The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Final 20 Minutes

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There is not a more beautiful, badass, cinematic, musically flawless, perfect finale in history.

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Except for the last 20 minutes of Once Upon a Time in the West.

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There is not a more beautiful, badass, cinematic, musically flawless, perfect finale in history.

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What I have to remind myself (and this is quite telling) is that Leone barely spoke English. He had to use imagery to tell the story. That's why so many images, such intense images, such well shot scenes carry the story, while his characters, good, bad and ugly, are often men of few words.

The movie should get more discussion as the "Citizen Kane" or "2001" of Western films. The problem is the genre itself - when you have guys like Huston, Ford, Stevens, Hawks, and even Clint himself, making their marks with statement film after statement film.

So, while it may not be the best western ever (hell, it may be ) - I'm partial to The Outlaw Josey Wales, myself - it is inarguably one of the most beautifully shot and "efficiently" acted films, regardless of genre, of all time.

I always said it as a top 2 or 3 Western of all time...then every time I watch it, I say "Damn, there's nothing better than this...ever."

Yep. I watched a lot of Westerns with my grandfather as a kid, but that was the one that totally captured my imagination. Still feels timeless, like old Roland.

Tuco also had one of the greatest lines ever. When he was in the bathtub and a guy busted in pointing a gun at him. Tuco shot him from under his bubble bath and said, "If you're gonna shoot, shoot don't talk about it"

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Yep that music sequence when Tuco is running through the grave yard

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saw this a few months ago on the big screen. it was great to watch

only problem was the audio was low and you didn't really get the feel of the music and how it added to the scene

I've never seen it. Just ordered "The Man With No Name Trilogy". In which order is it supposed to be watched? TIA

"See you soon ih... idi...."
"Idiots.... it's for you."

Fistful is the best story. - Best baddie in Ramone.
The shootout at the Baxter's is evil itself captured on film.

Good,Bad,Ugly without question the most epic.

I watched a Metallica concert on YouTube a few months ago. As someone said, they play the graveyard scene on the screens as an intro. After a quick interwebz search, I learned it was from GBU. I knew the music, I knew the name, but never saw the movie.

I thought the first hour was slow and almost gave up. Then came the scene when Blondie learned the name on the grave. That was great. Of course the graveyard scene was awesome, especially the blur of the tombstones. Think of other movies, even the greats, of the time. They were not like this. The fact that it's impressive 50 years later, imagine seeing that back then.