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Poll Question: Who is your favorite?
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10 [18.52%]
25 [46.30%]
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2 [3.70%]
3 [5.56%]
3 [5.56%]
1 [1.85%]
1 [1.85%]
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Will Smith has made a few things that did not work for me. But in I Am Legend he basically had to carry the whole movie like Tom Hanks in Castaway.
Black Snake Moan was an interesting role for Jackson. He even took lessons so that the scenes with him playing the guitar looked more realistic.
I know that most people refer to Pulp Fiction but I think Jackson's performance in Jackie Brown was overshadowed by Pulp.
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Morgan Freeman is hard to top, even when he plays the bad guy (The Contract, Wanted).

Djimon Hounsou hasn't received any votes yet. I really liked his performances in Blood Diamond and Gladiator.

Jamie Foxx is voteless as well. He was great in Ray and Redemption and not bad in Stealth.
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I've got to vote for Samuel L. Jackson.  He seems like a nice guy too.  He plays an interesting character in Black Snake Moan.
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Will Smith is pretty good, I guess, but he's been on a horrible streak as far as his movies go. Lots of really awful ones lately.
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I chose Morgan Freeman.
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I thought Will Smith would get a few more votes. He has made a lot of big movies since he left TV.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

Don Cheadle! He's so impressive, yet often overlooked. A wonderful chameleon actor who can actually portray different types of characters in his movies (unlike, say, Morgan Freeman).
Another often overlooked and extremely prolific actor is Tony Todd - he never seems to be out of work. I thought he was great in Candyman.
 
 
He was also Sgt. Warren in my favorite war movie ever,Platoon.Unfortunately.the character of Sgt. Warren played a larger part in the book than he did in the movie.


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Originally posted by GaryB GaryB wrote:

You're right, Laurence Fishburne should have been included. I think he was about sixteen when he was in Apocalypse Now.
Don Cheadle was great in Crash and played an xlnt Sammy Davis jr in The Rat Pack.
 
Unbelievably,Fishburne was only 14 when shooting started,and he lied about his age to get cast in the role.


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Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

Don Cheadle! He's so impressive, yet often overlooked. A wonderful chameleon actor who can actually portray different types of characters in his movies (unlike, say, Morgan Freeman).
Another often overlooked and extremely prolific actor is Tony Todd - he never seems to be out of work. I thought he was great in Candyman.
 
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You're right, Laurence Fishburne should have been included. I think he was about sixteen when he was in Apocalypse Now.
Don Cheadle was great in Crash and played an xlnt Sammy Davis jr in The Rat Pack.
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Don Cheadle! He's so impressive, yet often overlooked. A wonderful chameleon actor who can actually portray different types of characters in his movies (unlike, say, Morgan Freeman).
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Morgan Freeman followed VERY closely by Samuel L. Jackson.
 
Don Cheadle is also a superb actor and I look forward to seeing more work by him.He was excellent in Hotel Rwanda.
 
Laurence Fishburne should have been included in this poll.


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Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

I'm actually surprised nobody has mentioned Jackson's performance in Pulp Fiction. The bible verse section is actually stunning, almost like Shakespeare.

Agreed. And it's not even from the Bible, is it?
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I'm actually surprised nobody has mentioned Jackson's performance in Pulp Fiction. The bible verse section is actually stunning, almost like Shakespeare.
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Denzel Washington, followed closely by Morgan Freeman.
 
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I like a lot of the names mentioned but my favorite, (not to mention one of my favorite actors) is
Morgan Freeman.
Great actor and he should narrate every movie.
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IMO there have been three great "Drill Instructor" speeches in military movies. The first was Jack Webb in "The D.I." The second was R.Lee Ermey in "Full Metal Jacket"". The third was Samuel L. Jackson In "Basic".   "...an unfortunate training accident that I will not hesitate to repeat..."
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