snorrem
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Post by snorrem on Feb 7, 2009 7:34:04 GMT -6
Is there anybody else here who like Marlon Brando? Most young people of today remember him only from "Godfather" and "Apocalypse," but with so many movie fans here I'd think you know better. I'll come back to my personal opinions on him, but first I'm curious if you have any particular impressions or favorite performances of his.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Feb 7, 2009 7:40:47 GMT -6
I liked him in Superman and The Godfather. Aside from that, I really never liked Marlon Brando. Sorry, but just giving you my honest feeling.
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Post by diane on Feb 7, 2009 17:02:29 GMT -6
I really love the young Brando - even though he didn't like "The Wild One" - I sure did. I thought he was very sensitive in it. The romance between him and Mary Murphy ?? I thought was very well handled.
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Post by harlowbaby on Feb 8, 2009 15:31:25 GMT -6
I have never really been a big fan of Marlon Brando but I do like him in his younger days, like Diane stated. But I think I enjoyed the movies he was in more than him as an actor---not to say that he wasn't a great actor or anything like that. There was just always something about him that I never really cared for...sorry snorrem!
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Post by snorrem on Feb 9, 2009 8:42:58 GMT -6
Why, I appreciate honesty. I personally rank Brando as probably the greatest actor ever produced in the movies alongside Charlie Chaplin. Indifferent whether his characters are sympathetic or not, he attributes them such humanity and naturalism that we always care about them on this level or another. In "Waterfront," it's obvious throughout that his actions not always mirror the convinctions of his mind. This is, in part, why I find Marlon so fascinating. I'm also impressed how he fought for the rights of the American Indian despite so much opposition from many Hollywood-circles.
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Post by hummingbird on Feb 13, 2009 15:07:58 GMT -6
I like Marlon Brando. I have some of his movies.I think he is a great actor.I hated to hear about his son and his trouble.
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