The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966)

Posted : 2 months, 1 week ago at Sep 11 0:05

At the outset of the first western movies, the cowboy characters had been categorized between two basic types: Those who wore the white hats, & those who wore the black ones.
As time passed though, the hat colors began to blur between who was bad, who was bad, & then to eventually who was just plain ugly.
Though the final film in the "Man With No Name" trilogy, IMO, the best & most definitive one of the three.
It's almost impossible to think of the genre of the spaghetti western, let alone this particular series & not think of the iconic trio of Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef & Eli Wallach.



Rating : 10/10

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 18 10:38

Once again takes what the previous installment was and blows it out the ballpark. The new soundtrack is one of the greatest ones ever written and is instantanously recognisable and fits the mood of the film completley. The cinematography is as perfect as ever filled with just as many long pauses, areial shots above stand offs and expressionate movements by the camera and cast. The story line is a intrequete one that slowly peices it's threads together throughout a country spanning journey which throws in some amazing action set peices and pyschological battles along the way. The long run time is no issue. Classic film anyone can enjoy, even if you don't like westerns.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 13 19:40

Combine Grand operatic visuals, satisfying but unrealistic action set to the sound of a classic Ennio Morricone soundtrack that has a unique Spanish/Western flavor, and you have a true masterpiece by Sergio Leone.

Leone does not care about the practical or the plausible, but builds on an abundance of Western movie cliches, It is a tribute to an American genre surviving the test of time. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, is a mad epic of another day/time or place in the imagination with a deliberate style intended to draw attention to itself with it's celebration of bold gestures and mythic like characters.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 21 6:38

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is hands down the greatest western of all time - the third and final of Sergio Leone's trilogy of westerns with Clint Eastwood is the best of the bunch. This film succeeds in every aspect where its predecessors failed, making it the essential spaghetti western. Clint Eastwood rides back into action as "The Man With No Name" - the good - who is now living in the time of the Civil War. Eli Wallach is a filthy outlaw named Tuco - the ugly. And finally Lee Van Cleef (returning from the cast of the previous film playing a different role) is a man known as Angel Eyes - the bad. In a remote cemetery an outlaw has buried a stash of $200,000 which...Read more

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at May 23 10:28

If someone said to me, 'You can only own one Western DVD for the rest of your life', without a hesitation, this would be it. Not even the legendary 'Once Upon a Time in the West' or classics such as 'Magnificent Seven', 'High Noon', 'Stagecoach' and others would even be considered if there was just one choice. What I'm trying to say is this the ultimate western.... by a WIDE MARGIN. In fact, even if you absolutely hate westerns, give this movie a shot. I've known plenty of western-bashers that still list 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' as one of their top 10 films of all time. And don't be put off by its Italian name; this is an English-language film. It's an Italian production and directed by Sergio Leone, hence its official Italian title as well as it being referred to as a '...Read more

Rating : 10/10