"If we cut down my percentage, who knows, it might just interfere with my aim" is such a badass quote 😎

“If you’re going to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Eli Wallach is so awesome as Tuco.

I always thought that the trilogy is best described as A fistful of dollars being Clint Eastwood's movie, For a few dollars more being Lee van Cleefs movie, and The good the bad and the ugly is Eli Wallach's.

"For Three Men The Civil War Wasn't Hell. It Was Practice." --Original movie poster tagline.

“When have to shoot. Shoot, don’t talk.” Words to live by.

The “if you’re going to shoot, shoot” scene inspired the original “Han shot first” cantina scene in Star Wars. (One reason I prefer the original version of that scene.)

"Once Upon a Time in the West" is an absolute must.

Watch ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA extended version. It’s real long but real good.

Tuco running around the cemetery while playing Ecstasy of Gold gives me chills. And the following three guys duel is fantastic. I'm already waiting for Once Upon a Time in the West.

Such a great movie , i rewatched it 100 times, best scene of the movie is Tuco running in the cemetary with music swelling looking for the grave he thinks has money.

The film was shot silently, so even English speaking had to be dubbed. It is known that the three main cast members (Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) provided their own dubbing. Leone often liked to play Morricone's music over a scene and possibly shout things at the actors to get them in the mood. Leone cared more for visuals than dialogue (his English was limited at best).

Epic is a worn out word nowadays but that is just what this movie is: one epic scene after another. Humor, tragedy, adventure, humanity (or lack of it), great oneliners...this movie has it all. And not forget the incredible scenery and MUSIC! A timeless classic. Will always be in my top 10.

You guys are going to watch "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" right? It's Leone's greatest film. It's a masterpiece.

Now it’s time for once upon a time in the west

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, every single scene is iconic.

There're so many subtleties in this movie that they tend to go over people's heads. For instance, the sequence where Tuco is on Clint's trail he's puffing on the discarded cigars so as to get an idea how close he's got to Clint. When he took a drag on that last one, smoke came up, meaning it was still burning, therefore it was left not too long ago, so he was getting close.

The thing is, unlike the first two films...this one is an actual epic.

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly is the best western ever. The score and the treasure hunt narrative driven by the personal stories makes it a true epic. The cinematography and direction are brilliant. Eli Wallach is superb. The point of the civil war battle scene is to show the humanity of the main characters (who are not bad), after all the soldiers are killing each other so why can't these outlaws kill. Angel Eyes is bad because he kills without emotion and often for sadistic pleasure. Once upon a Time in the West is also great, but personally, I feel it lacks a bit of the magic of this era defining Leone classic that influenced a lot of great film-makers who came later.

The original "Magnificent Seven" also stars Eli Wallach at his snaky but lovable best, and is one of the absolute standards of the Western film genre.

The composer of the music was Ennio Morricone who is legend. He lived to be 91 years old and died just last year..

“The Outlaw Josey Wales” needs to be next - Clint also directed it

"High Plains Drifter" & "The Outlaw Josey Wales" are the westerns I'd recommend. "Dirty Harry" & "Thunderbolt & Lightfoot" are two other Clint Eastwood films you should watch. If, "The Man with No Name" trilogy, made Clint Eastwood a star, then "Dirty Harry", made him an icon.

I'm 48. I first saw this film when I was 11 years old in 1986. My dad loves westerns. So do I now. It's a brilliant film in my opinion. One of the best ever.

One of my favorite moments is after Blondie sees Tuco fight with his brother, and instead of calling Tuco out on his bullshit about how well him and his brother get along, he just offers him a cigar.

My dad lives westerns so I grew up watching all of these movies with him. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is hands down in my top 5 favorite movies and Tuco is one of the greatest characters ever written. Like you, I go from hating to loving him.

Eastwood, van cheef and wallach at their best, not to meantion leone’s beautiful camera work and imagery. Also the best movie score ever

This was one of my dad’s favorite Clint Eastwood movies. His favorite character was Tuco. He was so surprised when I told him that Eli Wallach was a white guy, not Mexican. He actually thought he was a Mexican actor 🤣

"Massive budget...." $1.2 million US. It eventually took in $25 mil worldwide so it was a huge success, at least commercially. Critically, it was a mixed bag at the time. Now of course it's considered to be a masterpiece.

