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 |  Subject: On The Waterfront (1954)  Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:28 am | |
| Time for another Marlon Brando film - On The Waterfront. I'll watch this tonight so the review should be here by tomorrow.
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| | Subject: Re: On The Waterfront (1954) Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:55 pm | |
| This is just starting. It's a 110 minute move so review should be here in 2 hours or so.
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| | Subject: Re: On The Waterfront (1954) Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:48 am | |
| And that's the end of the that story.
I was a little distracted during the first half of this movie so it made the movie seem worse than it probably was. That may have cost the film a few points but oh well.
Anyways, this wasn't bad. It was around average I guess. Scratch that, after reviewing my mental notes that's too harsh. I probably should watch this again since I didn't pay much attention at all for the first half, but oh well.
The acting was pretty good. Marlon Brando wasn't bad - he even won an Oscar for this. I thought he was better in A Streetcar Named Desire but he was still good. Eva Marie Saint was pretty good as well although I preferred her in North By Northwest. I just checked, and she, too won an Oscar for this.
The plot of this is pretty good although I've seen better.
Overall this is good movie that might even be great. The American Film Institute ranks it 8th all-time so I probably have to rewatch this at some point. I reserve the right to change my score on this (and Chinatown ) after a second viewing.
For now, consider this quote which is the third most memorable in history according to the AFI:
| Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy wrote: |
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
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78/100
C+
UP NEXT: The Birds followed by 3 other Hitchcock films tomorrow night on TCM. I probably won't watch all 4 tomorrow though - it goes until like 4 AM.
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