FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) FIRST TIME REACTION!!

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[@JamesVSCinema]

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[@Glaaki13]

yes its a long movie ..... have you seen the 7 samurais ?

[@davewolf6256]

Just so you know, the movie was produced in Italy. That’s why it’s called a “Spaghetti Western.” That’s also why so many extras don’t look “Hollywood.” But it was actually shot in Spain and in Durango, Mexico.

[@flickerman68]

That entire ending sequence is beyond epic.

[@chrisbowling4060]

"The Outlaw Josey Wales." One of the all-time great Westerns. If you liked TGTBTU, you'll dig Josey.

[@Glaaki13]

@Trashthlete lol

[@jimtatro6550]

“When you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.” One of the best lines ever.

[@andrewcharles459]

Which is ironic considering how Blondie got away from him in the first place....

[@nickchang5293]

@@andrewcharles459 Tuco getting duped by Blondie throughout the movie was a big part of its charm. It’s fcking hilarious when they got captured by the Union army because Tuco mistook them for Confederates as their uniforms were covered in heavy dust, and Blondie said “And god hates idiots”😂

[@obi-wanjabronii]

Mexican 007

[@JamesMPalmer]

Something that Harrison Ford's characters adopted very well. -- Han Solo & Indiana Jones.

[@marioarguello6989]

Used to be my favorite line, but after 40 years it changed to "...e e e diots", "it's for you"

[@karlmoles6530]

Everything from the graveyard "Ecstasy of Gold" scene onwards is pretty much the most epic thing ever filmed.

[@KSDVLmom]

Yeah when they entered the stare down ring I said Oh he's gonna love this and then he goes oh man I just got chills

[@theflickchick9850]

I went to a graveyard with my friends, played the song, and then ran through. I indeed felt epic.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Personally I prefer the end of "For a few dollars more". The music is better, as is the setup.

[@ViolentKisses87]

This definitely, But a close second is Tora! Tora! Tora! The insane practical effects actually nearly killing dozens of of actors add a level of realism that can't be faked as they run for their lifes.

[@elindioedwards7041]

@@Quotenwagnerianer The music is quite similar. TGBU includes some chimes in the final showdown that are actually very reminiscent of the musical pocket watch from FFDM.

[@bowlsem7]

I love how the civil war is just simmering in the background. The main characters kinda bounce in and out of it without really taking any real stance.

[@rubenlopez3364]

*But them Yankees, THEY GOT GOLD.*

[@lphan4597]

Leone did a lot of research on the Civil War. Many old plates/photos were used as visual references.

[@1skcusebutuoy1]

The contrast between the Civil War and the bandits is what makes this one so much better than the other two. Even Clint Eastwood's character is stunned by how the soldiers are treated "I never saw so many men wasted so badly." The difference between needing to kill to survive and killing because somebody told you to.

[@wesleyscullard6103]

The music in this film is simply terrific. Ennio Morricone truly was one of a kind.

[@radoszny]

Was one of a kind... Rest in peace Maestro.

[@actingkeith]

Here's the Danish National Symphony Orchestra doing the main theme kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5_YgHSoesukfdE

[@nickchang5293]

The theme to the climatic showdown “Ecstasy of Gold” is one of the greatest film scores in the history of cinema.

[@nickchang5293]

@Ray Doyle the beauty of that score is it’s rhythm and tempo moving at the same pace with Tuco’s frantic dash around the cemetery searching for the grave where the gold was buried. Absolutely perfect sound and visual composition.👍🏻

[@nickchang5293]

@@TripperV Yes, Metallica always use Ecstasy of Gold as intro when they go on stage, and they also play the video of the graveyard scene on the screen atop the stage. Saw that at their 2017 show at Pasadena Rose Bowl and it was awesome!

[@hermanblume2527]

That shot where he tosses the water bottle onto the sand hill and it rolls down to hit Blondie in the head is criminally underrated technical brilliance.

[@nevrogers8198]

I've wondered for years how many takes (and raking of sand in between) that took. Looks like a casual throw but the trajectory is perfect!

[@Devypocalypse]

@@nevrogers8198 according to the audio commentary, if I recall right, one take.

[@hermanblume2527]

@@Devypocalypse I felt like I’d heard the same thing but for the life of me could not remember where I did. Thank you. I wanted to say I thought so but couldn’t recall my source.

[@basicallyimblind6721]

@@Devypocalypse lol it's like the pizza in Breaking Bad

[@marioarguello6989]

@@nevrogers8198 Or maybe they weren't necessarily planning for that, or had lower expectations and got lucky. I go with Conspiracy Theory #2

[@imocchidoro]

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!" Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Also a very good movie.

[@acfiv1421]

Leone couldn't overdo the dialog, since only the three main actors really spoke English. The rest were Italian or Spanish extras whose lines were overdubbed into English in post-production. But the effect was to push your attention onto the scenery, the camera moves, the facial expressions, the sweat and the grit. IMHO, this movie is in my Top 3 best movies ever made. It will remain timeless even 100 years from now.

[@dragonflyparade8143]

Today, all the actors want to be the "pretty one", the heart-throb. Like that could cover acting to this standard.

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

Tuco in the gun shop is one of my favorite scenes. It reveals a lot about his character, especially that he doesn't recognize boundaries. At least he let the shop owner keep his bottle of whiskey. You really can see how this movie influenced Tarantino. It's a series of set pieces, as so many Tarantino films are. Also the stylized violence.