It's the sheer epic nature and the scale of this one that blows me away every time. I have no idea if it's the greatest film ever made but the first time I saw it I vividly remember seeing the riverside battle set and thinking "This is the greatest film I've ever seen" because I was so swept up in the moment.

"Once upon a time in the west": The best western movie ever made: The plot, the story-line, the characters, the incredible shot-takes, the actors, everything in that movie is epic and first-class. A MUST.

An acutely stylish and immeasurably influential film. Sergio Leone’s genius, I think, was in his amalgamation of seemingly disparate elements. He co-opted the folklore of the American frontier, merged it with the films of Akira Kurosawa, and painted the screen with a Pop Art sensibility. With arguably the finest cinematic trilogy of all time, Leone’s legacy and the impact of this series endure to this day. Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright (to name just a few) have most definitely taken notes at the feet of El Maestro!

Kelly's Heroes is a pretty entertaining Eastwood pic with Donald Sutherland in a hilarious role playing a 1940's hippy .

I've lost count how many times I've seen it. My fave film of all time.

My favorite Western, Film is a masterpiece

Best spaghetti western is "Once upon a time in the west". Best Eastwood western is "The outlaw, Josey Wales".

Now all that's left is "Once Upon a Time in the West."

I believe the whole “Man with No Name” label was added by the American distributor, United Artists. The first 2 films were released outside the US and when they decided to release TGTB&TU in the US they decided to bring all 3 of in at once and gave it that “trilogy” title. Also, spot on on noticing Eastwood’s lack of enthusiasm. He was mentally over with shooting these films overseas, he wanted to come back to the States. Also, these films weren’t easy to make and were pretty dangerous at times. There’s an interview he did where he discusses the difficulties with filming these movies.

Leone the director had a 2nd trilogy with the theme as the growing up of America. It starts with "Once Upon a Time in the West" about the railroad advent. "Duck You Sucker" is the 2nd about the Mexican Revolution. "Once Upon A Time in America" ends the trilogy... about prohibition.

Other recomondations; see Sergio Leone's two other Spaghetti Western films 'Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) and Duck, You Sucker (A Fistful of Dynamite) (1971). Or for some more Italo-Western films, try the "other Sergio"; Sergio Corbucci who directed such flicks as 'Minnesota Clay (1965), Navaho Joe (1966), Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966), Django (1966), The Great Silence (1968), The Specialists (1968) and The Compeneros (1970). Other Italo-Westerns are A Pistol For Ringo (1965) and Return of Ringo (1966), as well as the Sartana series (1968-1970).

You should watch "Once Upon a Time in America" with Robert de Niro, also directed by Sergio Leone

The gunfight at the end, to me, has to be the epitome of all western gunfights. In fact, everything from Tuco entering the graveyard is perfect. However the scene that always gets me on rewatches is the Tuco torture scene with the choir outside. The loos on their faces that Leone shows. They know they are only called to sing when Angle Eyes and his men torture someone, and they are complicit in it by covering up the sounds. And the contrast between the music and the visuals. Top class film making

“Once upon a time in the west” and “The wild bunch” are essential westerns.

_"We’re going for a ride."_ And what a ride! Thanks Tom & Shaun for the thoughtful and fun reactions to this incredible trilogy. They remain cinematic masterpieces, from the cast and script to the camerawork and incredible music from Morricone, which was used to such great effect. Absolutely love them - and appreciate the chance for a rewatch! 🤠

Eli Wallach should have got an Oscar for his role in "The Good the Bad & the Ugly" 🤠

One of my favorite movies of all time! And the soundtrack is a masterpiece! Sergio made Ennio Morricone compose the music first and then directed the scene to the music, which is pretty rare in movies. A good example would be the scene with Ecstasy of Gold and the Mexican Standoff. He did the same thing in Once Upon a Time in the West. Another another masterpiece!

“High Plains Drifter” is considered by some to be the 4th film in the Man With No Name Series. Great Eastwood movie, with an unorthodox story for a Western.

Leone's visuals + Morricone's score = Cinema Gold

the clip of Tuco cutting his cuffs using the train almost killed Eli wallach, one of the steps onto train almost hit his head, lucky man. if the want a laugh and to see another great western check out my name is nobody .

Love this. I went through these movies with my dad, when he tried to "educate" me to classics. I hated it at first, but before long I started to love the storytelling going on with the camera, the music and the acting. Lovely movies, lovely reaction. Keep it up. Oh oh! Before I forget. Do watch "Once upon a time in the West" and "Seven samurai" or "Yojimbo".

