And another thing about On the Waterfront: that scene in the cab, one of the most famous scenes in movie history, just boils down to our protagonist blaming all his problems on his older brother. And sitting like a reactionless lump when his brother pulls a gun on him. I get that Brando was doing the whole “method” thing, and that brought a whole new shift to movie performances and all. But when he’s got Rod Steiger and Lee J Cobb and Karl Malden and all the supporting cast around him doing traditional acting (or overacting in Cobb’s case), and he’s sitting there looking in another direction trying to find his “space”, it just makes it seem like he’s not paying attention.

As for “A Beautiful Mind,” well I thought THAT sucked big time. Since we tend to disagree on movies, though, perhaps that’s a clue that you should see it….