Ahead of it's time! - Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Discussion

[–] 14 years ago

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It is a great film, seems as if it's appreciated a lot more now than when it first came out. It has all the spectacle associated with an epic film but-imo-is a lot better written tham most. I've got the special edition DVD.

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[–] raf-33 14 years ago

Marlon Brando is someone I know very very little about, I know that he was a young star and heavily lauded -ala James Dean-, then he disappeared from the screen, reappeared for Platoon (or Apocalypse Now, I forget which) and then he became very fat. Other than that I know little of his films or life, but he was fantastic in this movie - even his accent was stunning (from the little I do know, Marlon had/has a very very distinctive New York accent.)

Glad you guys caught the movie too, daytime telly throws up the occasional hidden gem.

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[–] kbrai 14 years ago

brando is arguably the greatest actor of all time...if u have the time read his page on imdb...and see his movies

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[–] streetlegal 14 years ago

Brando is exceptional in this film. The first time I saw it I thought he was ridiculously over the top but then I realised he was playing Christian as a flamboyant, upper-class fop who had never been forced to take a stand or make any difficult decisions. The performance made much more sense to me after the second viewing and that's often the case with Brando-I had a similar opinion about his performance in The Missouri Breaks-first time I saw the film I thought it was a ludicrous performance but when I got the film on DVD and watched it again I completely changed my mind. He was the greatest screen actor of all time.

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[–] DoubleFeature86 13 years ago

Brando is the greatest actor / performer of all time he's perfect in my opinion in The Godfather, On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire and Last Tango in Paris.

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[–] shandy8 14 years ago

I'm glad to hear that a person from UK appreciated Marlon Brando's accent; many viewers have complained that it sounds phony and affected. I am not sure from which region of Great Britain his accent is supposed to come from, but it is consistent throughought the movie, and I find it very effective.

By the way, if this was the first movie you've seen featuring Marlon Brando, and you plan to watch more of them, you are in for some really great experiences. "On The Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" are two of his first and best motion pictures.

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[–] bradford-1 13 years ago

This is a stunning film. I rarely have any love for films before 1978, in my eyes movies only began with the likes of Alien and the Deer Hunter, everything before was 'hammy' and unrealistic. It was the style of acting that got me, before the age of realism heroes always had to be very cavalier and women would always hold their fist to their mouth at the first sign of danger - I'm no fan of "Classic cinema".

I'm glad the OP likes MUTINY, but I'm stunned by his ignorance of pre-1978 movies. Talking about women's roles, I assume he's seen few, if any, films starring Bette Davis, Ida Lupino, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Blondell, post-"Barbarella" Jane Fonda, Marlene Dietrich, Claire Trevor, Ginger Rogers, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, or even Joan Crawford, from "Mildred Pierce" on.
And how did 1978 begin the "age of realism" in films? Do you mean just American flicks, or do you include Japanese, Italian, French, British, Chinese and Mexican?
Have you ever seen any of the following:
TAXI DRIVER
MEAN STREETS
MEDIUM COOL
DELIVERANCE
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
OPEN CITY
BITTER RICE
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
THE SEARCHERS
THE GODFATHER, PARTS ONE & TWO
DIABOLIQUE
RIFIFI
KNIFE IN THE WATER
ROOM AT THE TOP
LITTLE BIG MAN
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
THE MISFITS
THE LONGEST DAY
THRONE OF BLOOD
THE 400 BLOWS
BLOW-UP
KISS ME DEADLY
NAKED CITY
THE GRADUATE
NIGHT AND THE CITY
THE FALLEN IDOL
THE ENTERTAINER
SPARTACUS
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
COOL HAND LUKE
FIVE EASY PIECES
CHINATOWN
Watch those movies and maybe 20 others, then tell me about acting and realism.
PS: Brando grew up in the Omaha area, far, far away from New York.

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[–] mariakelly-04164 7 years ago

I noticed that you didn't list Guys And Dolls on your list. It was a little strange seeing Marlon Brando in a musical, but I think he did a great job.

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[–] boutetr 13 years ago

Yes, easily one of my favorites. I was surprised to hear that it did not do so well when it originally opened in theaters. Just a great looking film with strong performances by everybody involved and great dialogue. On the other hand, it is ridiculously inaccurate which took away from it a notch or two when I read up on the actual history of the mutiny. I especially thought the Bounty's attempt to battle around the Horn was visually superb. When you compare it to "The Bounty"'s effort, its pretty laughable to see what they came up with 22 years after this one.

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[–] streetlegal 13 years ago

This is just a guess on my part and I might be totally wrong but this film probably did do well at the box-office but was so expensive to make that it still lost millions. I don't think it was a film that quickly disappeared from cinemas more likely that it was a popular movie but still a big loss-maker.
Cleoptara(th Taylor/Burton version) for example is notorious for being one of the biggest flops of all time but it was also (I believe) one of if not the most successful film of the year at the box office.

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