'The Trio' is one of the best pieces of music in all of film.

What Tuco's doing when he picks up the cigars is checking to see how warm they are. The first one was stone cold. Then the next one was warm but it had no spark. The third one he gets a good pull out of it, indicating that it was still fresh. He's getting closer each time.

Wallach deserved an Oscar for this movie. He's brilliant.

The Outlaw Josey Wales, classic Clint. Once upon a time in the West...class Sergio.

While not a spaghetti western, you guys should check out Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America". It might be the best movie of Leone's career, the best film of the 1980s and the best score of all time (of course by Ennio Morricone).

The writing, casting, cinematography and sound -design of this film is just *chefs kiss*.

If you think this movie score is great, wait until you hear Morricone's score on Once Upon a Time in the West. The harmonica on that movie is what the band Muse uses in concert to open up their song "Knights of Cydonia" and it's always such a fun time to hear and watch.

blondie towards the end of the film: he protecc he attacc but most importantly, he share gold and come bacc

For more Sergio I highly recommend 'Once Upon A Time In America' *(by far the best film I've ever seen)* and 'Once Upon A Time... The Revolution' *(my all time favourite western)*

Sitting in a doctors waiting room. A man's phone went '🎵Ayeayeaaa wah wah wah🎶'. It was beautiful. Most epic ring tone I've ever heard.

The best Western Epic ever made!

Once Upon A Time In The West! Watch it NOW, while Sergio is fresh in your heads! People around Henry Fonda didn’t think that he should do it because it went so against his image, but it ended up being one of his most memorable roles…

I think I stated before; but Once Upon a Time in the West was suppose to be The Man with No Name's origin/revenge tale. The fake names in the script that Harmonica gives as his fake names, were Bill Carson and Arch Stanton. Best foreshadowing is in that western - "Harmonica - Did you bring a horse for me?!" "Henchmen - Looks like....Looks like we're shy one horse (laughs....rest of group joins laughing)" "Harmonica - No....You brought two too many!"

I think one of the best parts (and the most overlooked) is the meeting between Tuco and his brother, because it shows what great director Leone is and how good is the screenplay: in just a couple of minutes Leone reverse our perspective on Tuco, turning him from a despicable asshole to a troubled antihero.

Kurosawa films, please: Yojimbo, Sanjuro, The Hidden Fortress, and Seven Samurai 👍

You guys need to react to Once Upon a TIme in The West.

I'm 100% with you on Eli Wallach - fantastic!

Eli Walack is Amazing playing A Mexican guy and being a Jewish Actor ...is truly amazing ...the playing with the gun and taking it apart and putting it back together was all improvised , i heard him in an interview said he knew nothing about guns...made that whole scene up ...SUBLIME...ACTING ..

The trilogy is playing at the BFI Southbank cinema, London in August if you want to see them on the big screen.

One other Clint Eastwood western that most people forget to mention, but still a great movie, was "High Plains Drifter", a must watch because it's as far out there beyond the norm as it can get for a western.

I have watched westerns for a long time, and each time I can come back to this Good Bad Ugly for so many reasons, not least is the music and filming and story. There is something about this film which outs me in these times,, like I've lived in the film. There are subtile things in the film that you have to watch carefully, like when the day after the bridge is blown up, Tuco and Blondie get up and walk towards the bridge, Tuco is leaving a trail of piss as he walks.lol...The biggest is TUCO'S character. No matter how many times I watch this, it breaks me up. I give this the Gold Logie of 10+

Thanks for specifying that this is a first-time reaction. Appreciate it, lads. Keep up the good work.

Fun fact: not one sound in this film is actually from the video recordings, it’s all foley and ADR. Not one sound in all the film is real.

Please watch Once Upon a Time in the West. It’s the best ever western.

my brother was a twin of clint. tall, thin, dark blonde and hyper macho too. every time i watch this movie it takes me to santa fe and to my late brother's world. so intense. so hard to process all of the thoughts and feelings evoked by this movie.

Tuco in the gun shop is so iconic

Came here just to say ‘The Wild Bunch’. Sam Peckinpah was such an influential director that anyone who considers themselves ‘cinephiles’ needs to be familiar with most of his films.

