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@@eddiejc1 Once upon a time in the west was a great movie. Many movie fans and critics would agree with you that it's a superior work. I certainly wouldn't denigrate it. I almost agree with you, but the Good the Bad and the Ugly is the one I come back to watch. Maybe it's the humour. Maybe it's the soundtrack. Maybe it's the epic spectacle of it. Maybe it's all of that and more. It can get like arguing about what was the best Bond film theme. Each to their own and respect that those who have a different favourite are simply stating a personal favourite. We disagree, but you certainly chose a masterpiece as an alternative.
As a 15 year old in 2022... cant say you're wrong ! ( i mean, i wouldn't say its the greatest, but one of the greatest movies... i never thought 3 hours could pass this quickly !)
Clint didn't fit the standards of the conventional 60s Western protagonist. Instead of being clean cut and shaved like John Wayne, he was rugged and bearded, which was unusual for protagonists in the 60s.
A really emotional moment that I feel gets overlooked too often is when Tuco and Blondie are on their way from the hospital/church and even though Tuco and his brother just had another big falling out, he can’t shut up about how great his brother is and how he never wants him to leave.
...And how he trails off telling his story because he realizes he's not convincing anyone, especially not himself. It's a great story/plot, but Eli Wallach really hit it out of the park playing that character. He really injected a huge amount of humanity into a character that might otherwise have merely been a contemptible, venal semi-sidekick comic-relief cypher.
Very perceptive comment. I believe this was a key moment in the movie. Tuco, behind all the bluster, was an emotional man with real vulnerabilities…and Blondie tried not to show it, but visibly softened in this moment, revealing his humanity as well. It is my feeling that this exchange is ultimately why Angel didn’t kill Tuco and take all the money at the end of the movie. A perfect ending for a perfect movie.
@@ajalvarez3111 wait I thought tuco and angel are actually trying to kill each other not clint?.... Their glances very much summarized that they both knew they'll not walk out alive if one of them kills blondie?.... Tuco and angel made a gambit that sparing clint is more safer than one of them trying to kill him you can see tuco made a last-ditch and shifted his point at angel that he can be on lint's side?....so do angel positioning his aim at tuco. He knows blondie for awhile that crossing the man is a death sentence hence why throughout the films run time he goes all the way on satcking up his good graces on clint and inviting him to his group to sweeten the deal of splitting it fairly. Angel knew clint is a bounty hunter and tuco is least likely the choice he may side instead of him he spent from time to time throughout the trilogy?. Both tuco and angel knew clint is a wild card that shouldn't be tossed and disposed off if they want the money. You can see both tuco and angel baffled why he shot angel instead of just watching the duel unfolded as a bystander
Talking of his earlier films, if you ever get a chance to see "Django shoots first" it is very interesting. A dreadful movie but It is a fascinating prototype of Sergio Leone's later films and allows you to see his development. It is interesting too to see the prototype "man with no name". A lot of the things that I imagined were down to Clint really weren't. However prototype Blondie lacked Clint's charisma.
I think the slow and quiet, long scenes allow you to enter the movie and feel like you are there. Over Edited fast paced movies can be entertaining but you never feel like you are actually there.
This quote was used at the start of some old drum and bass tune, I'd heard it before I saw this film. Proper confused me when I saw it because I knew all the words, it included the others guys whole speech about looking for Tuco for 8 months! (This was pre internet)
Very wise. I've seen so many films and tv series where the "hero" spends so much time talking to the villain, that the villain then hits them with a spade or something and overpowers them.
Three words: Lee. Van. Cleef. That man dominated every scene he was in. He could say so much with just his facial expressions and his mannerisms without having to open his mouth. On Van Cleef's grave marker, it says "Best of the Bad". And he was. He was born to play the role of Angel Eyes.
@@philhelm1318 yes, I love Colonel Mortimer, too. FAFDM is really centered more around him than it is on Eastwood's character. And, of course, it was Lee's breakout role. After this, Lee no longer had to play minor henchman roles
When I was little I liked this film so much, especially Angel Eyes. I tried to convince myself prolly he didn't actually die there, and continued his (villainous) adventures.
