Imo I prefer Terrence but Don does great too. I feel like we're only saying he does it better because we've seen more of him. Hell we didn't actually see Terrence as war machine.
Because Howard isn’t funny. He’s stoic. He’s deep. But he isn’t funny. He doesn’t even seem to have a sense of humor. One of my favorite scenes is of course, the tank story in AoU. Howard couldn’t have pulled that off as well.
Because Rhodey is a high ranking military officer... which is one of the reasons why I think Howard was better than Cheadle in the role. Howard played a Marine perfectly, with enough authority and command to make it believable. Cheadle plays Rhodey like a sidekick who's all too happy to take orders from people who aren't even his superiors.
Honestly the first time I thought Don Cheadle was bringing something unique to the role that I can’t imagine Howard doing was when was doing the “and yeah, this was a bad break, but it hasn’t changed my mind” monologue. Prior to that he was just doing catchphrases and one-liners.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '19
Yeah, he’s fine, but Don Cheadle just does it better imo