Very few people catches the importance and the beauty of the scene between Tuco and his brother, the way Leone is able to transform Tuco from a dastardly scoundrel to a sympathetic anti hero in just few minutes is amazing.

Ennio Morricone was a genius composer!

I feel sorry for Mia... every hot guy she likes ends up getting killed or almost killed. My advice: If Mia likes you, run!

You really are a film expert. You understood EVERYTHING they were trying to say with this film masterpiece. So impressed with your ability to grasp every nuance of this film. The directing by Leone, the set designs, and of course the unmatched music made by Ennio Morricone. You raved about all three and were absolutely right to. I first saw this film in the early 1970’s as a kid. My dad and uncle introduced me to this movie, and I’ve watched this particular spaghetti western dozens of times. It’s literally in my top 5 favorite films of all time. I was so impressed with how you mentioned the grit and reality of the sets. Before the first film of this trilogy, all famous westerns were so vanilla and all used the same system (pretty much). These 3 films changed the Western genre forever. Also your recognition of Eli Wallace’s acting in this film, you’re 100% correct, it was outstanding, so much so, he should have been nominated for an academy award. People raved about his performance. Clint, of course, was perfect in the no name roles, and became a huge star because of them. As an impressionable youngster, I of course became a huge fan of his. One of the coolest dudes ever. Your reaction and knowledge of film creation is extremely impressive. You understood everything about this film, I’ve yet to see a reaction to this film from others that gets this film as well as you did.

Tuco: "One bastard goes in, another one comes out."

Mia: "I did not see this coming!" Tuco: "Neither did I!"

Your comments about them not being all bad or all good are spot on. Hollywood's westerns of the time were very explicate as to good and bad, there was no ambiguity. Leone wanted his characters to be human, to be relatable. No one is totally good or totally bad.

The classic Western film, all three lead actors are fantastic and the film score is one of the best ever made. The scene where Tuco is racing around the cemetery is accompanied by Morircone's classic theme 'Ecstacy of Gold'. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra performed a concert of Morricone's music including all three Spaghetti Western themes, well worth a look.

One of my favorite westerns, Tuco was such a character😂😂

Wow, I never once made the parallel between Blondie, "The Man With No Name," and the grave marked "Unknown" with the gold in it until you mentioned it. That totally makes me see that scene and now symbolism much differently now :)

The man who plays the nothern capitain is Aldo Giuffrè, a famous theatrical actor from Naples, he died in 2010.

The reason why the noose was needed at the end for Tuco is because Blondie knew he couldn't trust Tuco to simply separate and go his own way. Blondie knew Tuco would easily shoot him in the back to take all 200,000 in gold for himself, so he had to devise a way to make sure he was far enough away and Tuco was at a disadvantage with no horse to pursue him.

My favorite music in this film will always be the score when Tuco enters the graveyard. It is phenomenal.

The 'other two' in the series aren't bad either. And in one, you get to see Lee Van Cleef as the 'good guy', Col. Mortimer. And the music is great as well for the showdown.

Trivia note: a stunt double's hand is seen in the slapping scene because Lee Van Cleef could not bring himself to hit a woman.

Angel Eyes learns about the Confederate gold by accident when interrogating the family man before he kills him. The guy that hired Angel Eyes didn’t tell him why he wanted to find the soldier who was using Bill Carson’s name. This is my favorite western, next is The Big Country (1958) with Gregory Peck. Tuco is my favorite movie character of all time. Great movie reaction!

Someone already mentioned that revolver parts were often interchangeable because they were copied from Colts and Remingtons. Also, because they were produced by hand back then, fit and alignment of moving parts wasn't consistent, so Tuco looking for the parts that fit and functioned the best. The scene is so iconic that there is an homage to it in 2019's "John Wick 3."

Lee Van Cleef is excellent, and never better than in this film. I think it's great that you're fangirling over him.

Everytime i watch this one, it gets better. I still remember how amazed i was when i first watched.

The poncho Eastwood gets in this movie (near the end) becomes iconic apparel in the other two movies from A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, the other 2 parts of the Man with No Name series.

