The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2024
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was the best spaghetti western I’ve ever seen and I’d probably go as far as to say that it was the best overall western, I’ve seen so far. Everything from the cinematography, acting, writing, production design and music. They were all perfect. I have zero complaints. Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, Clint Eastwood and the rest of the cast made a classic that still, after 60 years holds up like it was made yesterday. This is a film I will be re-watching again in the future. The score alone is worth it in my opinion.
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0:00 Intro
1:55 The Film
23:40 The Review
33:11 Outro
Hey guys, I'm Shaneel (Shan). Welcome to the channel!
My reaction and review to The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) for the first time. Hope you enjoy the video!
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You don’t have to quantify this film as”one of the best westerns I’ve ever seen”. The final 15 minutes of this film is the best ever filmed…cinematography, acting, editing, and music…perfection.
The last 15 minutes of this and the first 15 of Once Upon a Time in the West. Best period-genre half our ever caught on film.
Este filme é perfeito, e só Era uma vez no Oeste está a sua altura. Sergio Leone foi um gênio, o pai do cinema moderno. São poucos os diretores no seu nível.
This film is perfect, and only once upon a time in the West is its height. Sergio Leone was a genius, the father of modern cinema. There are very few directors on your level.
"For a few dollars more" is my personal favourite in that trilogy.
"Thought I was having a little trouble with my adding." :D
Mine too
Me too
Mine too. It is such a shame that it gets overlooked so often because it's neither the first, nor the famous one.
Yes! Best movie about bounty hunting ever made
This is just a pure masterpiece. Watching a rerelease of this in the movie theatre was one of my best experiences at the movies.
The "Feeling lucky punk" quote is from Dirty Harry, not one of his westerns.
Yep, Dirty Harry, the opening bank robbery scene. He fires his Smith & Wesson Model 29 44 Magnum "5 shots or 6, well in all the excitement I lost track myself. So punk do you feel lucky, well do yay" then he pulls the trigger on an empty chamber with a loud click.
Ha, wish he would open that can of worms!
@@davidmarquardt2445 Nice job of spoiling a classic moment from a great film.
@@davidb1565 😂😂😂😂😂 describing that scene doesn't spoil anything. Plus it's a decades old movie, and an iconic one at that. I think it's ok to quote it. There's always someone like you in the comments that wants to make something out of nothing
@@davidmarquardt2445 and actualy the quote is a bit more complex if i recall right ... it goes like this: "Uh uh. I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?" and was actualy changed because the original script had not the word "punk" but the word "buck" which one can see is said if one looks close up Eastwood's lips, but as it was deemed racist slang was changed in post production
I've always understood that Leone didn't find violence nearly as interesting as the build up to violence. The final gunfight is the perfect example of that in action.
And the gunfight build-up is so "Japanese" that it is mind-blowingly ahead of it's time.
Both great observations.
Hahaha building the tension and the intrigue.
Tension is engaging, action is entertaining. He knows what moments need what.
It was not so much a matter of 'hiring a lot of Italians', these spaghetti westerns were actually made in Europe. And that was the thing, films made in America had to follow The Hays Code, strict censorship rules that for example said that if you see a gun fire in one shot, the next shot couldn't be someone getting hit. Silly things like that. Eastwood, who had been a TV cowboy for years, and constricted by this Hays Code as such, got asked by Leone to come to Europe to star in this 'B-grade' spaghetti western, unrestricted by the Hays Code, and to his great credit he did. Who woulda thunk these would be the most iconic westerns of all time.
Interesting! I did not know about the Hayes Code.
Definitely could not have made some of those awesome shooting sequences in America then. It makes sense. But I imagine that rule didn't last long considering how violent American movies were not long after this movie. Hmmm
@@SeanVito Glad to inform you :)
Yeah the Hays code was abolished in '68, two years after this film was made, but for comparison, watch Shane (1953), a good film regardless, but a lot less gritty than The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
@@antimonycup7066 Sweet, I've never heard of it. I'll give it a go!
