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THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE

posted 9 years ago by aaronhardyhardy
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was the first western that I ever saw and it was a perfect introduction to the genre. I can tell you that I was very tempted to award it 10/10, something that I am yet to do. It seems as if almost everything about this film is absolutely perfect. The story is simple, three men search for gold, but the writers and director managed to build an entire epic adventure out of it, the three hour run time is no issue as Leone creates such an epic world, filled with amazing characters and breathtaking scenery. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach are all legendary and form the greatest leads in any film.
The photography - my god! This has the most beautiful, stunning cinematography of any film ever, those gorgeous wide shots of the landscapes and of course the tense, extreme close ups, pure genius. The final standoff is filmed with pure brilliance and is the best climax to any motion picture, after such build up it culminates in a purely epic standoff.
In my opinion, it is the music that is what makes this film truly great, I will have the gold theme playing at my funeral. The music is just so epic and expertly composed, true masterwork.
9.9/10 Wonderful

[–] bluwater55 8 years ago

As a 12 year old seeing this at the Chicago theater, when it came out, i thought it was the most amazing movie that could ever be made .. now, i can barley sit through it .. it just seems like a very average film to me .. i dearly love a good western, and this is pretty good, but i my opinion, it's not even the best western ever made, much less the best film .. this film did have an impact on me .. Clint Eastwood's character seemed to me to be the coolest guy ever and i so wanted to emulate him .. as a teen i started smoking small cigars, and would cut them short, to look like the ones in the film, heh..