<b>Actor:</b> Marlon Brando

May I speak plainly?... If you'll forgive me, he's common... He's like an animal. He has an animal's habits. There's even something subhuman about him. Thousands of years have passed him right by, and there he is. Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone Age, bearing the raw meat home from the kill in the jungle. And you - you here waiting for him. Maybe he'll strike you or maybe grunt and kiss you, that's if kisses have been discovered yet. His poker night you call it. This party of apes.


Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden, Ruby Bond.

Genre: Drama

Running time: 122 minutes




My review:

This is without a doubt my favourite Marlon Brando film and is my favourite performance from him and even one of my favourite performances by an actor in a leading role of all time. Marlon Brando was one of my favourite actors when I saw my first film from him The Godfather. I loved his performances in On The Waterfront and Apocalypse Now aswell. I have watched 4 of his films so far and not one has disappointed me yet. Marlon Brando portrays Stanley Kowalski so well because he acts like charming and nice looking guy as Marlon actually was at that age but he also acted like a slightly disturbed character with a lot of different problems. Marlon is good as portraying both heroes and villains. He was a good hero in On The Waterfront but he was a good villain in this aswell. I am unsure who is the real villain in this film between Stanley and Blanche because they are both very puzzling and mysterious characters to calculate. I think Stanley is more of the villain than Blanche is because Stanley has a short temper and gets aggressive really easily but Blanche is a confused and deranged aging woman. The quote Stanley speaks in this film Hey, Steeeeeeella! is a classic and a memorable quote aswell. Vivien Leigh delivers the best performance from the whole cast and in my opinion the greatest leading actress performance of all time. Vivien Leigh portrays a mysterious character who is starting to get old and she still likes fashion design. She goes to visit her sister and meets her husband and she moves in for months and this causes a real rivalry and confrontation between Blanche and Stanley and Blanches younger sister Stella is torn between the two of them. Kim Hunters performance was another outstanding one aswell because she easily showed her emotion towards this character and shows that she cant choose between her husband and her sister. Karl Malden does well aswell as Mitch. Mitch is a man who falls in love with Blanche and he doesnt know how old she is until near the end of the film. I think this film is the best film that I have seen where the entire cast have delivered the best performances. Vivien, Karl and Kim all earned Best Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Oscars but Marlon was nominated but didnt win. I think that would have made history of two actors and two actresses winning all four Oscars for the same film which this film won 3 of the 4. I dont think a film has ever done that before. Marlon should have won though. His performance in this film is my number 5 Best Leading Actor performance of all time. This is definitely a masterpiece. This film begins with a collaboration between Elia Kazan and Marlon Brando. One of greatest films I have ever seen!!!

I understand. You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a good living, the police protected you and there were courts of law and you didn't need a friend like me. But, now you come to me and you say "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. Instead, you come into my home on the day my daughter's to be married and you ask me to do murder for money.


Directed by:Francis Ford Coppola
Starring:Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano

Genre:Drama/Thriller

Running time: 175 minutes




My review:

This film has everything!! I watched this film twice but I loved it but didnt understand it. But when I watched it the third time I had a complete open mind and understood every single thing that was going on in this film. It is quite bizarre I know but I just loved the character within the film particularly Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. I am a huge fan of Marlon Brandos films. I would probably say that this and On The Waterfront are performances that should never be forgotten by fans and critics worldwide. Marlon Brando will always be one of the greatest actors of all time. I just love the Godfather trilogy now not just because of the acting and direction but mostly because they are just called classic masterpieces everywhere. When Marlon won his Oscar for Vito Corleone, I can sort of understand why he refused it because he claimed that Hollywood were discriminating against native Americans. But why refuse an Oscar for a performance for the ages and one of the most famous film characters of all time? Marlon was the perfect choice for Vito Corleone because he plays that like hard man boss like he has done in his previous roles but he acts all emotional and a caring man that wants what is best for his family. When he makes Michael the new Don before he dies, he doesn?t realises what Michael could be capable of. But after Vitos death, Michael turns into this cold hearted monster that doesnt think about the benefit for his family but mostly for himself. At that moment, the audience soon realises that Vito has made a mistake. Vitos oldest son Sonny would have been the new Don but Sonny was murdered and Vito claimed he wasnt strong enough to handle it. At that moment, it created a huge twist not just for the first film of the trilogy but the rest of the trilogy aswell. This tragedy affects every single person in the Corleone family. Vito is definitely one of the all-time great characters because two of the greatest actors of all time have portrayed the character and won Oscars for both Part I and Part II. Marlon Brando for elder Vito in Godfather Part I and Robert De Niro for younger Vito in Godfather Part II. I loved Al Pacinos performance as Michael Corleone in this film aswell. He deserved his Oscar Best Supporting Actor nomination. James Caan and Robert Duvall were nominees aswell but none of the three actors that were nominated for the same film actually won which was a huge advantage and yet quite disappointing. I really liked Oscar winner Diane Keaton as Kaye Adams in this film but she didnt appear much and neither did Vitos daughter and Michaels sister Connie Corleone. I think this is the one film that the entire casts performances were just top class and really professional. I think that this film wouldnt have been a success if Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan or Robert Duvall werent in it or Francis Ford Coppola wasnt directing it either. Not only is the performances good but the music score is absolutely superb and so are the sound effects too. This film also has very suave style of a drama/gangster/thriller film. I wish that this film was still number 1 on IMDBs top 250 because it deserves to be. This is widely claimed to be the greatest film of all time but it isnt that far off in my opinion. I love the picture/poster of Vito Corleone with his hand on his lap sitting in the chair with his suit on. I find that such a classic image. I love the image that appears just before my review of this film now. I think this film is my favourite film from the 1970s and is my favourite from the trilogy. This is an ultimate tie between The Godfather and A Streetcar Named Desire for my favourite Marlon Brando. I think the thing I just love about The Godfather is that if you dont like it or understand it is that you cant deny that it is a classic masterpiece. It is one of those films that you dont have to understand to like. I think that most viewers feel that way but just love the characters just like I do. This is a classic for the ages and will always be remembered for generations to come.

