Movies A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Apocalypse Now or The Godfather - Which is the best Marlon Brando acting performance? (The Finals)

[Takes Two To Tango]

Continuation to this old thread. Never got to finish it. lol

Movies - What's the 3 best acting performances by Marlon Brando?

I believe these are his 3 best performances. A Streetcar Named Desire Julius Caesar The Godfather

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[The Good The Bad The HBK]

From my understanding he improv the slap in Godfather before saying 'you can act like a man'

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

From my understanding he improv the slap in Godfather before saying 'you can act like a man'

Oh really, didn't know that.

I'm pretty sure he improv with the cat. I think the cat just walked into the scene and Brando just took the cat and started petting it. Wasn't in the script.

 

[Highway99]

Brando's performance as he grieves of his wife's body in Last Tango in Paris is phenomenal.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Brando's performance as he grieves of his wife's body in Last Tango in Paris is phenomenal.

Yeah that one he was absolutely emotionally naked. He never went all out like that again after. He felt he was humiliated and ashamed about it.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The votes are nicely spread out.

 

[mozfonky]

From my understanding he improv the slap in Godfather before saying 'you can act like a man'

I heard that too but that was disputed by it also being in the book. I don't know,never read the book. I did hear that Brando wanted to get the non-acting singer to be more persuasive so he smacked him, which the actor actually laughs, so I don't know what's true.

 

[mozfonky]

I guess as far as the most well known performance, the godfather, don't know if it's the best. They say brando didn't care about acting by that time, in fact, one actress, forget who, said that James Dean's early death was a tragedy in that two great actors were lost because Brando had no one in his league to push him to grow.

 

[mozfonky]

Yeah that one he was absolutely emotionally naked. He never went all out like that again after. He felt he was humiliated and ashamed about it.

did he show his wee wee in that one? he mentions something about being naked and his wee wee shrank up from the cold.

 

[mozfonky]

Oh really, didn't know that.

I'm pretty sure he improv with the cat. I think the cat just walked into the scene and Brando just took the cat and started petting it. Wasn't in the script.

ya, that's what I heard too, and Brando, for all his foibles, loved animals.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

did he show his wee wee in that one? he mentions something about being naked and his wee wee shrank up from the cold.

lol good one.

 

[Dogpound2020]

I guess as far as the most well known performance, the godfather, don't know if it's the best. They say brando didn't care about acting by that time, in fact, one actress, forget who, said that James Dean's early death was a tragedy in that two great actors were lost because Brando had no one in his league to push him to grow.

Brando was a star before Dean was even auditioning. I did enjoy Giant, though.

 

[tank666]

Don Corleone.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Godfather is the best movie so it's not surprising it's in the lead. In terms of his individual acting performance though, I'd go with Waterfront or Streetcar.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Godfather is the best movie so it's not surprising it's in the lead. In terms of his individual acting performance though, I'd go with Waterfront or Streetcar.

I think Streetcar is his best and imagine he just came into the acting/movie scene and just hit out of the park grand slam. Yes he did The Men previously, but Streetcar was legendary, put him on the map. And changed acting in film forever.

 

[Sweater of AV]

I think Streetcar is his best and imagine he just came into the acting/movie scene and just hit out of the park grand slam. Yes he did The Men previously, but Streetcar was legendary, put him on the map. And changed acting in film forever.

No argument from me.

 

[mozfonky]

Brando was a star before Dean was even auditioning. I did enjoy Giant, though.

I know, but Dean was right on his tail. Dean worshipped Brando for what it's worth.

 

[StonedLemur]

Continuation to this old thread. Never got to finish it. lol

Movies - What's the 3 best acting performances by Marlon Brando?

I believe these are his 3 best performances. A Streetcar Named Desire Julius Caesar The Godfather

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He was so fat in Apocalypse that they couldn't really show him from the chest down.
I feel like thats tantamount to missing weight for a big fight lol.

Godfather is the only answer here sir.

 

[mozfonky]

He was so fat in Apocalypse that they couldn't really show him from the chest down.
I feel like thats tantamount to missing weight for a big fight lol.

Godfather is the only answer here sir.

after agreeing not to be fat. Coppola says he dealt with it by filming him "in slivers". He was just doing it for the money by then, still delivered a good performance though. Haven't seen his really late movies, saw one the other day I hadn't even heard of.

 

[StonedLemur]

after agreeing not to be fat. Coppola says he dealt with it by filming him "in slivers". He was just doing it for the money by then, still delivered a good performance though. Haven't seen his really late movies, saw one the other day I hadn't even heard of.

He was pretty good in the movie "The Score" sir.