[@vetteazul5114]

An awesome scene, and it's hard to believe that Eli didn't know anything about guns, and the director told him just to improvise during that scene.

[@paulhewes7333]

This is a true work of art. Has to be considered the pinnacle of the spaghetti westerns.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Super good!

[@beanz6745]

"The Good" giving the young soldier a final smoke before he dies is really touching

[@MariaDillard-jp1zy]

Then covers him with his coat and trades it for the iconic poncho > which proves again that this is the first movie of the three. Since the other two took place after the Civil War and Clint was wearing the poncho.

[@chrismaverick9828]

Sergio Leone had a philosophy in this movie that scale was important in the sounds. Everything needed to be bigger than real life. A pistol shouldn't sound like a pistol, but a rifle or shotgun. A shotgun should sound like a cannon. A cannon should sound like a bomb, etc. It's in-your-face old skool tech and it works. The bridge scene is amazing, but they actually had to do it twice. They built the bridge and rigged it for the scene, but someone (its mentioned who in one of the making-of vids) set it off early. The Spanish army then spent the night rebuilding it for the final take. The amount of help they got from the Spanish government was actually pretty impressive given the leader at the time. By far the Ennio Morricone's score is the most impressive singular element in the entire film. A normal films' score would fill in the background, lending itself to setting the scene. Morricone and Leone were not content with a mere background. The majority of the music in the film DRIVES the scene. It's right there, next to the actors, building the scene in that moment in an almost physical force kind of way. There is serious power behind it and the music cannot be separated from the scene without killing both. Fantastic, memorable power. If you get a chance, find and watch a documentary called "Sad Hill Unearthed" on Netflix. Fans of the movie set about finding and restoring the location of the epic scene of the cemetery shootout. It's now a landmark and tourist attraction in Spain.

[@master_Blaster91]

Franco was a great leader

[@Carandini]

@@master_Blaster91 He was also savvy enough to appreciate the film industry. To the extent that the Spanish would allow films to be made in Spain that would never be permitted to be shown in Spain.

[@iflarnted]

Spanish soldiers also made the cemetery.

[@brucerout]

Actually, the music score was written before filming began. There was no script. Leone made it up in his head. The supporting actors were Spanish and did not speak English. The dialogue was dubbed in every night after shooting.

[@someonecalleddarthjack]

@@brucerout Some were also italian

[@brandonstarr983]

Lee Van Cleef as The Bad is one of my favorite all-time villains. He's amazing in For a Few Dollars More too, the second in the Man with No Name trilogy.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Super cool looking dude too!

[@dontworry5696]

He’s also great in Escape from New York. I only knew him as a cowboy, so to see him in the future rocking a gold earring and in the future was so weird

[@c.e.k.9624]

@@JamesVSCinema indeed so hot!

[@avonlave]

@@JamesVSCinema that voice too tho

[@andrewcharles459]

In the opening scene of Leone's other masterpiece, "Once Upon a Time in the West", the silence and the ambient sound of buzzing flies or squeaking windmill IS the soundtrack. It's a very deliberate method of his.

[@nickchang5293]

Henry Fonda was one of the baddest of baddies in it.😈

[@christopherconard2831]

When I first watched it I thought the audio track was screwed up. It took me a moment to realize the silence was intentional.

[@elih9700]

I love the trilogy, but I think Once Upon A Time is the cream of leone's work.

[@nickchang5293]

@@elih9700 Once Upon a Time in the West or Once Upon a Time in America?

[@elih9700]

@@nickchang5293 Since we're talking about westerns I meant the western lol.

[@donna25871]

Ennio Morricone wrote some of the most iconic soundtracks in the history of film.

[@nickchang5293]

His theme for Once upon a time in American and “Ecstasy of Gold”, the climax theme in TGTBTU, send chills up my spine every time I hear it

[@pablom-f8762]

I remember when "The Piano" came out, the fact that Morricone was scoring became the biggest asset in advertising.

[@lordmortarius538]

Dude, Lee van Cleef is an iconic villain, one of my absolute favorites :D

[@j.r.9170]

It's so funny he played such a stand up guy in the previous film, for a few dollars more

[@marlonthemarvellous]

"Im not bad they just drew me that way" Lee Van Cleef when James says he looks like the bad guy

[@JamesVSCinema]

😭😭😭

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Lol Jessica Rabbit quote still

[@Clairembify]

I remember hearing he was asked to have his nose « fixed » at the beginning of his career because it didn’t fit the typical Hollywood hero look. Thank god he didn’t!

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

You should definitely do the whole Dollars Triology!

[@John57945]

I second that. But this one is still my favorite of the three. Fistfull of Dollars or A few dollars more have the same antagonist actor and Lee Van Cleef is also in a Few Dollars more. My preference is a Few Dollars More but they are both fantastic.

[@albundy124]

and end up with eastwood's unforgiven

[@Theb4773ry]

I was about to say the same. I really hope he does them

[@danikasilva9906]

Why even bother, he's just seen the last one???

[@Dogbarkssome]

The Dollars trilogy is more of a stylistic trilogy than a narrative one, with no real storyline connecting the films. As such I'd highly recommend watching the 2nd film next 'For a Few Dollars More' - Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef play similar but different characters, and it's a tremendous film in it's own right. The original 'Fistful of Dollars' movie is OK, but by far the weakest of the bunch.