It wasn't so much about the Hays Code, but for economic reasons. In fact, Sergio Leone desired nothing more than to shoot in the US, and took the first occasion when he could in Once Upon The Time in the West. (albeit only a few scenes). These movies were shot in Almeria, Spain, because it resembles New Mexico, and was dead poor at that time, but also almost untouched by modern civilization, while still being reachable by car from Madrid. Almeria had no electricity and no running water, no highways, no telephone poles. Only dust and a few scattered farms that looked "Mexican". There were a few other advantages, like old Steam locomotives on tracks from the silver mines in Guadix to Granada (those are the trains you see in the film), and a large Gipsy population that owned a minimum of one horse per family, and could also very well ride them. These films were made on shoestring budgets, and without the low wages in Spain and the basically free help of the Spanish army (who played the army soldiers AND also constructed all the sets) wouldn't have been possible.
And the spaghetti westerns are really that - B grade. Real westerns are those of John Wayne and Randolph Scott, they are much superior to spaghetti nonsense.
This movie may have a western setting, but it feels more like a mythological quest with a seemingly never ending list of obstacles to overcome.
yes and that is why these 'spaghetti' westerns usurped the US western film market. US films tended to be cliche westerns. The 'good guys' are treated like heroes who do no wrong. "red indians" are the enemy. The cavalry always arrives etc etc Leone's films are gritty, dirty and violent and the plots are quite intricate.There are no saints in these films :)
Filmed in Spain with an Italian director. All the extras used during the battle at the bridge were Spanish army soldiers. They had to film the blowing up of the bridge twice. The first time the charges went off before the cameramen and director were ready, so they did it again the next day.
If you love Leone and Morricone watch "Once Upon a Time in The West". Best thing they've ever done. Henry Fonda is frightening.
Keep your loving brother happy…
@@maciek8159 those eyes! Incredible film
It was such a shock to viewers at the time to see Fonda as such a despicable character.
“So you found out your not a business man after all”
“Nope. Just a man.”
“An ancient race…”
@@maciek8159 that’s a great exchange
I love Tuco so much. He is such a fun and interesting character. Perfectly rides that line between good and bad.
Eli Wallach forever!
A very memorable & original character. Like Barney Fife or Forest Gump.
Eli Wallach made this film imho. He had the best lines and gave the best performance. Lee Van Cleef was also very good. Clint was Clint. Great story. And I agree that the last scenes at the graveyard were some of the most epic ever shot (no pun intended)...
This is one of my favorite Westerns. Eli Wallach really steals the spotlight in this one.( He plays a very similar character in The Magnificent Seven) The finale is one of my favorite scenes ever. The music is as iconic as the characters themselves.
Spaghetti Westerns are often criticised for being unrealistic and highly exaggerated. (Notice how nearly every gunshot is accompanied by a ricochet effect). But, in my opinion, no other genre captures the mythic elements of the Old West quite as well.
I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this movie. I think Eli Wallach's performance as Tuco is one of the greatest in the history of film. Sergio Leone really topped himself here...but still had ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST to come! You must watch that one now. I consider it to be the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY of westerns. I've seen the sound cut out at the end during another reaction video for this movie. Without the sound you miss the final gag: Tuco yells "Blondie! You know what you are? You stinking son of a--" and the last word is drowned out by the "AAA-AAA-AAA!" vocals of the theme song. I've read that Blondie is considered "the good" because he only deals with other gunmen, and always leaves civilians alone. My parents took me to see this on the big, big screen when it came out, which was a real thrill. We were a big John Wayne/Steve McQueen/Clint Eastwood family. People have often said that, with these films, Leone was deconstructing the traditional western and making it obsolete, when in fact, his westerns were meant as an affectionate homage to the traditional Hollywood westerns that he loved. His own westerns include as many of the Hollywood tropes that he could work in, but exaggerated and stylized in imaginative new cinematic ways. Here's a video I made a few years ago that shows what the final shootout would be like without any music:
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I've tried to make up my mind which movie is better, this one or "Once Upon a Time in the West", but I think now that it doesn't make much sense: both are such masterpieces!
@@mrgadget1485 Agree. Each is so great in its own way.
@@porflepopnecker4376 Here's the ending with the sound: czcams.com/video/o36m-2TPwck/video.html
No doubt you are familiar with The Magnificent Seven. Eli Wallach also played a Mexican bandit in that one. Some practice for GBU? Magnificent Seven is one of the best movies ever made. Watch it if you have never seen it before.
Look up the Danish Symphony Orchestra. They do a complete rendition of this theme song, all with orchestra insturments. Well worth the time to listen to.
Here's the link to it: czcams.com/video/enuOArEfqGo/video.html amazing interpretation, sends chills down your spine
@@shanwyn That's the one I was talking about.