I loved it when you added the facts for this movie, there is one more fact about Lee Van Cleef's Angel Eyes, For the scene where Angel Eyes interrogates Maria the prostitute for information about Bill Carson, Lee Van Cleef was appalled by the fact that he was required to actually hit Maria (played by Rada Rassimov), complaining "I can't hit a woman." Rassimov replied with, "Don't worry. I'm an actress. Even if you slap me for real, it's no problem," but Van Cleef further stated, "I know, but I can't!" As a result, a stunt double was used for shots where Rassimov was slapped, which were intercut with shots of Van Cleef himself. As he later put it: "There are very few principles I have in life . . . one of them is I don't kick dogs, and the other one is I don't slap women in movies"

Ennio Morricone for the music!!! There are many greats, but there is only one Morricone. Lee van Cleef IS handsome! I agree! You can see him in a nice large role again, opposite Eastwood in "A Few Dollars More", the second of this informal trilogy. Eli Wallach confessed to Leone that he didn't know anything about guns and didn't know what to do in the gun shop scene. Leone told him to just improvise, which, as you see, Wallach did. Angel Eyes can be classified as "bad" since he has intelligence, forethought, and devotes himself to greed, self-interest and disregard for life. Blondie is, by comparison, good, since he also has intelligence, forethought, and doesn't kill unless necessary. His morals are questionable, at least at the start, since he uses Tuco to scam, but his experiences throughout this story (listening in on the Tuco-brother scene, the entire nightmare of the captain and the bridge, including the young dying soldier) makes an impression on him, and by the end of the movie, he might actually be good. Tuco is an animal, a creature without morals, who, as you say, doesn't always think ahead. He's primarily instinct, not stupid, but not a chess player, like Angel Eyes and Blondie. He can and does learn, but he can't afford to have anything touch his heart. The tragic captain is Italian actor, Aldo Giuffrè. When I first watched this movie, long ago, all chopped up on a tv broadcast, and probably under fifteen years old, this character made me cry, and this section along with the Tuco-Pablo scene, remain, for me, one of the strongest and most "important" parts of the movie. But Blondie does care about more than the money. Remember his quiet observation during the battle: "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly." I feel this carnage really affects him. And he knows and feels enough to let the captain know what's going to happen - the captain asks the doctor to keep him alive for a bit because "he's expecting good news." He dies in peace, with that nightmare bridge that destroyed his life and conscience. "Rebecca"! Fantastic - wonderful cast. I must point out that, in addition the the fabulous Olivier and the lovely, sensitive Joan Fontaine (sister to Olivia de Havilland), the supporting cast priceless: Judith Anderson is Mrs. Danvers. She was a world-class theater actress, famous for playing Medea like no one else. You will see George Sanders in one of his signature charm and smarm roles. Gladys Cooper has a small role here, as does Nigel Bruce. Bruce became famous as Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes, and Gladys Cooper made a career out of playing icily classy antagonists. One of my favorites for her is as the mother in "Now, Voyager", with Bette Davis.

I so love Eli in this movie. I think he gave the best performance by far.

Putting a like just doesn't seem enough! I echo some of the above comments and say once Upon A Time In The West is a must watch, also The Professionals and The Wild Bunch should really be on your radar. Take care. XX

Well done. You get it. A hug from Italy. Go on with the blessing of my people

You’re the Robert Osborne of a new generation. Your dedication to the history and circumstances as well as the production notes of the films you watch elevate your videos to S-tier.

I really enjoyed and loved your video. You got the target when you say that, back then, in America they rejected this film, because Leone showed them the dark side of America face (the cruelty of the civil war, the close ups of the scarred faces of those dirty bandits, where there wasn't almost difference between the good and the bad (the good kills even more people in this film than the bad), He showed them that in the far west there weren't unstained heroes as depicted by john ford or john wayne, but they had the filthy face of Tuco or Angel Eyes. I agree with you about the character of Tuco, the only one among the three of them with deep layers and his story, I consider Tuco the main character and Wallach was amazing in that role. Once, in an interview, Wallach said that he risked his life twice in this film: in the scene of the train and in the second scene in which Clint cut the rope (he really risked to be hung). The actor playing the union captain was a famous (in Italy) theater actor named Aldo Giuffré (from Naples), he was an excellent actor and yes, you're right again: his real voice was better and warmer than the english voice they gave him in the movie. it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Giuffré. This movie is really wonderful and the music by Morricone simply amazing! Last but not least: greetings from Rome, Leone and Morricone's city.

