The Good Bad And The Ugly (Wide Screen) > Reviews

Advantages: breathtaking film
Disadvantages: deaf people may find long silences and stares a bit boring, and slightly baffling.

...Leone, who created this as the third in the trilogy of ‘spaghetti westerns’ (because of the largely Italian cast, crew and locations), after the inferior ‘Fistful of dollars’ and ‘For a few dollars more’. I see this as Leone’s greatest film, and certainly one of the greatest westerns ever made. The western genre was, by 1966, becoming tired and much less popular than in its 1950s heyday. In this previous ... Read review

Advantages: Has all the ingredients of a great western
Disadvantages: Slightly long in duration

...to be probably one of the finest movies ever made in its genre, here is a rare combination of a good casting which delivers great performances, excellent technical glitz and a strange deficiency of glamour. Made as the final component of the now-famous trilogy by Sergio Leone (“A fistful of Dollars” and “For a Few Dollars More” were the other two), this movie is certainly the best of them all in terms of overall cinematic excellence. Set against ... Read review

Advantages: Great Film, Good Story, Excellent Music, Excellent Directory,
Disadvantages: NONE - Maybe for some too long

...and 41 minutes (approx) About the Film The Good, the Bad and The Ugly, written by Age-Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone is the third and last western in Clint Eastwood's spaghetti trilogy. Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant Ethos, so familiar in Hollywood westerns, with a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and morality, as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath ... Read review

Advantages: Everything, its a classic brilliant film
Disadvantages: none

The title of this film alone stands out amongst the rest of the budget spagetti westerns, how many rip offs of the name of this film have been used? Thousands. And what a classic this is, combined with some appaling acting, budget camera shots and poor quality sound this in my opion is one of the best films ever made. The story line is a gem all leading to a brilliant and classic ending scene, the three main characters all play fantastic roles and ... Read review

Advantages: great music, tension, incredible story
Disadvantages: could have used a higher budget

...Leone's definitive spagetti western and the grand finale to the "Dollars" Trilogy. This is a stunning view of the harsh life of cowboys during the American Civil War. This is a simple story of the efforts of three gunslingers to find a fortune in gold hidden in the wasteland. The Good Though the story is simple Leone creates a incredibly complex narrative structure where the paths of these three vagrants intertwine and are wrapped up with ... Read review

Advantages: Great Performances, Haunting Background Score, Wonderful Cinematography,Superb Direction
Disadvantages: Slow Pace, Quite Violent

...up as a kid in the 70's and 80's, John Wayne was a very distant memory, but Clint was a hero most of us adored. For us the definition of cool meant Clint Eastwood . And there were a series of movies which immortalized Clint's style, Where Eagles Dare , Dirty Harry and of course The Good, The Bad and The Ugly . The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, was the third in the series of what many call as Dollars Trilogy or what many American critics would derisively ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...Sergio Leone’s swan song in the spaghetti western genre. It brings together Clint Eastwood, (once again as the man with no name, or Blondie as Tuco calls him) Lee Van Cleef, (Sentenza, Angel eyes) and Eli Wallach. (Tuco Benedito Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez) It starts with an unlikely partnership between Eastwood and Wallach, the later being a wanted outlaw, who Eastwood brings in for the reward money, then when Tuco is hanged, Blondie shoots ... Read review

Advantages: A good western to watch, good acting by all...........
Disadvantages: none........

In the mid-1960s, Clint Eastwood made three 'spaghetti' westerns in Europe under the direction of Sergio Leone. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) was the third, the last, and the best of them. The first two films, Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965) had established Eastwood's murderous, loner 'Man with No Name' character. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) is apparently a prequel, with the story taking place towards ... Read review

Advantages: One of the greatest films of all time
Disadvantages: My wife won't let me watch it too often

...watch it. Not many ! This was the first big budget western , and perhaps the reason it has stood the test of time is that it was never a slave to the fashion and style of the era it was born of. Watching the film is complete immersion in the characters and the story. And Clint Eastwood shows why he was a true god of the silver screen. Never has a man said so much by saying so little. Some kids wanted to be John Wayne , but all the cool ones ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing
Disadvantages: None

This is probably one the finest westerns ever made. From beginning to the end it is simply brilliant. The story of the man with no name continues in the third instalment of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns. Clint Eastwood is at his best Lee Van Cleef is always impressive but Eli Walach’s portrayal of Tuco was the best. What I like most about the film is that it is 2 and half hours long and does not have a single wasted scene. It stays intense throughout ... Read review

One of the greatest westerns ever right up there with the searches a must have for any western or clint eastwood fan. Sergio leone yet again proves he is a master with this the final instalment of the legendary dollar western triolgy. If this film had been an american release insteat of a spaghetti western it would have got best film and director oscars a true classic

Advantages: Great spectacle, acting, and lots of violence
Disadvantages: a little too long

Well, "they" ran THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY on "the box" (i.e. on TV) the other night, and once again I was hooked. Unfortunately, the version shown was NOT letter-box, which as you all know is TV's method of trying to recapture the glorious widescreen of the cinema. Notwithstanding this setback, yet another viewing of this great movie reminds us of two points: One: Whilst Sergio Leone was NOT the first Italian director to actually make ... Read review