From: radioacti...@gmail.com   
      
   Oh, and regarding the late Brando in "The Freshman".   
      
   Another minority-of-one viewpoint of mine is that Brando's ever-mumbling and   
   sclerotic work in "The Godfather" was SPECTACULARLY overrated.  (Indeed, I was   
   so put off by that disappointing-to-me "blockbuster"--the unrelenting brownish   
   tone of the film    
   stock they used was in and of itself enough to make the film visually   
   repellant--that to this date I've never bothered to screen either "Part II" or   
   "Part III" (uber-dumb nomenclature for sequels ANYWAY; even "The Godfather's   
   Legacy" or "The Godfather    
   Extended" would have been not-quite-so-stupid titles).   
      
   But when Brando MADE FUN of his wildly-over-celebrated "Godfather" work in   
   "The Freshman"...well, with THAT often-amusing film he wonderfully affirmed   
   that the quintessential Method actor could also deftly tackle light comedy.   
      
   And re II and/or III:  On the solid principle one should never try to improve   
   on (supposed) excellence (which, again, the initial "Godfather" was far from),   
   I've long been intellectually opposed to all sequels ANYWAY; I mean, to cite a   
   particularly    
   outrageous recent example, remaking "Ocean's 11" [paraphrasing 1988-debate   
   Bentsen re Quayle]:  Clooney, you're no Sinatra.   
      
   BRYAN STYBLE/Florida   
      
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