A lot of “Spaghetti Westerns” not made not made by Sergio Leone are not very good. Not only are Leone’s movies the absolute best of the spaghetti westerns, they are some of the best films made in any genre.

The music in this film is ICONIC

Brilliant reaction. Your observations were superb. Now time to watch ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Leone said, "I want to make the best Western ever." And he did. Oh, yay, Hitchcock! And your starting with a great one. Joan Fontaine is perfect in it. Hope you'll watch NOTORIOUS as well. Ingrid Bergman's best performance IMO.

Wow, glad to see you covering this, and makes me wish why would be doing more. Can’t wait to see you cover the Hitchcock films next time.

OK... THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY is my favourite film of all time. Ever. And I have JUST watched THIS video and it is the BEST reaction video I have seen to GBU. Mia, you're Awesome! x

Both Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach were almost killed on this film. You mentioned those about Wallach and his near disasters. Eastwood’s is in the scene where the bridge blows up and cannons go off. Some of the debris comes back on them. You can see a rock about the size of an fist hit the sandbag about a foot and a half from Eastwood’s head. Also the $200,000 they split in 1864 would be worth over $3.5 million today.

Eastwood's physical performance throughout this film is a textbook example of how to maintain higher status. No matter what situation he's in or who is pointing a gun at him, he moves with relaxed slowness, never rushing even when under threat, which would display fear and weakness.

One of the best western reactions here Ive seen on youtube by you Mia. The 3 Leone movies with Clint Eastwood must be the 3 best western movies ever done,spaggetti movie,ordinary western or whatever. John Wayne fans may say whatever they want,this is as high as it goes concerning cinema-westerns. Its just way above everything else,these 3 movies. The the music in these 3 movies is also way beyond any other western movie music ever done. Morricone is the man behind that music. Masterful.

Eli Wallach was fantastic in this.

A superb choice of film. One of my personal favorites. Thanks for reacting to some of history's greatest movies.

I always watched this movie as a kid, and I thought the guns and all the showdown stuff was the best. As I get older, I think the scene where he puts his jacket on the dying soldier and gives him a final smoke is really the best scene

No words spoken for like the first 10 minutes of the movie

Tuco, Angel Eyes and Blondie are 3 shades of grey 😆

Brilliant observation about the Man With No Name / Unknown grave.

They cast Eli Walach because he played the Mexican bandit so great in The Magnificent Seven.

I think that it is marvelous that classically trained method actor Eli Walloch interacted so well with Clint who had zero training. I can't wait for Rebecca. I love Sir Lawrence and Joan Fontaine.

Hi Mia. You were watching the extended cut of this film. I prefer it as it gives more Tuco moments and a little more Angel Eyes hunting down Bill Carson. I love this film for the amazing acting, camera/editing work and that phenomenal score by Ennio Morricone. It also has the best last gunfight of any Western I've ever seen.

Among my top 5 movies of all time. I’ll be watching it on the big screen this Sunday. I can’t wait.

Well done MT, I am so glad you have finally seen this Masterpiece of Cinema from any genre. Cheers and you got a like.

Fun Dact: The theme for the Good, the bad, and the ugly was used by The Ramones just before they took the stage in concert.

Just for fun listen to the Danish national symphony orchestra do the theme song

THIS! Eli Wallach's performance is my all-time-favourite. Sergio Leone was a genius for casting him. BTW the Western is a film-genre Europeans always liked. I love it too, because there are no phones or cars, so the filmmakers can concentrate more into the story and the characters. Just my opinion.

I was in love with this movie and the music since I was a kid. My mom even bought me the album. I still have it to this day. You've made me notice things in this movie that I really didn't pay much attention to till you pointed them out, thank you.

I've always loved this movie, ever since I watched it on TV when I was a kid. And now, it holds a special place in my heart because it was the last movie my mom and I watched together. ❤️

My #1 personal favorite of all time western! A #1 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍

You really shouldn't have stopped here. Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's tribute to all the great western directors.

Ennio Morricone was a musical genius. Now that you've done this movie, you have to do Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. It's the Gone With the Wind of westerns. Truly a masterpiece. Lee Van Cleef was a good bad guy. Truly a friendship of convenience. You need to check out Clint Eastwood's 1973 High Plains Drifter. It's very deep.