[@floydster23]

It was filmed in Spain. I love the bridge scene, because these characters who constantly deal in death, even they can't fathom the utter carnage over some unimportant bridge. Sure, they need the armies gone to go get the gold, but you can see with their interaction with the captain that they blow the bridge for more than just the gold.

[@davida7153]

Yep, filmed in the province of Almeria in Spain, the only place in Europe that has a real desert: the desert of Tabernas, an apropiate name btw for a western.

[@SightForMemories]

"blondie" wants to give the guys a break, and the "ugly" just wants to cash in..

[@nevrogers8198]

There's a whole backstory to the bridge explosion too. They were lucky to capture it. They had help from the Spanish army (who also built the cemetery).

[@wolf310ii]

@@nevrogers8198 They build the bridge twice, because the first time they blew it up, they werent ready to film it

[@Gazmus]

@@nevrogers8198 also there's that huge fucking boulder that lands 5m to Clint's left that could very easily have killed him 😊

[@josefgordon7712]

I remember watching this fairly young and thinking "wait a minute, they're all pretty bad" 😂

[@JamesVSCinema]

😭😭😭

[@thedudeabides2531]

The spaghetti westerns were all about the anti-hero. Clint's character was always the anti-hero. Unlike the typical white hat western of the time, Clint's character was more of a good guy with shades of grey.

[@brucerout]

The main character is the Ugly. He gets by far the most screen time and dialogue. The good and bad are caricatures. It's all about the ugly.

[@Hernal03]

Varying shades of Grey. And one is the lesser of three evils.

[@PikesvilleAl]

The power of this film is that it's framed so viewer sees what the characters see. There is no peripheral vision.

[@alexa.english174]

It was only a matter of time right ? That final scene with the Trio staring at each other with that music is 👌 .

[@franciscoramirez4179]

PERFECTO!👌

[@OuchmakerX]

Only after watching the first two parts of the Dollars trilogy can you really appreciate how Blondies costume changes during this movie into the one we know and love at the end.

[@j.r.9170]

He gets his poncho in this movie,, that's why some people think this movie is a prequel to the dollars trilogy

[@slowerthinker]

"Spaghetti westerns are more realistic" There speaks someone who has yet to see Franco Nero shooting from the hip with his ... um, 'large firearm' in _Django_

[@krono5el]

Good ol coffin guns reminds me of Gungrave : P

[@georgesomeone7725]

"What's in the coffin?" "Death" Great movie :)

[@Buggins]

Well, there's spaghetti westerns and spaghetti westerns

[@embran8486]

Or "in honor" of it in The Quick and The Dead going just through the roof with not so realistic but still badass standoff.

[@goran77ish]

I love that he had small cameo in Django Unchained.

[@hollyodell4012]

The ending of this movie is one of my earliest memories. Some Saturday or Sunday afternoon, everyone else was napping I think, I'm probably 3 or 4 years old, sitting in front of the TV all alone, transfixed by this sweaty, close-up, 3-way stand-off, having absolutely no idea what any of it was about. But it was so arresting and dramatic. The suspense😲 And then leaving the guy with the noose around his neck and riding away, wondering if the guy was going to lose his balance, a troubling scenario for a pre-schooler to be contemplating on a lazy afternoon🤔

[@marioarguello6989]

The begining of For A Few Dollars More is one of mine, from 50-52 years ago when I was 5-7. I just knew knew I was about to see something special, the text, the animation, the music with a string, whatever it is called.

[@andrewcharles459]

L'estasi del oro (the ecstasy of gold), the song played when Tuco runs through the cemetery, is one of the finest pieces of music ever written, period.

[@Harrison244]

This is my all time favorite movie. The scene at the end where he’s running through the graveyard is maybe my all time favorite scene too. It’s shot so well man

[@hrolfdemayrsson542]

Yeah! there is two groups of Leone fans, those who love Good, Bad & Ugly or Once Upon a Time in the West, I LOVE OUaTitWest.

[@bushidoblvck_]

Another good Clint Eastwood western is The Outlaw Joeys Wales, he directed it as well. I just saw it and it’s now one of my favorite westerns.

[@mitchclement3773]

That's 1 of Clint's favourite movies as well.

[@bushidoblvck_]

@@mitchclement3773 I can see why, he did a good job directing it. The movie has a great cast of characters and so many quotable lines.

[@jackrussell3951]

My all time favorite of his is "High Plains Drifter." That movie is insane. He has an entire town painted red and renamed "Hell" as part of a revenge plot against its citizens.

[@t0dd000]

Agree. These three. Unforgiven. And The Outlaw Jose Wales. The best non-Clint western, I think, is The Wild Bunch.

[@bluebird3281]

It isn't a western but "Any which way but loose" is a Clint Eastwood comedy with an orangutan. It is a great movie even if my previous sentence describing it indicates the opposite .

[@brettg274]

Check out “The Outlaw Josey Wales”, Clint’s other masterpiece Western role.

[@therealjohnxerri]

My recommendation also.

[@juhak27]

Yeah, that's a great one, but when talking about Clint Eastwood westerns, there's also High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider and, of course, Unforgiven.

[@brettg274]

@@juhak27 - I forgot Unforgiven, but the others, while enjoyable good films, just don’t hit the same level of masterpiece IMO.