They even went through the trouble of hanging some poor bastard on the ceiling, just for the show. That is dedication.
@@SimoExMachina2 Yeah, that's the consequence when one of the violinists doesn't practice before the concert.
I'll take this version with Susanna Rigacci over that one:
czcams.com/video/1pyZt-BsgnI/video.html
you know what Shan, I feel the urge to point you to a hidden gem, at least mostly unkown in the US, because in most other countries the two main actors are beloved heroes. The western is called: They call me the Trinity.
Maybe a door will open into a whole new dimension for you and I don't want to reveal more
rip Bud
Very good flicks.
I love "They Call Me Trinity" and its sequel "Trinity Is Still My Name". These are great comedy westerns with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer and "My Name Is Nobody" with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. Classics!
Me and my cousin still talk about watching those movies during the summer decades ago great fun films I think Shan would enjoy also thanks
@@kennethbryant5573 My Name is Nobody is easily my favourite Western. Even by the usually more exaggerated and "silly" standard of the Spaghetti Western it's properly ridiculous and very over the top, but it's just so much fun. Once Upon A Time in the West is probably what I'd say is the best Western movie though, and my second favourite after My Name is Nobody.
If I ain't wrong this was the start of the Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill films.
What hasn’t been said before about the late great Ennio Morricone’s score here? It’s one of the most majestic musical scores of all time. This is the movie people think of when it comes to Morricone, but he even outdoes himself in Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America which those scores make me tear up (not exaggerating). He was a master Maestro! Ennio Morricone is my favorite film composer along with John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith!
The top best film composers of all time (my opinion):
1. John Williams
2. Ennio Morricone
3. James Horner
4. Hans Zimmer
5. Alan Silvestri
6. Jerry Goldsmith
7. Danny Elfman
8. Henry Mancini
9. Thomas Newman
10. Howard Shore
This specific score was turned virtually into a hymn for all Marlboro ads.
@@claymccoy John Williams is pretty derivative work from established classicals so actually it is difficult he can made the number one position.
@ He has made a lot of iconic film scores though.
The "cemetary" is still there in the middle of nowhere in Spain. I believe it's been restored once or twice.
It's not in the middle of nowhere, It's in the province of Burgos, in the north of Spain and it's open to visitors. The spanish government declared the place of cultural interest, so it's protected by law.
@@JulioLeonFandinho well.. they are not wrong
@@JulioLeonFandinho It certainly is in the middle of nowhere, it's 60 km outside of Burgos town, and the fact that for those 60km, Google estimated about an hour of travel time even by car says something about the roads you've got to use to get there.
@@ohauss I think the trip is worthy, nevertheless... if someone ended up in Burgos town or close, why not visiting that iconic place?
I'm from Spain and it's certainly far from where I live, but it's a part of the country I'd like to explore
@@JulioLeonFandinho I never said it's not worth visiting. But it certainly takes deliberate effort to get there - it's not something you can pick up on the side while making a general tour of Spain.
An absolute classic. Faultless given the techonology available at the time. "Make sure the rope is strong. It has to take the weight of a pig...." Tuco is genius stuff.
The Magnificent Seven is a good one with Eli Wallach.
22:01 During the cemetery scene they have a close-up of Van Cleef's hand creeping toward his pistol. You can easily see the missing end of his middle finger.
The first film in the "Dollar" trilogy: "A Fistful of Dollars" is basically an unofficial remake of the Japanese Samurai movie by Akira Kurasowa: "Yojimbo". It's still a great movie, as is Yojimbo.
Yes, I think we are slowly working our way towards Kurosawa: Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Throne of Blood, Ran...
@@12Trappor We can but hope.
Don't know if you're aware, but the Japanese made a samurai version of Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven"
And for me, the funny is that this film is the third but can be almost a prequel, since the time of the action and we see where the poncho of the previous films comes from.
@@floydhill9265 I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
Simply a true Epic film, and Quentin Tarantino's favorite film.
Some quick trivia: Eli Wallach (who plays Tuco) was poisoned with acid on set, nearly decapitated by a train, dragged away by a run away horse, and crushed by falling debris. The bridge had to be blown up twice, the first being a miscommunication and the second with pieces very visibly landing with force just feet from the actors. The film was shot in Spain and most of the extras were Spanish Army using actual weapons from the era that were still in Spanish inventory. The cemetary set is still there mostly - the graves have been grown over, but the center clearing is still visible.