This movie is pure genius. No constant explosions, no gunfire every two minutes. The characters draw you in. You learn about them. Their silences speak volumes. The score is amazing. It fits the action like a glove. If you don't own it, go out and buy it. Like right now. What are you doing still sitting there?!! :)
Yeah, for a three hour movie, the director really cashes in on the less is more priciple. I wish more movies were bold enough to do that. 2001 A Space Odyssey does it well too.
Well, there's action the whole way thru, it's just not all gunfire. But it opens with some slick gunfights, so you know there's gonna be good stuff to come. I feel like the first half is almost a pastiche of the timeline, like a lot more was being done by Angel Eyes, for example, than we see, cause he must have done a lot of detective work and who knows what else to get himself to where the other two share the screen with him for the 2nd time.
So glad you gave Eli Wallach the credit he deserves. Despite his character being a terrible person, I found myself just loving him so much, Wallach is just so charismatic that you can’t help but like his character.
Overall you can say that Tuco was a "terrible" person but you also have to realize that he is a misunderstood character. why did he became that terrible person? If you pay attention to the interaction he has with his brother, the priest, he says: "were we lived either you became a priest or a thief. You left and became a priest but I stayed and tried". The poverty forced him to become a thief and ultimately you can understand that both brothers had to leave in order to survive. Tuco is no more terrible person than Angel eyes or Blondie. I do not care much what the so called critics (movie and food alike) have to say because that is a personal preference. There is no denying that all 3 characters had a strong performance and they played their character to perfection. Ennio was a musical genius and his scores on all the spaghetti Westerns were perfect.
I wonder what that critic thought of Lawrence of Arabia. There were critics who realized this was a great movie but in changing popular tropes is becomes problematic for most people to realize they are seeing the future of cinema when they are used to a rehash of current genres.
@@jd190d US critics were just UNABLE to accept that italians were making better westerns in Spain. It was as painful for them as the rise of British Rock acts was for US rock/blues critics a few years earlier. Denial, jealousy, mockery. Meanwhile, Hollywood actually took notes and began producing grittier/funkier and-or more ambitious westerns, Wayne included.
I remember that Siskel and Ebert were split on Pale Rider. One thought it was great and the other thought it was terrible. Critics are like everybody else. They like what they like. I would argue that the best critics are directors. They understand pacing and blocking and all of the other nuances that make a film great without lay people understanding why they love it.
Geez, I saw these movies as a kid, and while I felt they could be a bit slow at times(I grew up with Arnold, Sly, Van Damme, Seagal, etc, folks, cut me slack), I still enjoyed the hell out of them. So...screw critics.
I'd say that the music while Tuco runs around the graveyard looking for one specific name (The Ecstasy of Gold) is probably the best single piece of music for a scene in the entire movie. It's just perfect and builds your emotions as he's running.
Yes, however when Angel Eyes shows up to the Confederate encampment I think that's the best score of the movie..... totally changes the tone of the film to something more somber and highlights him as something more than just a villain.... After all it's all about survival
Sergio Leone once said of Clint Eastwood, “More than an actor, I needed a mask, and Eastwood, at that time, only had two expressions: with hat and no hat.”.
Well, TGTBTU is a mediocre movie. Not bad. But, not great either. It is ponderous, and lasts way too long. Whole scenes end up not advancing the story. I found it to be a major disappointment.
