Watching The Dollars Trilogy For The First Time!!

[@esmineldraaybara6975]

Poor reviews

[@TracySmith-xy9tq]

Lee van Cleef had a magnetism that immediately drew the viewer in and held their attention. He was able to convey so much with just his eyes and facial expressions without having to say a word. He was a magnificent actor

[@uclagymnastx-ing]

The music in the second film is stellar. I don't know what critics are talking about. The music is simply spot on during the showdown between Mortimer and his sister's killer, Indio. It's perfect.

[@KlueLuke]

I agree, the ending *chefs kiss*

[@Joemckenzie-85]

Dollars Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West are all great

[@bobdouglass8010]

i agree except for me it's the bank robbery scene, which includes three groups of people (the sheriff and his deputies leaving town, indio and his gang above them watching, and clint eastwood above either of them watching). it's my favorite piece of filmmaking and the music is just awesome

[@johnrafferty4364]

The music in the second one is my favorite

[@batcaveloner1383]

Duck you Sucker has a great soundtrack as well. Very melancholy and lingering.

[@BillyJoshuaGoat]

The gothic tone in the soundtrack in For A Few Dollars More is because they're in a church, the church organ plays in the music.

[@KlueLuke]

Yeah your right. This was my first big video so I was even more of a dummy than I am now

[@fearsomename4517]

I like all three but The Good The Bad and The Ugly is a masterpiece. It just can't be beat.

[@tonyb9735]

I loved A Few Dollars more too, can't decide which I prefer. It's like choosing a favourite twin.

[@tonyb9735]

@@passurlamer I liked that movie too, but I don't feel that Charles Bronson did Clint's role as well as Clint would have done.

[@Palendrome]

@@tonyb9735 Yeah I wish it had been a 4th Clint film. Although what would have been best, is if the first 3 films had set up the harmonica with Clint, and then OUaT explains it and Clint's backstory. Would have been so epic. Still good movie

[@Fatih_M177]

"When you gotta shoot, shoot, don't talk!"

[@1ampuglover]

This was great, loved your commentary. I am looking forward to more!

[@monkelad420]

For A Few Dollars More is prob my fav western in general 💖 Mortimer and The Man With No Name r a fun duo that steal every scene in the movie, Indio is an intimidating and brutal criminal mastermind, the amazingly gorgeous settings, its jus got everything i adore in both a movie and a western

[@oblonghas]

IMO for a few dollars more was the most captivating

[@zacharygregory1580]

I love the Dollars trilogy. I would also suggest watching the Outlaw Josey Wales, Hang ‘em High, and Unforgiven. (These are all westerns made in the States so everyone speaks English in it.)

[@tonyb9735]

Also, Pale Rider and High Plains Drifter. Classic Clint.

[@aeyan747]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but I’ll throw it out there anyway. The trilogy is actually told in reverse. The proper watch sequence is The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, then finally A Fist Full of Dollars. Blondie acquires his famous poncho in 3, and in 1 he says “so long”. Also, in aFFoD when he saves the couple from Indio, they ask him why. He then explains that he once knew someone who was in a similar situation, but no one was there to help. He’s referring to Col. Douglas Mortimer’s sister and her husband.

[@HareK0nnen]

That's a bit of a stretch, don't look for connections where there are none. I agree that the 3rd film was meant to act like sort of a prequel, but there's no real continuity between them. You could see these movies like Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy games: no real overarching plot, more like alternate reality retellings of the same stories. You could argue that not even Clint Eastwood's character is the same guy, seeing as he has a different name in each movie (Joe, Manco and Blondie), and there are many actors playing different characters throughout the trilogy. So it's best to take them as separate self contained movies, made on a shoestring budget so they had to reuse the same actors and sets. The 3rd film does have some semblance of continuity, but it's never clearely stated, and that was more of a fan service to the rapidly growing popularity the films were gathering.

[@aeyan747]

@@HareK0nnen Sorry pal, but this is a well known fact. Do your research then get back to me with an apology.

[@HareK0nnen]

@@aeyan747 lmao, looks like you haven't done your research. Also you're taking this too seriously. There's no need for an apology on my part because I didn't say anything insulting.

[@jahimuddin2306]

There is also a newspaper in For a Few Dollars more that dates it to 1872, while a gravestone in A Fistful of Dollars dates it to 1873.

[@jeremyhopkins9222]

@@aeyan747You’re right about the chronology but you’re wrong about them actually being different parts of the same story. They are all stand alone movies and “the man with no name” was just a marketing ploy.

[@DaPablol]

Since they are in a church when the "gothic" music plays, I find it perfectly fitting.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Once Upon a Time in the West wasn’t part of the trilogy, but it’s one Leone’s best films.