I adore THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES by Eastwood. I highly recommend it.
One of my favorite movies of all time! Everything is perfect about this adventure. I remember reading that both Clint and Van Cleef were a little jealous because Eli Wallach got the best part.
The great Eli Wallach graduated from University of Texas and was a Captain in the Army in WW2 and played so many great roles such a long career
Ever seen "The Lineup"? Wallach was a real psycho in that one...and Mr Drysdale from the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills is also in it, sans toupee.
After you check out the Dollars Trilogy, please watch Once Upon a Time in the West. Leone's best work and Morricone's best soundtrack.
I second that.
Yep. _Good, Bad, & The Ugly_ gets all the love but _Once Upon_ is the far richer, superior masterpiece.
The dollars movies are not a trilogy. There's just A fistful of Dollars and for a few dollars more. The best Eastwood movies on the spaghetti western era are A fistful dollars, for a few dollars more, The Good The bad and The ugly and the American one which bombed in America but was a hit and Mexico, Spain and Italy and has become a classic in its own right Hang them High.
I loved the tagline for this movie.
"For three men, the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice."
Have you reacted to The Magnificent Seven? If not I would love to see you do that.
Don't watch Magnificent Seven before "Seven Samurai." That's the original.
@@dudermcdudeface3674 I do recommend both, but I'd rather see M7 first
I'd rather see him react to Seven Samurai, the movie The Magnificent Seven was based on. That's a masterpiece by Akira Kurosawa.
@@sntxrrr M7 is a masterpiece as well. We'll see what happens.
@@sntxrrr The Magnificent Seven was based on Seven Samurai, but it's not just a copy (like the US version of "the ring"). There's more ! Much more !
Tuco is one of my favorite characters ever. Eli Wallach was an amazing actor.
The theatrical version is actually more effective than this extended version.
Lee Van Cleef was a villain's villain!
How about another classic many reactors overlook? "The Dirty Dozen!"
This is one of the few movies i call "perfect". The acting, the cinematography, the music, the actors themselves, the script, the story are all perfect for me.
"In Boot Hill there are over 400 graves. It takes
the space of 7 acres. There is an elaborate gate
but the path keeps to the main route for it tangles
like branches of a tree among the gravestones.
300 of the dead in Boot Hill died violently
200 by guns, over 50 by knives
some were pushed under trains -- a popular
and overlooked form of murder in the west.
Some from brain hemorrhages resulting from bar fights
at least 10 killed in barbed wire.
In Boot Hill there are only two graves that belong to women
and they are the only known suicides in that graveyard."
-- From The Collected Works of Billy The Kid by Michael Ondaatje.
Sergio Leones out does himself in Once Upon A Time In The West and Once Upon A Time In America. Watch them you won't be disappointed. Enjoy your reaction videos they're the best.
Blondie’s tactics at the end were genius. As he had removed the bullets from Tuco’s gun he only had to focus on Angel Eyes, who had to split his attention between Blondie and Tuco. And if Blondie had lost the shootout he would still have had the last laugh: there was no name on the stone because there was no name on the grave and Angel Eyes would would never have known where the gold was buried. Blondie was honorable enough to split the gold with Tuco but smart enough not to turn his back on him; he literally left Tuco hanging until he was well out of range.
So glad I got to see Moricone in London about 15 years ago. Ecstasy of Gold was the highlight -- he had a whole choir and a Soprano. Apparently one of the most productive film scorers ever.
Same, on the list of best decisions i ever made. czcams.com/video/ZNGe7iK1O-4/video.html
Shah, another great review. BTW, The Bad (Angel Eyes) was played by Lee Van Cleef. He was a staple of Spaghetti Westerns, like the "Sabata" series and "Death Rides a Horse"
I hope to see you react to Open Range with Robert Duvall and Kevin Costner...an excellent western film.
But yes...definitely react to Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More...both are excellent.
3:20 - Lee Van Clief, one of the icons of spaghetti westerns. He works with Leone in second part of Dollar Trilogy: For A Few Dollars More.
If you can find it "They Call Me Trinity" is another gem, and has a great funny side to it
This movie is in my list of 5 best movies ever made.
This is the greatest western ever!!! Please check out The Outlaw Josey Wales, a phenomenal western from 1976 starring and directed by Clint.
