The Man With No Name Trilogy, or Dollars Trilogy as it is called when you're pressed for time, is really one of the greatest examples of fine action and western filmmaking around. At the time, people didn't really take Italo-Westerns seriously, and the term Spaghetti Western was meant to be derogatory. However, over time, people have come around to realize that these films are often as good as any American western ever filmed, and in fact, some of the very best, period. For a Few Dollars More is probably the least seen of the Dollars Trilogy, and definitely the coolest, if not exactly the very best (which would probably be The Good the Bad and the Ugly). Put it on your movie downloads queue the next time you visit your movie download service.
The movie is really defined by all the little cool moments. While The Good the Bad and the Ugly was really defined by Eli Wallach's incredible performance as the complex, dirty and amoral character of Tuco, and Fistful of Dollars was the one that really started the whole genre off and defined its style, For a Few Dollars More is the one with all the coolest stuff, like Lee Van Cleef browsing through his selection of dozens of guns whenever he needs to shoot someone, or Clint Eastwood beating a guy up with just one hand.
The villain and his pocket watch are really a great film duo. The pocket watch and the way he relates to it... It's almost as if they're partners in crime. See, the villain plays the musical pocket watch, and when the melody finishes playing, he draws his gun and shoots his victim dead. It's interesting the way it gives a definite timeline to the act of murder, and really makes the guy come across as a dastardly jerk.
Cleef and Eastwood make a great team as the heroes. Cleef plays Colonel Mortimer, a former Civil War hero turned bounty hunter, while Eastwood plays, again, the Man With No Name. This film is, chronologically within the world of the film, the final act, even though it was released second (The Good the Bad and the Ugly serves as a prequel to Fistful of Dollars), and Eastwood has had enough violence and wants to retire, but still plays the Kid role to Cleef's older, wiser bounty hunter.
One great scene has the two shooting each other's hats off, and then shooting said hats down the street, as, essentially, a way of chest pounding, showboating, to impress the other. It begins with the two wanting the other to back off their bounty, and ends with the two building a strong partnership that's a lot of fun to watch develop.
There really isn't another film in almost any genre outside of the musical that uses music quite as effectively as this film. The pocket watch plays a little melody written by Ennio Morricone, and in the finale, the melody is layered into an epic orchestrated piece that really builds an incredible amount of tension before anyone draws a pistol and finally fires.
Leone is without a doubt one of the all time greats, and this is one of his funnest films. It's only too bad that his career was cut short before he could finish Stalingrad, his epic WWII film he had plans to create.
The one thing missing is perhaps Eli Wallach. There aren't really any characters in the film with the depth and complex humanity of Tuco in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, but the film is certainly the most fun film of the trilogy. - 40729
The movie is really defined by all the little cool moments. While The Good the Bad and the Ugly was really defined by Eli Wallach's incredible performance as the complex, dirty and amoral character of Tuco, and Fistful of Dollars was the one that really started the whole genre off and defined its style, For a Few Dollars More is the one with all the coolest stuff, like Lee Van Cleef browsing through his selection of dozens of guns whenever he needs to shoot someone, or Clint Eastwood beating a guy up with just one hand.
The villain and his pocket watch are really a great film duo. The pocket watch and the way he relates to it... It's almost as if they're partners in crime. See, the villain plays the musical pocket watch, and when the melody finishes playing, he draws his gun and shoots his victim dead. It's interesting the way it gives a definite timeline to the act of murder, and really makes the guy come across as a dastardly jerk.
Cleef and Eastwood make a great team as the heroes. Cleef plays Colonel Mortimer, a former Civil War hero turned bounty hunter, while Eastwood plays, again, the Man With No Name. This film is, chronologically within the world of the film, the final act, even though it was released second (The Good the Bad and the Ugly serves as a prequel to Fistful of Dollars), and Eastwood has had enough violence and wants to retire, but still plays the Kid role to Cleef's older, wiser bounty hunter.
One great scene has the two shooting each other's hats off, and then shooting said hats down the street, as, essentially, a way of chest pounding, showboating, to impress the other. It begins with the two wanting the other to back off their bounty, and ends with the two building a strong partnership that's a lot of fun to watch develop.
There really isn't another film in almost any genre outside of the musical that uses music quite as effectively as this film. The pocket watch plays a little melody written by Ennio Morricone, and in the finale, the melody is layered into an epic orchestrated piece that really builds an incredible amount of tension before anyone draws a pistol and finally fires.
Leone is without a doubt one of the all time greats, and this is one of his funnest films. It's only too bad that his career was cut short before he could finish Stalingrad, his epic WWII film he had plans to create.
The one thing missing is perhaps Eli Wallach. There aren't really any characters in the film with the depth and complex humanity of Tuco in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, but the film is certainly the most fun film of the trilogy. - 40729
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