They Call Me Trinity

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Summary: One of the Best Spaghetti Westerns -- with a twist !
Review: "They call Me Trinity" deserves six stars except for the poor video quality. This looks a UMAX tape version that has been overly compressed by mpeg 2 in it's conversion from tape to digital. It's a shame that one of the greatest Italian westerns ever made should have been treated in this way. My understanding is that the beautiful film-to-digital video transfers [for example 'Los Campaneros' or 'Day of Anger'] have been scanned from original 35mm film in a Rank or Ampex video conversion machine that converts the 35mm image directly to digital video with little or no compression, but 'Trinity' obviously did not get that treatment. 'Trinity' stars Bud Spencer [real Italian name is Carlo Pedersoli] and Terrence Hill [Mario Girotti] as two at-odds brothers, one a rough diamond and the other an accomplished intelligent goofball. The plot is fairly simple with the two brothers trying to prevent a gang of outlaws from terrorizing a group of farmers and stealing their land. Much of the humor in this film is very subtle and can only be appreciated after viewing two or three times. The test of a good movie is multiple watchability and Trinity certainly succeeds with every scene containing importance and entertainment value. The interaction with the farmers becomes a little tedious in the end and parts could have been cut since the movie is fairly long at nearly two hours. In fact the length of the movie may account for the excessive video compression on DVD. The editing style is more consistent with older movies and wham-bam-thank-you-mam fans may not like the pace. Even so this is a very special entry and the humor is engaging and optimistic and never stilted or patronizing, and the action scenes are also extremely well done. Hence the classic nature of this film as a spaghetti favorite. Will end on the usual disclaimer with spaghettis: traditional 'John Wayne' western fans probably won't like this movie and will rate it with low marks, however that is a tremendous shame because 'Trinity' is a solid gold spaghetti classic!

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Summary: Classic western spoof made stars of Spencer and Hill
Review: Along with the sequel "Trinity Is Still My Name," this film is for many the best of the many Terence Hill and Bud Spencer films. Although I prefer their modern setting films (Crime Busters, Go For It, Odds and Evens), this film has a more restrained sort of slapstick that non-fans will find easier to appreciate. The setting of this original is more interesting than it's sequel, but both films together form a natural pair, and are filled with hilarious send-ups of the western genre, lots of subtle touches, and the creation of an enduring comedy duo in Spencer and Hill that made them international stars! Fans should also check out "My Name Is Nobody."

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Summary: Great Movie, DVD sucks
Review: At the risk of repeating the other reviews: this DVD sucks! I loved Terrence Hill's deadpan performance in this spaghetti western, but the DVD quality just isn't there. I've tryied playing it on a Sony DVD player, a PS2, my laptop, and even a CineVision DVD player. Only the PS2 even recognized the menu, and could partially play the movie. The burn was too faint for the other players to read at all. (No scratches on disk.)
Buy this on VHS!

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Summary: Great Movie, DVD sucks
Review: At the risk of repeating the other reviews: this DVD sucks! I loved Terrence Hill's deadpan performance in this spaghetti western, but the DVD quality just isn't there. I've tryied playing it on a Sony DVD player, a PS2, my laptop, and even a CineVision DVD player. Only the PS2 even recognized the menu, and could partially play the movie. The burn was too faint for the other players to read at all. (No scratches on disk.)
Buy this on VHS!

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Summary: It's all about Spaghetti Westerns
Review: Because my husband loved "My Name Is Nobody" and had seen it many years ago, I purchased that one plus this one and "My Name Is Still Trinity". We wound up enjoying this one the most out of the three. We enjoy the absurdity in the Terence Hill videos, but I must say that the picture quality is lacking in all three videos. The closeups aren't bad but the long shot overviews are very blurry and discolored. Nevertheless we have become fans of Terence Hill.

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Summary: Max Brand, Italian style
Review: First, let me explain the three stars are for the DVD, not the Trinity Boys (they are 5 star all the way). What we need is a digital restoration of Terence Hill movies. The Spaghetti Western genre relied on several gimmicks: obtuse plots, quirky characters, superhuman heroes, great music, and lastly INTENSE,VIBRANT COLORS. Unless you catch them on the Western Channel, almost all home video versions of these movies are faded travesties. This dvd is better than most, but is nothing compared to the original. This is even more true of Boot Hill.If you've never seen the intensity of Terence Hill's blue eyes set into his impossibly tan face, then you can't begin to realize how much the color has faded. I remember watching Terence Hill in Boot Hill back at a drive-in and thinking "my gosh, he's darker than Woody Strode!"
As for Trinity, it holds up wonderfully 30 years later as a classic parody of Spaghetti Westerns. The two brothers are straight out of the more humorous work of Max Brand: gifted with extraordinary skill bordering on the supernatural with which they better their adversaries in outlandish ways. The sequel was just as good and I wish they had made ten more of them. Lacking that, somebody please restore these wonderful films!

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Summary: They Call Me Trinity
Review: Great movie, extremely poor quality of conversion between film and DVD. Video quality appears overexposed, washed-out. Audio is also very poor. Claims to be Dolby, but it's mono. Claims to be widescreen, but it's not. The VHS version has a much better color resolution. Sad.

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Summary: They Call Me Trinity
Review: Great movie, extremely poor quality of conversion between film and DVD. Video quality appears overexposed, washed-out. Audio is also very poor. Claims to be Dolby, but it's mono. Claims to be widescreen, but it's not. The VHS version has a much better color resolution. Sad.

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Summary: BROUGHT BACK ALOT OF GOOD LAUGHS!!
Review: I first saw this movie in the mid seventies with my parents in Beirut, Lebanon. Though I did not speak a word of English, this action packed comedy was terrific! I had been looking for this movie for many years now, and finally found it.. Understanding the language, this movie is even funnier now than when I first saw it 23 years ago..The plot and dialogue are exceptional..Of course, you must like old westerns in order to appreciate these types of movies. Terence hill is the life of this movie..Believe me when I tell you that this movie is a perfect addition to any movie library...But you must also get the sequel.."Trinity is still my name",.. in order to appreciate these two excellent classics!! Take off your boots and kick back in your favorite chair and get ready to laugh at these simple, non bloody, but funny movies..

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Summary: Great "Bust Your Gut" Movie
Review: I got this movie because I remembered watching it when I was much younger. I must say it has to be one of the funniest movies ever made. The old film quality is bad, the sound is bad, but the movie is great. I think it maybe even to far gone to be remastered. I recommend this movie to any comedy fan, and any western fan with a sense of humor.