For a few classic westerns more, may I suggest "The Ox-Bow Incident"(1942)
"The Wild Bunch"(1969) "Little Big Man"(1970), "Jeremiah Johnson"(1972)
"High Plains Drifter"(1973)
Yes, Jeremiah Johnson - the West before cattle and cowboys, and Little Big Man - loved it. Also, the original best 'Stagecoach'
@@sherigrow6480 Yes, "Stagecoach"(1939) was the movie that made John Wayne a major movie star and directed by the legendary John Ford. They made many great movies together and I would love to see reaction videos to all of them.
Eli Wallach is great as the villain in "The Magnificent Seven." That one is def worth a watch too.
For more classics with Clint Eastwood I can recommend Kelly's Heroes.
Sergio Leone e Ennio Morricone reinventarono il Western,con i pochi mezzi che avevano quando sei un genio c'è poco da fare!! Orgoglio Italiano 🤠🌹♥️
The "do you feel lucky punk" line is from "Dirty Harry" (1971) -- no western, but still great :)
Still its quite a bit west of itally/spain
Another of my Top 10 films reacted to by another of my favorite reactors! TBS Schmitt just did Glory and now Shan's watching this. What a great weekend!
“The good” was identified to communicate that this was a morally gray hero and not a shining white knight hero as was common for westerns of the time. The podcast “the soundtrack show” does a great job analyzing the soundtrack. Check it out.
One thing that spaghetti westerns in general, but especially Sergio Leone's films do, is making close ups of very unique, weathered faces their own type of "landscape" shots. He really examines the landscape of the human face a lot.
Those closeups get even closer in Once Upon A Time In The West. Right in the eyes closer.
The “Make My Day” quote is from the fourth Dirty Harry cop film “Sudden Impact”
The times were changing when this came out. Film makers were getting out from under the studios thumb & one of the things they were experimenting with were tropes like good vs. evil. So the characters in lots of those movies were more like bad, really bad & just straight up evil. The line you quoted, " Do you feel lucky, punk?, " was in Dirty Harry
Open Range-Kevin Costner and Robert Duval
The Outlaw Josey Wales- Clint Eastwood
Are movies I will continue to suggest. They are great movies imo. My two favorite westerns of all time.
That bridge explosion was soooo dangerous. Look at all the debris that comes flying in right next to the actors.
How about that shovel getting thrown like a spear inches from Eli's fingers?
@@stevecampbell9670 Or worse, the metal step on the train almost beheading Eli Wallach. He told that story many times.
You are right, they did build the graveyard for the film
The mexican standoff at the end is WITHOUT A DOUBT, the absolute finest in cinematic history.
The editing, the music, the buils up.
This is 24 carat cinema gold.
“Go ahead, make my day…do you feel lucky” is from the Dirty Harry series….brilliant films.
Thank you for a wonderful reaction! Leone has been criticized for his violence...especially at the time of his picture's release. Yet, you rarely see blood. He makes it "feel" violent. Most director's spend one or two minutes setting up a violent act and then dwell on the outcome for 10 or so minutes...extending shootouts, even using slo-motion. The genius of Leone is he does the reverse. The buildup can be 5 or 10 minutes but the act is over in seconds. It's the suspense and tension he creates that makes you feel you watched something graphic and violent. He is truly an artist and thank you for appreciating his work!
Please consider the Dirty Harry Movies (at least the first three) I don't think you'll regret it.
There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend. Those who react to movies and talk over the good parts and those who don't. You don't. Thanks. :)
"The Outlaw Josey Wales" is my favorite of his westerns, followed closely by "Unforgiven".
18:50 it's really difficult to overstate the importance of bridges. I don't know if you've already seen it, or it's on your list, but A Bridge Too Far might be worth your time.
That entire scene where “The Ugly” Eli Wallach was putting together revolvers was 100% improvised.
Also shouldn’t have worked at all as all those revolvers were hand fitted and the different colts and Remingtons he takes parts from have different basic dimensions
In case you're interested, this movie was shot in my country, Spain, in the desert of Almería. 90% of the spaghetti-westerns were shot here.
Once Upon a Time in the West was suppose to be The Man with No Name's origin/revenge tale.
The fake names in the script that Harmonica gives as his fake names, were Bill Carson and Arch Stanton.
Best foreshadowing is in that western -
"Harmonica - Did you bring a horse for me?!"