Tuco running around in circles at the graveyard to "The Extasy of Gold" is the absolute pinnacle of film. Tuco really want that gold. It brings a tear to my eye 😭
One gret thing about this trilogy is that all the protagonists had their moments and times to shine.That simply makes you want to sympathize with all of them
It's crazy how people can have such different opinions. I watched this movie last night and I HATED that part. I was like, yeah, I get it. He wants the gold. We're already like 3 fucking hours into this movie do we really need to spend like 5 minutes of Tuco running around? But whatever, I guess I'm just an impatient loser who doesn't understand cinema
@@kirbylover37 I'm guessing Sergio Leone needed a way of getting us to the grave without spending another 3 hours walking up and down every aisle. Was a good way to get from A to B 🤷🏼♂️
@@kirbylover37 With all due respect, I think you missed the point. It is almost Tolstoy-like moment. Pahom running, running for land - Tuco running, running for gold. It is such a poignant moment! Thankfully, unlike Pahom, Tuco did not end up buried in six-feet of land. There's a great consolation there for Tuco and for us; and also the director was not interested in making a simple morality tale. All in all, a great movie!
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly has always been amazing to me for being a 3 hour movie in which I find nothing that could be cut. Every scene works. It's a triumph.
I think the Civil War scene, where the Union regiment blows up the bridge, could've been edited out. I get that Leone wanted to set the stage for the Confederate gold, but still... Editors have jobs for a reason.
My favorite western of all time. The only thing I think they should have done differently was not specify who was the "good," "bad," or "ugly." Let the audience decide. It would have caused more controversy and mystery.
Blondie giving the dying confederate soldier near the end of the movie a couple drags on his cigar shows his essential goodness. There wasn't anything he could do else and he stayed with him until he died.
The other way Blondie showed compassion was when they blew up the bridge for the captain. They both understood all of the useless deaths it was causing.
I felt that saving Tuco at the end was the final proof he had become “good” - earlier in the film he leaves Tuco with the rope and runs off with the money. At the end however, he has changed and instead leaves Tuco with the rope as well as his share of the gold rather than just leaving him penniless.
“Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.” - Brendan Behan
@@mister_eee76 yeah he has to make his own touch which is over use of violence, and i think talking just fits his narrative it's hard to make a movie full of silence
Why is it so good? There are roughly 4 parts of a film. 1. Acting 2. Writing 3. Music 4. Cinematography. This movie ticked all the 4 boxes. That's why.
@@mattstenson8265 Loved all Clint Eastwood westerns. One other movie without him that I love is, Once upon a time in the west. I could watch these movies over and over again.
clint eastwood was a natural , the cigar and the poncho were iconic , eli wallach provided the grit and the comedy simultaneously , the entire film was a collage of western film , music ( the music itself is unforgettable ) , classic civil war plot , and scenery , you can go on and on about how this film scored 5 stars in American film classics . entertaining the entire film .
Your neighborhood friend you are correct - now you must fill-up 10 minutes saying exactly that long-form. ....... and with scenes. Not so easy. He did a nice 👍 production didn’t he ?
Imperator Grabus Pussius - making cinema (movies) where scenes “look” and style is interesting a beautiful art - shadows and textures - camera angles - depth of field - movement of camera - etc
I first saw it 1976 in high school, in an much shortened 'school'version, where a lot of the more violent scenes were cut. The first time I saw the full version was a German dubbed one I saw on German TV, so until the DVD came out , I only knew Tuco's last line as: Heh Blonder, weisst Du wass Du bist? Der Sohn eine gottverd!mmte H*re !
I know what you mean. For fun, I enjoy looking for all the historical anachronisms in it. The Gatling gun in the battle scene is just one glaring example.
My Dad introduced me to this movie too! And as good as it was, it was the soundtrack that brought me back here. Amazing how you can’t have one great without the other. When combined you achieve a masterpiece
Agree 100% - It is the best movie song ever, and that is the cinematic high-point for me. As a bonus just check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rKFpaCMRWgU.html - No Cinema could EVER pass this mark :)
Once Upon a Time in America is my favorite movie of all time personally and I actually like Once Upon a Time in the West just as much as this one to be completely honest. (YES I am a massive fan of Leone)
I think client eastwood's movie THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY is the badass movie ever created by spagetti westers history or by client eastwood. So I would say" There's two kinds of people my friend, those who apreciate client eastwood and those who don't. You all don't appreciate Mr.client eastwood."