Wallace is played by Mario Brega, an actor that was so famous in Rome that he is a symbol of "Romanity" (that is, famous for speaking the Roman dialect and with a strong accent). A true myth of Italian Cinema

Mia, I am not sure where you can still find the theatrical release of the film. It may still be available that way on VHS, but everything later includes scenes that Leone had cut and because they have been added back in are quite distracting. For instance, these scenes were added back in and you can tell that the voices of Lee, Clint and Eli are very different and it doesn't really work: Tuco arrives at his old haunt to collect three comrades Angel Eyes meets the Confederates boiling corn cobs and gets information from them Tuco and Blondie arrive at a Confederate camp after sundown Blondie counts out one through six as he meets Angel Eye's subordinates and implies that he will kill all six of them soon

OMG amazing film a true masterpiece very classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef and the incredible music score by Ennio Morricone. In 2014, The Good the Bad and the Ugly was ranked the 47th greatest film ever made on Empire's list of "The 301 Greatest Movies Of All Time" as voted by the magazine's readers. Thank you so much Mia Tiffany great reaction just awesome😊😊😊😊

A month of important European films would be interesting though it'd be hard to boil it down to only eight, or ten in a month with five weeks. Since Jean-Paul Belmondo just passed away you should definitely watch him in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 nouvelle-vague classic, _Breathless (À bout de souffle)._ The next time you dip into Westerns you should watch Sam Pekinpah's 1969 masterpiece, _The Wild Bunch._

The bridge that Blondie and Tuco blew up at the end got blown up twice. The Spanish army constructed the bridge. As a reward, the director gave the lead officer of the Spanish army the privilege of initiating the blast. An itallian camera operator said he was ready which in Spanish sounded like "blow the bridge". So the officer did. There were no cameras rolling so no footage existed. The army rebuilt the bridge and someone who spoke italian held the detonator.

Beautifully done Ms Mia. Bravo.

I love your reaction to this movie. I love this movie and your reaction to this movie was like I was watching it again for the first time. And you added layers to my original views on this movie. Thank you for that. Excellent reaction.

I only seen this film over Christmas, i'm now obsessed with Clint 😂🔥 great Mia what a film

Watching this reaction reminds me of my dad. He loved Westerns so much! Thank you for reminding me of him ♥️

Haha! Mia's got her priorities straight. Reacting to a dying man's death scene by saying "OMG! He's so gorgeous!" (Which he is, btw.)

with those old revolvers many of the parts were interchangeable regardless of models as most used the same caliber and actions. There were also lots of copies made of Colts & Remingtons

Excellent reaction, i think it is the first time i see someone in you tube reacting to this masterpiece.

The best intro to a reaction video I have ever seen…. Well done miss

Best western ever made!

There is not good enough things to say about this film. Absolute masterpiece.

I saw this movie when it came out with my parents at the Drive-in. So glad you did it, it's my favorite. For you amusement you should watch the Danish National Symphony do The Good the Bad and the Ugly. And other of Clint's classic westerns. Metallica also uses the song at the opening of a concert in Moscow 1991 Enter Sandman. And Great Reaction I Really Enjoyed It.

A great reaction, thank you. Some of the dialog must have influenced modern actors and filmakers. In my head I can hear Arnold Schwarzenegger saying "When have to shoot, shoot! Don't talk!"

Oh you missed the best part when Zuko said at the end. “Blondie you know where you are just another son of a…”

Great job. Enjoyed that a bunch. Can’t wait to see your reaction to Rope.

Great reaction and commentary, Mia. Liked and subscribed. 😎👍

Thanks and I'm looking forward to watch Rebecca in the first film in the Alfred Hitchcock mouth I'm so excited about

At last. I have found you. A classic film reaction channel. I've been wondering about this since I discovered the whole KZfaq reaction channels thing (I am not a digital person). It is my favorite sort of content, about my favorite films. Hello Mia. My name is Jeff. This feels like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Loved your reaction to this film. And I see we have lots of content to share. Keep up the great work.

Asian film makers were way ahead of times as well, like kurosawa, king hu, Chang Che jus to mention a couple.

