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Does anyone prefer For A Few Dollars More as the best instead?

posted 8 years ago by RynoII
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I do. Mainly I like the story a lot better in For A Few Dollars More. I also liked the characters better and felt that all three characters went through developmental changes as the story progressed.

TGTBATU is really great too, but the characters seem too consistent throughout without any changing arcs perhaps. They all want the same thing and that's it, where as in FAFDM, the characters want different things, with changing goals, and motives along the way.

I guess I feel FAFDM is more character driven than plot driven and I like that a little better.

I also feel that FAFDM was better edited and scored, with TGTBATU being a close second best of the series. What do you think?

[–] silversubaru 8 years ago

Tgtbtu imo is best

[–] twominds79 8 years ago

I gave' fistful of dollars '8/10. 'Few dollars more '7/10( 7.5 /10 if able ) the best of the trilogy ' good , bad , ugly ' 9/10

[–] cassbtt 8 years ago

You and I agree, but I've always thought one higher:

Fistful, 9 (raw, low budget masterpiece)
Few Dollars, 8 (kind of goofy scene shooting at the hats, otherwise great)
GBU, 10 (for sheer sprawl)

One of my fave things is how they keep bringing back all those ugly bad guy actors, even after they've been shot in a prior episode. Why change a winning formula! Ha!

[–] RamonRojo1 8 years ago

They are the best, depending on my mood.

For A Few Dollars More is a great story, and is "tighter".

The Good The Bad And The Ugly is a great story, but longer and therefore not "tight", however it wins in the "epic" department and in the "social commentary" department, so if my life depended on it, it wings.

Most important scene in the movie? The Tuco Ramirez Brother Of Brother Ramirez scene.

[–] niteowljr 8 years ago

There are too many iconic scenes and better dialogue in the 3rd, not to mention Tuco. Wallach makes the film. The scores of the first two were great but weren't used to punctuate actions or embellish scenes like that of the 3rd.

[–] benth04 8 years ago

Like someone else in the thread: It depends on the mood I am in.
I like the 'story' of Dollars2 more for its plot. You sit and watch the film for about two hours and two minutes wondering what is the plot.
The two men are bounty killers, all right. But you soon find out - through El Indio's psycothic flash backs - that col. Mortimer's reasons for hunting El Indio are more complex than 'just' money.
And the whole story is told in 12 words:
"There seems to be a family resemblence"
"Naturally, between brother and sister"
The whole plot explained in just twelve - quiet - words. That is fantastic.
But when it comes to GBU, it has quite another scope. The story is 'wider' and the coorperation between Tuco and Blondie develops into kind of friendship (WHAT a kind!!! 👹 ).

[–] silversubaru 8 years ago

[–] pebeforeugo 8 years ago

They are both epic movies IMHO. I rate TGTBTU an 9.5 and For a few dollars more 9.2. Both of them are western masterpieces to me. I honestly have watched For a few dollars more many more times just because the movie is shorter and I like Clint's role better in that movie over TGTBTU ( Clint is in my top 5 favorite actors ). Overall, you can not go wrong with picking one over the other...such great movies for western lovers like me.

[–] residentevil6901 8 years ago

I think they're both equally as good but I'd give the slight edge to TGTB&TU for how epic it is. It's such a bigger scope, I love it. I do love FAFDM though, I watch that one all the time as well. Both excellent movies.