[@RP_Williams]

@@brettg274 "just don’t hit the same level of masterpiece IMO" - with High Plains Drifter i agree 'film shooting wise'....but for pure plot, it blows this out of the water. Was HE the guy whipped to death at the beginning's GHOST...we never know!...it had that The Shining like quality of mystery that can have you talking about a film DECADES later. I think TGTBTU IS the better film though (but it's 1A and 1B for me).

[@brettg274]

@@RP_Williams - I like it a lot, don’t get me wrong. Such an unorthodox story for a western. Drifter and Unforgiven are both best viewed at the end of Clint’s western catalogue, they hit better.

[@floydster23]

Wow. Glad you got around to seeing this masterpiece. This whole trilogy is fantastic, although Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite Leone film.

[@JamesVSCinema]

I’d have to say that’s my favorite film as well compared to this!

[@MonsieurBooyah]

@@JamesVSCinema on to the kurosawa films that inspired these?

[@fs127]

@@MonsieurBooyah That would be amazing if he does.

[@billkirby4311]

@@fs127 seems like a slam dunk to me.

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

There are two kinds of people. One who think The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a timeless classic and those, who have not seen it.

[@shuckins]

I love how "the ugly" makes the sign of the cross and then a sweeping gestures as if saying "whatever".

[@TheJoKeR7991]

In my humble opinion, this is the greatest movie ever filmed.

[@unk9192]

The scene in the fort with Angels Eyes looking around was the first shot that made me appreciate cinematography as a kid, and the score and just the general emotion of the scene was one of the first film scenes I ever really appreciated in general.

[@ezlmonqzy9650]

Dude him looking around the confederate spot and the music in the freaking background was amazing the first time I seen it last year I had to rewind it the soundtrack is 🔥 you seen once upon a time in the west ?????

[@peterbrazukas7771]

It's the epitome of 'Show, don't tell.'

[@Timbot2002]

When Tuco looked up from the gold and saw the noose, the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme started playing in my head

[@theflickchick9850]

PFFFFT

[@JoaquoGameplay]

What i love about this movie is that in the beginning all 3 main characters ar not so different, the 3 are in some level bad. But as the film keeps going you can see how Blondie and Tuco are adopting their "names". Blondie becomes more empathic and noble while Tuco is still bad but you kinda see he has a heart. And Angel Eyes keeps being the bad xd.

[@marioarguello6989]

The movie is deeper than people usually think, the point of the movie is that it is not always clear cut, the "father Ramirez, brother of Tuco Ramirez" defines Tuco, and the movie

[@kyleyoung3446]

I like how James appreciates real and gritty westerns. Sam Peckinpah has a similar viewpoint of the western genre. Esp. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

[@BigMac7629]

This is my absolute favorite western. It's truly epic in every way. From the way Sergio Leone films every scene to the late Ennio Morricone incredible score it's a perfect western in every way possible.

[@panther7748]

Fun Fact: Sergio Leone never used storyboards. He knew exactly what he wanted to shoot, everything was in his head. He also asked Ennio Morricone (who went to school together with Leone btw) to compose the music first, and THEN he would shoot the scenes with the music in mind.

[@Polymathically]

25:03 I love the way the camera pans up as The Ecstasy of Gold starts. Tuco has reached his destination, only to find one final, maddening obstacle: graves that seemingly stretch on into infinity. The one he needs is somewhere in there. And all he can do is run in circles in sheer desperation, because by that point he has _nothing else._

[@movieswithsammykitty]

Eli Wallach as Tuco is so great. He was never afraid to be grungy or unlikable in his roles, but he could also do incredibly endearing (see The Holiday). He was a magnificent character actor.

[@damianolanzoni9583]

I think one of the best part is the meeting between Tuco and his brother, because it shows what great director Leone is and how good is the screenplay: in just a couple of minutes Leone reverse our perspective on Tuco, turning him from a despicable asshole to a troubled antihero.

[@yvonnesanders4308]

Epic. I really can't imagine anyone attempting to film anything as big as this today. It really has everything, humour, drama, pathos

[@Vijay-tg7hf]

I would honestly recommend the entire man with no name trilogy which are "A fistful of dollars , A few dollars more and as u watched above the good, bad n ugly". For a few dollars more is particularly one of my favorites. They are meant to be self contained stories with clint at its center. If u noticed, he never had a definitive name... just Tuco calling him Blondie lol. So glad u checked this out :)

[@nevrogers8198]

I recommend watching Fistful back to back with Yojimbo. Some of the shots (and even dialogue) are identical. Both great in their own way.

[@brettcoster4781]

But the progenitor films, by Kurosawa (Yojimbo and Sanjuro) and previously John Ford, also must be watched to really get the background, from John Ford western to Japanese Samurai to Italian Spaghetti western.

[@giovannivitodonghia3583]

As an Italian myself, I could not expect anything better than this...an American watching and reacting to a classic spaghetti western! LOVE MAN!

