The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1967 ‘Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo’ Directed by Sergio Leone
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For three men the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice.
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men -- a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit -- comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
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Kid: "Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming."
Munny: "We all got it coming, kid."One way to force an audience to confront the fleetingness and folly of human existence is to depict characters openly wrestling with their mortality and the seeming meaninglessness of it all. Or you could go the Sergio Leone route and depict characters who, save a brief moment of reflection, ("I've never seen so many men wasted so badly") can't be bothered with wrestling, who have already come to terms with the meaningless of it all, and constantly face death without (literally) blinking.
The extended showdowns aside, and with apologies to my dear Monica Vitti, the single most thrilling image in all of cinema might…
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You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.
-BlondieThere's two kinds of people, those who think John Wayne was the greatest Western movie actor, and those who think it was Clint Eastwood. I'm with Eastwood, the rest of you are just wrong. Here he plays "the man with no name" for the third and last time in the so-called Dollars Trilogy. He is the personification of everything that makes a gunslinger cool.
I called it a "so-called" trilogy because Sergio Leone claims it wasn't his intention that they be sequels to each other, even though Eastwood is dressed the same way, acts the same way…
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I make-a tha movie! I use-a the close, medium, far trick, yes? You watch-a, you love. I hate-a the women! You-a too? Bella, bella.
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Number 25 on PinHeadLarry's Top 50 Films Of All Time List!
I want to start off by saying two things…
One: I want Clint Eastwood’s cigar collection from this movie. He must have about 20,000 just in his pockets. He’s always smoking one, and he always has more. He even had enough to leave a trail for someone in the film. Geez.
Two: A good part of recognizing your favorite films is being able to look objectively at every aspect of the film, good or bad to see how they work in conjunction with each other to craft the unique experience you love. This is why I will look at the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Good,…
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I could have sworn that I never actually watched The Good, The Bad And The Ugly all the way through when I was younger, mainly due to its nearly three hour running time. Yet I seemed to remember most of what happened quite well.
So while I was surprised that I actually did seem to have watched it all on one hand, on the other it's easy to see why it had stuck in my mind contrary to my knowledge. If you know what I mean. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is an unforgettable film that wanders to its climax in no great hurry, unfurling its plot, characters and occasional but non-melodramatic changes of pace with a sureness…
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Staring people down, blowing up bridges, smashing through windows, calling each other creative insults, looking out for your fellow man, betraying your fellow man, breaking the law, searching for infinite wealth, punching, shooting, batheing, more shooting, smoking, stroking kittens, even more shooting: this is the ultimate boys movie. And the best Western of all time.
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Despite its patchiness, it's easy to see why this is a classic. Clint Eastwood is fantastic, the narrative is involved and engaging, the scale is sheer and impressive, the score has amazing depth beneath its instantly recognisable theme, and the conclusion is classy and satisfying. More Westerns!
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By far the best of Sergio Leone's 'Dollars' trilogy starring Clint Eastwood as the mysterious gunslinger with no name. In this epic western he teams with up Eli Wallach and Lee Van Clef as they search for $200,000 in Confederate gold said to be buried in a cemetery somewhere amidst the chaos of the American civil war. There are so many classic, memorable scenes involving the trio - from the heartless brutality of Angel Eyes (played brilliantly by Van Clef), the comical antics of Eli Wallach's likeable rogue, to the cool, dry smoothness of Clint Eastwood's 'good' character. Each scene has the added advantage of Ennio Morricone's brilliant soundtrack - either in building up tension or to convey a certain…
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i’m a huge fan of dramatic and epic, i’m a huge fan of the phrase “less is more” and keeping things simple, so, in a strange way this film balances both.
an improvement over the second part the film is more ambitious in terms of scale and of structure, but lacks the spice and the wit the other two had.
a dramatic and an epic tale oset during the civil war, our hero THE MAN WITH NO NAME, has [but should not have] a part and a role to play in the war, but i see no point in this fact.
LEONE left his roots somewhere else, this time around showing epic battles instead of cool gunfights; but it was MORRICONE ‘s score once again the true show stealer.
because you are born already knowing the film title and whistling the theme song, one can only try to understand why this picture is engraved in everyone’s mind. -
Altough I haven´t seen many westerns, this feels damn epic. Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef give extremely awesome and macho performances. The action is good and the one-liners are really memorable. Oh, and that ending is full of thrills and excitement.
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Easily one of the greatest films ever made. It's heavily stylized, slow-moving, and yet entirely captivating.
It helps that there are three great characters with three great performances, and the dialogue is witty, sharp, and funny. It all helps, but this is still Sergio Leone's film as a director and he does not disappoint, creating memorable scenes and images that the viewer cannot forget.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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One of my fondest memories as a kid was watching this larger-than-life, skilfully developed classic every Saturday fortnight at my grandparent's house. For about three years straight, I'd kick back and watch it with my grandpa on his dodgy VHS player. I've lost track of how many times I've seen it, but definitely more than any other film. It was the only movie my grandpa owned as well, so he's probably seen it over 600 times. Crazy. But until today, I hadn't popped in the American Blu-ray version which features an extended 20 minutes, clocking just under three hours. It's been mentioned countless times by now but even with the restoration process, there's some horribly cringing audio dubbing that sticks…
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Brilliant! I didn't think I'd ever watch a western as good as 'Once Upon a Time in the West', how wrong I was.
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Kid: "Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming."
Munny: "We all got it coming, kid."One way to force an audience to confront the fleetingness and folly of human existence is to depict characters openly wrestling with their mortality and the seeming meaninglessness of it all. Or you could go the Sergio Leone route and depict characters who, save a brief moment of reflection, ("I've never seen so many men wasted so badly") can't be bothered with wrestling, who have already come to terms with the meaningless of it all, and constantly face death without (literally) blinking.
The extended showdowns aside, and with apologies to my dear Monica Vitti, the single most thrilling image in all of cinema might…