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Yes, it's quite sad. Despite loving his performances as the "white collar villain" he seemed to be typecast as playing in a lot of his movies, it's a shame we did not see him in a wider variety of roles throughout his career. His performance in Sling Blade is very memorable and hints at the range he has as an actor, which we sadly did not get to see enough of during his life.
Can anyone recommend any other JT Walsh movies that show a bit more diversity in his acting?
The biggest plot hole is when Doc draws a diagram on the white board explaining how Biff created an alternate 1985. According to the diagram, and the example presented in the first film, when Biff changed the past in 1950 and then travelled back into the future, he should have arrived in an alternate 2015 that had progressed from the alternate 1985 he created. Instead, he changes the past only to arrive in the same future he came from (which renders his actions meaningless), and for some reason (most likely the convenience of the story), Doc and Marty travel back from 2015 to find themselves in an alternate 1985. It's pretty terrible when a movie defies its own logic, and it becomes especially obvious in this scene when they are trying to explain it.
Like those before me, I say Thulsa Doom in Conan The Barbarian.
Westerns are defined by being set on a frontier, specifically, the frontier between civilization and the wild. As a result, most western stories revolve around a character making moral decisions along this borderline where law and order are not established, and only moral choices prevent us from deteriorating to the level of animals. Considering the lawlessness and lack of morality prevalent in these areas, what we are presented with is a "bad" world full of "bad" people, and thus, the relative nature of "good" must often be re-examined.
Blondie is a good character in a world full of bad people. He may have ripped off Tuco and left him in the desert, which might have been considered a death sentence, but let's not forget that Tuco literally was sentenced to death, multiple times. As a result, Blondie has really given him another chance by saving him from the hangman's rope and presenting him with the possibility of survival, as long as he earns it (as he states before the final shootout).
Furthermore, it is important to note that Tuco really is a bad dude. If you listen to his death sentence, the crimes he has been convicted of include murder and the rape of a minor. Considering the way he lived his life, and the fact that he would've been dead without Blondie's help, he actually got a pretty good deal when Blondie set him free in the desert.
At the end when Blondie sets Tuco free for the final time, he is leaving him with not only his life, but also his share of the gold in accordance with their previous agreement. Blondie did not have to do this, and throughout the story, it is clear that both Angel Eyes and Tuco had intended to take all of the gold for themselves and not share it with anyone. I think Blondie's final act cements his status as a good man in a bad world.