[@commodorejamesnorrington4171]

So the thing about the guns, lots of them are anachronistic, primarily, you had to carry a flask of gunpowder, a pouch of lead balls (bullets) and load them individually into the gun, in The Good The Bad and The Ugly, you see the actors on screen load metallic cartridges, something that wouldn’t be in common use during the Civil War, but, there’s a good reason for this. If you think about how they do takes of certain scenes, one of those historically accurate black powder revolvers takes upwards of 20 minutes to reload to maximum capacity, and there’s an issue involved with sourcing genuine black powder, wadding, and blasting caps, and to do that for a hundred other characters with what was considered a measly budget in places where that kind of material was scarce or impossible to find anyways (they filmed the movie in Spain and Italy, hence ‘spaghetti westerns’). So to allow the characters to shoot blanks and capture the visuals of a gun being fired with all the appropriate smoke and flash, they gave them replicas that were cartridge converted, so instead of taking 20 or so minutes to reload the guns between takes or scenes, it would take them a few seconds since the guns were converted to take metallic cartridges. Now, there were guns out there in the early to mid 1860s that took metallic cartridges, the kind we see today and the kind that were much easier to find locally, but regardless, it’s an anachronism. I will say though, despite the fact that none of them were truly in common use with either army or the civilians in their midst, I think it deserves a pass because of the obvious logistical setbacks, and the fact that they did a fantastic job with the effects and aesthetic with or without historically accurate guns. There were a few anachronisms and goofs when it came to Clint’s lever action, the one he uses to free Tuco during the former portion of the film, and a few historically inaccurate guns during the gun shop scene, it’s also impossible that Tuco put a gun together made of parts by several different manufacturers and was able to make the thing work, but it’s a cool scene, and it has some cool inspiration, I think it was inspired by Samuel Colt mixing and matching revolver parts for an audience in London, though they were all Colt parts.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

20 minutes to reload is not accurate. You can still buy working replicas of those old cap and ball revolvers. I had a Colt navy some years back. I could reload in a couple of minutes with light practice. Five minutes if I was at a leisurely pace. Your point is overall right, two minutes is still too long, but 20 is way off the mark.

[@snowflakepillow8697]

@25:22 The re-review of this movie by Roger Ebert is really illuminating. This movie used somewhat comic book rules in which the characters don't notice anything until the camera does. The most obvious example is when Tuco and Blondie stumble upon the encampment at the bridge that ends up getting blown up. But the reveal of the expanse of the cemetery is perhaps the most awesome example.

[@Yungbeck]

Never clicked faster! My favourite movie right here! and my older brothers now too, lmao. I convinced him, he had to let Godfather II go.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hahahahaha

[@neminem233]

22:23 I'm so happy you laughed at that because I also thought that tiny little hand movement was hilarious

[@randysimpson6645]

Grew up on films like this at the Drive-in. Please try “Cool Hand Luke” 1968 film starring Paul Newman. Has some of my favorite movie quotes.

[@ShivasIrons22]

Another vote for Cool Hand Luke. The main theme of the movie is even more relevant today than it was in 1967. Stone cold classic.

[@randysimpson6645]

@@ShivasIrons22 Thanks for the save. Had ‘68 in my head. But ‘67 is correct.

[@beanz6745]

"Nobody can eat fifty eggs!"

[@nickchang5293]

Cool Hand Luke and The Hustler are my favorite Newman flicks. I really wanted to love Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but it fell short of greatness compared to The Sting, where the Newman/Redford duo truly shined!

[@nickchang5293]

@@beanz6745 “Now what we have here is a failure to communicate”😉

[@tbrackett9344]

The best improvised line ever " When you have to shoot,shoot,don't talk! "

[@magusm4107]

Should be noted that though this is the last film in the Dollars trilogy, chronologically it's the first film. It takes place in an earlier time period when the Civil War is still underway. More important Blondie doesn't have his iconic hat and poncho until the end of the film.

[@AutomanicJack]

i wonder what blondie did with all the money , he seemed pretty broke in the other movies ^^

[@deg1studios]

@@AutomanicJack Making it a trilogy was a marketing afterthought. There are many plotholes that surface when you consider the films as a trilogy.

[@AdnanKhan-ty2sl]

@@deg1studios like lee van cleef playing a good guy in the second movie has angel eye's likeness lol

[@wolf310ii]

@@AutomanicJack There is a deleted scene at the beginn of for a fistfull dollars, were he is released from prison

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

@@wolf310ii That scene was shot in the 70s, with Harry Dean Stanton because Clint's character apparently needed a motivation to do what he did. Director Sergio Leone had nothing whatsoever to do with that scene.

[@Loke6661666246]

Sergio Leoni + Ennio Morricone = film masterpieces.

[@paardenslager868]

Ordered the Blu-Ray as soon as that first close-up shot came in. Haven’t seen it in years, it’s been too long. Thanks!

[@sschuyler1]

The scene where Tuco builds his gun was given a nice homage when John Wick did the same thing in the 3rd movie in a museum

[@dash4800]

I think the craft of this film can be summarized in the short shot of him throwing the bottle and it rolling down the hill perfectly to hit Eastwood in the head. You were kind of talking during that but its really an amazing testament to the work put in. Just imagine the work they put in to get him rolling down the hill and landing perfectly in frame, the bottle throw, and camera all to sync up and the amount of time it would take to fix all the sand if it didn't work. It blows my mind every time i think about it.

[@steveallen8987]

The only word that comes to mind is EPIC. Sound, visuals, characters, everything!!!!!

[@JamesVSCinema]

Everything!!!

[@NightwingTV]

Hell yes, we’re here for one of my favorite films of all time!

[@KyleS3m3noff]

"I just haven't, damn it!" So true. Especially now with the modern TV age. Everyone is always on my back with "How have you not watched X, Y and Z yet?!" "Because I been busy with L, M and N! You watched any of them yet?" "No. I haven't heard of them." "Then STFU." Anyway, thanks for watching my #1 all-time favourite film.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Thank you for this man 🙏🏽

[@christinemanczuk5266]

Yay, my all time favorite movie ❤️ I loved that you immediately pointed out the power of the pacing and lack of unnecessary over explanation and dialogue.