"Henchmen - Looks like....Looks like we're shy one horse (laughs....rest of group joins laughing)"
"Harmonica - No....You brought two too many!"
one could argue that sergio leone singlehandedly revitalized the western genre with his dollar trilogy, even in the US. with his growing recognition overseas he wanted to leave the western behind and make a passion project "once upon a time in america" but the american studios only agreed to finance it if he would make another western before that. thus "once upon a time in the west" was born. And what a masterpiece on a Kubrick level it became.
This time he asked Enrico Morricone to write and record the soundtrack before filming, this way he could play it on set, so that Actors and camera could flow with the music
And just like Kubrick he never explained his intentions. Some might argue that this movie was a deconstruction of the western, others that he deconstructed himself and the so called "spaghetti western" or that it isn't a western at all, but a ghost story. And i agree with all of them.
For any cine enthusiast it is an obligatory watch, It is visual storytelling on a master level grounded om a revolutionary approach to soundtrack (or lack of it in some scenes)
Not sure if it is true but i have heared that like star wars was the first movie to have a "continious" soundtrack throughout the film, "once upon a time in the west" was the first to have a theme for all it's main charcters.
Just like kubrick's 2001 it isn't a movie i need to see a "reaction" video but would rather prefer an "opinion / review", since just the pressure of "oooh i need to react in some way to this" actually does this kinds of movies no favor. this kind lives rather by the unscratched itch that you have seen it and it left you thinking .... and after 5-10 years you watch it again and you catch yourself thinking about it in a totally different way....
TL;DR some times the entertaining thing about movies isn't the movie itself but trying to answer the questions it left you with and the doubt of "am i asking even the right ones" ;)
Love your reactions,
Matthias Exeler
PS.: if you ever consider watching "once upon a time in the west" please make sure to watch the "european theatrical release version" ... america back then wasn't quiet ready yet ;)
My favorite movie! You can't think of westerns no more without whistling the theme to this movie! It's so iconic.
Yes, they build the cemetery for the movie and it had to be gone a day after filming.
As for the bridge? The short version, thanks to some local miscommunication it was blown up twice. The first time no camera was rolling.
'Go ahead Punk' is from 'Dirty Harry'.
The two 'Dollar' movies are not as good as 'The Good...'. They aren't bad, but you can see the growth in skill and budget. 'For a fistful of Dollars' is a remake/adaption of the Akira Kurosawa movie 'Yojimbo'. If you are really into movies watch them both with 'Yojimbo' first, because then you will see how well Leone adapted it. He changed only what was necessary.
But if you want another really great Sergio Leone western, give 'Once upon a time in the west' (1968) a try.
Yeah, Blondie is the Good, but he's rated on a curve against the other two.
And he only kills other gunmen. Unlike the Bad, he leaves civilians alone and sometimes even shows empathy for them.
You watched the extended edition: oddly I prefer the cinema version.
One problem is that Wallach was still alive and they used his voice which had changed in pitch due to age. Eastwood too, but not as much. They got someone else for Cleef.
The extra scenes add nothing except possibly the one where ugly arrives at the camp looking for Carson
Peter, it is your preference. The extended version is the original European cut and US version has a shorter cut of Tucco and his priest brother’s scenes. Both versions are available on physical media.
Terrance Hill and Buddy Spencer have some great “spaghetti” westerns as well, but they are also full of comedy as well.
Definitely worth a look.
This movie is actually shot in the south of Spain. You can still visit the Sad Hill cemetary set, there !
The "Make my day" line is from one of the Dirty Harry movies, can't remember which.
You should watch "Once Upon a Time in the West" next. It's a bit better than the rest of the "Dollars" trilogy, imo. And the soundtrack is one of Morricone's best.
The best thing about Leone is he uses wide epic shots followed by extreme closeups and he holds shots for a very long time and allows for slow build of tension and and spends a lot of time making every shot perfect. He was a fan of John Ford and in the movie Once Upon a Time in America he went to exactly the same spot to get an exact shot. And that stone circle at the end was built stone by stone and took a couple of weeks for that one shot, and the first tracking shot in that film of Claudia Cardinale he had the whole town built at a cost that was higher than the budget for his previous film, all for that one 3 minute shot.
