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Who knew Marlon could ever speak clearly?


It had been a while since I had seen this movie, but I had completely forgotten that Marlon spoke with a beautiful accent in this movie. Finally a movie where he is beautiful and his voice is beautiful as well!

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LOL... thats a good one!

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I like his mumbling very well, in fact, I think it is terrific, but it wouldn't have sound good in a Shakespeare-movie.

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but i like his mumbling it's one of his many trademarks, but in this one it wouldn't have worked, Brando is a genius

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I don't think he often did. But not only did he speak clearly, but the emphasis and phrasing was very memorable. He made the oration very clear, not just because he pronounced the words clearly.

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He was brilliant - but in most of his well known films he's playing common people or has cotton wool in his mouth... that's why he never seemed to speak clearly. But I agree he sounded great in this! He was a great actor.

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absolutely correct. brando tortured us for years with various accented affectations right up to the Godfather. most overrated actor ever.

"Could be worse."
"Howwww?"
"Could be raining."

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You are a retard. He was a brilliant actor. Probably the best of all time. Daniel Day Lewis comes close.

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Heston was better

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"most overrated actor ever" -- Quite true. Scorsese-1's comment reveals more about himself than he presumably intended.

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Can't mumble when doing Shakespeare!

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I'd bet real money he tried his characteristic mumbling in the rehearsals, if there were any way to check.

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