[@oFoTcN003]

You can also watch "High plains drifter" it's cool

[@EchoesofaDistantTime]

Loved this movie, anything similar you suggest? I started outlaw Josey Wales but fell asleep.

[@oFoTcN003]

@@EchoesofaDistantTime i watched 1. For a few dollars more 2. A Fistful of dollars 3. The good the bad and the ugly 4. High plains drifter 5. Pale rider 6. The outlaw josey wales 7. Unforgiven 8. Hang 'em high 9. Once upon a time in the west 10. Death rides a horse 11. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid 12. Django Unchained 13. The hateful eight And that's all I've watched in the wild west

[@themanwithnoname8497]

@@oFoTcN003 my favorites are 1. The good the bad and the ugly 2. Django Unchained 3. For a few dollars more 4. High plains drifter 5. Pale rider 6. The hateful eight 7. The outlaw josey wales 8. A Fistful of dollars 9. Once upon a time in the west 10. Death rides a horse That's my favorites from 1 to 10

[@idabobcat]

Favorite line of the movie Tuco- you’re joking blondie? You wouldn’t play a joke on me like that!? Clint- it’s no joke…. It’s a rope tuco. (Dramatic pause) now I want you to stand up there and put your head in the noose Just pure gold

[@jessaw8160]

Do Unforgiven with Clint and Morgan Freeman.

[@edwardsummey8843]

Especially in comparison with films like this.

[@ronweber1402]

@@edwardsummey8843 Unforgiven feels like the end of Blondie's story.

[@be8723]

and Gene Hackman!

[@stavv222]

They shot the film in more than one location, but most of the outdoor and riding scenes were shot in Spain. This is my dad's absolute favourite western, so we travelled to Spain once, to ride the trails and areas Eastwood rode in the movie. My fav was definitely around Granada, that's where they shot the desert scenes with the canyons in the background. Also, the film mostly used Andalusian horses (Iberian/Spanish breeds) and few to none American breeds which I feel like are the only "spaghetti" aspect in this true western setting!

[@tonatiuhnino3711]

The theme song never gets old and it's still used to this day.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Theme is a banger

[@robertmatthews2009]

I hear it every time I watch the movie.

[@windsaw151]

You wonder about a tune from a movie. It is grand. It is epic. Truly epic. You wonder what kind of epic scene it was about. Well, it was for a guy running around in a graveyard searching for a grave.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hahahaha I loved that

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Elli Wallach gave us one of the best performances ever seen in film... and by the way, the movie was shoot in Spain, specifically, Almería in Andalucía... there's a desert there and other different kind of environment, so it's perfect for shooting a western, and many many spaguetti westerns were shot there... But, he cemetery scene was shot in Santo Domingo de Silos, a small village in the province of Burgos... the whole cemetery was built for the movie only. The cemetery still exists. Other movie shot in Burgos partially, was the wonder that is Dr. Zhivago, the film by David Lean. Every David Lean movie is strongly recommended

[@nevrogers8198]

As I mentioned above, there's a stunning doco (still on Netflix UK) called Sad Hill Unearthed.

[@rotru4977]

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.. These movies were always on in my childhood home.

[@DamagedButManaging]

Once Upon a Time may be Leone's pinnacle achievement, but this has always been my favorite. "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." Good advice for life and filmmaking! Edit : and Lee Van Cleef, man. What a villain.

[@adamwarlock1]

I think that Once Upon A Time is more of a heroic quest. Harmonica is a hard guy but he's looking for justice, and he (and even bandit leader Cheyenne) go out of their way to help a helpless woman. Whereas tGtB&tU is more of an existential journey, three people just trying to get ahead and showing, as the title indicates, that while they're all pretty ruthless they've each got their own code of conduct. OUaTitW is my favorite but it's completely a matter of taste, they're both so perfect at being what they are.

[@DamagedButManaging]

@@adamwarlock1 absolutely agree

[@nevrogers8198]

Agree entirely. West is a bigger achievement but this is just so entertaining. Hard to choose.

[@commandershepard96]

I just realized how the first scene with The Bad was much like the first scene in inglorious bastards. No wonder it’s quentins favorite movie.

[@Unc13Fu]

Yes! One of the few movies I rate a perfect 10 out of 10. The characters, the music, the frames, the juxtaposition of extreme closeups and extreme wideshoots (somewhat of a trademark of Sergio Leone)....just absolute awesomeness. The great lines If you gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk There are two kinds of people in the world, those with loaded guns and those who dig - you dig and so many more And then there is the glorious finale. The last 15 or so minutes beginning with the reveal of the graveyard to the greatest standoff in cinema history - absolute perfection. Boy I could go on for hours about this movie. My favorite Western of all time and as mentioned before, one of not many movies that I consider perfect BTW: The prison camp scene was most likely (at least in part) inspired by the Andersonville POW camp, which was run by the confederates, and the brutality that went on in that camp.

[@marioarguello6989]

The union did plenty of mistreating prisoners, including starving them to death or creating conditions for them to die of disease, and Saint Lincoln knew and approved of it. The difference is, the South didn't have food for its soldiers, much less prisoners, but the North did it on purpose.

[@zenna4474]

One of the best films of all time, what a masterpiece.

