(Dir. Sergio Leone 1966)
I have had a real hankerin' to watch a Western movie and luckily this was on amazon prime! Even better this was the first movie I've seen with Clint Eastwood. Despite this, I have to say that Tuco was the best part of the movie. Generally, if a movie is longer than an hour and a half I start to lose interest. This film keeps you constantly interested through constant build-ups of suspense with great pay offs. This film follows Tuco, the Ugly, Blondie, the Good, and Angel Eyes, the Bad. Tuco and Blondie, sometimes partners sometimes enemies, stumble upon a the location of a buried treasure. Only issue, they each only know half of the location. Angel Eyes also learns half of the location and is hot non their heels. The events of the film are set with the Civil War as a backdrop. I loved how this was Civil War film, without it being a film about the Civil War, because, let's be honest, Civil War movies are boring. I love how the chaos of the war adds to the feeling of lawlessness in the West. Another dynamic that worked well was the relationship between Tuco and Blondie. Tuco acted as the perfect comedian to Clint Eastwood's straight man act. A movie that consisted entirely of Clint Eastwood's brooding face would get stale fast. However when done with Tuco to add some levity it worked perfectly. I really enjoyed when Tuco finally got the drop on Blondie and showed that he wasn't always two steps ahead. All in all if you want to watch a Western this is a must watch, but make sure you have a lot of time on your hands.
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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