I Coulda Been A Contender

Well, apparently Marlon Brando has died. I haven't yet had a chance to see some of his greater movies (A Streetcar Named Desire, On The Waterfront) and while a number of his movies that I did see could probably be described as bad, he is still an actor which I had a tremendous amount of respect for, basically on the strength of one performance, though there were definitely others that I also found impressive. At any rate, I'm sure a great deal will be written about this. One of the things I thought Brando was really good at was making his characters memorable. The number of them that have been parodied, from Kurtz to Corleone, even Dr. Moreau, are a testament to this. While a large part of it is also due to the writing, the sheer number of memorable characters would seem to indicate that the actor also played a role in it. Unlike a number of other actors, if you saw a movie that featured Marlon Brando, you usually wouldn't forget that he was in it.