It's pretty widely known that Marlon Brando's "Godfather" can give a guy an offer he can't refuse, but we're still going to need to see some documentation on that.
Enter Nathan Yau, a UCLA PhD candidate in statistics with a focus in data visualization, whose posts on Flowing Data include two sets of famous movie quotes done up in semi-easy-to-follow diagrams.
Some of these literal deconstructions include Leonardo DiCaprio's "I'm King of the World!" declaration from "Titanic," Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry catchphrase "Go ahead, make my day," and that other famous Brando quote from "On the Waterfront": "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am…"
Check out one of the charts below, and also scope out Yau's chart of sequels that do or don't live up to the original.
Finally, math is fun, kids!