Third scene where the music really adds to the emotion is Ecstasy of Gold as Tuco runs amongst the endless graves just before the final showdown. Nice summary of why this is a truly great film :-)
I agree about Ecstasy of Gold. The camp band, to me, is disappointing-why couldn't it have been scored for the instruments the musicians are shown playing?
God, I love this movie. My favorite of all time. I’ve seen it, I guess a hundred times. My favorite scene is when Tuco assembles the .45. Just priceless when the old store keeper realizes he’s being robbed too. The three main cast members were all just perfect for their characters. Not perfect historically, but perfect in its ability of entertaining the viewer. I have never experienced any movie that comes close to TGTBATU.
How the hell can you call this movie "dull"? Even in today's standards where there is explosions in action movie every 5 seconds, this movie is the most exciting. I wonder what the critics were smoking back then.
I really love the scene when Blondie and Tuco leave the monastery, after Blondie is cured. And Tuco lies about him and his brother getting along, and his brother loving him. Tuco lies; Blondie knows that Tuco lies; Tuco knows that Blondie knows... But still, Blondie pretends to believe him. It's a very emotional moment... and there is a silence... and then Tuco has this very big smile which says "ok now... back to the adventure and the $200,000 !!!"
He's brother does love him but he dosen't agree with his life style and Tuco believes his brother is just a lazy coward which drives a wedge between them.
A few weeks ago I was in that monastery and other locations of the movie! Most are in southern Spain, north of Almeria. Other locations are near Madrid and others in northern Spain, near Burgos. Look at a picture I took of the monastery: imgur.com/a/MzLGQ
This is the BEST movie ever made! why? (1) The actors were perfect. (2) The story was perfect. (3) The film Location was perfect. (4) The music was perfect!. Sergio Leon made the PERFECT fucking movie!! very rare.
I have watched this movie at minimum 3 times a year for 30 years now. But I cant make up my mind wich is better? The good the bad the ugly, For a few dollars more or God forgives,I don't.
You need to see more films. It is good, but not perfect. Hell, it is not even as good as Fistful, or Few More. The first two were MUCH better. Better music. Better stories. Better editing. Better dialogue. Better cinematography. BUT, you have to consider the John Ford westerns, and a few others. You need to learn about the history of cinema.
One scene that doesn’t get talked about enough is when Blondie gives his cigar to the dying soldier. The music matched the scene so well it brought tears to my eyes. Truly an amazing feat when a scene that plays no real importance to the story makes you emotional…
Yo that scene where Blondie comforts the dying confederate soldier breaks me every freaking time. Simply a wonderful, beautiful film with messages deeper than the surface.
while he kills more people in the film than the other two main characters combined, he is able to show in only a couple small shots why he's "the good." like when the yankees are charging the bridge he says "I've never seen so many men wasted"
That bridge was blown up twice. The first time the Spanish Army officer was being told how to blow up the bridge when he mistook the directions for the order to do it. Needless to say he's not the one who blew the bridge the second time.
@@andysnyder4506 I'm from right near there, and I heard this as a young lad :D Cool to hear it again so much later. Spanish army personnel played both sides of the Bridge Battle for the movie, and built the bridge is what I heard.
If you want to read something interesting, read Ebert's original review for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and his "Great Movies" review for it a few decades later. He admits that, though he liked it when he first watched it, he dismissed it due to its genre.
I love the scene where Angel Eyes is introduced. He arrives at the farm, has a meal and kills a man, and there is no music and barely any talking. And yet the tension has you sitting on the edge of the seat.
basicly the directer pointing out that "the bad" angel eyes as a remorseless killer just doing what he is paid to do on the other hand "the good" is also remorseless so what seperates the 2 .. and the ugly who kills but for a cause it reminds of a popular tv show game of thrones where nothing is "black and white "
I don't really understand how "nothing is black and white" in Game of Thrones. While some characters are much more conflicting, there are certainly characters who are fairly definitively "good guys" and "bad guys". Whether or not they remorselessly kill people is kind of beside the point.
