Just wanted to be the first one here to mention the recent death of Marlon Brando. He was the greatest actor of all-time (I am open to anyone willing to argue this with me, for I have many times in the past) and single-handedly revolutionized acting into what it is today, though no one has ever or probably will ever be able to match him. He was the only actor who ever saw acting as a true art-form, unprecedented by any other, and he only grew to hate it after realizing how shallow an acting career really is. I find it dazzling that I can actually feel his depression and self-agony in almost every performance I've seen him in, sort of like how you can sense Edgar Allan Poe's own despair in all his writings. I don't know if anyone here can relate to me in my love for him, but I think we've lost a trully great and significant man.
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Originally posted by seraphimvultureI agree he was a great actor, but the best I think is proably just one's personal taste, there are a lot of good ones.
Just wanted to be the first one here to mention the recent death of Marlon Brando. He was the greatest actor of all-time (I am open to anyone willing to argue this with me, for I have many times in the past) and single-handedly revolutionized acting into what it is today, though no one has ever or probably will ever be able to match him. He was the o ...[text shortened]... e to me in my love for him, but I think we've lost a trully great and significant man.
-Kev
Originally posted by seraphimvultureYou mean Brando is a better actor than Keanu Reeves?...🙄....seriously, I agree with your assessment...Brando was a "method" actor who actually "became" his characters to the point that many feel that it caused his eccentricity...I'll miss his great acting, but ain't it great knowing that "Godfather" is just down the road at the local Block Buster or on TBS....never get tired of those sequels...
Just wanted to be the first one here to mention the recent death of Marlon Brando. He was the greatest actor of all-time (I am open to anyone willing to argue this with me, for I have many times in the past) and single-handedly revolutionized acting into what it is today, though no one has ever or probably will ever be able to match him. He was the o ...[text shortened]... e to me in my love for him, but I think we've lost a trully great and significant man.
-Kev
Originally posted by seraphimvultureWhat a bloody shame!
Just wanted to be the first one here to mention the recent death of Marlon Brando. He was the greatest actor of all-time (I am open to anyone willing to argue this with me, for I have many times in the past) and single-handedly revolutionized acting into what it is today, though no one has ever or probably will ever be able to match him. He was the o ...[text shortened]... e to me in my love for him, but I think we've lost a trully great and significant man.
-Kev
Some of the greatest films ever made had him in it, from "On the waterfront" to "the Godfather."
I have a particularly soft spot the film he did with Johnny Depp about Don Juan de Marcos.
He had his heart in the right place too! I'll just sum it up by offering the Neil Young song:
"Pocahontas"
Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man
to the fields of green
And the homeland
we've never seen.
They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks
and the wagons come
And the night falls
on the setting sun.
They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box
at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug
and a pipe to share.
I wish a was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin'
on the fields of green
In the homeland
we've never seen.
And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome
and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.