Better then training day - Street Kings (2008) Discussion

[–] nyawaiting 9 years ago

Comparable? Yeah ... Better than? Nah ... Denzel's performance in Training Day blows everyone's performance in Street Kings out the water. Still a decent movie though...

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[–] connor23695 9 years ago

What he said^

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[–] ibbi 9 years ago

I think it's much better than Training Day. That's a decent film, with a couple of performances stronger than anything in this film that carry it along, but ultimately I got pretty sick of it after a time or two. I've seen Street Kings I think three times now, and it never loses any of its impact.

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[–] m-slovak79 9 years ago

I've seen Street Kings I think three times now, and it never loses any of its impact.

i have seen it more than that (i would estimate i have seen it 4-5 times) and it holds steady for me to.

it's within my Top 84 movies simply because there are only 84 movies i gave a SOLID 8/10 or higher to and Street Kings is one of them.

p.s. since i been keeping a log of all movies i have seen, which is Dec 27th 2011 to date, i have seen Street Kings twice which was on March 15th 2013 and just now on March 13th 2016. so given this info i can get a pretty close estimate on how many times i have seen Street Kings as that 4-5 estimate has to be very close if not exact as i would figure i have seen it back in 2008 once and then probably at least one more time between then and when i started keeping a log which means the 4+ figure is very likely the minimum amount of times i have seen Street Kings. but i would say 4-5 times is likely correct.

That's [Training Day] a decent film, with a couple of performances stronger than anything in this film that carry it along, but ultimately I got pretty sick of it after a time or two.

while i agreed with you that Street Kings holds steady on re-watches, i would disagree with this quote above as Training Day holds strong on re-watches to as it's easily Denzel's #1 movie/performance.

it's hard to say how many times i have seen Training Day but it's pretty safe to say i have seen it more than 5 times on the conservative side of things as if i had to guess i would say i have seen it close to 10 times or so.

p.s. but since Dec 27th 2011 to date i have seen it twice which was on... Nov 6th 2012 and July 26th 2015.

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[–] HuGoL1101 9 years ago

I consider Street Kings very well edited and have a perfect pace. All the mechanics of a script are there. This film is a writing lesson, nothing less !!

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[–] m-slovak79 9 years ago

-Training Day (2001) - 10/10 (which makes it within my Top 17 movies)
-Street Kings (2008) - 8/10 (which makes it within my Top 84 movies)

i just finished re-watching Street Kings just now and it held steady. i have a feeling people dis this because for whatever reason people seem to over-dis Keanu Reeves as he's not as bad as people say as i think he's good in certain movies/roles and this is one of those movies/roles he's good in.

with that said... i think it's underrated but i think it's largely because many on IMDb seem to dislike Keanu Reeves as i think if you had the same movie with another actor it's average rating would likely be into the 7.x/10 range instead of it's current 6.8/10 average.

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[–] MarkAntney 9 years ago

The only reason I say it's a Hair Better than Training Day is because how underrated it was. They're really even but I give SKs the nod only because it's underrated.

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[–] jnericsonx 9 years ago

Some of the same people who made SK also made Training Day. Hell, I think the script was helped worked on by the guy who wrote LA Confidential.

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[–] christiannyblom 8 years ago

David Ayer was the script writer for Training Day and both writer and director for Street Kings.

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[–] daviddo-00190 9 years ago

I definitely like this movie more. The action scenes are better ans I like Keanu Reeves more thab Denzel. It just seemed more realistic overall.

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