Matheus Cerqueira Also, he doesn't kill Tuco AND leaves him with half of the treasure - 100.000$ . He proves that he still has a "good" heart even though he has to live in this cruel western world.
Apparently Eli Wallach improvised the line, "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." Not sure how true that is but I wouldn't be surprised. He was incredible in this film. In my top 5 acting performances I've ever seen.
Eli was the star. See also The Magnificent Seven for the proto-Tuco (Calvera). Around the same time, he also was in How the West Was Won as Charlie Grant (an anglicized proto-Tuco). None of these roles compared to Tuco.
Yes, and i really like when Tuco is punched in the gut and tells the guy " I like big fat men like you, when they fall they make more noise, and sometimes they never get up." You just had to love Tuco in this film.
Eli Wallach said he never understood why the audience laughed at that line. He didn't intend it to be funny. He was just stating a fact....When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
Robert H.......totally agree. Hard to believe that TGTBATU was never awarded any Oscars when 'Unforgiven' won FOUR! [including best film and best director - Clint Eastwood]. The finale shoot-out scene in the cemetery scene alone is better than the entire 'Unforgiven' film. Guess it was payback time in Hollywood in 1992?
TheSoulTwins Hey Soul, I agree with you. Hollyweird has a history of doing that. You know when those first Dollar movies came out I was in late teens and remember distinctly Clint being mocked by the major studios until those movies brought in all that $$$. Critics ripped him unmercifully and nobody at the beginning realized Clint’s value, but he certainly got the last laugh.
@@August377 ...........Mmm - there is no doubt, that the cemetery shoot-out scene in OUATITW is exceptional. But IMHO the climatic duel between 'Harmonica' [Charles Bronson] and 'Frank' [Henry Fonda] in 'Once Upon A Time In The West' is the best gunfight ever committed to film. Interspersed with flashbacks, incredibly tight close-ups on Bronson's and Fonda's eyes juxtaposed by sweeping wide-angle shots, set to Ennio Morricone's piercing soundtrack, this denouement is the final 'reveal' as to who 'Harmonica' really is - and answers 'Frank's' eternal question 'only at the point of dying'. Simply stunning. People throw the word 'genius' around like confetti these days. But Leone WAS a true genius. OUATIA is without doubt his masterpiece and unquestionably the finest western film ever made.
Mount Rushmore of Western films would be as follows: 1. Once Upon A Time in the West 2. The Wild Bunch 3. Tombstone 4. Unforgiven The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly? That's Mount Everest.
My Mt. Rushmore would be: 1. The Searchers 2. High Noon 3. Tombstone 4. The Man who Shot Liberty Valence And yes, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly stands alone. The only thing that comes close IMHO for what it attempts to accomplish is "The Seven Samurai".
1. the Good the Bad and the Ugly 2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 3. Tombstone 4. The Long Riders the remake of true grit could be up there too
It's a true masterpiece. My father rented this movie on VHS when I was under ten years old to show me. I'm in my early 40's now. I always make it a point to watch it at least once a year. I work behind a computer now in an office setting. Last Friday whenever the bigwigs weren't around, I played it off of my amazon account and was astonished by how many guys could recite lines from the movie and kept coming around my computer screen to watch different scenes. Like I said, its a true masterpiece.
After they blow up the bridge and Clint goes to the dying soldier and lets them have a last smoke before he dies, I just love that scene. Here he is one of the fastest guns in the west and he took time to show compassion for a dying soldier.
I never liked westerns before watching the Dollars Trillogy, and I realise now why. Hollywood westerns were too "cheesy" and polished. Not that I'm one for extreme grit and gore, but I like the realism and rawness to Dollars, it's not too much that it's overdoing it with gore or grit, but it's enough to be compelling, and tells an extremly dynamic story with interesting characters. For me, hollywood westerns are quite boring, I never got into them when they played on t.v and always watched something else, with Dollars, I couldnt "not" keep watching.