The commentary on that film, when you see it, there is a squeaky windmill, one of his producers complained that the sound was annoying an asked if he should send someone to oil it to get rid of the noise. In typical Leone fashion he told the guy, "If you do I'll slap you"
Sad Hill cemetery was exclusively constructed for this film. The production got the cooperation of the Spanish Army. After shooting, it was just left unattended. A few years ago, people found it's location and an effort was take on to restore it. It has been completely restored and it's a tourist location. The restoration project was capped off by a showing of the movie on that location and some very unexpected words of congratulations from Clint Eastwood himself.
The corpse in the coffin was real. Someone's grandma asked to be in a movie after she died and this was her big show biz break.
The greatest epic western film ever made and it's one of my favorites!
The greatest? Did you ever see Silverado?
@@trhansen3244 Yes, I have!
Ever made? Youd have to compare to John Ford's and Anthony Mann.
@@trhansen3244 Silverado? 😄
@@orangewarm1 The BEST ever, is what I meant. Lol!
If John Williams is KING of Cinematic Music, than Ennio Morricone was prince of the Westerns. I always think of the best Eastwood westerns in groups of three; The "Dollars" Trilogy as birth of a LEGEND - TMWNN, as the character was written to return in Once upon a Time in the West, where we learn his background, with his vendetta, with a slight supernatural twist, giving his name as a list of dead men...Instead, due to filming conflicts, Eastwood had to pass on the role, and Charles Bronson's "Harmonica" was born. Then we have the "Revenge" loose Trilogy, comprised of "High Plains Drifter" "Pale Rider" "Unforgiven" while the popularity of Westerns have hit an all-time-low, there are more of a specialised genre now, with greats such as: "Lonesome Dove" "Ravenous" "Bone Tomahawk" "Hateful Eight" - being a GOT-esque mini-series, Dark Comedy, Cannibalistic-Horror, and slow burn-mystery respectively!
The italian westerns were shot mainly in Spain Almeria (Europes only desert) and the cementry Sad Hill is in nothern Spain. They rebuiled it.
Yes, Ennio Morricone terrific work as always as composer His score in "Once Upon a Time in the West" there are lyrics to the song.
Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Henry Fonda as a classic bad man. A must see!
Regarding the visuals: the movie was shot in Techniscope, and only uses half of the usual 35mm frame, so it's not as sharp as some other films, BUT this film also has quite an unfortunate restoration history. There's been a couple of restorations since the one you've watched, and while one of them was heavily criticized, the most recent one looks much *much* better. You'll also see how great the first two films look today when you'll get around to them, despite them being much cheaper, and shot on the same format.
Eli Wallach is a legend. He died in 2014. RIP
These westerns changed the whole industry overnight. Westerns with depth and complex characters. Hollywood shifted quickly to compete.
The first two movies are great as well, but he had zero budget. I especially like the second film.
Other movies to check out, The Outlaw Jose Wales and ... The Wild Bunch
OMG one of the greatest movies ever made a true masterpiece classic of classics The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef and the incredible music score by Ennio Morricone. Thank you Shan great reaction just excellent😊👍👍👍👍
Clint Eastwood says "Are you feeling lucky, punk?" in the film 'Dirty Harry' (1971) as police homicide detective Harry Callahan. He says "Go ahead, make my day" in 'Sudden Impact (1983), the 4th Dirty Harry film in the franchise which Eastwood himself directed as well as starred in...
Ennio Morricone, an absolute master of his craft
Hi Shan, greetings from Rome (Leone and Morricone's city), I enjoyed and loved your video. I agree with you about Leone, he was a genius about how he used the camera, the silence, the close-ups and the landscapes. He, focusing on the dirty, scarred faces of greedy and ruthless bandits (you rightly said "none of them is really good"), wanted to show the dark side of America's face of that time, where there weren't heroes like John Wayne only but there were scoundrels too...that's why back then in the 1960's this kind of films were rejected in America and called them, with despise, "spaghetti western", they didn't want to see the truth that Leone pushed in front of them...but as you correctly said I think this film is much more realistic than the classic western films from the Studios. Two details more about Tuco, Eli Wallach was incredible in that role...he really canceled himself to get into the character, he later said he twice risked his life during the scenes: in the second scene in which Eastwood cut his rope he was almost hung, in the scene of the train his head was almost chop off...; one last word about Morricone: he was really a genius and his tracks are masterpieces.
Sergio Leone shot using a 'tower of babble' system where every actor spoke in their native language and it was all made into english, or italian or spanish or portugese in the edit room. Obviously caused weird problems on the set because actors often couldn't understand their cue lines. Also explains why some actors are dubbed even though it looks like they're speaking the correct english words.
