]

It seems to be a Marmite kind of a film, even here at Pollaxe Towers. I quite like Training Day but the wife hates it with a passion.