[@staterstat]

I like to imagine that its set in the same universe

[@angryclown1990]

The lockets are music boxes, that's why they play chimes when they're opened. It's a real thing. The way the music they play is diagetically worked into the sound track of A Few Dollars More is masterful. It's not confusing at all.

[@KlueLuke]

Yeah, I know that now, I was a dumb 18 year old when I made this video

[@johnhess1211]

How about Eli Wallach? He speaks English too.

[@AT-yg4nk]

Dollar trilogy is some of my favorite movies of all time! What I find really interesting that doesn’t get talked about as much is the fact that he used the same sets, the same actors and props and costumes and basically made 3 different movies. They are all similar and progress in style, story and length. Also the soundtracks gradually become better and more epic which each film finally leading up the classic song playing during the final scene in the cemetery of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. But the stories and characters aren’t connected. You notice things like “Oh in this movie he’s a bandit, but in the next movie he’s a preacher!” Also the fact that the protagonist is the same actor for the first two movies, even though he dies in the first movie. No other director has done this that I’m aware of?? I find this approach to filmmaking just incredible and very creative!

[@mikebonilla2534]

Tuco probably gave the best advice in any movie that countless characters have not learned. If you're going to shoot then shoot , don't talk .

[@guydammit3287]

Thanks for a well written and respectful review of some of my favorite movies of all time, The Good,The Bad and The Ugly could be my favorite of all time. I recommend High Plains Drifter. It's unnerving and unflinching in its barbarism and brutality,but man,the lines are blurred and this one will really make you think long after it's over.

[@KlueLuke]

Will do, thank you for the recommendation!

[@johnhess1211]

It's not a locket. It's a pocket watch.

[@KlueLuke]

Damn 😭

[@magicalangels3669]

In “for a few dollars more”, Lee Van Cleef’s character uses a gun with a long barrel, which is why Clint Eastwood couldn’t shoot him in the hat shooting duel. I think guns have certain range depending on the type 🤷‍♀️ (specifically) don’t quote me on that though I’m Australian 😅. Lee Van Cleef’s character was testing how far the range of Clint Eastwoods character’s gun can shoot. Which can also be seen at the beginning 13:48 when Lee van Cleef was catching his first bounty. Also loved the video 👍

[@KlueLuke]

Yeah that's fair, those criticisms that are in the video are so nitpicky that these days I probably wouldn't even mention them, but thanks for the comment, I do appreciate it!!

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

I've always been more interested in westerns than most millennials. The Good The Bad and The Ugly is one of those movies I watched often in my teens.

[@twinkjah]

Dang! It's like sitting in class with a professor

[@hhnhg2404]

Great Video, i hope to rewatch the trilogy again soon💙

[@Timelord2001]

Pity Lee's not still with us. He never made a bad movie. Whether it's these, Escape From New York, or anything else he was in, he always had both skill and undeniable style. If I get the chance, I'd love to visit his stone there.

[@jesseberglund2510]

Has anyone mentioned that 'Fistful of Dollars' is based on the Akira Kurosawa film 'Yojimbo'? It's a western remake of a great samurai film! Yojimbo is my favorite Kurosawa film and the main character, also without a concretely discernible name, is just as basass as Clint Eastwood's man with no name. Toshiro Mifune is just as intimidating! Worth checking out!

[@KlueLuke]

I did at 4:07 ish, although I could've made it more obvious for sure

[@jesseberglund2510]

@@KlueLuke I see you! I was probably gaming while watching and took my eyes off of it. Thank you for the clarification. I actually like that you just flashed it on the screen, perhaps it peeked an interest or two

[@yoavjacoby8246]

About Clint Eastwood shooting at Mortimer's hat and "missing." He didn't miss. His gun was out of range, while Mortimer's gun still was.

[@KlueLuke]

That's definitely an explanation for sure, I don't know if it was obvious that was the case though

[@bassplayer2011ify]

Of these three films For A Few Dollars More is my favorite of the three. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is to long for its own good. And Fistful drags to much for my tastes. And when I think of Western music I think the music from the final dual in For A Few Dollars More. The Pocketwatch chimes are iconic.

