tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post4460830438923014762..comments2023-10-30T13:22:55.911+01:00Comments on As cool as a Fruitstand: Top 50 - #6 - The Good, the Bad, and the UglyHedwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-53421848324885314212007-09-23T13:29:00.000+02:002007-09-23T13:29:00.000+02:00I totally agree that the civil war scene also serv...I totally agree that the civil war scene also serves to put things in perspective, showing that these three men really don't matter as much as they think they do, and even showing that their acts pale in comparison with the destruction and pain caused by war.<BR/><BR/>and @ Lani, I can understand, though this film is often funny, a comedy it is not. Let me know what you think if you see it again!Hedwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-14461301292902560402007-09-22T01:09:00.000+02:002007-09-22T01:09:00.000+02:00I first saw this movie at UCLA with a guy whose mo...I first saw this movie at UCLA with a guy whose mom had died a few years ago. After we watched it, he asked me what I thought and I said that it was terrible. Then he said it was his mom's favourite movie. I felt really bad. But I think I got it mixed up with The Quick and The Dead and I couldn't understand why it wasn't funny, because for some reason I was convinced that it was supposed to be a comedy. <BR/><BR/>Anyhoo. Based on your review, I'm actually ready to give this movie a second shot :-)Lanjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097674981316410722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-64375632609837335182007-09-21T19:57:00.000+02:002007-09-21T19:57:00.000+02:00Just for the record, one of my favorite things in ...Just for the record, one of my favorite things in the world is being right. It doesn't happen very often so I have to make a huge deal out of it when it does. I have no idea what your next movie is however, so my glory will have to burn bright and die young.<BR/><BR/>Anyway. GBU rules in so many ways it's hard to even talk about it. Once Upon a Time in the West is the movie I'd talk about at a cocktail party if I was trying to look all smart and attempting to convince a bunch of non-Western fans that Sergio Leone kicks all kinds of ass, but like you my heart is with Blondie, Angel Eyes and Tuco.<BR/><BR/>This is a rare movie that I loved when I was a kid, but holds up now that I'm older and take movies more seriously.<BR/><BR/>And really...one of the Best Movie Themes Ever.<BR/><BR/>The Civil War sequence does seem kind of out of place, but you're right that it does help redeem Blondie and Tuco. I also think it sort of puts a twist on the epic scope of the movie. What I mean is that, when the movie starts, it's all about the three main characters in a kind of epic quest in an iconic landscape (even though we all know it's filmed in Spain and not the American West). But when we get to the civil war, the struggles of these three characters are suddenly, in one sweeping camera shot, reduced to ant like proportions in the big picture of humanity and history.<BR/><BR/>When they finally go about their business, the rest of the movie has a very different feeling to it.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.com