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Post by Toasted Cheese on Mar 13, 2017 9:48:04 GMT
I saw it when first released and thought that taken in total it was a mess, apparently upended by Brando's ego. As I remember the ending it seemed like they ran out of money and it feels incomplete. I think this is by far the weakest of any filming of this story. Brando's foppish Christian is one of the biggest misfires in film history. The film had scenery that was nice, and Trevor Howard delivered a good performance under the circumstances. Not much else positive I can think of at the moment. I went back to see what I rated it on the IMDb years ago, 4/10. The film is very inaccurate in terms of history. "the Bounty" is far more accurate and better in all respects. Mel Gibson did a better job in playing the part. I liked his swagger at the start, but you see a gradual change in his persona and I thought Brando was great. I also like THE BOUNTY-84' and have seen it more times than the Brando version and Gibson was perfectly cast as Christian. It does appear more "real" and it has an excellent score, I just prefer the epic, old school quality of the 62' version.
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