I've seen horrors... horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that... but you have no right to judge me. It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face... and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not then they are enemies to be feared. They are truly enemies. I remember when I was with Special Forces. Seems a thousand centuries ago. We went into a camp to inoculate the children. We left the camp after we had inoculated the children for Polio, and this old man came running after us and he was crying. He couldn't see. We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters. These were men... trained cadres. These men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love... but they had the strength... the strength... to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment. Because it's judgment that defeats us.


Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Fredric Forrest, Sam Bottoms

Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/War

Running time: 153 minutes (theatrical), 202 minutes (redux)





My review:

An awesome Vietnamese war film. This is a film that looks like a horror film as well as a war film when it isnt really a horror film at all. It is definately the darkest of all war films. This is a film that I have been told is a total classic and masterpiece from the great Francis Ford Coppola along with the Godfather trilogy. This is a very dark war film with lots of different sorts of characters. An American colonel who goes AWOL and murders villagers of where he lives. He is treated like a god there. Marlon Brando portrays the character really well. He looks a scary guy but he looks quite a soft one aswell. Robert Duvall gave a brilliant Oscar nominated performance as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore. Martin Sheen was alright in this film. I dont think he is a very good actor at all. Could have had a better actor to portray Colonel Benjamin L. Willard. Harrison Ford would have been good even though he already plays a minor role in this film anyway. That is one of the things that made me feel disappointed about this film. Other reasons are that the film could have been cut down by a couple of scenes. I really enjoyed the first hour and a half of the film. But when I knew that Colonel Kurtz was going to appear I was excited and nervous about how he behaves after he was going insane. But when he came in I got a bit bored. I expected him to be in it alot more. It is quite strange that Marlon Brando is the leading actor in this film even though he is only in the last 20 minutes of the film. And the film lasts about 2 hours 20 minutes (theatrical version) and 3 hours 22 minutes (redux edition). This is definately one of my favourite action and war films of all time. The action inside the center near the city is not just impactful and dark it is quite beautiful aswell. When Willard arrives to meet Kurtz the film because alot darker and changes an awesome lot of things in this film forever. This was very well directed by Francis Ford Coppola. His probably will be in most people opinions one of the most famous classic war films in film history.

It wasn't him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, "Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night"! My night! I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville! You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.


Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Maden, Lee J. Cobb, Rob Steiger, Pat Henning

Genre: Crime/Drama/Romance

Running time: 108 minutes




My review:

On The Waterfront is a masterpiece from Elia Kazan (the director who brought you A Streetcar Named Desire). Marlon Brando gives one of the screens most electrifying performances and was named Best Leading Actor at the 1954 Academy Awards for this film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) could have been a contender, but not toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-striken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death, but it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead mans sister, to show Terry how long he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendlys underworld empire. I really liked Terry Malloys character in this film because he is a really heroic character that will stop at nothing to get his redemption. This film is about love and commitment to do what you need to do. Terry works around the docks of New York and New Jersey. Terry is a poor ex-boxer. When Terry starts his job he gets himself into a serious problem with evil boss Johnny Friendly. Terry is heroic in another way. He is heroic because he falls in love with Edie Doyle and he tries to support her and be there for her after her brother was murdered but there is a terrifying truth that Edie learns about her brothers death that twists the whole film and makes a major impact on each of the characters. I got mixed up with the relationship between Terry and Edie because I was unsure whether they were both fully in love with each other and that it was because that she was very confused about who killed her brother. At first, I had the suspicion she was using Terry and that Terry was using her aswell but they both just fell in love with each other. Marlon Brando delivers probably his most famous performance as Terry (other close ones ? A Streetcar Named Desire, Last Tango In Paris and The Godfather). Terry acts like a hard man but a really soft emotional man with a big heart. Marlon Brando sort of surprised me a bit because Marlon is good as hard hitmen and villains like he is a villain in Apocalypse Now and A Streetcar Named Desire but a gangster in The Godfather. Marlon pulled it off and delivers probably one of the greatest male performances of all time. I was really impressed with Eva Marie Saints performance aswell as Edie Doyle because Eva seriously looked like an obsessed and quite deranged young woman who wants to find her brothers killer. I really liked Lee J. Cobb in this film too. He was really cold and a vile person which made his casting almost perfect for the character. On The Waterfront is an unforgettable drama about Terrys redemption that his without a doubt one of the most acclaimed films of all time.