anishThe Good The Bad and The Ugly : What is So Special?
February 19th 2012 17:10
This is a review of arguably the greatest Western ever made, Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef.
Story of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Tuco is determined to murder Blondie by forcing him to walk through the sun
scorched desert without food and water in order to repay him for blatantly stealing his bounty. But he is interrupted by the arrival of a wagon which had been attacked and contained only one survivor, Bill Carson, also on the cusp of death. But before he dies he promises to tell Tuco the location of a buried fortune in exchange for a drink. However, as fate would have it Tuco only manages to learn the name of the cemetery and Blondie the name of the grave. So now they must keep each other alive in order to make their fortunes.
However, an infamous hit man called Angel Eyes has been eyeing Bill Carson's treasure for quite sometime and he comes to know that Blondie and Tuco, between themselves, knows its location.
Set against a gory civil war the stage is set for the unfolding of a classic treasure-hunt Western--often imitated but never replicated.
Review of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Before embarking on this epic movie watch I was warned a quite a few people that this movie was not meant for today's teenagers and I might find it quite slow and even boring. Well, at the end of its 3 odd hours long reel time I
desperately yearned for it go on for just a bit longer! It really is that good!!
However, except for the story, which is delicious twisted in comparison to most other Westerns, I can hardly figure out what is so charming about this movie, making it, quite deservingly, one of the most iconic movies to have come out of Hollywood in the last five decades.
To start with, I didn't care much for the famous title track. Then, apart from Tuco (The Ugly) the other two main characters are kind of stereotypical and their acting slightly wooden and sometimes over dramatic. The fight scenes are also so obviously staged that they are almost comical (though their are a few intense ones as well). Even the dialog contain too many lame jokes and
unintelligent metaphors to rate much merit.
However, director Sergio Leone has somehow managed to gel all these negetives together and utilized the charisma of Clint Eastwood and the excellent camera work to showcase such a fluid narrative that it will truly captivate you and hold you in thrall for its entirety.
The Good, The Bad...
Buy This at Allposters.com
Story of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Tuco is determined to murder Blondie by forcing him to walk through the sun
However, an infamous hit man called Angel Eyes has been eyeing Bill Carson's treasure for quite sometime and he comes to know that Blondie and Tuco, between themselves, knows its location.
Set against a gory civil war the stage is set for the unfolding of a classic treasure-hunt Western--often imitated but never replicated.
Review of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Before embarking on this epic movie watch I was warned a quite a few people that this movie was not meant for today's teenagers and I might find it quite slow and even boring. Well, at the end of its 3 odd hours long reel time I
However, except for the story, which is delicious twisted in comparison to most other Westerns, I can hardly figure out what is so charming about this movie, making it, quite deservingly, one of the most iconic movies to have come out of Hollywood in the last five decades.
To start with, I didn't care much for the famous title track. Then, apart from Tuco (The Ugly) the other two main characters are kind of stereotypical and their acting slightly wooden and sometimes over dramatic. The fight scenes are also so obviously staged that they are almost comical (though their are a few intense ones as well). Even the dialog contain too many lame jokes and
However, director Sergio Leone has somehow managed to gel all these negetives together and utilized the charisma of Clint Eastwood and the excellent camera work to showcase such a fluid narrative that it will truly captivate you and hold you in thrall for its entirety.
The Good, The Bad...
Buy This at Allposters.com
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