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...with Clint Eastwood. That's to give the actors proper due.
Liked it immensely! I think it would pass muster on the Big Screen today.
The parallels to No Country for Old Men were astonishing. A stash of cash. A really scary bad guy (Lee van Cleef). Two other guys competing for the money. Bounty hunters. Desert scenery. A Mexican stand-off.
Quentin Tarantino once called it "the best-directed film of all time".
I had had no idea that the War Between the States would come into play, and when it did, omigosh! It was as spectacular and realistic a battle scene as ever I've seen, and was an unexpected surprise comparable to the Battle of Lawrence as captured in Ride with the Devil, which apart from that scene was a rather intimate movie.
But again, the star was Eli Wallach in an incomparably comical and fast-talking role, perfectly pitched and excellently looped.
Now if only the sound track were more tolerable sonically...
clark
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Topic - Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - clarkjohnsen 10:27:29 12/31/07 (48)
- This is a great, classic Eastwood film, yep. - grantv 12:14:32 01/04/08 (0)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - jamesgarvin 09:27:40 01/02/08 (5)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - Tom Brennan 09:35:04 01/02/08 (3)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - jamesgarvin 10:08:52 01/02/08 (2)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - Tom Brennan 11:27:31 01/02/08 (1)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - jamesgarvin 11:53:53 01/02/08 (0)
- Kansas, Oklahoma... pretty sparse territory too. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:32:52 01/02/08 (0)
- What a cracking bunch of films they are - k-k-k-kenny 15:12:15 01/01/08 (21)
- RE: What a cracking bunch of films they are - Tom Brennan 09:30:55 01/02/08 (2)
- I guess I prefer the euro version - k-k-k-kenny 15:28:44 01/02/08 (1)
- "... Leone brought them something extra." - Agreed. - mpathus 17:24:02 01/02/08 (0)
- Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - tinear 16:30:54 01/01/08 (17)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - jamesgarvin 09:43:10 01/02/08 (11)
- Get dictionary, look up, "ironic." nt - tinear 14:58:28 01/03/08 (7)
- RE: Get dictionary, look up, "ironic." nt - jamesgarvin 09:15:23 01/04/08 (6)
- I don't know why I bother. - tinear 11:39:17 01/04/08 (4)
- RE: I don't know why I bother. - jamesgarvin 13:30:44 01/04/08 (3)
- You're either thick or drunk. - tinear 16:07:32 01/04/08 (2)
- RE: You're either thick or drunk. - jamesgarvin 17:02:57 01/04/08 (1)
- I was wrong. - tinear 18:16:34 01/04/08 (0)
- Maybe he meant *iconic* vision?... Makes about as much sense... nt - clarkjohnsen 09:29:26 01/04/08 (0)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - Tom Brennan 11:39:03 01/02/08 (2)
- RE: Olmi and Leone? Gimme a friggin....' - jamesgarvin 14:29:53 01/02/08 (1)
- Enough, already! You win, and not only do I agree, but always have. Moreover... - clarkjohnsen 09:28:13 01/04/08 (0)
- Homer and Tolstoy both had valid things to say - k-k-k-kenny 04:46:19 01/02/08 (4)
- NO irony in either of them. Leone made farces. Don't you feel - tinear 07:27:07 01/02/08 (3)
- Well - I MIGHT be drawing a bit of a long bow, you know - k-k-k-kenny 14:57:13 01/02/08 (2)
- Okay, good points. But in closing I'd say Leone ain't no Olmi, either. nt - tinear 17:24:31 01/02/08 (1)
- Agreed - k-k-k-kenny 21:17:05 01/02/08 (0)
- Great thing about getting old is that the trash you love becomes classic ..nt - late 13:23:04 12/31/07 (3)
- So, your Barney VHS collection is worth something now.... * - mr grits 22:58:05 12/31/07 (2)
- Wow, Grits keeps tabs on the contents of Late's VHS collection. Cyberstalking raised to new heights! - Enophile 09:29:10 01/01/08 (1)
- Ssssh, or I'll tell off on all those pink silkies you wear. * - mr grits 20:26:08 01/01/08 (0)
- RE: Finally watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Eli Wallach... - Tom Brennan 12:37:37 12/31/07 (6)
- "You mean the War of the Rebellion." No, the War of Northern Aggression. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:16:28 01/02/08 (5)
- RE: "You mean the War of the Rebellion." No, the War of Northern Aggression. nt - jamesgarvin 10:11:46 01/02/08 (3)
- After numerous (and onerous) provocations. Do you believe that WWII began (for the US) when... - clarkjohnsen 10:26:04 01/02/08 (2)
- RE: After numerous (and onerous) provocations. Do you believe that WWII began (for the US) when... - jamesgarvin 12:07:58 01/02/08 (1)
- RE: After numerous (and onerous) provocations. Do you believe that WWII began (for the US) when... - Tom Brennan 12:34:17 01/02/08 (0)
- RE: "You mean the War of the Rebellion." No, the War of Northern Aggression. nt - Tom Brennan 09:54:46 01/02/08 (0)
- Now that you mention evil.....lovable Henry Fonda was never more evil than "Once Upon a Time in the West"... - mr grits 11:18:56 12/31/07 (7)
- "How can you trust a man who cannot even trust his own pants?" - J.R. 07:54:44 01/01/08 (0)
- I found both "Once Upon a Time in the West"... - mpathus 20:25:58 12/31/07 (0)
- Absolutely. There is this grim scene where Fonda and gang - townsend 14:08:51 12/31/07 (1)
- That scene is absolutely chilling nt - padreken 07:44:06 01/02/08 (0)
- I believe that is his ONLY role as a villain. nt - Duilawyer 13:20:15 12/31/07 (2)
- Nah, There Was a Crooked Man nt - Tom Brennan 08:53:14 01/01/08 (0)
- I think it was, also. Would have to check his filmography. * - mr grits 22:58:53 12/31/07 (0)
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