The Good The Bad & The Ugly

[MoesTavern]

Best movie ever, best soundtrack ever, best duel scene ever, coolest main character ever. All IMO of course

[Mars]

I feel obliged to agree.

I have a copy on DVD which is supposed to contain around a half hour more than the theatrical version, although I've heard criticisms that the extra footage is rather "wedged in" a bit abruptly. I've owned it for over 2 years and haven't watched it yet.

Still, the original version is a masterpiece.

[MoesTavern]

Yes there are a couple of deleted scenes, one of which adds a lot to a main character in my opinion.

[Pesty]

MoesTavern said:

Best movie ever, best soundtrack ever, best duel scene ever, coolest main character ever. All IMO of course

agree with everything but its joint best duel with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ4bNTU965E

as for soundtrack I don't think this scene has ever been beaten

extacy of gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PwpOmjAu1M

[MoesTavern]

See I'm not that keen on that duel, they end up standing too close to each other and I don't like the flashback bits intercut with it. ("Keep your lovin' brother happy")

That movie is amazing too though. The introduction of Henry Fonda's character is stunning.
Plus the soundtrack is almost as good as TGTB&TU

[Pesty]

thats why its so powerful for me. The music is of course awsome as ever.

Frank is one of the best moive villains ever the flashback adds a lot. We finaly know why harmonica is out for vengence, we know why he plays the harmonica and Franks realisation of who harmonic is all without words just adds to the powerful scene.

good bad and ugly showdown is brilliant but its just over greed that one is juat a little deeper.

The start of the scene when harmonica's face appears just as the music cuts in. Genious!

Edited by Pesty on Sunday 21st March 21:57

[Negative Creep]

The part where Tuco runs over the hill to see thousands of graves as The Ecstacy of Gold starts playing is cinematic perfection. The scenes with the Union Captain are really moving as well.

Best movie ever? You may well be right. In fact it's one of only 4 films I've ever seen, and I've seen thousands, that I would give a 10/10 without question (the others being empire Strikes Back, Aliens and Terminator if you were wondering)

[MoesTavern]

"Can you help me live a little more? I expect good news"

Quite an underrated performance I think.

I'm partial to the deleted scene where Angel Eyes finds the Confederate camp myself, I think it adds a degree of sympathy to his character. love it when the camera slowly pans around him with 'Il Forte' playing.

Leone and Morricone = geniuses.

[Mars]

There was a book written some time after the film. It's a bit "thin", the sort of book you could read on a single long train journey, but it did go into detail about the source of the gold and the guys in the coach that Blondie caught up with in the desert. In the film you only hear about them from the bedridden guy that tries to bribe Angel Eyes not to kill him.