[@coreymoore1443]

Epic. Absolutely epic. This movie is a deconstruction of Western-as-myth, where all the characters are given different titles but they all have the same theme tune, played on a different instrument. It begs the viewer to ask whether each one deserves that title. The Good kills more men, but he also leaves Tuco exactly the way he finds him, only richer. The Ugly is more like an Everyman who must do whatever it takes to survive. Eli Wallach absolutely steals this show from everyone except the cinematographer and the composer. Just grade A epicness all the way around.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

This movie held the Guinness record for decades for most people used to film a scene, with the combat at the bridge. Not sure if it still holds the record but last I checked, it had held it for like 30 years.

[@jennandrewlawrence5055]

The music is the 4th character imo,and this trilogy that technically isn't a trilogy is the best ever made. My fave one is For a Few Dollars More. I have seen these films countless times and the glorious details never get old. Thank you so much for doing this ❤

[@BlueDebut]

Same. FAFDM has a fantastic story and El Indio is so interesting.

[@NoelMcGinnis]

Finally! A reaction to a movie from before I was born (barely). This is one of the most iconic movies ever. Certainly one of the most influential western movies ever. The music is eternal. And the “ugly” one, acted by legendary Eli Wallach, was superbly executed. And he lived to be 99 years old! I have bought this movie on every video format ever. Betamax, VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and Prime Video. Too good not to always have it available.

[@TheGavrael]

I know everyone has their western recommendations, but since you've watched Blazing Saddles, I think you ought to react to Three Amigos. Second best western comedy out there.

[@johnlloyddy7016]

I think he should see "My Name is Nobody" first before he watches the "Three Amigos". That movie was pure fun and is one of my top western comedy movie favorite.

[@Freehardy]

Although not strictly a comedy, i recall Tombstone has some funny dialogue/scenes

[@paulhewes7333]

In the scene where Tuco just enters the graveyard, a random dog had wandered onto the set and into the shot and it surprised Eli and itself and it was just perfect.

[@JamesVSCinema]

Hahaha that’s actually really hilarious

[@paulhewes7333]

@@JamesVSCinema sometimes fate shines when making a movie by putting unplanned things that are amazing and a skilled editor and filmmaker recognizes it.

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

"He who double crosses me and leaves me alive, he knows nothing of Tuco. Nothing."

[@derekmeyer1044]

My favorite film of all time. Thanks for your reaction. I think the frame of the wide shot with the three actors forming a triangle in the stone circle with the graves around them is the greatest single frame of film in movie history.

[@rustincohle2135]

1:30 Spaghetti westerns are definitely NOT more accurate representations of the American West. They were indeed more stylistic representations of the West and more realistic in its depiction of violence (although not super realistic since the violence is stylized) than classic Hollywood westerns-- but that's because Hollywood westerns were limited by the Hays Code whereas Italian cinema was not limited in its portrayal of violence. Revisionist westerns are more accurate representations of the West (like "Dances with Wolves" or "Unforgiven").

[@MDestron2282]

Haven't even started it yet.... can't wait! One of the best movies ever made! I could talk to you about this forever!

[@nisiriti]

Notice how most people prefer "the bad" and "the ugly" in this film, probably because Tuco is the most human character, with hard childhood, but remains a comic relief, and Angel Eyes is charming and complicated: a villain who kills less than the protagonists of his film, keeps his contracts, unlike common western villains he doesn't rob, rape or use drugs, doesn't shot them in the back when he has the upper hand in the cemetery, shows some respect towards Blondie, complimenting his intelligence and has sympathy for extremely wounded soldiers. They are also superb actors and Lee Van Cleef, omg, what an attractive, sexy, fascinating man, with unique face features! I loved "the good", too, because of his genius level intelligence - he practically pulls the strings in the 2nd half of the movie, and the twist that he's not exactly heroic.

[@poskeegget8043]

The good thing about 'The Good' in this movie, is that he doesn't really start out like that. He changes, and you get to see the change with him witnessing the war.

[@drillsargenttay3960]

This comment haha. I honestly like Angel Eyes more than I do Blondie. 👏🏾🖤🤎

[@nevrogers8198]

Wallach, after all, was the best actor of the three, coming from an already distinguished stage and screen background. Alongside Eastwood's emerging star status, it was perfect. He chews scenery but lets the others shine too.

[@noahjohnson935]

"but you know, the pity of it is, when I'm paid, I always see the job through. You know that" I love that line as it shows Angel Eyes as what he is. Professional but also sadistic

[@LordVolkov]

To dive deeper into the aesthetic that evolved into the Spaghetti Western, I would suggest comparing/contrasting Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars or Seven Samurai and Magnificent Seven (the original). Samurai films, particularly those of Akira Kurasawa, had a huge influence on the style of Westerns.

[@Cau_No]

Actually, Japanese filmmakers after the war looked at American movies and said to themselves, "why don't we do that kind of 'history movie', but with our history." Then came Akira Kurosawa with 'Sanjuro' & 'Yojimbo' and Sergio Leone remade those into the first Dollars movies, and 'Seven Samurai' became 'The Magnificent Seven'. Also, 'The Hidden Fortress' was a main inspiration for George Lucas for Star Wars - just compare those films with each other. There is a lot of back and forth going on between US and Japanese cinema. Let's also talk about Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and The Matrix ...

[@chrismaverick9828]

Seven Samurai is a great film, very much in the way The good, bad, ugly is. Interesting pacing in that there isn't wasted amounts of introduction of the characters. It's all relevant to them.