Next: "The Outlaw Josey Wales" ... Also a Clint Eastwood western as well

The good the bad and the ugly is in the top ten movies of all time in my opinion. Best western of all time to me.

One of the best movies ever made. Eli Wallach deserves an Oscar.

You should watch 'Where eagles dare' for another great movie with Clint in a support role

Do The Outlaw Josey Whales next!

Quentin Tarantino is on record as saying this is his fav film & fav director.These films were so highly Stylised which is why they still stand up today.Nobody had ever seen anything like them.

Eastwood's character (known as "il Straniero/The Stranger" in Italy) is the same man in all three films. In "For a Few Dollars More," the Man With No Name is known as "Manco," which in Italian means "mangled," and refers to his right hand being crushed by Chico at the end of "A Fistful of Dollars." Manco wears a gauntlet over his right hand to hide the scarring. And if you pay close attention, he does everything left-handed... except shoot. Additionally, the bullet holes that Ramon Rojo shot into the poncho can be found... but Manco wears the poncho backwards, so the holes don't show in the front. Sergio Leone co-wrote all three movies and in the screenplay for "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," even though the dialogue referred to his character only as "il Biondo/Blondie," the descriptive passages of the script referred to his character as "Joe," the nickname Periperu called him in "Fistful." And of course, this shows you how the Man With No Name got his poncho. So he was meant to be the same person.

The good the bad the ugly is a good film. You guys liked the music, you should check out the Danish national Symphony, here on KZfaq. Live Orchestra. Oh yeah, try and squeeze in... lady in a cage with Olivia de Havilland and James Caan you won't regret it!

More Clint Eastwood movie reactions please. "Where Eagles Dare" and "Kelly's Heroes". WWII Eastwood movies.

“High plains drifter” Has always been one of my favorites 😊

Eli Wallach stole the show, what a performance. IMO he's the reason this film is head and shoulders above the previous two. Nice reaction fellas.

"Duck, You Sucker" aka "Fistful of Dynamite" is Sergio Leone's most meaningful Western/Mexican film. I strongly recommend it. Also his most underrated.

Again, "They Call me Trinity" is a must watch of the genre.

That cigar is so iconic. It's also ironic: Clint Eastwood was never a smoker. He hated the cigar as costume.

I saw this at the cinema - showing my age! It was X-rated then. How times have changed ... I'd never seen a western like it before. Nor heard a western like it - usually it's "here come the cavalry" or "here come the injuns" music. The music here was incredible. But then Morricone wrote the first-ever western theme-tune to reach No. 1 in the UK bit parade. It made such a strong anti-war statement without preaching, without even really trying; it was almost a side-incident. "Tuco's Advice" has entered the mainstream and can be found in various quote compilations; "If you're going to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." ps - that line got a huge laugh from the cinema audience.

Tuco is absolutely the 'main' character, he's even got some depth added to his character when they explain his background and how he became what he is. That scene with his brother is so good because it just for a brief moment exposes the more humane side of him yet he puts the tough-guy mask back on pretty quickly. And you absolutely need to follow this up with 'Once Upon a Time in the West' which is on par with this movie.

It's time to put *"Seven Samurai"* on the schedule, perhaps after a break from gritty realistic action.

Masterpiece! Years ago Eli Wallach signed me a card (with Tuco). He was such kind man and great actor.

For me, the Battle of the bridge is very important because it really shows how stupid war is. Tuco and Blondie are killers. During the whole movie, you see them kill, fight, escape, but it's always on a rather small scale. Now, they are confronted with something they can't fully grasp : an incredibly large number of people is killing and dying every day, and they get nothing out of it. Their commanders get nothing out of it. Their families get nothing out of it. Their country gets nothing out of it. For people like these two that live for themselves, it's easy to see the stupidity in all of it. In the French dub, Blondie says something like : "I had never seen so many people dying the same day". It really sticked with me ever since.

I would highly recommend Once Upon a Time in the West. I think it's the only major western you still have not scene and a lot of people say it is the best of them all.

How the hell did I miss the For a Few Dollars More reaction?!

Two fun facts. Due a miscommunication they had to blow up that bridge twice, because there were no cameras running when it was blown up the first time. The cometary at the end existed only for a single day. It had to be removed as fast as possible.

Some of the sets used in the trilogy are still there. The place where the trilogy was filmed is an amazing landscape.

You might enjoy the Korean homage to this film, 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird'.