Look at the phonograph machine and turn it on, then leave your office. Look at the Crime Link computer and the fax machine, then go and look at your gun and pick it up from the cabinet on the other side of the room. In your inventory, combine the pen with the application form, then combine the stamp with it and it will be marked as 'ready-to-mail'. Go over to your desk and take a pen from the bottom left drawer, and a stamp from the bottom right drawer. Each of them are greedy and selfish in some way, with Clint Eastwood's Blondie, despite being given the label of ' The Good,' still ultimately being in it for the money more than anything else.Pick up the mail from near the front door and examine both items in your inventory. The layers given to each of them have each of the three men go beyond the simple labels they're given. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly plays with the idea of morality in a way the previous films did not, with each of its characters representing a different angle of the concept of morality. Lee Van Cleef's Angel Eyes is as menacing and cold as they come, but it's Eli Wallach's Tuco Ramirez who nearly steals the show. Whereas A Fistful of Dollars started off simple with only Eastwood at the center, both sequels added an additional cast member to co-lead with Eastwood, resulting in a dynamic between the characters which the first film lacked.

The character work is easily the strongest of the three films here. Leone's precise direction is paired with a series-best Clint Eastwood performance and a masterful score by Ennio Morricone. The third and final entry of the trilogy improves upon its two predecessors in every aspect possible. Sergio Leone's craft is stronger than ever with this film, and he creates one of the most compelling epics that have ever graced the screen. The budget Leone is working with is clearly smaller as well, which makes the film feel a little restricted and stripped down when compared to its successors.Īrguably the greatest Western film ever made, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is a masterpiece of filmmaking and is easily the best film in the Dollars Trilogy. He seems to be finding his footing a little more with this first addition to the trilogy. Not to say that Sergio Leone's direction and style aren't remarkably impressive and revolutionary for this genre, but Leone's direction isn't nearly as assured here as it is in the later films. Where A Fistful of Dollars falls short, in relation to its two successors, is in its direction. Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name's influence on cinema is still being felt to this day, with characters such as Star Wars' Boba Fett clearly being inspired by this iconic character. He's someone the audience can root for in the situation without having to completely side with him, at least morally speaking. The Man With No Name is the prime example of an excellent anti-hero. With his steely gaze, his rough but calm voice, and his stoic demeanor, Eastwood embodies this character with almost intimidating confidence and wit.

This is a well-crafted Western with an endlessly engaging protagonist in the Man With No Name, or Joe, as he goes by here, and Eastwood's screen presence carries the film in superb fashion. The first entry in the Dollars Trilogy is also the weakest, but that's not to say it's bad.

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