It is a great movie. I watch it once a year

The second guy Angel Eyes killed hired him to find the guy that had the gold (and then kill the guy who told him who had it). The first guy he killed told him that the guy with the gold was going under the name of Bill Carson. Before Angel Eyes killed him, he gave Angel Eyes $1000 to kill the guy that hired him. So he goes back to the guy that hired him and tells him Bill Carsons name, then killed him. That's where you get the line "I always see a job through". He completed ever task he was hired for. Now he has knowledge of the gold and the others who know about it are dead (except Bill Carson). A few scenes later, Angel Eyes is talking to a soldier about Bill Carson. He says they are probably all dead, but if he is alive, he would be at the prison... that is how Angel Eyes got to be at the prison when the good and the ugly showed up. Ben Carson is the guy who is still alive in the stagecoach out in the desert. He tells Tuco the cemetery, and Blue Eyes the name on the grave. Just by bad luck, they get captured and taken to the prison where Angel Eyes is at. By this time Tuco has assumed Bill Carsons name, so when they call role, Tuco answers up as Bill... and that is the name Angel Eyes is waiting to hear.

Well done, Tiff -- Hope you do a John Wayne month some time. If you do, I recommend Stagecoach, Red River, Angel And The Badman, Hondo, The Searchers, Fort Apache, The Quiet Man, McClintock, True Grit, In Harm's Way, and The Shootist. All John Wayne classics, but not all westerns. Donavon's Reef is a great classic starring Wayne and Lee Marvin. They also worked together on The Commancheros. Other good Lee Marvin films -- Cat Balou The Professionals, Paint Your Wagon, The Killers, Point Blank, Emperor Of The North, The Big Red One, and The Dirty Dozen.

Tuco is such a sleeze, I love him. ❤

Nice job re-capping the background to the film. I didn't know quite a bit of that. Thanks.

I like your commentary. If I had to sum it up- Leone, like many Europeans, grew up adoring classic American westerns, whenever they could see them. But you can almost feel Leone saying to himself "I can make a better western". He used traditional western themes, but through the lens of the European experience.

Wow, first vid of yours I've seen, such a great reaction! And you clearly know your beans 😎

Really enjoyed your analysis and insights...just subbed

The greatest Western ever made.

Two other Leone classics are Once Upon a Time in the West with Henry Fonda against type as a killer and Charles Bronson; and Duck, You Sucker with James Coburn.

Clint Eastwood...is all that has to be said! 🤠👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 You couldn’t trust anyone, that’s why they wore colts on their hips! My Dear, using bath over again was a common thing in the old west. They didn’t bath that often!

Thanks!

The brilliance of the end game is that Blondie never revealed the full information,if he had died,the other 2, Tuco and Lee Van Cleef would have never found the treasure. He didnt write the name on the stone,they would have never got the money,he would have been a winner,sort of,even if he got killed in the final showdown..they would never had got that the answer was the unknown grave next to Arch Stanton..

Great reaction of a great movie , that runaround the graves is just pure class luv it

its the best movie of all time!

Certainly one of the greatest westerns of all time. Whilst I would never trade Eastwood or angel eyes for their part, this film was owned by TUCO, God rest you ELI !!

Sergio Leone was very particular in casting... He picked people, who would convey so much about the character they played. Without them even saying a word...

TGtBatU is definitely the quintessential "Spaghetti western" movie, but in my humble opinion, the pinacle of the genre is "One Upon a Time in the West." You can't close your western trip without reviewing this great movie. Furthermore, after that I believe that either one of the two possible "closure" movies would work out great. By this I mean either "My Name Is Nobody" or "Duck, You Sucker / A Fistful of Dynamite / Once Upon a Time... the Revolution." Both have a sort of elegiac "Times They Are A' Changing" feel to them. The former emphasizes the comedic/farcical aspect while the latter is more epic and political, but both are great and dear to my heart.

Well this was a delight. I am looking forward to see what else you are covering.

So many points what made ,what i never even considered before . Good !

I so love your analysises of these classic films! Such great insights from someone who knows the industry! I was hoping to hear your thoughts on Paint Your Wagon, or my favorite John Wayne movie McClintock in August; but this reaction makes up for it! Brilliant!

28:49 the captain was Aldo Giuffrè, a great Italian actor. He was also director of some movies and novel writer.

It’s a joy to each your videos