[@LordVolkov]

@@hoya1178 Doing a compare/contrast with Kurasawa's Shakespeare adaptations and other interpretations of the same work would also be pretty dope.

[@marioarguello6989]

Coppola and Lucas ripped off a lot of Kurosawa stuff, they both actually spent months with him "apprenticing". Many great Kurosawa movies

[@marioarguello6989]

@@hoya1178 Ran is a great epic.

[@ehcmier]

The character who's name was borrowed, for Tuco in Breaking Bad. Never mind how many shots and techniques yoinked from Leone films for the look of Breaking Bad. So much tribute.

[@pencilquest9409]

Don't sweat the "oh maaan, you haven't seen X?!" crowd. It's jus a nothing auto response. Like, would you walk up to a child and be like "Brooo, you're in preschool and you've never done TAXES?! XDXDXD" Real salt of the earth people, y'know?

[@Owlyross]

Definitely this film. I actually saw For A Few Dollars More first, then Fistful, then this. That camera work, the story and oh my god the soundtrack. Once Upon a Time In the West is good, but it's a huge sprawling tale of American expansion. This is a relatively small scale story, a dirty tale of small scale greed, murder and doubledealing. I simply adore it. And that final scene, from the Ecstasy of Gold, through to the graveyard stand off. Absolutely iconic

[@joecool4813]

James, you know what you are!? You're just a great Reac-AHAHAHAAAAAAAA

[@XShrike0]

11:05 I always wondered if that one gun museum scene in John Wick 3 was intended to be an homage to this scene.

[@benharder7816]

Apparently many people actually left the theater during Tuco's torture scene in the camp. The modern viewer in the US was not familiar with that type of violence.

[@jonathansmith8672]

This is my ALL-TIME favorite Western movie! Out of all the other Westerns, I love this movie with all my heart! Great story, great cast, great soundtrack, great setting! So glad you were able to react to this! 🤗🤗🤗😘😘❤💖❤❤💖❤

[@samovarsa2640]

That one scene with the bridge being blown up? You can see a few stones land perilously close to Eastwood, cause there were much less safety regulations back in the day. He was pretty goddamn pissed about it, apparently. Also - at the last showdown, did you notice Lee van Cleef missing the tip of his middle finger? Not many people do.

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

Also the scene where the train separates the chains on Tuco and the dead guard. Apparently they didn’t take into account that the train had a step that jutted out and it just missed Wallach by about 3 inches. Obviously it would’ve killed him if it hit him.

[@akaiinu194]

The film was shot in Spain in the 1960s. The cemetery was restored and can be visited today in Burgos in central Spain. As a curiosity, more than 2000 military extras were used for the battle scene and the bridge was blown up and built twice because the first time it exploded by mistake😂

[@bowlsem7]

Unforgiven deconstructs these classic westerns. It's a good watch.

[@Uncle_T]

I'd say it's a must watch, a very very solid movie that one!

[@lunog]

This movie is the one that deconstructs the classic westerns. Movies like Unforgiven would not exist without this movie being done. Your comment really seems to come from someone that didn´t saw this movie.

[@bowlsem7]

@@lunog Unforgiven rewrote the cowboy hero stereotype and tried to show you the truth about what these gunfighters were really like. I like both of these shows but Unforgiven was different from this and many of the earlier classics. It was kind of its point.

[@lunog]

@@bowlsem7 "The Good the bad and the Ugly" (filmed in the late 1960s) was the movie that rewrote the cowboy hero stereotype, that´s one of the reasons why the movie is so acclaimed. Have you seen it?

[@bowlsem7]

@@lunog Many, many times. First saw it in the early 70's as a kid (in a theater). How about this. Unforgiven rewrote the rewrite (you are looking at possibly 3 generations of film). Many movies copied Good, Bad, Ugly after it was released and Unforgiven was the start of another generation.

[@beertop41beer]

love to see a new Film maker with detail to noticing how good this was put together

[@ctmdarkonestm]

If you watch the Leone/Eastwood movies in order, each one establishes one of the character archetypes. First Eastwood (Fistful of Dollars), then Van Cleef (For a Few Dollars More, aka my favorite), and Wallach in this one. Also, if you watch Once Upon a Time in the West, they use the same archetypes but with different actors. This was filmed in the deserts of Spain.

[@mikebaxter6771]

The weapons are very accurate for the time period! This takes place during the Civil War and you can notice everyone is still using an old school "cap and ball" style revolver. The two previous films take place about 20 years later and everyone is using more modern firearms, such as single action revolvers. The detail in this entire trilogy is INSANE!

[@AutomanicJack]

fun fact: the good kills a lot more people than the bad in this movie

[@JamesVSCinema]

I’ve noticed! Interesting right?

[@PikesvilleAl]

@@JamesVSCinema The good kills for a purpose. He doesn't take pleasure in it like the bad or ugly.

[@maydaverave]

@@PikesvilleAl I feel like the man without a name character was made deadly by tragedy and the only thing he can really do is kill and he kills dangerous people but leaves the innocent alone. In a fistfull of dollars he wipes out an entire town of badguys but risks his life for a family because no one was there to save his mother when he was a child.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

My favorite shot is the photograph, where they're all standing stiff and upright like a typical old timey pic, and then as soon as the photographer closes the shutter, they all exhale and turn into real people.