"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody..."

A few of us die-hard movie fans met up at the park to watch On the Waterfront.

Oh, oh my. I'd somehow never seen it before. If you haven't seen it, go get it now. If you've never seen Brando when he was young, then run, don't walk! This movie shot right to the top of my list of favorites.

It won a bazillion (8) Oscars and deserved every one of them. Apparently Frank Sinatra was offered the part originally -- and accepted it -- but obviously it ended up going to Brando instead. I love Frank and think he was an entertaining actor, but he would have been So Wrong for this part.

Sigh.

Comments

[E. McPan]

I watched it last year for the first time and I really liked it. I got on a Brando kick and also got Streetcar Named Desire even though I knew I didn't like Tennessee Williams. It's so weird to see him then and think about how he was at the end, all puffy and reclusive and crazy.