Since you really enjoyed The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, another great western I highly recommend (also referred as 'the last great big western' and is even better than The Good, The Bad & The Ugly in my opinion) and is directed Sergio Leone as well is 'Once Upon A Time In The West' (1968) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards & Claudia Cardinale. (I recommend watching the 165 minutes restored version - not the original released 145 minute heavily cut US theatrical version, which has some major plot holes & continuity issues. The 165 minutes restored version keeps the film as Sergio Leone intended for it to be shown and is ranked by many film historians as Sergio Leone's masterpiece...Also this film's musical score was done by Ennio Morricone) 🤠🐎🚂
Watch the total last part at the cemetary again and watch closely in the far distance. There you will see a car driving towards the cemetary and also some guy walking his dog.
Also I cherish the two concerts I went to to see Ennio Morricone direct his epic music scores live here in Amstedam. Truly magnificent.
Not only did they build Sad Hill Cemetery for the film, but it's still there! It's a tourist attraction in Spain, you can visit it. They had to refurbish and rebuilt it in 2015, but it's still Sad Hill.
I love this movie so much my dad showed this to me growing up and have been a fan of Clint ever since
Well, you beat MellVerse. I hope it doesn't take a long time to watch and react to Once Upon A Time In The West.
16:19 it's been said Leone wanted Eli Wallace to get closer for better filming. That's an actually train and if Wallace moved any closer he would have been decapitated. Also the hanging scenes Wallace's hands were actually tied as he hung on for dear life using his legs to hold on as the horse galloped away fast after Eastwood shot the rope. Also, the gun buying scene or rather stealing Wallace didn't know what he was really doing when he broke the guns apart and did his inspection scene.
I've always considered 'the good' not to mean he was a good man but rather that he was just really good at what he did
Very few films have this level of character development while simultaneously giving so very little away about their past. The emersion is over the top.
Great reaction as always Shan. It wasn't shot in the west, but Spain and West Germany by an Italian production company. That's why they (the west) derogativley coined the phrase "spaghetti western". And yes, you should absolutely watch ALL of his! This & "Once Upon A Time In The West" are his best and most celebrated but "For A Few Dollars More" is my favourite for some reason.
Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone considered Once Upon a Time in the West to be his fourth in his Western movies
Also you need to watch The Magnificent Seven. It's not a Spaghetti Western but the cast is astounding. And Eli Wallach, the guy that plays Tuco in this plays the villain in it.
or maybe the original instead?
@@KyuzouTV That too. I'm sure Shan will get around to Kurosawa.
Skip the 2016 remake but do also watch the "original" ie The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa.
@@stevecampbell9670 Yeah, I have to agree, Antoine Fuqua doesn't often fail, but the Magnificent Seven remake wasn't very good.
Another awesome italian wester is Once Upon a Time in the West with Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson and Jason Robards and also directed by Sergio Leone and with music by Ennio Morricone.
Such a beautiful soundtrack. The Ecstasy of Gold was the song played while Tuco was racing through the graveyard, not when the three had the showdown. I bought the soundtrack album in the 60's and it is one of my most prized possessions today. Saw all the three films multiple times in the theaters in the 60's. Great experiences. The soundtrack of For a Few Dollars More is almost as good.
Shan, so glad you got to see this Classic, my all-time favorite!
Great Reaction Shaneel! _The Good, The Bad And The Ugly_ is my favorite Western, glad to see you enjoyed it to. Thanks again for all the great work you do.
What a great joy that I found out you having watched this film! It is an absolute masterpiece! :)
This film represents a final product that all film makers hope for, but few achieve. Leone learned from the first two films, in this three film set, what the audience yearned for, and put it all on the line with this film. In doing so he hit a grand slam home run. The directing, camera angles, and production make this film one of the greatest westerns ever made. Then you add the genius of Morricone, and you elevate this film to the top of that list. Great reaction. Peace.
It was called a spaghetti western, because they were made in Italy, mainly because they had vast tracks of land with no power lines or roads.
The good, the bad and the ugly is my #2 ranked Eastwood western. I would recommend "High Plains Drifter" my favorite Eastwood western and I believe Eastwood's first as a director. High Plains Drifter is unique in that there is a supernatural element to the story.
This was the first like I've given before watching. I already knew you'd love it.