EccentricM Well, you missed out. Have you never seen Winchester 73? Or any of the great films made by Anthony Mann and James Stewart? What about the Searchers? Other John Ford movies? By all means be critical but you have to have seen the best of Hollywood's Cowboy genre before you slag it all off.
I actually always preferred the second movie in the trilogy, For A Few Dollars More. But the last time I watched The Good, The Bad and the Ugly I appreciated it so much more because I finally realized Blondie isn't the protagonist. Tuco is. He's the one with a real character arc.
My favorite scene in this movie is the one where Tuco is running around the graveyard looking for that one grave. The music and camera movement is SOOOO good.
Pfff... Best western? My friends, this movie can't even be compared with a western. It's one of the greatest movies of all time, can't even be compared with other westerns (Except the others in the trylogy)
Morricone's score is hands down the most powerful in cinema in this movie. It doesn't lend itself to the scene at hand, it drives it with power. It's right up front, not in the background where other soundtrack are. This is a stark difference between a composer like John Williams, whose work is epic and is certainly one of the greatest composers of all time, but his music lends itself to the scene, making the ambiance of the content fit. Morricone's, again, drives the scene, shaping it directly with hard edges and instruments and tones that draw you into that scene.
I saw somewhere that Morricone wrote and recorded the score first, then Leone put the scenes together based on the music rather than the other way around.
I would add the amazing Ecstacy of Gold scene. Tuco running blindly through thousands graves to find the treasure was AMAZING and the music made the scene.
whats cool is how metallica has used this scene/song for their opening for about the last decade and is beyond awesome and its really speaks to the greatness of this scene
@@michaelrountree688 I think that would make the movie worse. The movie was made in 1964. Nit cgi, no high tec cameras. Barely any special affects. Hell, even the quality of the film gives the film personality. I feel as if they were to make this in 4 k it would just look like an extremely well made fan made film about some other film. (Apart from the civil war scene.)
Agreed, that is my favorite part of the movie pretty much. When the horns kick in, it's perfection... I get to hear it almost every day in the beer commercial, and it never gets old.
IMHO the greatest movie in cinema history. Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes are all perfect characters! The music score is beyond beautiful. I will watch it 100 more times if I have the chance!
From a historic perspective, this movie came out during the Vietnam War at a time when public sentiment was turning against it. The scene where Eastwood 's character comes across a dying young soldier and comforts him by sharing his cigarillo, coupled with Morricone 's score for that scene, is one of the most powerful and heart-wrenching statements about the banality of war ever put on film in it's simplicity. RIP Ennio Morricone. 😔
Sergio Leone was a pacifist, the bridge blowing scene was there for this purpose. It does not add annything to the narrative of the movie but it is simply beautiful, as you say, in its simplicity.
@@mister_eee76 Then, there's that line, delivered by Eastwood's Blondie to Tuco that goes, "I've never seen so many men get wasted so badly ", as they witnessed the battle.
@@albertchin1050 Two amongst the writers of the movie are Age & Scarpelli, they are probably the most acclaimed authors in Italian comedy. That's another reason why this movie is an incredible masterpiece. It's written by some of the finest authors Italy have ever had. And think about this: "Once Upon a Time in the West" plot is written by Sergio Leone, Dario Argento and Bernardo Bertolucci. "Once upon a time" Italy had some of the best authors in the history of cinema.
Leone had lived through WW2 as a child and, when fronted money for a third film by United Artists, he wanted to make a statement against war, problem being, the Civil War was fought East of the Mississippi...except for a little known campaign in New Mexico territory. Watch for the authentic names of Canby and Sibley!
John Wayne...the Duke...pfft....the West was never clean, it was gritty and dirty. Leone was a master, Morricone was a genius, Eastwood had the look. Even today, foreign movies are still better than lots of Hollywood movies.
TrustkillProductionz yeah keep dreaming, this movie is the best western of all tim, Sergio Leone is a fricking genious, now you stay calm you greasy american.
