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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 28, 2017 7:08:16 GMT
This was the most sublime movie watching experience I had in a very long time when I watched it for the first time a few years ago.
I had seen the Dollars films and Duck You Sucker! but I am glad I saw this last.
The revelation of the Harmonica vision hit me like a ton of bricks.
My favorite part was when Morton, so anxious to reach the ocean, settles for a puddle of water.
"How can you trust a man that wears both a belt and suspenders? Man can't even trust his own pants."
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Oct 1, 2017 3:56:36 GMT
An outstanding western, arguably Sergio Leone's best film. Brilliant camera work and direction, and lots of memorable dialogue. As usual Ennio Morricone provides a haunting music score.
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Post by deembastille on Oct 1, 2017 19:26:11 GMT
bambadabambam bambadabambam.
the sound the train engine makes when it is resting in the station is the coolest sound ever made by anything.
in case this doesn't gear up to it... about 2:30 in...
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 2, 2017 2:19:40 GMT
it's within my Top 4 Westerns ever as for me it's a four way tie for the #1 spot between...
-For a Few Dollars More (1965)
-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
-Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
-Open Range (2003)
p.s. that also makes up four out of the nine movies i gave a 10/10.
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Post by FilmFlaneur on Oct 3, 2017 10:03:32 GMT
My favourite Western, a horse opera where the arias are stared, not sung. As many here will know already Leone's original plan was have the three protagonists from TGTBATU meet Harmonica off the train at the start, but it proved impossible to get them to do it. My most cherished moment: Jill's arrival and the crane movement of the camera over the railway shack in synch with Morricone's swelling music, revealing the bustling town beyond. Cinematic perfection.
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Post by themanwithnoshame on Oct 10, 2017 17:25:49 GMT
The members of this board have already rated it the greatest Western ever.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 1, 2017 20:24:00 GMT
I think it's ideal fate that Bronson turned down Fistful of Dollars which was perfect for Eastwood... & Eastwood turning down this film was for the best I think with Bronson's lone wolf character perfect for its tone.
I also think it would've been far too overshadowing a moment had Leone killed the Dollars trilogy leads in that opening scene like stunt casting. Fun idea at the time, would've thrown the mood off kilter. Better that a bunch of unknowns get offed instead.
It reminds me of Brando turning down The Godfather II cameo - re-watches prove that scene was about Michael's reflection, not a party which Brando surely would've stole.
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Post by politicidal on Nov 2, 2017 17:01:46 GMT
It's the 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' of westerns. A tribute to its entire genre that instead became the archetypal example for when it's done perfect.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Nov 12, 2017 22:11:41 GMT
It is all about opinion.
I CANNOT stand this movie.
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