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Summary: An All Time Classic!
Review: This was the first Clint Eastwood movie that I ever saw. He played the role to the hilt. Lee Van Cleef was equally as scary in his role as a professional killer. Eli Wallach played his part very well. It is hard to believe that this outstanding movie was shot in Italy. The scenery looked just like an old west scene. The gunfight scenes in this movie are outstanding as well. You would not have guessed that one of our longer lasting movie careers would have came off of this movie. The hunt for the gold made for a perfect plot. The three individuals who this movie were based on were cast perfectly in the movie. This is an all time classic. Be sure to buy a video because you will watch it again and again.
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Summary: Pacing and Detached Characters Keep You Glued
Review: Despite the incredible violence of this film, there is a laid-back quality that makes it a great for relaxing and unwinding. Morricone's entrancing score is part of the reason but I think it's more in how the characters are so detached from everything except the object of their desire - the thousands in gold. The vivid intensity of the finale is like a wake-up from a strangly familiar dream that is the rest of the movie. Tuco calls out to Blondie almost as if he is trying to wake himself from what may have been his own crazy dream. There really is a mythic quality to this film - perhaps a spaghetti western version of a forgotten Greek play about maintaining (or losing) one's honor and integrity in such a worthless, almost surreal world.
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Summary: Definition of the quiet Western gunfighter
Review: Clint Eastwood was one of the men principally responsible for shaping the archetype of the silent, itinerant Western gunfighter. Drifting from town to town, guarding his words as closely as his money, Eastwood's character (known only as "Blondie" in this film) helped shape the western gunfighter in modern film as we know it.First, a comment on the VHS edition of the film. Due to its length, the movie unfortunately was split into two cassettes. The break comes at a relatively quiet point in the movie, which is nice, but the need to change tapes midway through is a bit of an annoyance. As to the movie itself, this is spaghetti Western at its best. Three men with varying degrees of evil in their souls scramble to be the first to lay hands on a forgotten cache of Confederate loot. The three serve as interesting character studies in comparison to each other. Blondie sits in the middle, someone who looks out for himself as long as it's not at the expense of an honest individual, although he has no qualms about defrauding the government. Tuco, the career criminal, is predictably crude and motivated only by his basest desires. Angel Eyes is cold, calculating, and completely ruthless. While Tuco has his occasional moments of loveable rascalhood, Angel Eyes in unredeemably evil. The three men's race for the money takes them across the Western landscape, through a number of period situations and predicaments. They are bound together by mutual interest, revenge, and perhaps grudging respect, although of course each intends to walk away with the money alone. At two and half hours, this is not a movie for those weaned on such faster-paced (but still enjoyable) fare as Tombstone and Young Guns. It is, however, one of the all-time greatest Western movies ever made.
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Summary: The movie is great, and so is the DVD
Review: This DVD is excellent. Fans of this movie should definitely buy this, especially at the great price Amazon has it at. First, and most importantly, you must -- repeat, must -- see this movie in widescreen. This is one of those movies that you should either see in widescreen -- or not at all. Sergio Leone makes a great usage of the full frame (just like he does in his other movies). I can't imagine seeing this film cropped. It would ruin so many scenes. Leone takes such care in setting up the characters and location in the frame, and utilizes it in such a way, that, eliminating 40% of it is, quite simply, criminal. The picture on the DVD is (thankfully) very good. Don't let that 3.0 Widescreen Magazine review fool you. Sure, it isn't flawless, but it easily looks the best of the three (of the Dollars Trilogy). It is closer to FISTFUL in transfer quality than it is of the lackluster FOR A FEW. The colors are bright, the picture is sharp, and the artifacts that do pop up are relatively minimal for a film of its age. Regarding the sound, if you're looking for a great use of surround sound and your subwoofer, you might want to look elsewhere. But that don't let this deter you from buying this, since it's not a problem. The sound is fine. A final note on the movie itself. If you don't think it's a masterpiece (or at least great) upon first viewing, I recommend watching it again a few months later. It helps to read up a bit on Leone and how the spaghetti western challenged the old western conventions, but certainly not necessary to enjoy the movie on its own terms. However, doing so will only add to your enjoyment. In my experience, I noticed that I liked the movie better when I watched it the second time. Lastly, note that there is a review down a ways below that gives away the ending of the movie. Why people do that I'll never -- ever -- understand.
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Summary: excellent vehicle for leone/eastwood
Review: 2 of the masters of cinema (especially western cinema) collide for the last in the man with no name trilogy. this is the most highly regarded and best of the series. brilliant, great, and awesome are the words to describe it. if you're not a fan of westerns, give this one a chance, and if you are, you've probably already seen it. too bad leone didn't make more movies
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Summary: Classic Eastwood, classic Leone, and classic Morricone
Review: The last and best installment in director Sergio Leone's man-with-no-name trilogy. A gritty, sometimes funny, sometimes touching tale set in the middle of America's Civil War era. This would take the title of greatest western ever but gets edged out by Leone's subsequent work, Once Upon a Time in the West. Composer Ennio Morricone's music is perhaps the most memorable score ever for a western. As with the other brilliant Leone/Morricone collaborations, the music works in perfect harmony with Leone's drawn-out style of filming to enhance and punctuate each moment. The DVD contains several deleted scenes that true fans won't want to miss.
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Summary: perfect
Review: Not only the greatest Western ever made, but one of the greatest movies ever made!!!! You must see this Epic!
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Summary: One of Sergio Leone's masterpieces
Review: This film is a textbook on how to present a sweeping visual story on the wide screen. I saw this movie in the theater when it was first released, and have seen it uncounted times over the years. Every scene is finely crafted, expertly composed and skillfully photographed. Many sequences have served as blueprints for other filmmakers in subsequent decades. The lead actors are outstanding in their roles, with Eli Wallach worthy of special note. MUST be seen in widescreen format, as it was crafted by its creator. Most highly recommended.
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Summary: The appeal of this film is lost on me
Review: Especially in lieu of the many other Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leonne collaborations that far outdistance this predictable and utterly ridiculous story. Clint as always is great. Wallach is such a goof it's totally implausible that he would have made it to the end of the film without getting killed. I'll take For a Few Dollars More any day over this.
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Summary: One of the greatest westerns ever made!
Review: I first saw this testorone classic when I was about 11 years old.I instantly saw this movie as the best western ever made!Clint Eastwood(THE MAN!)is great as the man with no name.Sergio Leone does a great job making this movie,I think it is his greatest movie!This one is definiatly better than it's two previous movie's in the man with no name trilogy!I think this movie would probably be as good as The Wild Bunch which I have not seen yet, but I'm goin' to see soon.Lee Van Cleef is great as the Bad,a bounty hunter who"always follows the job through".And Eli Wallach is great as the Ugly a snob(but a funny one)who's motto is "when you have to shoot, shoot don't talk!"I think it is a great action western out there.I think Leone does an excellent job capturing the old west.This is the ultimate "spaghetti" western.If you like this check out For a few dollars more,which is the second best movie that Sergio made.And Im really 14 but the age scale only goes to 12.
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