To me Clint Eastwood will always beat John Wayne even of the latter had done way more western films than the former. John Wayne was just your every western hero who saved the day, but just looked too clean and had a annoying loud mouth (sorry Jihn Wayne fans) Clint on the other hand was more silent, gritty, badass and an unclean appearence. Which is what many come to expect nowadays.
@Luke Hollywood is not the only cinema that is doing great films. Throughout the history of film, there are international films that have been very influential and beloved by both critics and filmmakers.
I ve watched this film around 15 times, first when I was 16 y.o and last time was about a year ago when I was 37. It really stays phenomenal. Bizarre how it sucks me in every time!
@@kg0173 It's unquestionably great. As the other guy stated, it's a masterpiece. Fistful of Dollars is very good, For a Few Dollars More is great, and The Good The Bad and The Ugly is greatest western of all time, and in my opinion the greatest movie of all time.
ALL TIME GREATEST WESTERN IN HISTORY !!!!!!! BEST SOUNDTRACK ALSO. From Beginning to end, this movie is pure gold. Perfect casting,Perfect cinematography, Perfect Score, Perfect writing,Perfect acting,Perfect ending.
We used to live in Carmel nearby Mr. Eastwood. We used to often see him when we would hang out at his restaurant/bar, the Mission Ranch. Such a friendly approachable guy, very kind, not high on himself whatsoever. We would hang out at the bar and he would sometimes be there along side the bar we would greet each other. It would always blow me away anytime I was near the man, because his stature and his background being soooo classic, so vast! The food there is excellent too!
Not me, I'm in my prime! Latin dialog, some Southern phrases, accent & behaviour...look like somebody just walk to your grave. Unforgiven is great like all Clint's movies but I dont see such a deadly cynical character as Doc. It's my opinion that's what I would say.
I remember watching this for the first time in 1982 and I've been hooked since. Forgotten how many times I've watched it. I never get fed up of watching it's a truly amazing film with all the right actors, music and director. No other western comes close.
Greatest western of all time and arguably the best movie of all time. This is why you don’t listen to critics. If you think a film looks good, go and watch it and see for yourself. Hollywood and critics have always had an agenda against certain film genres. Nothing has changed since 1966.
My very favourite stand off scene in a Leone movie was the final duel in For A Few Dollars More. The insane score, the tension, the emotions that the main characters had at that moment, all that was being felt and produced an insane atmosphere. The trilogy of movies with the man with no name is definitely one of the best works of cinema!
Hollywood wishes they could make movies like this, Americans calling it spaghetti western like trying to diminish it lol, even back then American elitists thought they were worth something, anyway great movie, Morricone made music that will last literally forever.
Titsbitch McGee He didn't say Americans originated the term, he said they used the term. And he's right. I, my friends, my family all called them spaghetti westerns.
The three leads were perfectly cast. Eli Wallach made Tuco one of my favorite film characters of all time. Tuco could have been just a buffoon, but Wallach made him cunning and unpredictable, truly a man living by his wits. In some way, Tuco is the smartest character of the three.
That whole scene with him talking to his brother, it gave so much depth to his character, it also made it clear to the observer that he self aware, he knows he is "bad" but was a choice he made to survive. what they did with his character, was just not common in Hollywood movies, bad guys were just bad, and good guys were good, no reason is given, but the Spaghetti westerns, those lines are blurred, even the "bad guys" end up winning, ( Tuco got his share of the gold ). My favorite is Once upon a time in the west. but both these movies are masterpieces of cinema.
Mine too. Although I like OUATITW I don't think it comes close. TGTBATU story just much more sweeping and interesting with the backdrop of the Civil War going on.
This, FAFDM, 2001 and Dr. Strangelove. Damn, all my favorite movies, all my favorite music and all my favorite human spaceflight programs were in the 60s. The 2000s suck.