[@vaporduckwave]

I like A Few Dollars More a lot but once that Nosferatu-ass type beat hit, I knew I reached enlightment and this is what cinema is all about

[@evphoryyyc]

I can't be the only one that finds Fistiful of Dollars the best of the trilogy

[@KlueLuke]

I doubt it, it's a great film

[@poppiethestable1090]

​@KlueLuke ...Just saw this film...Didn't dig it...I was like watching a Kong fu flick

[@Metal-Josh]

A guy I know lent me the trilogy. Yes, all starring the same guys and yes all directed by the same guy… and yes, all westerns. But I think we get our hopes up thinking these are a trilogy narrative, but rather a trilogy in the sense of spiritual successors. Having finally watching part 3 today. I can say I enjoyed all three, the stories are simple enough easy to understand, nothing too confusing. Great movies, and I agree, Lee Van Cleef really steals it. Either as the the veteran bounty hunter, or the sly bad guy, he was awesome

[@IntenseGamer105]

He thought he’d just drop the age of empires 3 music at the end of the video and we wouldn’t notice…

[@thecuss6817]

Schmuck !!! Eli Wallach also did his voice, in English in GBU.

[@KlueLuke]

Your right, my bad

[@Stigggs]

Clint could not hit Van Cleef because Van Cleef had walked out of the range of Clint’s gun. Thats why Sergio shows the bullets hitting the ground at Lee’s feet. Van Cleef had a more powerful long barrel gun that’s why he could shoot Clint’s hat off at the same distance.

[@KlueLuke]

Yeah it's a dumb nitpick that I wouldn't make these days

[@tonyb9735]

I call the man with no name "Clint".

[@yoavjacoby8246]

My favourite of the trilogy is definitely for a few dollars more. As to the organ, gothic version of El Indio, played in the first locket duel, I thought it was fantastic. It took place in a church, so it made sense in some way, and it also just captured Indio's darkness so well. Also you thought it was the locket making the music for some reason... No. The locket has the simple melody it plays, and then it shifts to non diagetic music. This is very obvious, I really don't know why you'd think otherwise...

[@williambeckett6336]

I'd always interpreted the woman in "few dollars more" much more darkly. That it is INDIO'S sister. He's clearly insane and this is hammered home. An insanely jealous brother in love with his sister kills her husband and tries to take her. It even explains her suicide more dramatically.

[@KlueLuke]

Honestly that explains a lot and could very well be the case

[@thecuss6817]

Mortimer said it was HIS sister: family resemblance between brother and sister.

[@stephenjones5304]

@@KlueLuke It is an interesting thought, but how would the Colonel have Indio's sister's locket?

[@dextermcgrubbin]

I prefer this music score the best, gothic tone and all

[@brennansmith6474]

I like the first one

[@matius7260]

Honestly the good the bad the ugly is my least favorite of the dollars trillogy, I think Tuco got way to much screentime, i think Blondie deserved more and Angel Eyes despite being the most interesting character is got no screentime, also it feels like a civil war movie with a cowboy subplot instead of the other way round

[@hell_pike9150]

They totally threw Clint Eastwood and lea van Cleef characters rapport in the trash

[@ecchioni]

No mention of Kurosawa and the fact that The Fistful is a frame by frame copy of the Yojimbo?

[@KlueLuke]

4:06

[@calebisdisposable]

Watch the fucking video

[@poneill65]

Few Dollars More is My favorite,.. film AND soundtrack. #1's story is too tedious #3 is too grandiose (and "ugly's" comedic tone is irritating). The whistling and the locket chime motifs in #2 soundtrack raise it far above the others. #2 also has the coolest ending of any movie ever ("No Old Man. Thought I was having trouble with my adding. It's all right now")

[@catboy7125]

I disagree with much of what you’ve said

[@KlueLuke]

That's Fair

[@Kevin0043]

The correct way to watch them is in reverse order

[@TherealDexterMorgan]

Actually?

[@1888Christopher]

I took you seriously until you said the few dollars more theme was ass… it was then hard to assume this was not a comedy.

[@KlueLuke]

I said I've read that people didn't like the music as much as the other 2 films and that I disagree

[@hell_pike9150]

In my opinion The Good the bad and the ugly was the worst of the three movies. Lea van cleefs character was a good guy, they totally ruined that with the last movie.

[@KlueLuke]

Fair, but personally I don't see them as one continuous trilogy, It's just fun to group them together

[@hell_pike9150]

@@KlueLuke oh see I didn't know that. I thought they were supposed to be part of the same trilogy. I still liked the other two movies better though

[@Krokorok5678]

​@@hell_pike9150it's one of the best movies ever. Get out

[@x-x-X-B.r.o.o.m.L.o.r.d-X-x-x]

Lee plays 2 different characters, and so does a lot of the actors in the "trilogy". For example, the dude that plays Ramon in the first one also plays el Indio in the second, even though he dies in the first one. Same actors, different characters.

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

Disagree hard. It is one of the greatest movies of all time, and much more refined compared to the first two.

[@poppiethestable1090]

I didn't dig Fist Full of Dollars