I thought you would say "Favorite movie, good. bad and ugly, second fav Once Upon a Time in the West. Favorite genre: romantic comedy". that would be some good trolling
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is arguably the bestest Western (or Spaghetti Western) film of all time period. The film has the most memorable characters, awesome settings, great story, but best of all the legendary epic music. Take that John Wayne!!!
Sad when opinions have to come down on aggressively opposed sides, as if this was a school playground. Or worse, a poltical debate. And who's this Period guy you're all talking to?
my favourite western movies 1: The good,the bad and the ugly 2: Once upon a time in the west 3:Fistful of dollars 4: For a few dollars more 5:High plains Drifter
When Tuco came in off the desert and stormed into the gunshop, one of the revolvers he looked at (and dismissed) was an 1872 Galand (Belgium) -- which opened up accordian-style. I was fascinated by that, and nearly 50 years later I was able to actually acquire one. Whenever I show it off, people will instantly say "Tuco!"
My Dad had this movie in his laptop. It was recommended to him by his friend. Well he never watched it but I did and I was amazed. I think it was first time I had watched this type of movie and everything about this movie right from the characters, the music, cinematography(not that I knew about it when I watched it) and overall mood of the film blew my mind. Especially that final showdown hands down the best!
Hope you get a chance to watch the other Eastwood spaghetti westerns in the "trilogy." They are all very entertaining and showcase the talented acting, writing and directing that make these films a must-see for fans of the genre.
The critics who panned this classic should have been called. "The Stupid, The Clueless and The Asinine." Sergio Leone was a genius with a capital G. While there was less dialogue, the scripts were more impactful. More great one liners than any film in cinematic history. "When you have to shoot, shoot , don't talk," is my all time favorite. Followed closely by "Idio, Idio." "Idiots. ITS FOR YOU!" The fantastic characterizations of Lee Van Cleef and the peerless Eli Wallach, raise this movie to the highest art form. To top everything off, the film has in its background, the most original musical score ever written. The great Ennio Morricone, the Mozart of the western genre. Morricones glorious score, coupled with tight framing and expert camera work, carried the day. The Good The Bad and The Ugly was The Great, The Wonderful and The Exquisite. A timeless western gem.
Leone was one of the greatest calculated risk takers in the name of what he wanted to accomplish. Can you imagine being an investor in the production, and Leone plays a piece from Morriconi's soundtrack and says: "This is what we're gonna use." That's guts on the same scale as Orson Wells.
@Geoff Wode Thanks for your reply, curiosity had got the better of me. Favourite movie character of all time? It is tough. I must admit that I too am struggling to come up with anyone that can top Tuco. Nicholson and McQueen in the roles you mention are great but for me I probably prefer Nicholson's Jack Torrance character. Okay, I've got it, a rival for Tuco's top slot :) Batiatus, Peter Ustinov's character in Spartacus! With each word, each subtle nuance, gesture, eye movement he steals every scene in that movie and he's up against some real quality. In fact i have to watch it again now, it's been a few years. I know I should love Withnail and I and I have persevered with it, 2 or 3 (2.5 actually) viewings but I just don't get it. The same with Spinal Tap, again I don't get it. I'm not sure that Sid ever played a character in his life other than Sid, which he did with great aplomb :)
Tuco is the best in a western, no one comes close. Eli Wallach, a Jew, made the best Mexican bandit. But, I have to also give it to Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard. And to round things up, Gary Oldman for his excellent portrayal as Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Forget popcorn. I'm drinking or smoking when I watch this movie. NOTHING like getting high/drunk and getting sucked in to 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.
Arthur Bishop , popcorn , beer, or a few shots of whiskey ,goes really good with this movie .When I visit Lee Van Cleef's Grave I always bring something to drink. Check out glock 19 visiting Lee Van Cleef's Grave.
When I came to Rome, Italy 15 years ago this was one of the first films I watched from understanding 0% Italian, which has now become Roman, I watched all of the Sergio Leone films in Italian. Viva la gloria della cinema italiana sempre nel cuore mio. Specialmente un classico come questo !!!
